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California s community choice aggregators (CCAs) have sped up the state s progress toward its clean energy goals by opting to purchase more carbon-free electricity than they re required to, a model that could be replicated in other states that are considering allowing the development of CCAs, according to a new report from the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.
The report found that between 2011 and 2019, CCAs in California purchased 23.5 million MWh of renewable energy in excess of state requirements, more than twice what they were required to buy, lead author Kelly Trumbull, project manager with the Luskin Center, said during a webinar Wednesday.
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The California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday sided with the soon-to-launch San Diego community energy program in a dispute it had with San Diego Gas & Electric.
San Diego Community Power which will begin to purchase power for customers in San Diego, Chula Vista, La Mesa, Encinitas and Imperial Beach later this year had complained to the commission that data SDG&E intended to use to calculate rates would make the new energy program less attractive to prospective customers.
SDG&E argued it was using numbers it was authorized to employ as part of a general rate case that is still being considered by the commission.
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Officials at San Diego Community Power think San Diego Gas & Electric is manipulating rates to discourage customers from joining the soon-to-launch community energy program that will cover five cities, and have complained to the utility and the California Public Utilities Commission.
SDG&E officials deny the accusation, saying they are relying on the appropriate formula they are authorized to use to calculate rates for this year.
The dispute is expected to be resolved Thursday when the CPUC’s commissioners are scheduled to vote on a pair of competing proposals.
“We’re not trying to pick a fight,” said Bill Carnahan, interim CEO of San Diego Community Power, the community choice energy program that will offer an alternative to SDG&E when it to comes buying power for customers in San Diego, Chula Vista, La Mesa, Encinitas and Imperial Beach when it begins to accept customers later this year.
New San Diego-area community choice energy program feuding with SDG&E [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
Officials at San Diego Community Power think San Diego Gas & Electric is manipulating rates to discourage customers from joining the soon-to-launch community energy program that will cover five cities, and have complained to the utility and the California Public Utilities Commission.
SDG&E officials deny the accusation, saying they are relying on the appropriate formula they are authorized to use to calculate rates for this year.
The dispute is expected to be resolved Thursday when the CPUC’s commissioners are scheduled to vote on a pair of competing proposals.