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Japan’s Clean Energy Bill May Falter on Lawmaker’s Ties to Utilities
Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s plan to shift Japan toward renewable energy following the Fukushima nuclear accident faces resistance from politicians compromised by close ties to utility companies, an opposition lawmaker said.
Kan has pledged to reduce reliance on nuclear power after an earthquake and tsunami in March wrecked Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear station, causing radiation leaks into the air, sea and soil.
The push on renewable energy -- including a bill in parliament to subsidize electricity from wind, solar and geothermal sources -- will meet resistance because politicians don’t want to anger utilities, Taro Kono, a lawmaker for the opposition Liberal Democratic Party who supports phasing out nuclear power, told reporters yesterday.
“We know the LDP has received a huge amount of money from the power companies, and the Democratic Party of Japan gets support from the power company labor unions,” said Kono, who plans to run for his party’s presidency next year. “How we break that vicious circle is a test we have to pass.”
Kan used a ceremony to mark 66 years since the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6 to outline his plan to cut usage of nuclear power, which provided about 30 percent of the country’s electricity before the crisis.
His effort to win backing for renewable energy has been hampered by calls for him to step down over the handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which left more than 20,000 people dead or missing and destroyed more than 100,000 buildings.
Source: bloomberg.com Stuart Biggs - Aug 10, 2011
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