Arizona Going Brown; House Committee Kills Renewable Energy Mandate
February 24, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ By a 5-2 margin, the Arizona House Government Committee voted to overturn the state's renewable energy mandate.
The bill that came out of committee, House Bill 2701, now goes to the full House and is designed to strip regulators of their authority to impose renewable-energy mandates, which currently state that by 2025 utilities must generate 15% of their power from renewable sources.
The bill lumps nuclear power in with renewable resources and prohibits any utility from being forced to buy "alternative" energy.
A representative from Chinese solar energy giant SunTech Power Holdings said that if the bill becomes a law, the company would reconsider plans to open a solar-panel manufacturing plant in Goodyear, Az.
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The bill that came out of committee, House Bill 2701, now goes to the full House and is designed to strip regulators of their authority to impose renewable-energy mandates, which currently state that by 2025 utilities must generate 15% of their power from renewable sources.
The bill lumps nuclear power in with renewable resources and prohibits any utility from being forced to buy "alternative" energy.
A representative from Chinese solar energy giant SunTech Power Holdings said that if the bill becomes a law, the company would reconsider plans to open a solar-panel manufacturing plant in Goodyear, Az.
Read more at Renewable Energy News Today:
Latest Arizona Renewable Energy news - http://renewableenergy.einnews.com/arizona/
Located at http://renewableenergy.einnews.com, Renewable Energy News Today is a service of EIN News, an industry leader in news monitoring for business professionals and analysts. Using a combination of proprietary search technology and human editing, EIN News delivers to its members the latest renewable energy news from around the world, saving them valuable time they'd spend searching for information. New users to Renewable Energy News Today can enjoy a no-obligation, one-week free trial.
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