San Diego demands clean community energy

The San Diego City Council has voted 7-2 to bring community choice aggregation to the city, becoming the 26th local government in California known to pv magazine to do so. Just five days after the plan gained Environment Committee approval, the San Diego City Council approved by the city’s plan to establish a community choice aggregator (CCA). The decision makes San Diego’s the 27th CCA in existing or under formation in California. The vote was not unanimous, but the measure won by a wide majority. Of the nine council members, seven voted in favor with only two opposed. The two members in their opposition argued over specific details of the plan, rather than against the idea as a whole. Their concerns stemmed from the idea that alternate members of the the CCAs executive board will not have to be elected officials and the general ability of a government entity to effectively provide utility service.