INDUSTRY DIVISIONS COMPLICATE SENATE PUSH FOR FEDERAL CLIMATE PLAN

A barrage of comments sent to the Senate on designing possible climate change legislation underscores significant divisions within the utility industry and other sectors on how to develop a regulatory system to control greenhouse gases. In particular, companies are split over where in the supply chain regulations should be imposed, how to allocate emissions allowances and whether Congress should even impose any mandatory controls. Some industry officials are also pushing for cost limits that observers say could hamper U.S. efforts...