Bloomberg: California Lawmakers Pass Mandate Boosting Renewable Power
Share this pageCalifornia legislators approved measures to increase the amount of power utilities are required to get from renewable sources, such as the sun and the wind. [...]
The bills, if signed by Schwarzenegger, will give the most- populous state the most ambitious goals in the U.S. for pushing electric companies away from fossil fuels. The standards would exceed those passed by the U.S. House of Representatives calling for 20 percent of electricity demand be met through renewable sources and energy efficiency measures by 2020.
“Renewable energy provides an immediate response to the threat of global warming, cuts air pollution, reduces our dependence on foreign energy and helps to limit the threat of another energy crisis,” Senator Joe Simitian, a Democrat from Palo Alto, said in a statement, after the measures were sent to Schwarzenegger’s desk. Simitian wrote the measure, Senate Bill 14.
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