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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (19014)	7/2/2012 10:57:39 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 85487

Not all; there are some municipal providers, too. Sacratomato turned their nuke into a solar farm. Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) SMUD became the only large California utility to meet the statewide goal of supplying 20% of its power from renewables in 2010. SMUD supplied more than 24% of its retail sales with renewable energy in 2010, beating its goal of 23.8% (20% RPS plus 3% Greenergy.) That’s not surprising given SMUD’s long history with renewable power. In fact, SMUD adopted goals for renewable power in 2001, well ahead of California’s landmark law. SMUD has chosen to meet or exceed the state requirements and is well on our way to meeting the 2020 goal of 37% (33% RPS plus 4% Greenergy.) You can read the SMUD Board’s Strategic Directive on Resource Planning. smud.org Stanfurd, of course, is a laggard Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS): The City has adopted a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) requiring that 33% of the City’s electric usage be supplied by eligible renewable energy resources by 2015, providing that goal can be reached without raising rates more than five percent. The City continues to ramp up its purchases of renewable energy, so that in 2011 about 19% of the City’s needs were supplied by renewable power. As shown below, contracts are in place for projects that are expected to provide renewable supplies for about 31% of total needs by 2015. The City is pursuing additional renewable energy supplies to meet the balance of the RPS needs, while also pursuing increased energy efficiency to reduce or eliminate increases in electricity demand. cityofpaloalto.org