In the Wake of Prop. 87's Defeat, California Should Refocus on Renewables

In a special editorial to the Sacramento Bee, Dianne Fellman, a director of regulatory affairs for FPL Energy, a Juno Beach, Florida company, says that California "...needs to examine what is stopping major investment today from the private sector in order to meet our clean-energy objectives. Regrettably, California is losing its environmental leadership position to other states that are doing more than just talking about renewables..."  Fellman cites the fact that Texas has overtaken California as the largest producer of windpower in the nation as part of the evidence that California's regulatory atmosphere "...drives clean-energy companies to invest in other places where they can more readily bring production on line..."  Fellman calls for streamlining the process to encourage more renewable energy.  You can read the entire editorial here.  

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