For GSS Energy Use chapter 10. Excerpt: President Obama ordered federal
agencies Thursday to more than double their use of electricity produced
by renewable resources, a directive that requires them to make solar,
wind and hydro power 20 percent of the government’s energy portfolio by
2020. Federal facilities can install renewable energy projects or
purchase electricity from them, according to Obama’s presidential
memorandum, which is much tougher than a 2005 congressional directive
for agencies to use renewable energy for 7.5 percent of their
electricity needs by 2013. A White House spokeswoman said the government
is on track to meet that goal. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/obama-doubles-the-goal-for-renewable-energy-usage-by-federal-agencies/2013/12/05/e470388e-5dec-11e3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_story.html. Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post. |
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