- Colorado has just passed legislation requiring that 30% of their energy portfolio come from renewable sources by 2020. As noted by Climate Progress, Colorado is a renewable energy leader.
The legislation confirms Colorado’s leadership in nurturing the development of clean, renewable energy just six years after voters approved the state’s first RES – 10% by 2015. In 2006 the state legislature doubled the RES to 20% by 2020, and with enactment of the latest measure only California will have a set a more ambitious state requirement than Colorado, 33% by 2020.
As State Rep. Max Tyler wrote in Sunday’s Denver Post, “There’s new energy in town, and it’s powering a boom that will make Colorado a leader in recovering from this financial downturn. This clean renewable energy will grow Colorado’s economy and lead to a brighter future.”
Readings for the Day 10 March 2010
– March 1, 2010Posted in: Readings of the Day
