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Related: About this forumI am a delegate to the District and State. I am volunteering to be on the platform committee
What do you want to see be planks on the platform?
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I am a delegate to the District and State. I am volunteering to be on the platform committee (Original Post)
Vincardog
Mar 2014
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Kolesar
(31,182 posts)1. Does Iowa have an "efficiency standard"?
I know you have a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard.
Vincardog
(20,234 posts)2. IA has no auto efficiency standard.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)3. Electrical utilities can be required to fund efficiency projects
It ultimately reduces peak demand, which saves the cost of constructing new generating plants.
Iowa has had a system since 2008, so this would not be a new issue to campaign on. I lobbied for the Ohio law in the same year. http://mwalliance.org/node/1867
rurallib
(62,415 posts)4. climate change, verified voting, money out of politics
get off oil - that should do for a start.
Better you than me. Have fun with my friends from Johnson county and be sure to bring something to sleep on.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)5. Yikes. You're braver than I am
Platform committee can be...interesting.
On edit: thanks for volunteering your time!