Colorado Governor Signs Bill Requiring More Renewables

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper signed into law a bill requiring certain rural cooperatives to obtain 20 percent and municipal utilities to obtain 10 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020.  Smaller coops will not see the same increase.  Rural coops may charge customers an additional two percent on their monthly bills to help pay for the additional renewable projects.  The Denver Business Journal has more.

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