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Sonoma Clean Power Informational Meetings

Five cities and the county have voted to participate in Sonoma Clean Power. What does that mean for you? Come find out. The interim staff of the power authority has scheduled public meetings to present information on the new program and answer questions. Join them to learn more about the new, locally controlled choice in electricity … Read more

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County Water Board Votes to Take “All Steps Necessary” to Create Sonoma Clean Power

Santa Rosa, CA – The Sonoma County Water Agency Board voted today to “authorize and direct staff of the Sonoma County Water Agency to take all steps necessary to implement the Sonoma Clean Power program.” Climate Protection Campaign applauds the Board for moving forward decisively. “It’s all systems go,” said Climate Protection Campaign Executive Director … Read more

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Climate Protection Campaign heralds new rate estimates for Sonoma Clean Power

Santa Rosa, CA – The Climate Protection Campaign today applauded the news that Sonoma Clean Power’s projected rates for greener power will be competitive with PG&E’s. This news comes from the Sonoma County Water Agency’s preliminary analysis of eleven bids submitted by private energy service companies that want to supply power to Sonoma County. “Sonoma … Read more

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Another Important Legislative Victory for Community Choice Energy

A two-year struggle to defeat an insidious piece of legislation in Sacramento, Assembly Bill 976, has come to a happy conclusion. On September 27 Governor Brown vetoed AB976 and added a brief signing statement (see below). In this statement the Governor echoed what community choice proponents drove home repeatedly in committee hearings and elsewhere. The … Read more

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County creates new power authority

Santa Rosa – The Board of the Sonoma County Water Agency and the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors today created a joint powers authority to oversee Sonoma Clean Power, a proposed local program to buy and generate electricity for residents and businesses.

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Another Important Legislative Victory for Community Choice Energy

A two-year struggle to defeat an insidious piece of legislation in Sacramento, Assembly Bill 976, has come to a happy conclusion. On September 27 Governor Brown vetoed AB976 and added a brief signing statement (see below). In this statement the Governor echoed what community choice proponents drove home repeatedly in committee hearings and elsewhere. The … Read more

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County Advances Proposal for Sonoma Clean Power

Water Board Directs Staff to Develop Detailed Plans and Establish Partnerships For Immediate Release:                         Contact: Woody Hastings, Climate Protection Campaign April 10, 2010, 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 … Read more

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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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Doing something after Prop 16

Prop. 16- “It is not enough to be against something” Op-ed: “Sonoma County voters rejected PG&E’s initiative by 66 percent, signaling this community’s readiness for bolder steps toward energy independence. Leading up to the vote, the county and all Sonoma cities except Windsor passed resolutions opposing Proposition 16. But it’s not enough to be against … Read more

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