[LibertarianInExile]

"The governor wants to accelerate the adoption of renewable power - wind, solar, geothermal, biomass. He succeeded in persuading the PUC to move its deadline from 2017 to 2010 for having 20 percent of California's power renewable. But if we're going to double the proportion of electric power from renewable sources in the next five years, the program needs to get in a higher gear."

The dumbass is going to spend a ton of money on subsidizing silly windmills and compost heaps, while southern California heat overloads the grid. How about Mr. Republican start doing what they keep accusing those evil Republicans of doing--give the utilities a 125% income tax credit on any money they spend on grid improvements? Then they have a interest!

[upcountryhorseman]

I can tell you from personal experience that this "stuff":
wind, solar, biomass is not practical for large scale
applications. Wind is hopelessly inefficient and solar
is only efficient at a residential level under certain conditions. The equipment needed to produce solar power
is very expensive and has not come down in price in thirty
years!