What California will do after 2020, when its existing 33% RPS runs out, remains an open question.
Many in the renewables industry, and indeed many California politicians, would like to see the Golden State's RPS increased and extended – with 50% by 2030 a commonly mooted goal.
But Michael Picker, named commissioner of the powerful California Public Utilities Commission in January, believes the state will not ultimately move in that direction.
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