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Ballot Initiative 937 (official name Initiative measure no. 937, known as I-937) is a clean energy initiative that will appear on the ballot in the November, 2006 elections in Washington.

Content of the proposal

The initiative proposes to require large utilities to obtain 15% of their electricity from new renewable resources such as solar and wind by 2020 and undertake cost-effective energy conservation.[1] The initiative's definition of renewable energy does not include many existing hydroelectric facilities.[2] [3] Ratepayers in Snohomish county in particular stand to lose an estimated $12-$36 million compared to an energy plan which would count hydro power as renewable.[4] Utilities which currently purchase hydro power from the BPA would not have their existing renewable energy usage count towards the initiatives 15% requirement.[5]

Precedents

Similar legislation has been enacted in at least 20 other states including the following. (The table is sorted by date and then by descending percentage. I-937 is included in bold for easy comparison.)

State Name Enacted Percentage By Comments/Source
Maine     30% 2000  
Arizona     1.1% 2007  
Massachusetts     4% 2009  
Connecticut     10% 2010  
Iowa     ~10% 2010  
New Mexico     10% 2011  
New York     24% 2013  
Nevada     20% 2015  
Minnesota     19% 2015  
Montana     15% 2015  
Colorado Amendment 37 2004 10% 2015 First ballot initiative[6]
Texas     ~4.2% 2015 5.88 GW
California     20% 2017  
Rhode Island     16% 2019  
Delaware     10% 2019  
Maryland     7.5% 2019  
New Jersey     22.5% 2020  
Hawaii     20% 2020  
Washington I-937   15% 2020  
D.C.     11% 2022  
Pennsylvania     8% 2020  

Unless indicated otherwise, data are from [7]

Supporters

Supporters include the following:[8] (This list includes only names for which we have articles, organizations that represent a large number of people and high ranking elected officials.)

Elected Officials

Civic and political organizations

Health organizations

Energy and Labor

Environmental

Faith

Newspapers


Opponents

Opponents include the following:[9] (This list includes only names for which we have articles, organizations that represent a large number of people and high ranking elected officials.) Many small co-op electrical providers oppose the measure, even though it only affects utilities with greater than 25,000 customers.

References

  1. ^ Full text of Ballot Initiative 937 (.pdf)
  2. ^ http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/06/11/04/100loc_a1pud001.cfm
  3. ^ http://www.snopud.com/?p=3373
  4. ^ http://www.snopud.com/?p=3373
  5. ^ http://www.snopud.com/?p=3373
  6. ^ http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/clean_energy_policies/the-colorado-renewable-energy-standard-ballot-initiative.html
  7. ^ http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/clean_energy_policies/state-clean-energy-maps-and-graphs.html
  8. ^ http://www.yeson937.org/content.jsp?content_KEY=1977
  9. ^ http://www.nooni937.com/Endorsements.html

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