More wind and solar power will soon be on its way to Colorado. Late this morning, the state senate passed HB 1001, the bill that will increase Colorado’s renewable energy standard from 20% to 30%. The bill is now on its way to the Governor’s desk for his signature.
This means that by 2020, large utilities will get nearly one third of their power from the wind, sun, and other forms of renewable energy.
Let’s take a minute to celebrate this exciting victory. Thanks to the leadership of Governor Ritter, leaders in the legislature, and our allies in the conservation community, and many others, Colorado will soon have the second highest renewable energy standard in the country.
We hear far too many stories about how our elected officials can’t or won’t solve the difficult problems our state and country face. It feels good to know that we succeeded in getting something BIG done for the environment today.
Congratulations to everyone who helped to make this happen. Onward to more victories!
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Just think where we would be if President Reagen hadn’t removed the solar panels from the WH.
of our rep Max Tyler who introduced this legislation.
As they go for a larger and larger percentage, they’re going to have to turn to nuclear.
for bringing green jobs to Colorado!
But we still have a long way to go, such as by creating a national high-voltage energy super-highway that carries renewable energy generated where and when nature chooses to where and when demand is the highest, acheiving the necessity of balancing the grid.
David is probably right, that nuclear will be a necessary component of base load generation in the intermediate term, until we develop better technologies for harnessing the energy of sun and wind and flowing waters. Aside from expediting their construction (as our national policies are increasingly gearing up to do), we should also consider following the European example of reprocessing spent fuel, which greatly reduces the nuclear waste and storage problem.