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 Stories About: energy AND Oregon AND politics AND renewable energy AND state politics
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Oregon Gov. signs tough new renewable standard |
David Roberts |
08 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Kudos to Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski, who this week signed one of the nation's toughest renewable portfolio standards: the state's biggest utilities must deliver 25% of their power from renewable sources by 2025. |
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| Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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Some good news for a change, albeit with an albeit
Oregon blazes a trail again, mostly |
JMG |
24 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| The Oregon House passed an aggressive renewable electricity supply standard that requires the biggest utilities in the state to get 25 percent of their capacity from renewables (not including existing hydro) by 2025. The state Senate already passed the companion bill, and the Oregon governor, Ted Kulongoski, has been pushing these all year, so they are widely expected to pass after the two bills are reconciled into one. But ...The downside to these bills are that the "25 ... |
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| Topics: energy, Oregon, politics, renewable energy, state politics (all these topics) |
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