Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative (2020)
| Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Energy | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Renewable Energy Standards Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
The ballot measure would have increased the state's renewable portfolio standards (RPS). An RPS is a mandate that electric utilities acquire a minimum amount of electricity from renewable energy sources.
In 2008, Missouri Proposition C was approved, which required investor-owned electric utilities (IOUs) to acquire 15 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2021. James Owen proposed several ballot initiatives to increase the state's RPS from 15 percent.[1]
- Initiative 2020-113 was designed to increase the RPS to 50 percent by 2040.
- Initiative 2020-114 was designed to increase the RPS to 50 percent by 2035.
- Initiative 2020-115 was designed to increase the RPS to 100 percent by 2050.
- Initiative 2020-116 was designed to increase the RPS to 100 percent by 2050.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure was available for Initiative 2020-113, Initiative 2020-114, Initiative 2020-115, and Initiative 2020-116.
Path to the ballot
In Missouri, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast for governor in the previous gubernatorial election in six of the eight state congressional districts. Signatures must be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2020 ballot:
- Signatures: The smallest possible requirement was 100,126 valid signatures. The actual requirement depends on the congressional districts in which signatures were collected.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was May 3, 2020.
Once the signatures have been filed with the secretary of state, the secretary copies the petition sheets and transmits them to county election authorities for verification. The secretary of state may choose whether the signatures are to be verified by a 5 percent random sample or full verification. If the random sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If more than 110 percent, the initiative is certified, and, if less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Stages of this initiative
James Owen filed several versions of the ballot initiative. Initiative 2020-113, -114, -115, and -116 were approved for signature gathering on October 16, 2019. All four versions of the initiative were withdrawn.[1]
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