{"id":1155,"date":"2005-05-10T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-10T17:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/10\/washington-state-passes-progressive-renewable-energy-legislation\/"},"modified":"2005-05-10T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-10T17:42:00","slug":"washington-state-passes-progressive-renewable-energy-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/washington-state-passes-progressive-renewable-energy-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Passes Progressive Renewable Energy Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From RenewableEnergyAccess.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewableenergyaccess.com\/rea\/news\/story?id=28478\">news<\/a> of newly-passed legislation in Washington state that is being hailed as &#8220;the most progressive renewable energy legislation ever passed in a U.S. state.&#8221; The two bills that passed establish production-based credits for homes and businesses with solar PV and wind power systems, a model that originated in Germany and that is quite different from the &#8220;capacity-based&#8221; incentives seen in states like California. 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