Dumbocrats Hate The Poor: Part 1735

From the Las Vegas Sun: Electric companies would be required to supply more solar, wind and geothermal power to their customers under a bill introduced in the Senate.
“We are not going to consider anything to drive up the cost to the consumer,” says Sen. Kelvin Atkinson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Labor and Energy, which sponsored Senate Bill 252 on Friday.
The measure comes on the heels of a complaint by state Public Utilities Commissioner David Noble that the Legislature only passes laws that jack up rates of consumers.
These include requirements that NV Energy must buy a certain amount of renewable energy in supplying its customers. Renewable energy is still more expensive to produce than is energy through coal or natural gas.
“Everybody is maxed out” in paying these electric bills, said Noble, who added the Legislature never considers anything to lower electric bills.
The state Bureau of Consumer Protection said Friday the bill would result in higher rates for consumers.
The current law mandates that the power company must obtain 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025. The bill introduced Friday raises that to 35 percent.
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, in his address to the Legislature, recommended the amount of renewable energy be boosted to 35 percent. Atkinson said he had his bill requested before Reid’s suggestion but added he met with the senator and his staff later on the plan.
Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/15/renewable-energy-bill-raises-concerns-higher-rates/#ixzz2NgdfdOF8
We already know that Senile/Liar/Pathetic Harry Reid hates the poor along with smelly tourists.
You would think that Atkinson would champion the poor considering he represents a poor district, but obviously not. 
So, why do Democrats hate the poor so much that they would force higher utility bills on them?  It's obvious that Atkinson would rather listen to some environmental wackos than his constituents .