Introduced
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To mandate that utilities from which the state acquires power to obtain 10 percent of their energy from “renewable” sources (not including nuclear) by 2010, and 25 percent by 2025. However, the requirement would be waived if the cost of the renewable energy is more than 5 percent greater than conventional or nuclear power.
Referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises details, and which defines a “renewable” energy source as “a resource that naturally replenishes over a human, not a geological, time frame ultimately derived from solar power, solar hot water, or wind power. A renewable energy source comes from the sun or from thermal inertia of the ground and minimizes the output of toxic material in the conversion of the energy”.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To mandate that utilities from which the state acquires power to obtain 10 percent of the their energy from “renewable” sources (not including nuclear) by 2010, and 25 percent by 2025. However, the requirement would be waived if the cost of the renewable energy is more than 5 percent greater than conventional or nuclear power.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology
