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Energy Law

Mar. 13, 2012

Municipalities take renewable energy into their own hands

Most renewable energy contracts in California involve careful, drawn-out negotiations and complicated contracts. But a more simple - albeit smaller scale - approach may be gaining momentum


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Most renewable energy contracts in California involve careful, drawn-out negotiations, complicated contracts and large quantities of energy.


But a more simple - albeit smaller scale - approach may be gaining momentum, as Palo Alto last week became the second municipality in California to adopt a so-called "feed-in tariff," in which it sets a rate and invites project owners to sell their energy...

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