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Greenpeace's Positive Energy
December 8 - December 14, 2003
v. 3.42

Here's your weekly Positive Energy - The Greenpeace Clean Energy Now! newsletter.

In This edition:
- Take Action: Save Community Choice and Renewable Portfolio Standard in CA! - World Bank Report Recommends End to Oil Development Loans - World?s Largest PV Generating Station to Supply Southern California Customers

+++++ Take Action: Save Community Choice and Renewable Portfolio Standard Lawsin CA!

The California Public Utilities Commission plans to defy Renewable Energy andCommunity Choice laws by giving a "5 year blank check" to California's electricmonopolies. On December 18 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) willvote between three plans that could make or break renewable and alternative energy inCalifornia for five years into the future. The outcome of the December 18 CPUC voteappears poised to allow California's electric monopolies to ignore the state's new lawrequiring minimum levels of green power (SB1078), and may also block San Francisco,San Diego and dozens of California communities seeking to use the state's CommunityChoice law (AB117) to break away from utility procurement until 2009 unlessCommissioner Lynch's Alternate Decision is approved.

Take Action: Tell the CPUC Commissioners, President Pro Tem of the California StateSenate, and Speaker of the California State Assembly to support the "Lynch AlternateDecision." Just go to: http:// www.cleanenergynow.org/bin/actioncenter.pl?action_id8

+++++ World Bank Report Recommends End to Oil Development Loans

In a sweeping statement that could have major ramifications for development projects inthe Third World, a new World Bank-commissioned report recommends that theorganization cease funding for all oil development projects by 2008. The bank was looking into the recommendations in the report which said the institution should "devote its limited scarce resources to investments in renewable energy, resource development, emissions-reducing projects, clean energy technology, energy efficiency and conservation, and other efforts that de-link energy use from greenhouse gas emissions."

To read the enitre story, please visit: http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID966279

+++++ World?s Largest PV Generating Station to Supply Southern California Customers

Southern California Edison (SCE) has agreed to purchase renewable solar power for itscustomers from what will be the world?s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) central station.The agreement with TrueSolar Solutions, LLC. was approved last week by the CaliforniaPublic Utilities Commission (CPUC). "When completed, the TrueSolar project willprovide our customers with the lowest- cost wholesale electric energy available fromphotovoltaics," said Lars Bergmann, SCE?s director of qualifying facilities contracts.
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