Re: GBlist: MANDATE RENEWABLE ENERGY IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

["Malcolm Scott" <malcolm.scott@dtn.ntl.com>]

The first couple of lines seem good, but then 3%? Isn't that the existing
fraction of renewable energy electricity including hydro? So they only need
a statement from their suppliers that they are getting 3% as part of the mix
and the job's done. Neat.
Malcolm


----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Lombard" <deblombard@swinter.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 9:13 PM
Subject: GBlist: MANDATE RENEWABLE ENERGY IN FEDERAL FACILITIES


> SENATOR WOULD MANDATE RENEWABLE ENERGY
>                                        IN FEDERAL FACILITIES
>
>                                        WASHINGTON, DC, May 30, 2000
> (ENS) - U.S.
>                                        Senator Peter Fitzgerald, an
> Illinois Republican, plans
>                                        to introduce legislation to
> instruct the federal
>                                        government to use renewable
> energy for electricity in
>                                        its facilities. "Renewable
> resources like solar and wind
>                                        power are some of the most
> reliable sources of energy
>                                        on the planet, and they are also
> good for our
>                                        environment," said Fitzgerald.
> "If we want to encourage
>                                        renewable energy development, the
> U.S. government
>                                        should go first." Fitzgerald says
> he will offer the
>                                        measure as an amendment to the
> Electric Power Market
>                                        Competition and Reliability Act
> (S. 2098), an electric
>                                        restructuring bill now before the
> Senate Energy
>                                        Committee.
>
>                                        The plan would require the U.S.
> government to
>                                        purchase a minimum of three
> percent of its energy from
>                                        renewable sources. In June 1999,
> President Bill Clinton
>                                        issued an Executive Order to
> assist federal agencies in
>                                        determining whether they have an
> opportunity to
>                                        purchase green power. The Order
> said, "federal
>                                        agencies are encouraged to
> include a provision for
>                                        green power in their Request for
> Proposals." Fitzgerald
>                                        said the administration is
> already moving to use green
>                                        power, but legislation is needed
> to ensure that future
>                                        administrations continue to
> pursue an environmentally
>                                        sound energy policy. The proposal
> would also require
>                                        electric utilities to provide
> consumers with information
>                                        about the sources and
> environmental impact of their
>                                        energy generation, as a means to
> raise public
>                                        awareness of the availability of
> environmentally
>                                        friendlier power sources.
> From: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/may2000/2000L-05-30-09.html
>
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