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A Missouri Compromise for renewables; Not much of a mandate left after a recent controversy
A Missouri legislative committee has salvaged the state's renewable energy law, but it looks like it had to be considerably weakened to succeed. At least, renewable energy advocates say, the requirement for state-sourced clean energy has survived earlier attacks.
April 11, 2011
by Bill Opalka
in Renewablesbiz
A Missouri legislative committee has salvaged the state's renewable energy law, but it looks like it had to be considerably weakened to succeed. At least, renewable energy advocates say, the requirement for state-sourced clean energy has survived earlier attacks.
The House Committee on Renewable Energy just passed the "Renewable Energy Act" (HB 613) with a 10-0 vote that crossed party lines.
The Renewable Energy Act reinstates portions of the renewable energy law, though it is still weaker than Prop C that Missouri passed with 66 percent of the vote in 2008 in a voter-initiated referendum.
P.J. Wilson, co-director of initiative leader Renew... [continue via Web link]
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