Posted on 01/20/2007 9:46:10 AM PST by NormsRevenge
California's utilities are falling behind schedule in meeting a deadline that 20% of their electricity must come from renewable resources by 2010, newly issued reports from two energy agencies show.
In separate updates, state energy regulators paint markedly different pictures of how California is progressing in efforts to procure power from sun, wind, water and waste. But both indicate that a crucial piece of the state's ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gases is sputtering.
The California Energy Commission offered a bleak assessment in its Jan. 3 report, saying there had been little real addition to the power grid from renewable sources thus far. The state Public Utilities Commission, in a much rosier assessment released Friday, said power companies had signed numerous large contracts for major projects and progress was good. But in its charts, the PUC showed the state meeting its goals by 2011 at the soonest.
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In the PUC report, almost all the new power is "contracted" or pending approval, and White noted that one of the largest projects was dependent on a type of solar technology that was still being tested.
"The potential for contract failure is significant," he said. "Bottom line is, we will never meet the governor's 2020 climate target if we don't rapidly accelerate our renewable investment and acquisition."
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In its report, the CEC noted that although California's large investor-owned utilities claim progress in meeting the state's goals with contracts for nearly 4,000 megawatts of renewable energy, only 242 new megawatts are online today. Even if all the contracts hold up, the utilities will need to add as much as 1,500 megawatts more, it said. A megawatt is enough electricity to serve about 750 average homes.
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This is just like the earlier California law that required 10% of all new vehicles to be emission-free by some deadline, 2003, I think.
The law was ultimately repealed because it just wasn't gonna happen.
Awe-nold is so powerful he commands the very climate itself.
THANK GOD TXU is capable of supplying ALL the electric power (really: 'energy') I need to heat my place.
What, Central Planning doesn't work?
Is there anyone on this forum who still supports this phony "Republican"? It is so sad that the sick state of California is forced to be spoon-fed this toxic snake oil.
Yes he is! He just started battling global warming a month ago and already the citrus crops have frozen.
Casting him as Mr. FReeze was an appropriate call.
Too bad he couldn't FReeze the state's spending and borrowing.
In my county, the enviros sued to prevent geothermal development, are suing to remove hydropower dams, and are threatening to sue to halt development of a biomass electrical plant at one of our remaining mills. We are prime for wind power, but everyone knows that we are on the Pacific flyway so why even go there.
The enviros speak with forked tongue.
This is just like the earlier California law that required 10% of all new vehicles to be emission-free by some deadline, 2003, I think.
The law was ultimately repealed because it just wasn't gonna happen.
That's the problem when delusional ignorant morons get elected to office.
They are genetically incapable of recognizing that you can't legislate innovation, invention and self-interest.
The Soviet Union tried for over 70 years; and failed miserably.
Now that's funny!
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