News Source: 10 News
| 2 months ago
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday giving California the nation's most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. Schwarzenegger said the order...
News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 2 months ago
While the Republican governor agrees with the goals, the legislation's speci- fics are too rigid and will hinder California's ability to draw power from outside the state, administration officials and other state energy officials said. "Thirty-three...
News Source: The Age
| 2 months ago
Schwarzenegger said the order signed at a solar field in a Sacramento suburb on Tuesday will reduce California's dependence on fossil fuels and help clean its air while creating a reliable power supply for a state with 38 million people. It also will...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 2 months ago
The state's electric utilities will be required to get at least a third of their power from wind, solar and other renewable resources by 2020, under an executive order signed this afternoon by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "With this action, we will...
News Source: Venture Beat
| 2 months ago
But, almost immediately, governor Arnold Schwarzenegger — who has been a vocal supporter of renewable energy requirements — announced plans to veto the bills in favor of an executive order. His objection is based on the legislation’s limits on...
News Source: The Union
| 2 months ago
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order giving California the nation's most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. The order...