Californians reject renewable power measure
With about 31 percent of the state's precincts reporting, Proposition 7 "no" votes had 65 percent of the vote.
The measure called for an increase in renewable power by about 2 percent of electricity generation a year until it reached 40 percent by 2020 and 50 percent by 2025.
Opponents called the measure well-meaning but ill-conceived and that it would constrict rather than expand renewable power generation in California.
Currently, about 13 percent of California's power is generated by renewable sources including solar and wind.
California has a goal of 20 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2010, which the state's utilities are not expected to meet.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger supports a 33 percent renewables goal by 2020.
Environmentalists teamed with major utilities including Pacific Gas & Electric Co and Southern California Edison in a campaign to defeat the measure.
Related News
Covid-19 puts brake on Turkey’s solar sector
ANKARA - The decision by the Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority to halt part of the system of processing net metering applications risks bringing the only vibrant segment of the nation’s solar industry to a grinding halt.
The regulator has suspended monthly meetings of the committee which makes technical evaluations of net metering applications, citing concerns about the spread of Covid-19.
The availability of electricity bill credits for net-metering-approved households which inject surplus power into the grid has seen the rooftop projects the scheme is typically associated with remain the only source of new solar generation capacity in Turkey of late.
However the…
