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Reaching 50 percent renewable goal won’t be easy
Yesterday Democratic leaders in the California Senate introduced a series of bills to move the state to a goal of 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. That would be an increase from the current goal of 33 percent by 2020. The goal also
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Gov. Brown boosts energy-policy leverage
Gov. Jerry Brown believes it will take “pragmatic caution” and “active collaboration” to achieve his goal of seeing half of the state’s energy come from renewable sources by 2030. “How we achieve these goals and at what pace will take great thought
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State promotes renewable energy at all costs
June 15, 2012 By Joseph Perkins The California Public Utilities Commission routinely rubber stamps renewable energy projects without discussion. But that was not the case this past Thursday, when Commissioner Michael Florio objected to a solar project that came before
Read MoreState Pushing Sub-Prime Energy Home Loans
May 24, 2012 By Wayne Lusvardi Wasn’t the sub-prime disaster of the last decade bad enough? From 2003 to 2007, it was likely the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) helping unqualified low-income renters fill out sub-prime home
Read MoreMarkets ‘Crush’ Brown's Windmill Fantasy
JULY 29, 2011 By WAYNE LUSVARDI With the swagger of a boxer before a match, on July 24 Gov. Jerry Brown said he would “crush” any efforts to block renewable energy projects in California. Brown apparently was referring to efforts
Read More99% Chance of Budget Today
John Seiler: There’s a 99 percent chance the Legislature will pass a budget today; with the other 1 percent accounting for tomorrow. They’ll use whatever “gimmicks” they need, tax increases or no tax increases. The reason was reported yesterday by
Read MoreGridlock On Renewable Energy Highway
MAY 24, 2011 By K. LLOYD BILLINGSLEY California politicians want to draw 33 percent of the state’s energy needs from “renewable” sources such as wind and solar by 2020, fewer than 10 years away. That plan will be hard to
Read MoreCalifornia Enviro Policy Goes Schizo
MAY 19, 2011 By DAVE ROBERTS California’s energy utilities have been ordered by state officials to provide one third of their energy from renewable sources — solar, wind and geothermal — by 2020. But in a green Catch 22, California’s
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