DC: On January 19, 2005, the Council of the District of Columbia enacted Bill A15-755, creating a renewable portfolio standard that requires 11 percent of the electricity sold in the District to come from renewable sources by 2022. The standard includes two tiers. Tier one renewable resources include solar, wind, biomass, landfill gas, wastewater-treatment gas, geothermal, ocean (mechanical and thermal) and fuel cells fueled by tier one resources. Tier two renewable resources include hydropower (other than pumped-storage generation) and municipal solid waste. The standard calls for an additional 0.386 percent of the state’s renewable energy to come from solar energy by 2022.
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