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Top 5 Things LA County Community Choice Energy Business Plan Will Say

Even though the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy “Business Plan” which will combine a feasibility study with an implementation plan for the County’s CCA still hasn’t been published, those of us who have participated on the LA County CCA Task Force have a good idea of some of the headline items that will be in the plan. Here’s 5 things you can expect to see confirmed:

  1. Los Angeles Community Choice Energy can offer 50% renewable energy to its customers at a lower rate than Southern California Edison delivers 28% renewable energy.

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2.  Los Angeles Community Choice Energy will save its ratepayers $20 – $100 million dollars. Read More

Here’s Our Workforce Development Input for LA County’s Community Choice Energy Program

Our South Bay Clean Power Economic and Workforce Development Advisory Committee had breakfast with LA County’s Energy and Sustainability Manager, Howard Choy, last month to discuss what would be in the County’s Implementation and Business Plan on these issues.  At that meeting we were invited by Howard, whom we’ve been working with since early 2015, to provide the input for the County’s plan.  You can download what we submitted HERE.

This is the cover letter that accompanied our input. We were very proud to have it sent on IBEW 11 letterhead:

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Extraordinary News for Our Community Choice Power Program!

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In just one paragraph of their press release announcing the closing of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant and its replacement with 100% renewable power, Pacific Gas & Electric, the investor owned utility in Northern California acknowledged the new reality of California’s energy future. Read for yourself how the perfect storm of SB 350’s mandates, distributed energy resources, and community choice power programs – just like the one we’re getting ready to launch – are what’s next:

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