Georgia can’t meet proposed green energy rules, official says

Atlanta Journal Constitution
By BOB KEEFE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, February 26, 2009

WASHINGTON — Georgia simply doesn’t have the wind, solar or biomass resources required to meet proposed new federal regulations for renewable energy generation, Georgia Public Service Commissioner Stan Wise told members of Congress Thursday.

As a result, Georgians’ electricity bills would rise by as much as 25 percent and billions of taxpayer money would flow out of Georgia to import renewable energy from other states or to pay for government-sponsored credits to offset proposed renewable goals, Wise warned members of a House energy subcommittee.

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