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Renewable Energy Debate Offers Insights

If trends in California predict national policy trends, then the renewable energy policy debate heating up in that state warrants national attention.

State Democrats are pushing two bills which would mandate that the state have at least thirty percent of its energy supply from renewable resources. Which resources those would be, and how that renewable structure would be built, is the subject of intense debate among the energy industry and environmentalists.

The bills limit the amount of renewable energy that can be source from out of state, limiting state electricity suppliers. Environmentalists have opposed proposed Californian wind and solar farms, limiting renewable development locally. Additionally, an estimated $115 billion in transmission lines and investment may be necessary to allow access to renewable power.

While California legislators continue the debate, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger supports an increase in renewable standards.

For more on this debate, click here.

Labels: electricity, energy sources, environment, renewables, u.s. energy policy

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