Biomass association names Dahle Legislator of the Year
Submitted to The Union Assemblyman Brian Dahle, R-Bieber, has been named 2014 Legislator of the Year by the California Biomass Energy Association, honoring his “outstanding leadership and contributions to the biomass industry of California.” Dahle sponsored and won passage of Assembly Bill 2363, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in September. The law requires the California Public Utilities Commission to calculate and consider the cost of integrating weather-dependent renewable energy sources — especially wind and solar — into the power grid when it reviews utilities’ procurement plans....