TenneT, which operates the grid in Schleswig-Holstein, wants to extend the wind park idea to the transmission network, offering stakes in a line along the west coast.

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At the other end of the spectrum is the idea of long-range transmission of wireless power, which could in principle do away with the need for a charging pad altogether.

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Even with the Energy Department's designated transmission zones, the idea is that utility companies will first seek approval from state authorities to site a power line.

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The idea was the vertically-integrated utilities that controlled both the generation and the transmission would be reluctant to allow newly-formed independent power producers the right to move electrons along their lines particularly because they had residential and business loads to serve.

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