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NEW POLL SHOWS OVERWHELMING BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STANDARD

77 percent of Republicans agree Federal government
‘should require electricity come from renewable sources’

A new poll of potential 2008 voters by Zogby International found that Americans across the political spectrum support a new national standard for renewable electricity like those already in place in more than 20 states.  The poll, commissioned by the American Wind Energy Association, documents growing support for renewable energy and growing concern about energy independence as top domestic priorities for potential 2008 voters.

Highlights of the survey include:

• 93 percent of conservatives agreed that energy independence “should be the government’s top priority”;
  
  
• 77 percent of Republicans, 86 percent of Southerners, 83 percent of those in military families, 77 percent of self-identified conservatives, 81 percent of rural voters, 85 percent of independent voters and 92 percent of Democrats agreed that the Federal government should follow the lead of a number of states that now require at least some of their electricity come from renewable sources such as wind and solar; and
  
  
• 64 percent of those polled disagree with the proposition that the federal government is doing enough to promote clean renewable energy.

“This demonstrates the tremendous level of bipartisan support across our nation for a renewable electricity standard” commented Representative Tom Udall (D-NM), who authored the renewable electricity standard provision approved by the House of Representatives earlier this year. “It is crystal clear the public wants Congressional action to increase the role of clean domestic energy, like wind and solar power, in meeting America’s electricity needs. The House took an important step towards that goal in August, and it is critical that a renewable electricity standard be included in any final energy package that comes to the floor.”

Click here for the full Zogby poll.

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