http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=53327Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle's Task Force on Global Warming has called for implementation of Advanced Renewable Tariffs to encourage the development of the state's renewable energy resources.
The recommendation is contained in a massive new report on how Wisconsin can reduce its emissions of global warming gases. The call for Advanced Renewable Tariffs, or renewable energy payments, is but one of many measures recommended.
However, the recommendation is the first time that an advisory committee to a U.S. governor has formally endorsed the policy common in continental Europe. It follows on the California Energy Commission's proposal of feed-in tariffs (FITs) as a remedy for the failures of the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), and premier Gordon Campbell's call for feed-in tariffs in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The action is another sign of growing acceptance of the policy mechanism that has fueled the rapid growth of Germany and Spain's renewable energy industry.
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