CleanTechnica » CCA http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Same Price, More Renewables – San Diego’s Fight for Community Controlled Energy http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/price-renewables-san-diegos-fight-community-controlled-energy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/04/price-renewables-san-diegos-fight-community-controlled-energy/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 22:12:51 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74480 “San Diego and its community choice energy district would be able to offer a diverse energy mix with all of the solar, biodiesel, biogas, and energy storage resources that we have in San Diego.  A product that is price competitive and yet at the same time would strive for and achieve a higher level of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/22/australian-renewable-energy-industry-hot-water/feed/ 3 Local, 33% Renewable, Lower Prices. Sonoma Clean (Community) Power Has Launched http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/local-33-renewable-lower-prices-sonoma-clean-community-power-launched/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/local-33-renewable-lower-prices-sonoma-clean-community-power-launched/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:34:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73144 Starting this May, 20,000 Sonoma County, CA, electricity customers are getting renewable power at a lower cost than from their previous electric utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. The portion of renewable electricity (“CleanStart”) for the average customer will rise by 50%. For those so motivated – 3% of customers already – it’s also possible to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/08/local-33-renewable-lower-prices-sonoma-clean-community-power-launched/feed/ 2 California’s “Monopoly Protection Act,” AB 2145, Is Dead http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/04/californias-monopoly-protection-bill-ab-2145-dead/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/04/californias-monopoly-protection-bill-ab-2145-dead/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:30:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71484 Originally Published in the ECOreport California’s monopoly utilities failed in what many perceive as their latest attempt to squash community choice aggregates. Assemblyman Steven Bradford could not find a senator willing to sponsor his controversial bill, so it expired when the legislature’s current session ended, at 3 am on Saturday morning. California’s “Monopoly Protection Act,” AB

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/19/ucla-practicum-warns-ab-2145-might-render-ccas-ineffective/feed/ 1 PG&E Answers Questions about Community Choice Aggregation http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/05/pge-answers-questions-community-choice-aggregation/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/05/pge-answers-questions-community-choice-aggregation/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:20:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67812 Originally Published in the ECOreport Some call California’s Assembly Bill 2145 “the Monopoly Protection Act,” or a “CCA killer.” They believe that it was designed to protect large utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from communities that would prefer to form their own utilities (CCA). The origins of this story go back a few

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