Breakthrough Technologies Institute - Fuel Cells 2000
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• Equipping or retrofitting all city-owned buildings and developing energy<br />
procurement policies to secure 15% of the power for city-owned facilities from<br />
renewable sources by 2012. A minimum of 33% of the power acquired from<br />
renewable sources must come from on-site renewable energy.<br />
• Requiring all new buildings and additions built for or by the city that are over<br />
50,000 square feet to have 15% of the power to the building generated by onsite<br />
renewable energy.<br />
• Requiring that the city fleet to be fueled with a minimum of 20% nonpetroleum<br />
based fuels within 5 years.<br />
• Developing a rebate program to encourage the use of renewable energy,<br />
including solar panels, by city residents.<br />
• Lobbying for adoption of the Public Regulation Commission's net-metering<br />
measure that will provide the City with opportunities to sell back to utility<br />
companies any excess renewable energy and renewable energy credits<br />
produced by installations on city-owned facilities.<br />
Albuquerque City Council<br />
Crystal Ortega<br />
Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Government Center<br />
One Civic Plaza NW<br />
City Council, Room 9087<br />
Albuquerque, NM 87102<br />
Phone: (505) 768-3100<br />
Email: cortega@cabq.gov<br />
Web: www.cabq.gov/council<br />
2. STANDARDS/REGULATIONS<br />
POWER GENERATION<br />
Renewable Portfolio Standard<br />
www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title17/17.009.0572.htm<br />
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission approved the state’s renewable energy<br />
rule in 2002 requiring public utility companies to produce 5% of annual retail<br />
jurisdictional energy sales from solar, wind, hydropower, biomass, or geothermal<br />
sources by 2006. In subsequent years, the renewable portfolio standard will increase by<br />
1% per year until the renewable portfolio standard of 10% is attained in 2011. Each<br />
public utility must establish its compliance annually with the renewable portfolio standard<br />
through the filing of renewable energy certificates with the commission. The certificates<br />
may be traded, sold or transferred by their owner to any other party so long as the<br />
renewable energy is contracted for delivery in New Mexico (unless the commission<br />
determines that there is a regional market for exchanging renewable energy certificates).<br />
Each public utility must offer a voluntary renewable energy tariff for those customers who<br />
want the option to purchase additional renewable energy.<br />
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