AZ: On February 27, 2006, the Arizona Corporation Commission introduced new renewable energy standards requiring regulated electric utilities to generate 15 percent of their energy from renewable resources by 2025. Customers will face a slightly higher Environmental Portfolio Surcharge to offset the cost of compliance. If a utility does not meet the standard, the Commission may assess a penalty for non-compliance. The new rules also require a growing percentage of the total resource portfolio to come from distributed generation. Sources of energy that count toward the standard include electricity produced from qualifying biogas, hydropower, fuel cells that use only renewable fuels, geothermal, hybrid wind and solar, landfill gas, solar, and wind.
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