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The BETC program isn't just about renewable-energy options like wind farms and bio-fuels.  It's also about encouraging existing businesses to conserve energy.  Many Oregon businesses (both for-profit and not-for-profit) have benefited from the excellent BETC conservation programs, to the betterment of Oregon.  I hope that any excesses or abuses in the "renewable energy" part of the BETC don't cause cutbacks to the very successful and well-run "conservation" side of the BETC program. {read: Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater}

Ken H

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