La Cañada Flintridge hosted a town hall meeting to discuss its upcoming electricity provider shift from Southern California Edison to Clean Power Alliance — an electricity provider that specializes in renewable energy under the California Public Utility Commission’s Community Choice Aggregation program.
The Community Choice Aggregation program allows cities, counties and other qualifying governmental entities available within the service areas of investor-owned utilities to purchase and/or generate electricity for their residents and businesses. Switching to CPA allows residents to choose which electricity provider they want to use, CPA or SCE.
During the meeting, LCF’s CPA representative, Dalia Gomez, covered Community Choice Aggregation, the difference in rates between SCE and CPA and the anticipated timeline of the switch to CPA. The town hall ended with a Q&A session, during which Gomez touched on procurement and delivery of renewable energy, availability of bill assistance for fixed income residents and the transition’s impact on those with rooftop solar panels.
LCF’s transition to Clean Power Alliance is currently pending the California Public Utilities Commission’s approval, which is expected in March. Upon approval, city staff will continue outreach to residents and businesses regarding the transition.
For more information on La Cañada Flintridge’s switch to the Clean Power Alliance, visit CityOfLCF.org/CleanPowerAlliance.
First published in the February 1 print issue of the Outlook Valley Sun.
