[CPEO-MEF] ENERGY: Defense Department projects on Bureau of Land Management land

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DoD energy projects prompt interagency turf wars


By ANDY MEDICI
Federal Times
June 9, 2012

The Air Force is trying to turn dust into dollars at Edwards Air  
Force Base by leasing 3,228 acres of unused land to Fotowatio  
Renewable Ventures to build a 450-megawatt solar field.

In exchange, the developer will provide the base, deep in southern  
California's Mojave Desert, with up to 30 megawatts of electricity  
annually, and have the ability to sell any excess electricity it  
generates to other customers. In short, the developer stands to pull  
in $34 million annually in energy sales to local utilities and other  
customers based on pricing data from the Energy Information  
Administration.

But for the deal to go through, the Air Force needs the approval of  
another federal agency: the Interior Department's Bureau of Land  
Management. That is because BLM owns the land and has final say over  
its use.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20120609/DEPARTMENTS01/206090302/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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