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FW: Letter re CCA from Climate Protection Campaign
Letter to SLO Dec 3 2013.pdf
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From: Ann Hancock [ma iIto: ann@climateprotection.org]
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Smith, Kathy; Mejia, Anthony
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Subject: Letter re CCA from Climate Protection Campaign
We commend you for considering CCA.
Please see our letter about this - attached.
Yours, Ann
Ann Hancock
www.climateprotection.org
ann@climateprotection.org
(707) 525-1665 x112
P.O. Box 3785, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Creating model programs to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions for
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Our mission
To inspire, align, and mobilize
December 3, 2013
action in response to the climate
crisis. We work with business,
government, youth and the
RE: Resolution Confirming City of San Luis Obispo Participation in a
broader community to advance
practical, science -based solutions
Community Choice Aggregation Feasibility Study
for significant greenhouse gas
emission reductions. Dear Mayor Marx and Council Members:
Board ofDirectors
Kathy Goodacre, President
We encourage you to adopt the proposed resolution to participate in the
Jane Bender, vice President
Jim McGreen, Secretary
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Feasibility Study, appoint a
Chris Call, CPA, Treasurer
representative to the CCA Exploration Advisory Committee, and
Dick Dowd, Director
authorize obtaining the load data necessary in order to perform a CCA
Natasha Granoff, Director
Lawrence Jaffe, Director
Feasibility Study.
Martha Kowalick, Director
Carl Mears, Director
In 2011 (the latest date for which data is available) San Luis Obispo
Richard Power, Director
Larry Robinson, Director
County used 1674 gigawatt-hours of electricity, which represents about
Ann Hancock, Executive Director
$100 million in generation rate payments that mostly leave the San Luis
StrategicAduisors
Obispo County economy. The city's portion of that is roughly $16
Peter Barnes, Co-founder,
million. Establishing a community choice energy program will make it
Working Assets
possible to redirect and increasing proportion of these revenues back
Dave Brennan, Former
Sebastopol City Manager
into the San Luis Obispo City and Count economy especially if the
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Demaris Brenton, Attorney
new CCA emphasizes the development of local energy resources.
Ernie Carpenter,
Former Sonoma Co. Supervisor
Kimberly Clement, Attorney
Redirecting this existing revenue stream into the local economy brings
Connie Codding, Developer
increased employment, private sector opportunity, and general
Terry Davis, Banker
economic stimulus. It was in large part for these potential benefits that
John Garn, Business Consultant
Elizabeth C, Herron, PhD, Writer
the business community rose up in support of Sonoma Clean Power.
Stacy Magill, CPA
Over 30 prominent local businesses and 17 wine industry businesses
Braden Penhoet, Attorney
signed on to support letters and spoke in support at public meetings.
Hunter Lovins, President
Natural Capitalism Solutions
We encourage you to engage with the business community as you
Alan Strachan, Developer
evaluate CCA.
Shirlee Zane, Sonoma Co. Supervisor
Science & TechnicaiAduisors
It is commendable that as part of your due diligence you investigate
Fred Euphrat, PhD.
CCA a local policy enabled by state law. Many "off -ramps" exist along
Dorothy Freidel,r , M,S
Edward C. Myers, M,S.Ch.E.
the way to CCA, so if our investigation shows that it's not a fit for San
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Edwin orrett, P.E.
Luis Obispo, you can end the pursuit with little risk.
John Rosenblum, Ph.D.
Zeno Swpnk, Ph.D.
Alexandra von Meier, Ph.D.
The Climate Protection Campaign began studying CCA in 2005. We
Mathis Wackernagel, Ph D,
identified it as the most powerful solution under local control for cost -
Ken Wells, E.I.T.
effectively, rapidly, and significantly greenhouse gas emissions. We
Ai -Chu Wu, Ph.D.
have been deeply engaged with government, business, and the broader
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community in advancing CCA in Sonoma County. Our efforts resulted
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in the formation this year of the Sonoma Clean Power Authority
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(sonomacleanpower.org). The Authority is on schedule to launch the
second CCA program in California in May 2014.