[S-C] Fwd: Report on potential CA renewable energy production

[Kevin Shrieve]

From: EPA Climate Change Govs List <epagovs@ICFCONSULTING.COM>
To: CLIMATE-GOVS-L@LISTSERV.ICFCONSULTING.COM
Subject: California Report Shows Potential to Increase Renewable=20
Production Ten-Fold
Date-Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 8:17 AM -0500

California Report Shows Potential to Increase Renewable Production Ten-Fold

A new report from the California Energy Commission suggests that the state
has the potential to generate 10 times as much energy from renewable
sources as it does today. The =93Renewable Resources Development Report,=94
required as part of the state=92s new Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS),
concludes that California=92s renewable resources are far from fully
developed, and explores timelines and potential costs of further
development.

The original RPS, enacted in 2002, calls for 20 percent of California=92s
retail electricity sales to be met by renewable sources by 2017. The
California Energy Commission, California Public Utilities Commission, and
the California Power Authority have since adopted an Energy Action Plan
that accelerates the date for reaching the 20 percent target to 2010.
According to the report, downward trends in the costs of generating
electricity from renewable resources suggest that achieving these goals is
economically feasible, but a number of barriers and challenges must be
overcome in order to ensure the new standards can be met.

The report notes that about 11 percent of the electricity used in
California comes from renewable sources. The state produces the world=92s
largest amount of electricity from concentrating solar power, is the
world=92s third-largest market for photovoltaic energy, has the largest
developed wind industry of any state in the United States, and also has
considerable biomass and geothermal generating capacity.

The Renewable Resources Development Report is available at:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/reports.

*******
State and local officials interested in additional information about
improving air quality, increasing energy efficiency, saving costs and
voluntary greenhouse gas reductions may visit
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/visitorcenter/publicofficials/.

To subscribe to this or other EPA climate change
listservs, go to http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/listservs.