CCA vs. PG&E

For many years PG&E has been the primary source of electric power for most of Northern California.

California Law, known as Assembly Bill 117, passed into law in 2002, now allows local communities to form Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) organizations to provide that electric power.

Proponents of a greater and faster conversion to "Green Power" have taken advantage of this law and have developed a proposal to do so which is working its way through the Marin County Board of Supervisors to bring this subject to a vote of the City Councils in the near future.

It is obvious that there are considerable differences in opinion, and claimed facts, between the CCA proponents and the PG&E staff relative to the actual costs and time tables for the implementation of Green Power..

Click here to view the CCA proposed concept.
Click here to view the PG&E review of the CCA proposed concept.
Click here to view an analysis of the Economics of Community Choice Aggregation by the Bay Area Economic Forum,
A Partnership of the Bay Area Council and the Association of Bay Area Governments.
Click here to view a January 2008 detailed analysis of The Market Value and Cost of Solar Photovoltaic Electricity Production by the University of California Energy Institute

Subsequent to the 2002 passage of the law enabling the formation of CCAs, California adopted (AB 32), the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. As a result, the California Public Utilities Commission now also has a program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming for California's people and economy. Click here to view the CPUC CLEAN ENERGY INFORMATION AREA web site.

It is noted that while the proponents of the Marin CCA have the intent of early conversion to Green Power, they will not be mandated to do so if they find it difficult as they proceed. By contrast, the State-wide Global Warming Solutions Act mandates certain goals with the law to back them up.

The purpose of this web site is to independently focus on the various factors that are important to consider before voting on this matter, or if your City Council has already agreed to participate - to help individuals decide if they should allow their residence to be automatically "Opted In", or if they should "Opt Out".

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