Association and industry executives testified before Congress recently, reopening a contentious debate over a draft bill setting a renewable electricity standard that would require utilities nationwide to sell a set amount of energy generated from renewable sources and reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. The so-called RES would start at 4 percent in 2011-2012 and would climb to 20 percent by 2021-2039, levels not far from the goals of President Obama, who has advocated that 25 percent of the nation’s energy be renewable by 2025. Though renewable electricity standards aren’t new—roughly half of states already have them, according to a July Department of Energy… Read More