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California Ensures Future Blackouts and Power Problems

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California Ensures Future Blackouts and Power Problems Empty California Ensures Future Blackouts and Power Problems

Post by Buzzy Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:24 am

San Francisco -- California utility regulators approved rules Thursday banning power companies from buying electricity from high-polluting energy sources, including most out-of-state coal plants, to curb emissions of heat-trapping gases linked to global warming.

The Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to adopt the "greenhouse gas emissions performance standard," which will prohibit utilities and other energy providers from entering long-term contracts with sources that emit more carbon dioxide than a modern natural gas plant.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/01/25/state/n122126S17.DTL
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