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DESCRIPTION:WHEN: February 22nd at 6PM\nWHERE: Napa Library in the Community Room (580 
 Coombs Street Napa, CA 94559) \nWHAT: Community Choice Aggregation panel 
 organized by the Napa County Green Party\nWHO: Mayor of Richmond, Gayle 
 Mclaughlin, Renewable Energy Implementation Manager, Woody Hastings, 
 President of Récolte Energy Gopal Shanker\n\nOn February 22nd the Napa 
 County Green Party is organizing a panel to discuss Community Choice 
 Aggregation. The panel will include Green Party Mayor of Richmond, Gayle 
 Mclaughlin, Renewable Energy Implementation Manager, Woody Hastings, and 
 President of Récolte Energy Gopal Shanker.\n\nThe Napa County Green Party 
 (NCGP) supports Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) in Napa County. It has 
 proposed using Napa Pipe as a renewable energy production and distribution 
 center. This would be one out of many ways to support community choice 
 aggregation in Napa.\n\n“CCAs are a progressive approach to solving some 
 of our climate change problems,” explained Napa County Green Party County 
 Council member, Steven Stratford. “In an economic recessionary period, 
 they create jobs, lower energy costs and give control of rate-setting to 
 the customers.”\n\nCCA permits any city or county to aggregate the 
 electric loads of residents, businesses and municipal facilities to 
 facilitate the purchase and sale of electrical energy. It allows customers 
 to replace ozone-damaging fossil fuel energy sources with various renewable 
 clean-energy sources\n\nWoody Hastings is Renewable Energy Implementation 
 Manager for the Climate Protection Campaign. He has twenty-three years of 
 energy and policy experience with government, non-profit organizations and 
 private companies throughout California.\n\nGopal Shanker is President of 
 Récolte Energy Gopal Shanker. He will talk about the benefits of CCA from 
 the perspective of a renewable energy developer. Récolte Energy is a Napa 
 Valley based renewable energy consulting firm.\n\nRichmond Mayor, Gayle 
 Mclaughlin will explain how, as elected city officials, they were able to 
 bring CCA to their cities. The City of Richmond joined the Marin Energy 
 Authority to participate in the CCA program in June 2012. \n\nThe panel 
 will be introduced by Mark Lucas, Vice President of the Napa County Bicycle 
 Coalition. \n\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/08/18731667.php
SUMMARY:Community Choice Aggregation Panel, Featuring Green Party Mayor of Richmond, Gayle Mclaug
LOCATION:Napa Library in the Community Room (580 Coombs Street Napa, CA 94559) 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/08/18731667.php
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