TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has announced a proposal for ending a renewable energy requirement for Kansas utilities.

The proposal he outlined Monday embodies an agreement between wind energy companies and critics of the green energy rule.

The plan is designed to end an ongoing debate over a 2009 law that requires wind or other renewable sources to account for 20 percent of a utility’s capacity for generating electricity by 2020.

The proposal converts the mandate into a goal.

But legislators would not pursue a new tax on electricity generated from renewable resources. Lawmakers also would rewrite laws dealing with property taxes on renewable energy projects.

Brownback and groups on both sides said the plan would bring stability to the business climate for wind energy companies.

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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and groups on both sides are preparing to announce a new proposal for rewriting a renewable energy mandate for the state’s utilities.

Brownback was having a news conference Monday afternoon to outline the measure. Representatives of the wind energy industry and groups opposed to the mandate planned to participate.

A 2010 law requires renewable sources, such as wind, to account for 20 percent of a utility’s capacity for generating electricity by 2020.

Supporters say it has helped develop a flourishing wind energy industry in Kansas.

But the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and the free-market group Americans for Prosperity have pushed for the law’s repeal.

The proposal to revise the law comes with lawmakers considering a proposal to impose a new tax on renewable energy.