Last night, April 21, at the City of Beverly Hills City Council meeting the Council voted 5-0 to join the cities of Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Santa Monica, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Carson to participate in the CCA Feasibility Study being advanced by the South Bay Clean Power Working Group. All seven cities have voted unanimously to pass this resolution.
Today in the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Board Hearing Room 381B after both 4th District Supervisor Don Knabe and 3rd District Supervisor Sheila Kuehl both spoke glowingly about the prospects of Community Choice Aggregation and the need for L.A. County to explore its CCA options, the Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to pass a motion approving the first steps to do so.
We want to thank all five members of the BOS, including Mayor Michael Antonovich, 2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and 1st District Supervisor Hilda Solis for their yes votes in favor of the motion.
And we’re also deeply appreciative of the efforts of Howard Choy, General Manager of the Office of Sustainability for the County of Los Angeles for all his support, vision and encouragement.
But for those of us who live in District 4 and District 3 and who have been working for many months to bring the Community Choice Power option to our communities today was a day to be especially proud of our representatives.
On Tuesday, March 17, St. Patricks Day, the LA County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion made by Supervisors Don Knabe and Sheila Kuehl to start exploring the counties CCA options, including quite naturally the initiative that drove this motion, our South Bay Clean Power effort. 5 cities in Knabe’s 4th District and the City of Santa Monica in Supervisor Kuehl’s 3rd District have already passed the resolution to participate in a CCA feasibility study and 11 more cities are expected to do so in the next 60 days.
Here is what the CCA motion says:
Recommendation as submitted by Supervisors Knabe and Kuehl: Instruct the Department of Internal Services’ Office of Sustainability in cooperation with the Interim Chief Executive Officer, to submit a written report to the Board in 90 days on the following issues, with a recommendation on additional actions required to implement a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program:
Assess the costs, benefits and risks associated with developing a CCA program within the County;
Summarize other jurisdictions’ experiences in implementing CCA programs and impacts on consumer’s electricity costs;
Identify potential CCA governance and financial models for ongoing operations;
Work with cities within the County to gauge their interest in CCA and to assess the potential benefits of consistency and scale in a Countywide CCA program;
Meet with local utilities to assess the potential benefits of partnering to develop a CCA in the region; and
Identify up to $150,000 in funding to conduct a feasibility analysis of initiating a CCA. (15-1196)
Attachments: Motion by Supervisors Knabe and Kuehl
You can see for miles and miles from the view on the Board of Supervisors 8th floor of the Kenny Hahn L.A. County building – almost all the way to a 100% renewable energy powered future.
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