Wednesday, August 1, 2012

USA, California:

The Green Future Arrives In California As Utilities Hit 20% Renewable Energy Target (Forbes)

While national renewable energy policies – or the lack there of – remain mired in Congressional election-year politics, the great green future has already arrived in California.

On Tuesday, state regulators announced that California’s three big investor-owned utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric, San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison – had reached a mandated target – called the renewable portfolio standard, or RPS, to obtain at least 20% of the electricity they sell from solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable power generation.

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