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'Green tag' sale: Idaho Power ahead of federal rules (access required)

by Zach Hagadone
Published: February 23,2009
Time posted: 1:00 am

Idaho Power sees the handwriting on the wall regarding renewable energy. With President Barack Obama’s pledge to make 10 percent of the country’s power come from green sources by 2012, the Gem State’s largest utility is banking its renewable energy certificates, or “green tags,” to prove to regulators that it buys clean power. Awarded for ...



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