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PG&E heads for financial cliff as fire liabilities mount

A mandate effective this year seeks 60 percent green power by 2030. California's electricity must go 100 percent carbon-free by 2045. Of the state's three investor-owned utilities, PG&E has signed the ... read more

Green energy rule for Kansas utilities survives

(AP) - Kansas legislators have preserved a requirement that utilities rely on wind ... energy mandate also include the Kansas Chamber of Commerce - influential among GOP members of the Republican-domi... read more

Kansas set to repeal renewable energy mandate

The Legislature ... The wind industry said it supported the deal because an excise tax could have hurt existing wind projects and the lingering debate over the renewable energy mandate drove investors ... 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

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

Conservative Group Seeks To Repeal State Renewable Standards

The American Legislative ... power has proven to be cost effective for utilities — a point backed up by some utilities themselves. Minnesota’s largest utilities have said they would have added wind po... read more

Will Inslee and state Dems make progress on environment this session?

By 2045 all of the electrical grid would get power from renewables such as wind, solar, biomass, renewable biogases or nuclear power. The potential cost to utility consumers is just one of the ... 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

States Keep Renewable Energy Incentives Despite Push to Repeal

After the 2012 elections installed large Republican majorities in a number of states, the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) joined ranks with prominent libertarian groups in a ... read more

DFL election wins could mean pressure on state's renewable-energy goals

DFL legislators are likely to put up a raft of clean-power bills, including mandates for more wind and solar ... Marketplace vs. mandate However, resistance to higher renewable-energy targets is likel... 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

In Kansas, Renewable Energy Could Soon Be A Goal, Not A Requirement

Sam Brownback (R), along with representatives from the wind energy industry, legislative leadership, and conservative ... rather than a mandate. The agreement is the culmination of several attempts to ... read more