Energy bill update
From the Associated Press:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A bill requiring the state's utilities to provide 12.5 percent of their retail electricity from renewable fuel and efficiency measures by 2017 appears headed for final passage as the Senate agreed to House changes by a vote of 47-1. One more Senate vote was expected Thursday before going to Gov. Mike Easley for his signature. The bill contains much-debated sections to help finance construction of traditional power plants and to dictate that a certain amount of renewable fuel come from hog and poultry waste.