California Business Minute™

Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.

California is ranked  number one state in the second annual U.S. Clean Energy
Leadership Index, by the Portland, Oregon –based  Clean Edge. The Index ranks
how all 50 states compare across the clean-energy spectrum. According to Clean
Edge's assessment and ranking of more than 70 different indicators in technology,
policy, and capital, the following lists the top 10 states in the nation

TOP TEN STATES FOR CLEAN ENERGY LEADERSHIP INDEX
1. California
2. Oregon
3. Massachusetts
4. New York
5. Colorado
6. Washington
7. New Mexico
8. Minnesota
9. Connecticut
10. Vermont.

Highlights from this year's research include:
• Three states now generate more than 10 percent of their utility-scale
  electricity from wind, solar, and/or geothermal. Iowa leads the nation
  with 15.4 percent of its electricity now generated from wind power,
  followed by North Dakota (11.99 percent from wind) and California
  (10.06 percent from wind, solar, and geothermal).
• Top-ranked California's longtime commitment to clean energy has put
  the state far ahead of the pack in terms of technology deployment and
  capital creation. The state's burgeoning clean-energy industry brings
  in more venture capital than all other states combined.
• Oklahoma had more new EVs registered last year than any other state,
  but the number is somewhat misleading. Two of the nation's largest rental
  car agencies register their vehicles in Oklahoma, accounting for the state's
  high ranking for EV registrations in 2010. Without that statistical anomaly,
  California is the nation's EV leader.

I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.