The Berkeley Energy Commission and the Office of Energy and Sustainable Development are hosting a free public workshop on Community Choice Energy on Saturday May 14, 2016 from 10am to 1pm at the Berkeley Public Library Main Branch Community Room at 2090 Kittredge Street. The goal of the workshop is to provide community members with an overview of Community Choice Energy and to solicit public comments to inform the Commission’s recommendation to Council. The City of Berkeley will have the opportunity to vote to join Alameda’s Community Choice Energy program in the fall. See workshop flyer.
Sharing from the City of Berkeley’s website: Alameda County is conducting an analysis of forming a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) to potentially serve local jurisdictions, including Berkeley. One of the key objectives of the Alameda County analysis would be to determine whether CCA can help the City achieve its Climate Action goals. Under a CCA, PG&E would continue to maintain the power grid, respond to outages, and send monthly bills. Customers would have a choice to continue to purchase power directly from PG&E by opting out of the CCA.