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compared to 2020. This amount remains unchanged from 2020 despite the jump in renewables due to drought-related declines in hydroelectric generation. Escalating requirements saw the goal increase to 33% by 2020—a target that was met two years early in 2018. Senate Bill 100 (2018) accelerates the RPS goal to 60% by 2030.
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