Dive Summary:

• A newly proposed California law seeks to do away with the state’s 33% renewables mandate, and instead, implement a bold and comprehensive greentech future without limits.
• Assembly Bill 177 (AB 177) will require all utilities to procure all available energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable resources in the most cost-effective way. This bill has gained support from both renewables advocates and grid operators.
• “We have been thinking about how to go beyond 33 percent in a way that reflects what we have learned,” said V. John White, director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies. “We have learned that renewables are not a side salad on the greasy fossil fuels burger plate. They are the main course.”

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“This seems like a new idea but, the bill notes, is ‘consistent with the loading order adopted by the Energy Commission and the commission which sets forth state policy for preferred resources to meet electrical load needs.’”