Udall Proposal for Higher Electricity Bills

The Hill - Democratic Sens. Tom Udall (N.M.) and Mark Udall (Colo.) are renewing their push to require utilities to ramp up the amount of power they supply from renewable sources like wind and solar energy. Their reintroduction Wednesday of legislation to create a “renewable electricity standard” — or RES — comes even as the White House is courting Republicans by promoting a wider utility standard that would credit other low-carbon sources including nuclear power. The Udall’s bill would require utilities to supply 25 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2025, while allowing a credit trading system to help meet the targets.

“Studies show that a federal RES would reduce energy bills, revitalize rural America, slow global warming and strengthen our energy security,” Sen. Tom Udall said Wednesday in a statement. An RES has long been a pillar of Democratic and green group energy plans and passed the House in recent years under Democratic control. But efforts to steer an RES through the Senate last year collapsed, and the terrain has only gotten tougher, now that Republicans control the House and increased their Senate numbers. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Udall Proposal for Higher Electricity Bills