In Colorado, voters will have the option to support a renewable energy standard on November 2. I believe this is a first of its kind ballot initiative, proposing that Colorado get 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2015.

Here's text of the initiative from Coloradans for Clean Energy (which, as you'll see, clearly supports the initiative): http://renewableenergyyes.com/learnmore/Initiativetext.html.

The chief champions of this initiative are Republican CO House Speaker Lola Spradley and Democrat U.S. Rep. Mark Udall.

For the sake of fairness, I was going to link to the main opposition group too: Citizens for Sensible Energy, an entity funded by large power utilities. But, they don't seem to have a website that I can find. I think their basic beef is that the RES will cost them too much.

It appears to be official now, the first ever renewable energy ballot initiative in the U.S. won approval from 53% of Colorado voters.

Here's a press release from Environment Colorado, one of the groups leading the effort.

Colorado Voters Approve Renewable Energy on Ballot

Colorado voters have become the first in the nation to vote on and pass
a renewable energy standard on the statewide ballot. By a 53%-47%
margin, a majority of voters approved Amendment 37 on the November 2nd
ballot; which requires an increasing amount of the electricity in
Colorado to come from renewables energy sources such as wind and solar.

"This is a victory for clean air and energy independence in Colorado,"
said Matt Baker, Executive Director of Environment Colorado, which led
the coalition of groups pushing for the ballot measure. "By taking
renewable energy policy to the people, we have begun to break the fossil
fuel and utility industries' stranglehold on energy policy," he
continued.

Colorado now joins 17 states with minimum clean energy standards as part
of a growing trend of states taking the lead to fill the void of federal
energy policy. In contrast to the flawed energy policies being pushed
by Congress and the Bush Administration, states have proven themselves
willing to forge a new energy path. This year alone, three other states
(New York, Maryland and Rhode Island) have adopted renewable energy
standards. Many other states, including Arizona, Illinois, Iowa and
Wisconsin, are exploring similar renewable energy measures.

"Much of the power to decide our energy future lies outside the Beltway,
in the states themselves," said Rob Sargent, Senior Energy Policy
Analyst with the National Association of State PIRGs. "And, at the
state and local level, people and policy makers recognize that in order
to accommodate our short- and long-term energy needs, preserve
irreplaceable natural resources and leave a healthy environment to
future generations, we need a different approach".

The coalition promoting Amendment 37 was a broad bi-partisan coalition
chaired by Colorado Speaker of the House Lola Spradley (R) and Colorado
Congressman Mark Udall (D), and included farmers, ranchers,
environmental groups, labor unions, business leaders, religious leaders,
and broad statewide newspaper editorial support.

The results aren't all in yet, but it's looking like the CO renewable energy ballot initiative is going to pass.

Here's a story from the Denver Post:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E34017%257E2509502,00.html

And a link to see vote tally:
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,0,36%257E33978%257E2500596,00.html