Community Choice Energy
for Fresno
What is Community Choice Energy?
• A local program that buys and can generate
electricity for businesses and residents
• Enabled by state law in 2002
• Partners with investor-owned utilities like PG&E
to deliver electricity and services
• The default service in its service territory
What is Community Choice Energy?
Community Choice Strength
• 24 operational CCAs
• Over 200 Cities
• Over 20 counties
• Hundreds of elected officials
Over half the state’s
population has or is
developing
Community Choice
Energy.
Where is it already
happening?
California Community Choice Agencies
>$100 Million
Rough estimate of the amount that
leaves the Fresno economy every year,
and that would be re-directed to local
control with a Community Choice
agency.
What are some benefits of
Community Choice Energy?
• Competitive, more stable rates
• Local control & transparency
• Local economic benefits & job creation
• Programs that respond to community needs
• Potential for improved air quality
• Enhanced public participation – energy
democracy
• Innovation platform
CCA Action in the Valley
• Stockton/San Joaquin County
• Tracy (San Joaquin County)
• Los Banos (Merced County)
Legacy for Fresno
• Enterprise Fund Surplus to support the true
needs of Fresno
• Energy Autonomy
• Drives Economic Development
• Environmental and Economic Co-benefits
• Meets the City’s Climate Action
Goals lowering energy-related GHGs
through cleaner, renewable energy choices
• Creation of an Energy Resilient Fresno
Thank you!
Woody Hastings
Energy Program Manager
310-968-2757
[email protected]