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Investor owned utilities increasing renewable energy in California

in aggregate, the investor-owned utilities (IOU) s will reach 20% of grid-connected renewable energy.before the end of 2012…..

CPUC Report Shows Good Progress In California’s Renewable Energy Deployment, SolarIndustryMag.com  07 March 2011 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) says its most recent compliance reports suggest that the state’s three largest investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have continued to increase their share of grid-connected renewable energy.

According to the CPUC, renewable power constituted 18% of these IOUs’ total retail electricity sales in 2010 – up from 15% in 2009. Southern California Edison (SCE) led the companies with a 19.4% share of renewable energy. In 2009, SCE’s share was 17.4%.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s portfolio contained 17.7% renewable energy (up from 14.4% in 2009), and San Diego Gas and Electric Co.’s share was 11.9% (up from 10.5% in 2009), the CPUC says.

The commission forecasts that, in aggregate, the IOUs will reach 20% before the end of 2012…..

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March 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | renewable, USA