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 … [continued]
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 … [continued]
Originally Published in the Eco Report Every year, fourth-year students from UCLA’s B.S. Environmental Science Program do a practicum with outside partners, and this year’s project explored ways to decarbonize the electricity supply for the city of Hermosa Beach. The students recommended forming a community choice aggregate (CCA), depending on … [continued]
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 … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. German energy giant RWE has taken a massive loss of €2.8 billion – it’s first loss in 60 years – after admitting it got its strategy wrong, and should have focused more on renewable and distributed energy rather than conventional fossil fuels. RWE, like other major … [continued]
