25x'25 Initiative
25 x '25 is a growing nationwide movement with the goal of having 25 percent of the nation's total energy needs provided by renewables by the year 2025. Governor Sebelius was the seventh governor to sign on as a supporter of this movement, and she wrote the other GEC governors urging them to join as well. She also has urged fellow democratic governors to become supporters of 25x'25.
"Meeting the 25x'25 goal will create new economic opportunities, enhance national
security, and promote a bright future for the nation," said Sebelius in May of 2006.
The vision of the initiative is that by 2025, renewable energy from America's farms, forests and ranches will provide 25 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while continuing to produce safe, abundant and affordable food, feed and fiber.
Kansas is also one of four states with a legislative resolution in support of 25x'25. In testimony favoring the 2006 resolution, Secretary of Agriculture Adrian Polansky said "Thank you for the opportunity to appear today as a proponent of the resolution supporting the national renewable energy movement called "25 by ‘25." I am a strong supporter of 25 by ‘25 for three reasons: it is voluntary, it is visionary, and it is value added."
The Department of Agriculture is active with the state's 25x'25 steering committee. The group sponsored an agriculture energy day at the Kansas State Fair.