The General Assembly finds that: (1) The people and energy users of Rhode Island have an interest in having electricity supplied in the state come from a diversity of energy sources including renewable resources; (2) Increased use of renewable energy may have the potential to lower and stabilize future energy costs; (3) Increased use of renewable energy can reduce air pollutants, including carbon dioxide emissions, that adversely affect public health and contribute to global warming; (4) Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other states have established renewable energy standard programs to encourage the development of renewable energy sources; (5) It is in the interest of the people, in order to protect public health and the environment and to promote the general welfare, to establish a renewable energy standard program to increase levels of electrical energy supplied in the state from renewable resources.
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