WASHINGTON — A coalition representing the governors of 29 states, including Colorado, is urging the federal government to take steps to boost wind energy, such as setting a renewable energy standard requiring utilities to produce at least 10 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2012.
The bipartisan Governors’ Wind Energy Coalition plans to make the recommendations today in a report to Congress and the White House. The report comes as Senate sponsors of a climate bill prepare to present their legislation, perhaps as soon as this week.
The governors said in letters to President Barack Obama and Congress that although the House began to address increasing wind power’s role in legislation it passed last year, they are eager to see the Senate follow through.
