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Tonikian, Victoria
From:CityClerk
Sent:Wednesday, August 21, 2019 5:30 PM
To:Courtney Haile
Cc:Betz, Ryan
Subject:RE: Support for Clean Energy Choice Program
Dear Ms. Haile,
Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this topic. This is a policy related issue for the City Council’s
consideration that is scheduled to be heard at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on September 3rd. Your
message has been provided directly to them.
If you have any questions, please contact the Administration Department at (805) 781-7589.
Sincerely,
Victoria Tonikian
Administrative Assistant II
City Administration
City Clerk's Office
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
E vtonikia@slocity.org
T 805.781.7105
slocity.org
From: Courtney Haile <
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 2:52 PM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: Support for Clean Energy Choice Program
Dear council,
I am writing with enthusiastic support for The Clean Energy Choice Program for the following reasons:
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HEALTH
● For decades, California has been battling poor air quality. Transitioning off of gas will not only
limit toxic emissions and major sources of harmful chemicals, it will cut the amount of pollutants that
people breath indoors - protecting everyone in their homes.
● Burning gas in home appliances like furnaces, hot water heaters and stoves produces toxic
pollutants that are bad for our health.
● We burn as much gas in our homes and buildings as we do in our power plants, but our power
plants have pollution controls - our homes do not, leaving us vulnerable to dangerous air pollution
and health impacts.
POLLUTION
● The fossil fuels we burn in our homes have worse climate impact than coal due to the leakage
caused from fracking and transportation of fossil fuel gas.
● In California, buildings account for 25 percent of our total emissions - second only to
transportation as the leading source of climate pollution.
● We burn as much gas in our homes and buildings as we do in our power plants.
● To solve this problem, California must transition to all-electric, zero-emission appliances as
quickly as possible.
● More than 50 local jurisdictions are considering building codes and ordinances designed to
facilitate the transition off of gas appliances to all-electric clean energy homes and buildings.
COSTS
● Using gas in your home and workplace is getting more expensive - SoCalGas has proposed
rate increases that will raise the price of gas 45 percent over the next three years - causing utility
bills to spike.
● And it won’t end there, new research shows gas rates escalating for residential customers for
decades to come in California.
● Electrification can help to shield customers - especially lower-income communities - from the
volatile prices of fossil fuels.
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● Homeowners and developers can save between $130 – $540 per year for all-electric new
construction compared to homes that burn gas.
● Developers can build more quickly and affordably by avoiding gas hookups - which lowers the
price of the home while also providing long-term energy savings to the homeowner.
Thank you for your considering the Clean Energy Choice Program.
- Courtney Haile, resident of SLO
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