Professor David Roland-Holst reached this conclusion by running various renewable energy goals through a state-wide economic model. His research is outlined in a report, “Energy Pathways for the California Economy”, published with support from Next 10, a non-partisan research and education group. (Read an eight-page executive summary here: PDF.)
“[T]he faster and farther California can improve household and enterprise energy efficiency, while accelerating deployment of renewable energy resources, the faster the state economy will grow and create jobs,” writes Roland-Holst, a professor of agriculture and resource economics.
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