Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, in announcing $20.5 million in funding for renewable-energy projects last week, indicated that he would like to see Pennsylvania utilities buying more power from solar sources.
'Unless we move now to increase our solar share - even to a modest 1.5 percent target - the types of projects we're announcing today won't even consider Pennsylvania. They'll look elsewhere and take their jobs with them,' Rendell said.
At the moment, Pennsylvania law requires that 0.5 percent of the energy that utilities purchase come from solar installations by 2021.
Even though Rendell made his intentions clear, he may not find support in the Pennsylvania legislature. WDUQ, a Pittsburgh radio station, reported September 3 that state legislators may have too much on their plate.
Erik Arneson, a Republican state senate staffer, told the station that 'we have a lot of competing priorities from a lot of people … that they'd like to see us accomplish in the short time that remains before the elections.'
Thus, Rendell's proposal may not come to fruition before the year is out. But Pennsylvania - which is rapidly becoming one of the nation's hottest solar markets - may one day require utilities to buy more solar energy.
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Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, in announcing $20.5 million in funding for renewable-energy projects last week, indicated that he would like to see Pennsylvania utilities buying more power from solar sources.
