Cheap and green?
According to Fenn, the opportunity to form a CCA won’t last forever. Because of the way utilities are regulated and financed, any new CCA will have to compensate PG&E for the debt and contract obligations the utility has incurred to assure future supplies of electricity. With PG&E seeking to build new gas-fired power plants (including one locally), the utility’s debt — and the amount of money that a new CCA would have to pay — will soon rise dramatically, according to Fenn. “The economic door [for new CCAs] is closing,” he said.
“It all comes down to a local sense of urgency,” said Fenn. “Is there a mayor [in Humboldt County] who really cares about climate change, a council member who really wants clean energy jobs? Then it’s possible. If everybody just wants to have meetings and discuss it forever, it won’t happen.”
Fenn will speak from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Wharfinger Building in Eureka on Friday and at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Arcata Community Center as part of the North Coast Regional Energy Alternatives Conference. The conference will include many other presentations and exhibits starting at 9 a.m. Info: humboldtplanitgreen.com or 443-8326.
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