Lawmakers reject renewable energy bill - Indianapolis Star

Maybe You Need to Schedule a Service Appointment or Test Drive? Ten percent was a very reasonable percentage over the next 10 years — many states are far above us," he said. Jesse Kharbanda, executive director of the Hoosier Environmental Council, said after Thursday's vote that the bill had been "a golden opportunity" for Indiana to send a signal to out-of-state investors that the state was eager to attract renewable energy businesses. During a hearing last week before Crooks' committee, Ed Simcox, the president of the Indiana Energy Association, said Crooks' bill was too ambitious for Indiana and that it would have cost the state's utilities $5 billion to achieve the 10 percent renewable energy goal by 2018. read more

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