A renewable energy law that hit turbulence and stalled in 2008 is gaining steam in Missouri once again, as supporters of the law are researching ways to propose another initiative for the 2012 election, the Kansas City Star reports.

In 2008, the law, which states that investor-owned utilities would need to use renewable energy sources for 2 percent of their overall energy production, was approved by 66 percent of voters in 2008, but did not pass in Osage county, a small community near Jefferson city, according to the news source.

The problems the bill faced in 2008 included a lack of specific details, such as whether renewable energy would need to be derived from sources in Missouri, and how the 1 percent cap in rates would apply.

The cap states that companies must comply to a minimum requirement of not raising electric rates by more than 1 percent.

P.J. Wilson, the director of Renew Missouri, states that the clean energy advocacy group is helping to formulate a new bill that will address the problems the previous one faced.