Missouri Renewable Energy and Solar Standards Initiative (2020)
| Missouri Renewable Energy and Solar Standards Initiative | |
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| Election date November 3, 2020 | |
| Topic Energy and Environment | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Renewable Energy and Solar Standards Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated state statute on November 3, 2020.
Three versions of the initiative were filed. The measures would have enacted the following changes for investor-owned electric utilities:[1][2][3]
- incrementally increase renewable energy standards from 15 percent to 40-50 percent (depending on the version adopted) by 2040;
- eliminate the solar rebate program; and
- increase the solar energy minimum from 2 percent to 5 percent.
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the ballot measure filings can be found here:
Support
Renew Missouri led the campaign in support of the measure.[4]
Opposition
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Path to the ballot
The state process
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.
Details about this initiative
- James Owen filed three versions of the initiative on January 3, 2020.[5]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Full Text of Initiative 2020-142," accessed February 24, 2020
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Full Text of Initiative 2020-143," accessed February 24, 2020
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Full Text of Initiative 2020-144," accessed February 24, 2020
- ↑ Renew Missouri, "Home," accessed April 7, 2020
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Initiative Search," accessed February 24, 2020
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