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City Utilities Resist 'Green' Power.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2002
By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 12--It is municipal power's dirty secret.
Despite vocally supporting renewable energy, city-run electric utilities and special districts don't want to be forced to follow the same green power standards as their for-profit counterparts.
"The fact is, they are not pulling their weight when it comes to promoting renewables, and they benefit as much as anyone else from the clean air," said Nancy Rader, a longtime Bay Area energy consultant.
If the trend continues, power production nationwide could create more pollution and be more vulnerable to price swings, according to backers of "green" power sources such as wind, solar and landfill...
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