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Bill to require one-third renewable energy sails through state senate<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That next gust of wind you hear may be a collective sigh of relief from the renewable energy industry. By a margin of more than two-to-one, state senators have approved a bill to cement California’s requirement that utilities draw at least a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020.<\/p>\n

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists<\/a> says that while the bill still has to clear at least three committees in the assembly, it could come up for a floor vote in that house within two weeks.<\/p>\n

But wait — isn’t that requirement already in place? Yes but it’s never had the force of law. The current “33-by-20” renewable energy standard was set out by former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in the form of an executive order. Later it was adopted as a regulation<\/a> by the California Air Resources Board — but Kalb and others say that “stakeholders have never taken that seriously.” It has long been feared that the order might not hold up until 2020; rescinded by a future governor or fall victim to a court challenge to the Air Board’s authority (for most purposes, utilities in the state fall under the purview of the California Public Utilities Commission).<\/p>\n

If passed as expected, the bill known as SBX1 2<\/a> (sounds more like a top-secret experimental aircraft) would create the kind of staying power that investors and developers of renewables have been hoping for; an assurance that there’ll be a market for their wind-and-solar-generated electrons, when they’re ready to deliver them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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