GA Amendment 4 Passes

According to Ballotpedia.org, GA Amendment 4 has been voted for with a 61% favorable vote.

The amendment authorizes state multiyear contracts for energy efficiency and energy conservation projects.

Taxpayers for Energy Efficiency, in support of Amendment 4, launched their media campaign in mid-September 2010. The measure is supported by a group pf clean-energy businesses and environmental advocates, according to reports. "Amendment 4 is a win-win proposal that will...create more than 11,000 jobs and make Georgia a more energy efficient state," said Jason Rooks, the group’s director and president of Clean Energy Strategies LLC.

“According to the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority, the state currently spends about $225 million each year on energy and water for its building facilities,” state Rep. Penny Houston, R-Nashville, said in an op-ed.

“Although retrofitting the state facilities with modern, energy efficient technology would save millions of dollars each year, this option is not currently available because the state constitution bans multi-year contracts,” Houston added. “This amendment would allow the state to fund the retrofitting on a pay-as-you-go annual basis for up to ten years.”