The Local Government Commission will host its 9th Annual Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative Forum on June 20 and 21. This year will mark the first year that a session focusing on the relationship between Community Choice Energy and energy efficiency will be featured. The session, entitled “How Community Choice Agencies Can Advance Energy Efficiency Goals” […]
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Woody Hastings 707-525-1665 ext. 117 woody@climateprotection.org The Solar Energy Innovation Network project will work with Community Choice Energy agencies to design an advanced rate structure for Distributed Energy Resources Santa Rosa, CA — May 17, 2018 — The Center for Climate Protection (Center) today announced its team was selected by […]
The Center for Climate Protection, along with a variety of partners, pushing the local clean energy envelope The Center is a partner in three grant-funded projects that are underway aimed at exploring how Community Choice agencies (CCAs) can play a leading role in advancing the decentralized clean energy economy of the future. The most recent […]
Legislation making its way through the process (SB 1088, Dodd) is intended to address wildfire safety relative to the electric grid system. However, it contains elements that do not improve safety and seriously impede the ability of Community Choice agencies and others to implement Distributed Energy Resources (DERs). Find your state rep HERE and send them […]
Sacramento event to draw energy experts from around the State The Central Valley will be one of the highlighted topics of conversation as leaders from across the state gather on June 5th for the fourth annual Business of Local Energy Symposium. It’s all about how California communities can benefit from energy resource localization by accelerating […]
Two great events in Orange County and East Bay worth knowing about – and – See you at InfoCast! Orange County may be turning GREEN! The OC Clean Power group hosted a very well-attended event in Irvine on April 11 that drew local government elected officials and staff from throughout the county. OC Clean Power […]
Fire safety bill includes unnecessary obstruction to local energy development The Center for Climate Protection is tracking about twenty bills currently winding their way through the California legislature. Many of them, such as SB 100 (de León) that would set a goal of 100% renewable energy by a date-certain, and SB 700 (Wiener) that would […]
Community Choice Energy on the Agenda! In March over 150 attended the annual event of the Stockton Chamber of Commerce’s Green Team – the REXPO “Revolution Against Air Pollution” which drew movers & shakers from all points in and around Stockton and other parts of the Central Valley and beyond. The Center for Climate Protection […]
Innovative ideas aim for equity and fairness for all stakeholders Demonstrating the growing strength and solidarity of the statewide Community Choice Energy movement, the California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) on April 2 issued a news release that outlines a series of thoughtful proposals to help resolve the long-standing issues revolving around what are known as […]
Investor Owned Utility “Code of Conduct” under attack The original Community Choice law in California, AB 117 (2002), required the big electric utilities to “cooperate fully” with local governments evaluating Community Choice. The experience of the first cities and counties to pursue Community Choice made it painfully clear that the utilities did not seem to understand what […]
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