Business TREND. What you need to know about Community Choice Aggregators

New Kid on the Block in California’s Community Choice Aggregators:  Clean Power Alliance

What does a Community Choice Aggregator Do?

• The policy goals are to:
  • reduce rates
  • increase the use of climate-friendly energy sources (wind and solar)
• The practical application is:
  • Community Choice Aggregators generate power
  • Rely on another entity to distribute the power on its lines
  • Rely on another entity to handle billing
  • Do not have responsiblity for owning or operating the electric grid
• Supporters Say:
  •  “improvement on investor-owned utilities”
  • “shift control from private monopolies to local governments”
  • allows for “creative ways to encourage clean energy technologies”
• Opponents say:
  • They have no financial ability to grow
  • They won’t help California reach ots clean energy goals

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