On the recordMarch 19, 2002
You have just stated that many States have already implemented greater RPS standards than required in your amendment. In my statement, I said 14 already have RPS standards. But this bill does mandate a 10-percent renewable requirement on all the States. In a State like Ohio, we are currently generating less than four-tenths of 1 percent of our electricity with non-hydro renewable power sources. We are also facing some dramatic increases in electric generation costs to reduce the pollution from coal-fired plants by using clean coal technology. About 85 percent of our plants use coal today. I can't believe an RPS in Ohio will reach 10 percent because in all probability, the utilities that serve my State, if this goes in as a mandate, will buy credits and then the cost of those credits will be passed on to Ohio ratepayers.
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