California Moves To Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045 (bloomberg.com)

California's assembly has voted to move the state's electricity completely off fossil fuels. The state assembly this week passed S.B. 100, a proposal to transition California to 100 percent emissions-free electricity sources by 2045. A report adds: The Assembly voted 43-32 in favor of the legislation Tuesday. It would eliminate the reliance on fossil fuels to power homes, businesses and factories in the world's fifth-largest economy, accelerating a shift already under way. The state currently gets about 44 percent of its power from renewables and hydropower. California has positioned itself to lead the battle against climate change by cutting emissions even as the Trump administration has worked to roll back the state's stringent auto pollution standards and prop up ailing coal-fired power plants. Earlier this year, California became the first U.S. state to mandate solar rooftop panels on almost all new homes. It would be the second state to require 100 percent carbon-free power after Hawaii.

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California mandates

[Anonymous Coward]

Thanks to CA mandates all CA cars went zero emissions 18 years ago.

Doubtless this mandate will be equally effective.

That's almost enough time

[Anonymous Coward]

to build a nuclear plant.

Re:What if the feds say no?

[PopeRatzo]

It must be awful being so close the the Retardstanis in the middle though.
You have to pay for the inbred redneck dumbfucks too.

The Republicans you find inland are decent people. They mean well. Here in California, we have some affection for them, the way you would for the kids that come to school on the short bus. We don't make fun of them or bully them. We just don't let them get behind the wheel.

Re:What if the feds say no?

[DNS-and-BIND]

Devolving power to the states is all part of Trump's plan. Stop falling for it! Resist! Keep the power in the hands of the federal government where it belongs.