Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Senate panel OKs bill to increase green power

Senate panel OKs bill to increase green power
Thu May 3, 2007 1:23AM EDT

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate may vote later this month on an energy bill that would by 2020 require that 15 percent of U.S. electricity be produced by renewable sources such as wind and solar.

The same bill would require 10 percent of federal power purchases to be produced by "green" methods by 2010.

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