Green Wombat

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Attention wind consultants: California utility PG&E (PCG) has got $14 million to spend as it investigates the feasibility of tapping British Columbia for wind power and other renewable energy. A day after the utility announced it would develop "wave farms" off the Northern California Coast, it received the green light this afternoon to head farther north to Canada in its quest for non-planet-warming sources of electricity. The California Public Utilities Commission authorized PG&E to spend up to $14 million on outside consultants as it explores the Great White North’s green energy potential. "This represents an important first step in a mutual effort by California and its neighboring states to join with the province of British Columbia in an effort to combat global warming,” said PUC President Michael Peevey in a statement.  “British Columbia has been assessed in several recent studies for it potential to deliver substantial quantities of energy from a number of renewable resources, most prominently wind and hydro.”