The RPS would require utilities to use a minimum percentage of clean power--such as wind, hydropower or solar energy--in their overall fuel mix, or it would require electric companies to buy renewable credits from each other.

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"There is almost no regulation concerning water or power use, no minimum standards for water-consuming appliances ... and very few energy requirements for buildings, " he laments.

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