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by Ann Hancock, The Climate Center In October 2014, at our first Business of Local Energy Symposium, only two operational Community Choice programs existed in California: Marin Clean Energy and Sonoma Clean Power. A mere sixteen months later, Community Choice is taking off across the state. We reported this story in our February 24, 2016 … Read more
by Niki Woodard, The Climate Center | March 9, 2016 Pictured above: Dawn Weisz (CEO Marin Clean Energy), Geof Syphers (CEO Sonoma Clean Power), Cathy DeFalco (Energy Manager, Lancaster Choice Energy), and Ann Hancock (Executive Director, The Climate Center) Innovation, inspiration, and camaraderie emerged as themes defining The Climate Center’s second Business of Local Energy … Read more
Innovation, inspiration, and camaraderie emerged as themes defining The Climate Center’s second Business of Local Energy Symposium, held March 4, 2016. Titled “Creating the Clean Energy Economy,” the Symposium’s keynote speakers and panel discussions focused on Community Choice energy and how to optimize competition and choice for significant greenhouse gas reduction, energy resiliency, and local … Read more
By Woody Hastings, CCP | Feb. 25, 2016 Sonoma Clean Power launched in 2014 with rates below PG&E. SCP’s standard plan is to set rates once per year. When it had its first chance to raise rates in April 2015, it chose to keep them unchanged from the previous year. This year the staff … Read more
By Ann Hancock and Woody Hastings, CCP | Feb. 24, 2016 The The Climate Center keeps a close eye on Community Choice energy developments in the State of California and updates a growing database of cities and counties evaluating Community Choice. The compiled data demonstrates the spread of Community Choice and shows that momentum is … Read more
Doron Amiran, CCP | Feb. 24, 2016 Driving a car is useful and often necessary in our society. But we also want the driving experience to be fun. Carmakers have long sought to maximize both the efficiency and fun of their cars by devising ever-fancier ways of shifting from one gear to the next. Manual … Read more
by Kristin Berger, CCP Thanks to all who took part in Rumi’s Caravan on February 6 to benefit The Climate Center. After expenses, we raised over $13,000 this year to incubate and advance cost-effective climate solutions. Rumi’s Caravan is a poetic conversation that engaged all of the audience’s senses through the spoken word, music and … Read more
by Geoffrey Smith, CCP | February 11, 2016 The fate of rooftop solar has been a cliffhanger for the last few months. On January 28, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted on the future of Net Energy Metering (NEM) and its impacts on rooftop solar in California. The consequences of a ‘bad’ CPUC decision … Read more
The fate of rooftop solar has been a cliffhanger for the last few months. On January 28, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted on the future of Net Energy Metering (NEM) and its impacts on rooftop solar in California. The consequences of a ‘bad’ CPUC decision are proven. We need only look at rate … Read more
by Niki Woodard and Amy Jolly, CCP | February 10, 2016 Maddy from Sonoma Valley High School: “Your future is created by what you do today, not tomorrow.” Twenty-three students from Sonoma County attended the Youth for Environment and Sustainability (YES) Conference on January 30 at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. … Read more
