CCA in the News
Power Surge: Program could raise your electric bills
SF Weekly | 05/12/2010 09:03:46 PDT
While San Francisco has struggled in recent months with record budget deficits, public-transportation problems, and scandal over police officers’ criminal backgrounds, a momentous program has been rolling out with little public debate.
Read More…Letters from our Readers: City Hall keeps ignoring voters on public power
SF Examiner | 05/11/2010 12:31:38 PDT
San Franciscans have continuously voted down public power several times over the past two decades.
Read More…Examiner editorial: Shameless pressure to halt public power vote Read more at the San Francisco Exa
San Francisco Examiner | 05/06/2010 08:31:52 PDT
Rushing into a yearly $400 million deal with an unproven company that was formed in 2009 specifically to bid on California community choice aggregation contracts is about the worst thing San Francisco could do.
Read More…City’s energy-provider plan hitting bumps
SF Examiner | 04/28/2010 13:04:56 PDT
The failure to negotiate energy rates that are competitive with existing PG&E prices is putting a power program planned for The City in jeopardy.
Read More…Transparency may suffer in quest for power program
SF Examiner | 04/22/2010 10:33:24 PDT
The City is racing against the clock to negotiate a deal with an energy provider, but that could mean less vetting, one city official has said.
Read More…S.F. clean-energy plan could fuel higher rates
San Francisco Chronicle | 02/22/2010 10:30:02 PDT
San Francisco voters have rejected a dozen public-power proposals over the years, but that isn’t stopping city officials from jumping into the “clean energy” business. The question is, at what cost?
Read More…Plan for Cheaper Energy Blasted
San Francisco Examiner | 02/19/2010 12:07:48 PDT
A city plan to provide cleaner energy to residents and businesses was blasted Wednesday by business advocacy groups, who said the program couldn’t guarantee competitive rates.
Read More…Business leaders question power company switch
San Francisco Examiner | 02/12/2010 16:03:17 PDT
San Francisco business leaders are expressing concerns about The City’s imminent move to sell electricity to energy customers through PG&E’s transmission grid.
Read More…Marin County Civil Grand Jury: Pull the Plug
Marin County Civil Grand Jury | 12/10/2009 11:31:53 PDT
The Grand Jury strongly supports the goal of achieving greater use of renewable and alternative energy sources as a means of reducing greenhouse gases. The issue explored in this report is not the need for “going green”, but rather how to achieve that goal in a manner that can be measured for success. The Grand Jury has concluded that the costs of the Marin Clean Energy (MCE) program remain undefined and the benefits are likely to be minimal. We believe there are alternative approaches that will better serve the community than the unproven and risky one now being proposed by the Marin Energy Authority (MEA).
Read More…Marin grand jury calls ‘clean energy’ plan too risky
Contra Costa Times | 12/10/2009 10:23:35 PDT
In a new report unambiguously titled “Pull the Plug,” the Marin County Civil Grand Jury on Monday recommended the Marin Energy Authority abandon its effort to reduce greenhouse gases by competing with Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
Read More…Editorial: Grand jury adds fuel to hot debate over clean energy
Marin Independent-Journal | 12/10/2009 10:21:25 PDT
FOR THE PAST several years, Marin County’s government has been planning to compete with Pacific Gas & Electric by providing energy to Marin residents.
Read More…Editorial: A reality check for Marin’s new power agency
Marin Independent-Journal | 07/16/2009 11:25:29 PDT
Economic realities that derailed a public power agency in the San Joaquin Valley should have local officials rethinking where they are headed with Marin’s new clean-power authority.
Read More…California Community Power Project Set Aside (Again)
Power Market Today | 07/09/2009 13:30:36 PDT
After being on the verge of opening its doors, a community aggregation program in the northern end of California’s central valley threw in the towel at the end of June, shelving for the time being plans to aggregate power supplies for 11 cities and a county and develop a baseload natural gas-fired power plant for longer-term supplies.
Read More…Electricity project short-circuited in 3 Valley counties
The Fresno Bee | 07/05/2009 11:03:02 PDT
An agency that planned to supply cheap electricity to 115,000 customers in three Valley counties has put the project on hold, saying it couldn’t guarantee savings over the long term.
Read More…County pushes on for ‘clean energy’
Marin Independent-Journal | 07/03/2009 11:00:06 PDT
The San Joaquin Valley Power Authority, a partial model for the Marin Energy Authority, has announced it will temporarily suspend efforts to compete with Pacific Gas and Electric by contracting with alternative electricity suppliers.
Read More…Public power group plan is put on hold
Hanford Sentinel | 06/30/2009 10:50:38 PDT
The Central Valley’s public power group’s plan to provide cheaper power to Kings County and other municipalities is a no go for now.
Read More…Local Municipalities Temporarily Suspend Implementation of Energy Program
News Release | 06/25/2009 13:25:22 PDT
FRESNO – At the regular board meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Power Authority held on June 25, Authority directors voted to temporarily suspend activities to implement Community Choice, an innovative energy program developed to benefit central San Joaquin Valley businesses and residents.
Read More…Public power too risky for Larkspur
Marin Independent-Journal | 06/21/2009 11:01:50 PDT
AFTER seven public discussions, the Larkspur City Council voted 4-0 on May 20 against joining the Marin Energy Authority, a new public agency created for the purpose of Community Choice Aggregation to purchase and sell electricity.
Read More…PG&E Steals SF Activists’ Thunder—Make That Sunlight—With New Solar Power Plan
San Francisco Weekly | 02/25/2009 13:13:05 PDT
As we reported earlier this month, the city’s CCA model is riddled with problems, including a big financial risk for ratepayers and a subtly coercive method of obtaining customers.
Read More…The City’s Master Plan for Cleaner Energy is Fraught With Risk
San Francisco Weekly | 01/13/2009 14:53:23 PDT
In fact, one of the more remarkable aspects of this largely unpublicized public-power venture is that almost every resident and business in San Francisco has already been signed up to participate, whether they want to or not.
Read More…A major power switch
The San Francisco Chronicle | 06/13/2007 12:35:53 PDT
SAN FRANCISCO is weighing a tempting idea. Why not set up a city-run clean-and-green power system for its residents and businesses?
Read More…Voters left out of the loop on Community Choice Aggregation
San Francisco Examiner | 05/23/2007 14:44:47 PDT
This time, you, the voters will not get a chance to weigh in on whether The City should get into a business they know little about while using your money. This time, if the SFPUC and its allies on the Board of Supervisors get their way, you will be migrated to the SFPUC automatically.
Read More…City of San Francisco Office of the Controller – CCA Economic Analysis
City of San Francisco Office of the Controller | 05/22/2007 12:58:24 PDT
The Currently proposed CCA plan could also create a situation where consumers pay higher energy prices than they would with PG&E. As presently drafted, the primary adverse economic impact of the proposed ordinances, and the draft implementation plan…
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