Local Clean Energy Alliance Accomplishments

2011:

Organized the second annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference

Conducted policy briefings for Asia Pacific Environmental Network, California League
of Conservation Voters, and the California Environmental Justice Alliance.

2010:

Organized the first annual Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference

Played a leading role in the successful grassroots effort to defeat Prop 16: the PG&E
power grab

Published Community Power: Decentralized Renewable Energy in California

Conducted a workshop on Community Choice energy for Oakland City Council

2009:

Successfully advocated for the City of Oakland to develop a process for citizen input on
the Climate Action Plan

Successfully advocated for Oakland Public Works to propose an aggressive greenhouse
gas reduction targets to the City

Successfully advocated for Oakland, Berkeley, and Hayward to join other Alameda
County cities in the stopwaste.org comprehensive energy efficiency program, "Green
Packages"

Successfully advocated for Oakland and Berkeley to pass resolutions supporting SB 279,
needed for robust financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy in the East Bay

2008:

Developed a policy document – The 21st Century Greenprint for the East Bay – that
was subsequently introduced as a source document for potential actions into Oakland’s
Climate Action Planning Process

Supported the first use of redevelopment funds in Alameda County for installing
sustainable energy technologies on low income and nonprofit homes to improve
affordability

Crafted a locally-focused Community Choice energy program and successfully advocated
for City Council workshops on such a program in Oakland and Berkeley