Energy Law
Mar. 1, 2012
Renewable energy goals create conundrum for gas-fired plants
For California to meet its renewable energy goals, it may need more gas-fired plants to serve as backup generation. But utilities are buying so much green energy that many gas-fired plants aren't getting enough business to stay afloat.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
California's rush to lead the nation in using renewable energy has forced it to confront many challenges of early adoption.
The latest is tinged with irony - for the state to increase the amount of renewable energy utilities provide to residents, it may have to keep more fossil fuel plants running.
Because of the state's ambitious green energy goal, which requires utilities to supply ...
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