Great news for the CCA (Community Choice Aggregation) movement and those wanting to see real progress in climate protection! First, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom recently signed off on a local (CCA) power plan that is designed to achieve a 51% renewable energy portfolio for the city within 10 years—at rates that will meet or beat rates charged by PG & E. Using money from a “Solar Bonds” measure that was approved by voters in 2001, as well as funds from the SFPUC, the city will finance construction of a 360 MW solar power network and invest in a large-scale energy conservation effort. Many other communities around California and the nation are considering similar proposals and San Francisco’s leadership in this area will make a huge difference in legitimizing and vetting the concept and process for other municipalities. I urge you to find out more about the innovative CCA movement and to support it in your area. You can find out more about it here and here. Look for the Slide Show on the local.org web site. It has a lot of good information and is easy to understand. There's also a video available here.
In addition, the Kings River Conservation District and the San Joaquin Valley Power Authority (a CCA group) recently announced a multi-year agreement with Cleantech America LLC to build what will ultimately be the largest utility-scale photovoltaic facility in the United States. Located near Fresno, California, the Kings River project will be built in phases over the next 4 years: 10 MW in 2009, 30 MW in 2010 and 40 MW in 2011, for a total of 80 MW. This is yet another important success for the CCA concept and an important step towards energy independence and climate protection. For more information about this and other great things happening in the Solar industry, go here.
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