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The November general meeting of the Local Clean Energy Alliance featured Greg Pahl, author of Power from the People: How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects. Greg has written numerous books and articles on energy and has been involved in environmental issues for over 30 years. Greg gave an engaging presentation on local clean […]

Over a month after Super Storm Sandy, there are still parts of the East Coast that are without power. Luckily, a mobile, solar- powered generator, the Mojave-3, has been assisting rescue efforts in some of the hardest hit areas in the Rockaways, NY and Sandy Hook, NJ. The mobile solar array needs no hook up

On September 18th San Francisco took a huge step in meeting its climate action goals! The Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 to approve CleanPowerSF, San Francisco’s version of Community Choice Energy. The Local Clean Energy Alliance and allies have spent years shaping the program and organizing the support to move it forward. “This vote is

***UPDATE*** Veto Effort Succeeds ! On September 27, 2012, Governor Brown decided to return AB 976 without his signature. He noted in his letter to members of the Assembly that AB976 is not necessary to protect against conflict of interest and would impede development of community choice programs. Thanks to all who helped make this veto effort successful. At the

The Local Clean Energy Alliance’s third annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference drew 140 people on May 10 to a day of intense deliberations about the potential benefits of local renewable power to Bay Area communities and how to build a movement to realize those benefits. Check out photos of the conference and a video of the keynote

Spearheaded by the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) and authored by Assemblyman Paul Fong (Cupertino), AB 1990 would provide a 375 megawatt feed-in tariffs tariff program to promote 375 megawatts of small-scale renewable energy projects in disadvantaged communities in California by 2020. Under a Feedfeed-in tariffs (FiT) program, utility companies are required to pay set

Bay Area’s Largest Energy Alliance to Host Town Hall with Assemblymember Nancy Skinner Dynamic Cross-Sector Gathering to Accelerate Local Renewable Energy Projects and Green Job Growth CONTACT:  Al Weinrub, Local Clean Energy Alliance, (510) 531-0720, al.weinrub@comcast.net April 25, 2012 Oakland, CA — Over 150 renewable energy movers and shakers will gather on May 10 for the third annual Clean

Is it possible over the next 8 years to convert 25% of Bay Area homes and businesses to zero net energy buildings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric usage by 60%, and cut peak demand for electricity by 50%? Pacific Environment’s report Bay Area Smart Energy 2020 (BASE 2020) provides a road map for doing just that.

The Local Clean Energy Alliance’s March general meeting featured James Fine, of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), presenting a summary of EDF’s work evaluating Smart Grid deployment plans of California’s three Investor-Owned Utility (IOU) companies. The EDF has determined that smart grid technology has the ability to cut air pollution, and climate change gas emissions

On January 3, 2012, the Local Clean Energy Alliance called on Governor Jerry Brown to replace Michael Peevey as president of the California Public Utilities Commission. “In the ten years he has held that position,” said a letter sent by the Alliance to the Governor, “Peevey has turned the CPUC into an agency that has