“A legislator who represents a part of Sheboygan County where a small wind farm has been proposed wants to freeze the state’s renewable energy mandate.
Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said he plans to introduce legislation that would freeze the state’s renewable energy mandate at 2012 levels.
The renewable mandate requires that 10% of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources by 2015. Utilities have already complied with the 2010 mandate, which required that 6% of the state’s power come from renewable sources, such as wind farms, landfill gas projects and biomass.
Grothman called the 10% requirement a mistake that is raising electricity prices and “tearing at the fabric of Wisconsin communities when new windmills are proposed.”
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Wichert, of Renew Wisconsin, said the state is behind other states when it comes to renewable energy. Iowa already has 20% of its electricity from renewable sources, and Minnesota and Illinois both have 25% renewable power standards on the books.”
Senior policy director of Clean Wisconsin, Keith Reopelle, said Grothman’s proposal is “out of touch with reality.” Read the full article here.