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November General Meeting –Greg Pahl on Community Power

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 […]

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Local Clean Energy Alliance Organizes Veto Effort in Response to Passage of AB 976

***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

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May 10 Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference a Resounding Success

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

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LCEA supports AB 1990 – Solar for All initiative: A Community-Benefits Feed-in Tariff

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

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PRESS ADVISORY: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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

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March 20, 2012 General Meeting- James Fine on Evaluating Smart Grids

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

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