Strong rumor from an electric wholesaler to electrical co-ops in the Pacific NW that the California legislature is going to revisit carbon credits this session. Could be a somewhat big deal for start-up clean-energy generating facilities.

Solar has the inside track there without doubt. One of the factors that is currently worrying U.S. utilities is that some big corporate energy users - Google and MS for two - are planning to invest many US dollars in both generation and storage at their main facilities. Again, primarily solar-based on the generating side.

paul spencer