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Calfornia turbulence blows ill for Pacific Northwest Region

In California’s effort to marshal a symphony of energy resources, the Northwest is the designated woodwind.

John White, director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies – CEERT for the short-winded – drew the orchestra analogy last week as he tried to explain the implications of two mostly contradictory efforts to reset standards for renewable energy use in the Golden State.

An ideal utility resource portfolio is like a symphony, he says, with geothermal, solar, wind and other technologies making energy music together. Californians, with Proposition 23 and SB722, are just working on the score.

For Northwest energy planners, both are disquieting because they might profoundly affect regional investment in wind energy.

Bert Caldwell The Spokesman-Review

Full story: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/aug/22/calfornia-turbulence-blows-ill-for-region/

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