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California Ups Renewable Energy Mandate to 33% by 2020

Timothy B. Hurst — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:26:39 +0000

Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Executive Order to Raise California’s Renewable Energy Goals to 33% by 2020 and Clear Red Tape for Renewable Energy Projects

In an executive order signed on Monday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed to getting a third of California’s electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger made the announcement while speaking at a solar panel factory in Sacramento. California Executive Order S-14-08 puts the state’s renewable energy requirement at 33% by 2020, securing its place as the most aggressive renewable energy mandate in the country.

The order comes Just three days after Schwarzenegger issued another unprecedented executive order to state agencies telling them to make preparations for rising sea levels caused by global warming.

California PUC Votes Against Passage of Upcoming Renewable Energy Ballot Proposal

Timothy B. Hurst — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 06:47:14 +0000

The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to oppose Proposition 7, the Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008, a ballot measure that would order California utilities to procure half of their power from renewable resources by 2025. Some California pundits also refer to Proposition as “Big Solar.”

The CPUC is opposed to the measure primarily because “it would establish an excessively rigid, and potentially unworkable, structure for the further development of renewable energy in California,” the agency said in a press release. The CPUC said that the structure of the measure might in the short term hinder the state’s aggressive renewable energy goals by interfering with programs already under way.