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SoCal Edison to Renew County Franchise

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Southern California Edison to renew its franchise contract with Kings County to provide electricity to Hanford and Armona for the next 30 years. “In exchange for letting the utility operate, the county gets 2 percent of SCE’s gross annual receipts arising from the utility’s uses under the franchise, which mainly involves the sale of electricity to local […]

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Silicon Valley benefits from community choice in energy

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“Big and positive changes are underway in Silicon Valley for renewable energy. Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties and their cities are voting to establish Community Choice Energy programs, laying the foundation for the 21st Century energy system. In place of the old, centralized, linear, fossil-fueled system, a new structure that is like an Internet […]

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Woody Hastings

Sonoma Clean Power continues to lead the way on clean power and low rates

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Sonoma Clean Power launched in 2014 with rates below PG&E. SCP’s standard plan is to set rates once per year. When it had its first chance to raise rates in April 2015, it chose to keep them unchanged from the previous year. This year the staff proposal is to actually reduce rates. As things stand, […]

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Stanford Students Help East Palo Alto Initiate New Renewable Energy Program

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After a quarter-long collaboration between Stanford graduate students and city staff, East Palo Alto has become a founding member of Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE). This new non-profit seeks to provide San Mateo County residents with renewable energy at low cost. Peninsula Clean Energy’s new “community choice energy” (CCE) program will take effect in August 2016. […]

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Woody Hastings

San Bernardino County Energy Symposium Draws Desert Preservation Activists and Elected Officials

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Photo caption: Woody Hastings (front row left) and Bill Powers (front row right) share their experience and knowledge of the renewable energy model known as Community Choice Aggregation while state, county, water and business leaders listen and take note. About 100 community leaders and clean energy advocates convened for a Local Energy Symposium on January 25th, […]

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Energy Democracy: Inside Californians’ Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power

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Great article written by Al Weinrub covering the history and benefits of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). He covers the past, present, and future challenges facing CCA. He quotes Clean Power Exchange’s own Woody Hastings on community control and CCA potential for purchasing energy from cleaner sources. “Nevertheless, the challenges of implementing Community Choice are many. Community […]

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Barry Vesser

Valley Fire: This could be the face of our future

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I am so grateful for the rain that fell yesterday, so unusual for California in September. In these last months, I feel like I’ve had front row seats to the climate disaster unfolding as fire ravages our state, unable to do anything about it. The intensity and proximity of the Valley fire in Lake County […]

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Woody Hastings

Preventing the Zombie Apocalypse

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As Halloween approaches, it seems fitting to revisit recent advice from the energy experts at the Rocky Mountain Institute. If you want to keep the lights on when zombies or other calamities come knocking at your door, it might be a good idea to have invested in microgrid technology. It’s a scary thought to think […]

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