Font Resize- Utah Legislature interims
- Oct 21:
- Lawmakers hear contrasting primers on climate change
- Lawmakers debate sex ed
- Education testing bill gets lawmaker endorsement
- New Century Scholarship wins long-term backing
- Break in the works for jobless seniors
- McEntee: Back on the Hill
- Ephraim lawmaker will resign to take new job
- Abuse protection sought for health care workers
- Legislative leaders outraged by land agency bonuses
- Cost savings from Utah's 4-day work week fall short of projections
- Independent ethics panel gaining support in Legislature
Utah is on track for renewable power to account for 20 percent of its energy total by 2025 even though wind, solar and geothermal now account for only about a half percent of the mix, a state official said Wednesday.
Dianne Nielson, the governor's energy policy adviser, issued her annual report to a legislative interim committee and assured lawmakers the state could achieve that and other energy-security goals.
Referring to a bill Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, sponsored two years ago, Nielson said energy producers and other groups agreed to the goal as written into law. "We had broad agreement it could be accomplished," she said.
Rep. Ryan Wilcox, R-Ogden, noting that wind and geothermal energy now in production in Utah has been sold to California, asked whether that production would be included in the 20 percent and, if so, whether it should.
"We're going to make sure we do," responded Rep. Roger Barrus, R-Centerville, co-chairman of the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee.
