NewsHour Extra Video: California Pioneers Renewable Energy

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Discussion Ideas:

Here are links to some of the organizations cited or highlighted in this piece:

Utility Reform Network
http://www.turn.org/index.php
California Manufacturers and Technical Association
http://www.cmta.net/
Pacific Gas & Electric
http://www.pge.com/
California Public Utilities Commission
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/

What does "Carbon-Free" electricity mean?

What are "renewable" energy sources?

Why do you think the CEO of Pacific Gas & Electric believes that the biggest obstacle to complying with the government's mandates is often the government itself?

Do you agree, as Mark Toney of The Utility Reform Network said, that the government should create regulation to protect against developers manipulating the market for electricity creation and selling?
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