claim: electricity rates are 40 percent higher in states that have required utility companies to use a certain amount of renewable energy such as solar power.
author: americans for prosperity georgia chapter
evidence_1: renewable energy policies help drive the nation's $40 billion market for wind,  solar ... iowa was the first state to establish an rps and hawaii has the most  aggressive ... in many states, standards are measured by the percentage of retail  electric sales. iowa and texas, however, require specific amounts of renewable  energy ...
evidence_2: renewable energy is reliable, affordable, and beneficial for our health, our  economy ... produce at least 40 percent of our electricity from renewable energy  sources ... portfolio standard—requires utility companies to obtain a certain  percentage of ... has been modest federal support for renewables like wind and  solar power, ...
evidence_3: renewable electricity mandates are laws that require utilities to sell or produce a  certain ... electricity prices are already nearly 40 percent higher in states with ...  as states increase their use of renewable sources, it is therefore likely .....  financial aid to germany's solar industry has now reached a level that far  exceeds.
evidence_4: chart showing u.s. electricity generation from renewable sources by type, 1950-  ... the sources and technologies have changed over time and some are used  more ... u.s. electricity generation in 2017, is burned directly in steam-electric  power ... most solar-thermal power systems use steam turbines to generate  electricity.
evidence_5: jun 22, 2017 ... and the surge in solar power could push the number even higher in the future.  why doesn't california, a champion of renewable energy, use all the solar power  it can generate ... rates have risen faster here than in the rest of the u.s., and ...  utility company proposals to build more natural gas power plants.