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Aerial view of fracking wells.

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Water Board Directs Staff to Develop Detailed Plans and Establish Partnerships

Water Board Directs Staff to Develop Detailed Plans and Establish Partnerships

For Immediate Release:             Contact: Woody Hastings, Climate Protection Campaign
April 10, 2012, 12:00 noon                        707-525-1665, ext. 117

Santa Rosa, CA—Today the Sonoma County Water Agency Board voted unanimously to move forward on six fronts with the prospective local electricity provider known as Sonoma Clean Power.

“Our county supervisors are demonstrating true leadership,” said Ann Hancock, Executive Director of the Climate Protection Campaign. “The world is indeed watching on this one.”

Two of the six items are legally required steps in the process of establishing Sonoma Clean Power. First is the drafting of an Implementation Plan that will constitute the program’s business plan. It will also serve as the legal filing with the California Public Utilities Commission to establish a new power provider. Second is a directive to establish the management structure to run the program, a Joint Powers Authority between the County of Sonoma and some or all of the cities within the county.

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