North American Windpower: Groups Ask CPUC To Enforce Renewable Energy Targets

Groups Ask CPUC To Enforce Renewable Energy Targets

by NAW Staff on Thursday 18 October 2007

Two conservation groups have asked state regulators to enforce California requirements that utilities obtain 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2010, as mandated by California's renewable portfolio standard (RPS).

The Center for Biological Diversity and The Sierra Club filed a motion on Oct. 5 with the California Public Utilities Commission to require revision of San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s renewable energy plan in light of announcements that the company does not expect to the meet the 2010 deadline.

A January 2007 review by the California Energy Commission found that utilities likely will not meet the state's renewable energy deadlines.

According to San Diego Gas & Electric's renewable procurement plan, the company admits that it is "highly unlikely that it will achieve the 20-percent mandate by 2010." In August, its parent company, Sempra Energy, reported the same conclusion to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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