Sentences with phrase «top electricity producers»
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Along with increases in generation from wind power and geothermal energy, solar power helped make California the top state producer of nonhydroelectric renewable electricity in 2014, narrowly topping Texas.
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In at least two of the top eight states — North Carolina and Utah — projects are being driven by PURPA, a 1978 law which mandates that utilities must buy electricity from independent power producers if they can match the price that the utility would otherwise pay for generation.
According to the US Energy Information Administration, in 2015 Washington was the leading producer of electricity from hydroelectric sources in the country — which makes the state the nation's top producer of carbon free energy.