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"A two-day, hands-on training for local veterans to install a solar electric system on the home of a low-income familiy in San Francisco's Bay View district", photo originally appeared in an inspiring article in the "Sierra Club Scrapbook." See Solar Project Helps Veterans Gain Green Job Skills |
CleanPowerSF
CleanPowerSF is San Francisco's Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program. CCA's offer cities and counties the opportunity to aggregate their purchasing power in order to provide greater renewable energy than traditional Investor Owned Utilities (IOU's). The Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club and other local clean energy advocates have been hard at work trying to make CleanPowerSF a reality, and we are close to seeing that happen.
Local advocates have been pressuring the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) and the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) to move forward with a plan that would ensure local renewable electricity generation and energy efficiency, green jobs, and competitive rates. The local build-out plan is underway, and should be completed by the summer of 2012.
The SFPUC and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are also in contract negotiations to purchase renewable power on the open market. CleanPowerSF will need to purchase electric power at the start of the program to ensure power to its customers. The contract will include a substitution clause to replace power purchased on the open market with local renewable generated power. The San Francisco Bay Chapter of the Sierra Club will continue to make CleanPowerSF a top priority in 2012, and ensure that the program adheres to the highest standards possible.
To learn more about CleanPowerSF and other local CCA efforts please visit: theyodeler.org/?p=3633
WhatYouCanDo
Contact the San Francisco Board of Supervisors at:
City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, CA 94102
board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org
and Mayor Ed Lee at same mailing address as above or mayoredwinlee@sfgov.org.
Urge them to support the CleanPowerSF Community Choice program.
We’re not yet sure when the Board will be deciding. We’ll update this article when we know.
Jeramiah Dean, Conservation Organizer
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