Senate Panel Tackling Renewables Standard and Building Efficiency. By Katherine Ling, Greenwire, June 1, 2009. "The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hammer out details of the renewable electricity standard at a markup Thursday, with hopes of finalizing language on building efficiency codes the same day. To accomplish this, the committee must whittle down 49 amendments that have been filed on the Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) provision[PDF, 28 pp], on topics ranging from adding nuclear power into the title to adjusting what counts toward feed for biomass to increasing the target levels... Chairman Jeff Bingaman's RES provision would require utilities to supply 15 percent of their electricity from renewable generation by 2021 and allow them to substitute energy efficiency measures for slightly more than a quarter of the target. Bingaman has the 12 necessary votes to support the 15 percent target so it is not likely to change, but how the RES is measured and quantified is still open for negotiation."
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