North American Windpower: Voters Can Opt For Green Energy

Voters Can Opt For Green Energy

by NAW Staff on Thursday 24 August 2006

Voters in Washington state will be able to choose on November 7, 2006, whether to require the state's largest utilities to provide 15% of their energy supply from renewable energy sources, such as wind or solar, by the year 2020. This Initiative 937, or I-937, is an option in the ballots because of 336,770 voters' signatures that supported it - 225,000 signatures were required.

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