New Energy Economy hits the state legislature

This is why we block-walked, phone-banked and donated our hard-earned money. From The Rocky Mountain News:

Lawmakers highlighted more than a dozen alternative-power bills designed to build a new transmission system to channel solar and wind energy from rural areas to urban consumers, require utilities to generate 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020, and plant wind-powered generators at schools to help cut electricity costs while teaching students the science of alternative energy.

UPDATE: And not a moment too soon.