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RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION.
INITIATIVE STATUTE.
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SUMMARY Put on the Ballot by Petition Signatures
Requires government-owned utilities to generate 20% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2010, a standard currently applicable to private electrical corporations. Raises requirement for all utilities to 40% by 2020 and 50% by 2025. Fiscal Impact: Increased state administrative costs up to $3.4 million annually, paid by fees. Unknown impact on state and local government costs and revenues due to the measure’s uncertain impact on retail electricity rates.
WHAT YOUR VOTE MEANS
YES A YES vote on this measure means: Electricity providers in California, including publicly owned utilities, would be required to increase their proportion of electricity generated from renewable resources, such as solar and wind power, beyond the current requirement of 20 percent by 2010, to 40 percent by 2020 and 50 percent by 2025, or face specified penalties. The requirement for privately owned electricity providers to acquire renewable electricity would be limited by a cost cap requiring such acquisitions only when the cost is no more than 10 percent above a specified market price for electricity. Electricity providers who fail to meet the renewable resources requirements would potentially be subject to a 1 cent per kilowatt hour penalty rate set in statute, without a cap on the total annual penalty amount. The required time frames for approving new renewable electricity plants would be shortened.
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NO A NO vote on this measure means: Electricity providers in California, except publicly owned ones, would continue to be required to increase their proportion of electricity generated from renewable resources to 20 percent by 2010. The current requirements on privately owned utilities to purchase renewable electricity would continue to be limited by an annual cost cap on the total amount of such purchases. Electricity providers would continue to be subject to the existing penalty process, in which the penalty rate (currently 5 cents per kilowatt-hour) and a total annual penalty cap (currently $25 million per provider) are set administratively. The required time frames for approving new renewable electricity plants would not be shortened. |
ARGUMENTS
PRO Vote Yes on 7 to require all utilities to provide 50% renewable electricity by 2025. Support solar, wind, and geothermal power to combat rising energy costs and global warming. Proposition 7 protects consumers, and favors solar and clean energy over expensive fossil fuels and dangerous offshore drilling.
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CON Prop. 7: opposed by leading environmental groups, renewable power providers, taxpayers, business, and labor. 7 is poorly drafted, results in less renewable power, higher electric rates, and potentially another energy crisis. 7 forces small renewable companies out of California’s market. Power providers could always charge 10% above market rates.
www.NoProp7.com |
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FOR
Jim Gonzalez
Californians for Solar and Clean
Energy
1830 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 444-2425 / 449-6190
jim@jimgonzalez.com
www.Yeson7.net |
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AGAINST
Californians Against Another Costly
Energy Scheme
(866) 811-9255
www.NoProp7.com |
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