California PUC says no to renewable energy measure - East Bay Business Times:

The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously Thursday to oppose Proposition 7, the ballot measure that would, among other things, order California utilities to procure half of their power from renewable resources by 2025.

The CPUC is opposed to the measure primarily because “it would establish an excessively rigid, and potentially unworkable, structure for the further development of renewable energy in California,” the agency said in a press release. The structure of the measure may hinder in the short term the state’s aggressive renewable energy goals, the CPUC said, by interfering with or delaying programs already under way.