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Using Old Energy Leasing Rules On Renewables

Picture of a wind farm
Philipp Hertzog/Wikimedia Commons

The use of renewable energy is meant to help curtail the use of oil and gas.

But some of the practices of developing oil and gas sources may be adaptable to renewable energy.  For example, the joins other group is supporting changes to the way federal land is leased for renewable sites. 

Under proposed legislation, developers would pay royalties, just like oil and gas developers. 

We'll hear the plan and the perceived benefits.  aoc/default.aspx
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.