Community Choice Energy Resources

Background on  Community Choice Energy (Community Choice Aggregation)

• Guide to Creating State of the Art Community Choice Programs
  Written for Community Choice advocates and practitioners by the California Alliance for Community Energy, the Guide puts our values and principles at the center of organizing efforts to realize the local benefits a well-designed Community Choice program can provide. The Guide provides best practices for forming and operating a Community Choice energy program; January 2018
• Community Choice Energy: Democratizing Municipal-Scale Power; A paper that highlights the strategy of the Local Clean Energy Alliance for empowering communities and democratizing energy through Community Choice energy programs; February 2017.
• Community Choice, Version 2.0; Local Power Inc. paper, August 2016
• Community Choice Energy; Local Clean Energy Alliance web page with a brief description of Community Choice energy.
• Energy Democracy: Inside Californians’ Game-Changing Plan for Community-Owned Power;
  This article, by Al Weinrub in YES! Magazine, is an introduction to Community Choice energy programs in California, including the potential and challenges of such programs to benefit local communities; November 2015.
• Community Choice: Economic Development and Clean Energy Jobs; LCEA document detailing the economic benefits of community choice energy programs.
• Frequently Asked Questions About Community Choice
• What the Heck is a REC?
  The role of renewable energy certificates (RECs)  in Community Choice market procurement.
• East Bay Community Choice Energy: From Concept to Implementation; Examines the potential benefits of creating an Community Choice energy program, how it works, and the process of establishing it. The A to Z of Community Choice for any locality.
• Memo on California Clean Power: Taking Community out of Community Choice; Why California Clean Power Might Not be the Right Choice for Your Community
• Community Choice Talking Points; LCEA page from 2009 by Barbara George, discussing the benefits of community choice programs.
• When Will We Go Green; East Bay Express article by Darwin Bond Graham,  May 30, 2012, with good background information about community choice energy programs.
• The Local Government Commission's Community Choice Aggregation web site.

Major References on Clean Energy with Sections on Community Choice

• Community Power; a report by Al Weinrub detailing the benefits of decentralized renewable energy in California. The section on Community Choice is on pages 23-26.
• Bay Area Smart Energy 2020; areport by Bill Powers detailing the possibilties of clean energy development  in the Bay Area. Section on CCAs on page 10.
• 21st Century Greenprint; a 2008 LCEA seminal document highlighting the centrality of community choice energy programs to "green" development.

Video Presentations on Community Choice Energy

• Community Choice Aggregation: Energy Localization and Green Jobs; Video of Paul Fenn speaking at the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference 2012.
• Video of Paul Fenn speaking about Community Choice at the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Conference 2011.
• Community Choice Energy: Economic Development for Our Communities; a presentation by Al Weinrub.
• Going Local: The Movement for Community Choice Energy;
  An 18-minute video briefing on Community Choice Energy by Ecological Options Network.

Bay Area Programs and Initiatives: Case Studies

California Community Choice Energy Web Sites