Energy Program Pays Its Way

This Los Angeles Times editorial endorses two California bills to extend an electricity saving program that encourages renewable energy.

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September 4, 2000, 9:00 AM PDT

By California 2000

Rumors have circulated that Gov. Gray Davis may not pass the bills AB 994, by Assemblyman Rod Wright, D-Los Angeles, and SB 1194, by Sen. Byron Sher, D-Stanford, due to concern that the cost of the program would be considered a new tax or an increase in electricity surcharge, the editorial states. However, the state Energy Commission estimates that efficiency programs cut electric bills by more than $2.8 billion in the 1990s, and the renewable energy sources have developed about 6,600 megawatts of new power for the stressed electricity grid, making these programs indispensable, the Times asserts.

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FULL STORY: Energy Program Pays Its Way

Tuesday, August 29, 2000 in The Los Angeles Times

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