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Conservative legislators decry wind power mandate for utilities

Some conservative leaders in the Kansas Legislature say wind power has been a huge burden on Kansas utility ratepayers, and the state needs to stop forcing utilities to buy it. They say they will rene... read more

ELIZABETH OUZTS: Renewable energy losing its edge as a political wedge in N.C.

One conservative blogger labeled Republican Bob Steinburg a “solar weenie” and called the wind ... utilities to buy from small power producers. In 2007, the Democratic-controlled legislature adopted a ... read more

Minnesota legislature agrees to imposing costly solar power mandate

The Minnesota legislature ... state utilities generate a certain amount of electricity from solar power, which is estimated to raise energy prices for state residents and businesses. The Minnesota Hou... read more

Keep Kansas’ renewable energy mandate and the benefits of wind power

Sam Brownback’s sudden lack of support for it, the renewable energy mandate ... jobs in the wind industry, provided new income to farmers and kept electricity prices in check for utility customers sin... read more

New plan would end Kansas green energy mandate for utilities

Sam Brownback was flanked by legislative leaders and ... Topeka? Electric utilities would no longer be required to produce 20 percent of their electricity from renewable resources like wind energy, an... read more

Despite Conservative Attacks, States Continue to Realize the Benefits of Renewable Energy Standards

Nonetheless, conservative attacks on state renewable energy standards are on the rise. Two conservative organizations looking to repeal state renewable energy standard policies are the Heartland Insti... read more

Other Views: Keep wind's power

Sam Brownback’s sudden lack of support for it, the renewable energy mandate ... jobs in the wind industry, provided new income to farmers and kept electricity prices in check for utility customers sin... read more

Oklahoma is ahead of schedule in renewable energy goal, officials say

More than 1,100 megawatts of wind power capacity came ... which have come under criticism by conservative policy groups for forcing utilities to install renewable capacity at the expense of consumers. ... read more

Michigan Decides 2012: Proposal 3 dictates renewable energy standards for Michigan utilities

New wind power is generally ... “It doesn’t mandate a lot of details in the constitution ... There’s a lot of room for creatively implementing this statute in a way that I think will aid its success.” ... read more

Politically powerful renewable energy faces a threat in Kansas

For three years, Kansas lawmakers refused to eliminate the mandate, although opponents are inching closer to a repeal in a state where even Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, champions wind power ... b... read more

Kansas Legislature Rejects Koch-Backed Effort To Chip Away At Renewable Energy Standards

(HB 2241) Even anti-tax activist Graver Norquist got in on the action, telling the state’s legislature it ought to abandon the “costly renewable energy mandate so ... Instead of Kansas utilities reach... read more

Kansas House vote saves green energy rule

Also, the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, which counts dozens of Kansas legislators as members, has drafted model repeal legislation. But some GOP legislators from rural areas cons... read more