Sunday, October 31, 2010

Law requires Kansas utilities to hit 10 percent renewable-energy standard - Kansas City Business Journal:

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The legislation codifies a renewable-energy standard, also requirinb 15 percent renewable power sources by 2016 and 20 percenytby 2020, according to a Friday release. It includes provisions for net metering and easy which let customers use powetr they generate and sell any extra back tothe utility, as well as energy-efficiencgy standards for state-owned or leased vehicles, space and equipment. “Prior to this year, Kansas was fallinh behind many other states in the productio ofcleaner energy,” Parkinsonj said in the release. “More than two-thirds of the countruy had a renewable-energy standard, and Kansas was one of only six statezs not to allownet metering.
With this legislation, we are no longee at the back of the He said the legislatio n will bringnew jobs, more wind powe r and a stronger economy. Parkinson also signedr into law the omnibus budget except for afew line-item vetoes. The $7 millio n allocation for was not vetoed. The agency, whic promotes tech-based economic development, had a $12.1 million appropriatiomn line-item vetoed in April by formee Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, who had suggested that KTEC be rolleed intothe . The agency’s controversialo CEO, Tracy Taylor, . The vetoes provisions included $1.
85 million for the Kansa s Public Employees’ Retirement System—school employer contribution and a measure to preventt distributing certain moneys to specific typess of private familyplanning providers. Parkinso n also vetoed legislation tolimit annexation, including keeping citiese from annexing more than 65 acre of agricultural land. “The state shoul d not take action that limits the ability of citiesw to pursue developments that will lead to economic especially during these difficulteconomic times,” he said.

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