In an article published by the Kansas City Star, voters in Missouri will decide that issue on November 4. Proposition C, also known as the Missouri Clean Energy Initiative, would commit the state to increase renewable energy sources for electricity, trim consumers’ utility bills and slash pollution by coal-burning power plants.
The proposal was placed on the ballot through an initiative petition led by a progressive effort to boost the state’s use of wind, solar, biomass, hydrogen fuel cells and other renewable sources.
Proposition C requires the state’s investor-owned utilities to acquire 15% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2021. The current figure is less than 1%. Coal now accounts for 82% of the electricity produced by these utilities.
Kansas City Power & Light supports Proposition C. This utility, which delivers electricity to hundreds of thousands in the metropolitan area, already has said it intends to invest in more wind forms.
Twenty-six states already have renewable electricity standards. Some are stricter than Missouri’s; others are less strict.
A “Yes”vote is recommended by The Star. The Clean Energy Initiative would dramatically increase the state’s supply of clean renewable electricity.
