Renewable Energy

Both the sides for and against California's Proposition 7 claimed at least partial victories Thursday over a Sacramento County Superior Court decision on language in the ballot measure's arguments.

The Yes on 7 campaign noted that Judge Michael Kenny left unchanged portions of their argument in support of the measure, such as that the measure would never add more than 3 percent annually to residents' electric bills, that it would create over 370,000 new jobs and that it would bar utilities from passing penalties onto ratepayers if the utilities failed to meet the measure's requirements for renewable energy.

But the No on 7 campaign claimed victory as well, saying the judge had rejected petitions by Proposition 7 supporters to change language about how the measure would affect small-scale renewable energy companies.

The ballot measure that will decide whether California openly allows gay marriage will be known as Proposition 8.

That and the 10 other ballot measures state voters will see in November received their number designations from the California Secretary of State's office Friday, after the period to qualify or place a measure for the general election ballot ended Thursday.