GreenBeat: Interpreting Innovation
August 3rd, 2010

In June, California voters shot down Proposition 16, a measure backed by Pacific Gas & Electric that would have made it much harder for local governments to form their own utilities. Now one Northern California municipal utility is demonstrating why this was a wise choice.

The Marin Energy Authority, delivering electricity to residents in Marin County, was just named one of the top 20 power purchasers for local governments by the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s the first utility in the country to derive 75 percent of its energy supply from renewable sources of energy — an impressive figure considering that it’s California’s goal to get 33 percent of its energy from renewables 10 years from now. Full Article