Trying to spark alternative energy: Pending state legislation would target goals and funding sources
An excerpt from a story in the Racine Journal Times:
In this winter of discontent and complaint about the cost of heating our homes, the Wisconsin Legislature is facing the task of reworking the state’s energy policy.
Senate Bill 459 would rewrite several sections of state law to change the goals for the use of renewable energy sources and who controls the funding. While they are generally very supportive of the bill, some environmental and public interest groups are hesitating over the loopholes left for future lawmakers to crawl through.
. . . The bill is an outgrowth of the Governor’s Task Force on Energy Efficiency and Renewables, created in 2003 and comprised of people representing utilities, business, and environmental and citizen advocacy organizations.
