More Power Lines Are Needed — Soon

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PORTLAND, Ore. -- There is one thing that everybody agrees has to be done about the thousands of miles of electricity transmission lines that crisscross the West -- build more of them.

The big question is, who pays for them? Another is, who controls them? And finally, how much should it cost to use them?

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More Power Lines Are Needed — Soon

Utility managers and regulators say those questions need to be answered soon -- before demand outstrips the power supply to some of the fastest-growing areas of the nation.

Otherwise, the risk of a blackout like the one that left the East Coast in the dark in 2003 keeps rising.

The Bonneville Power Administration two years...

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