Group hears of possible harm, benefits of proposed EPA rule

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August 28, 2014
John Lyon
 
Dan Byers, senior policy director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy, said Arkansas now has the fifth-lowest electricity rates in the country.
 
“Manufacturing, petrochemical, all of these energy-intensive industries have decided to locate here for the very reason that Arkansas is one of the most affordable states in terms of electricity prices,” he said. “We think that’s threatened by this rule — threatened in a big way.”
 
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