California Raises The Bar For Renewable Power

摘要

Never content with the status of pioneer in the nation's quest for greater development of renewable power, California has taken steps again to raise the standards for other states to follow.rnIn November 2008, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order to streamline his state's renewable energy project approval process and increase the state's Renewable Energy Standard to 33 percent renewable power by 2020.rnCalling it the "the most aggressive target in the nation for renewable energy," Schwarzenegger said the order, "will clear the red tape for renewable projects and streamline the permitting and siting of new plants and transmission lines."