CALIFORNIA POWER REGULATORS APPROVE GROUNDBREAKING CO2 MANDATE

California utility regulators are requiring power companies to take the costs of greenhouse gas emissions into account when making long-term energy purchases, in a move that environmentalists say may discourage the use of coal generation in favor of cleaner forms of energy. The California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) adopted the new mandate Dec. 16 as part of its approval of long-term energy procurement plans for three major utilities in the state. Two of the utilities are supporting the new greenhouse...