Christian Roselund, PV Magazine
Summary
As the Trump Administration puts pro-coal ideologues in key positions of power and continues to downplay or ignore the seriousness of climate change, the district and city which hosts the U.S. federal government is preparing to set a more ambitious renewable energy mandate than any state to date.
On Tuesday the Washington D.C. City Council held the first of two hearings scheduled for a bill that will set a mandate that utilities operating in the district source 100% of their electricity from renewable energy by 2032. This would double the current requirement that utilities must source 50% of their power from renewables by that date.
So far the most ambitious renewable portfolio standard (RPS) policy in the United States is in Hawaii, which is calling for 100% renewables in electricity by 2045. California has a similar target, but mandates 100% zero-carbon resources by 2045, which could include other technologies.
The bill also requires that 70% of the renewable energy credits used to meet this mandate come from facilities with which the utility has a power contract lasting 7 years or longer.
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