- What: The 4th Annual Conference of the Local Clean Energy Alliance
- When: Thursday, October 17th, 2013
- Where: California Endowment Conference Center, 1111 Broadway, 7th Floor, Oakland CA (Also by live video stream)
- Registration: Register here
- Conference details: See the conference program
Don’t miss the premier gathering of clean energy advocates in the San Francisco Bay Area! Clean Power, Healthy Communities, the fourth annual conference of the Local Clean Energy Alliance, is right around the corner. Luminalt is one of the sponsors of this conference, which promotes local clean energy economies to ensure the economic development, employment, health, and resilience of Bay Area communities.
Local clean energy development in the San Francisco Bay Area
In recent years, many initiatives have emerged to promote decentralized clean energy. These initiatives support energy efficiency (Regional Energy Networks), feed-in tariffs, shared renewables, intelligent grid architectures, and innovative financing and repayment mechanisms, and more.
Governor Brown’s call for 12,000 megawatts of local renewable power in California by 2020 has garnered widespread support. However, there continue to be few programs at the state level for implementing a decentralized energy vision. Many communities are looking to local leadership in energy procurement as a driver for decentralized energy development and equitable, sustainable energy solutions.
At the heart of the matter is energy democracy: who controls energy development and for whose benefit. To democratize energy decisions, communities and grassroots organizations need to play an increasingly decisive role.
The San Francisco Bay Area, with its strong advocacy organizations and many renewable energy programs, has provided leadership for local clean energy development on many fronts, including the promotion of Community Choice energy.
Conference details
The conference convenes advocates, policy makers, financiers, and entrepreneurs who support clean energy and healthy communities in the Bay Area. The focus is on finding solutions to the political and financial challenges of developing community-based energy resources and building sustainable, equitable, resilient communities. The conference explores:
- What’s at Stake for Bay Area Communities?
- Bay Area Energy Initiatives
- Overcoming Political and Financial Obstacles
Previous conferences have been very well received. In the words of Pedro Rosado, a District Representative in the office of Senator Loni Hancock, “It has been some time since I have participated in a conference/meeting as relevant and as purposeful… I was completely amazed at the high level of enthusiasm and interest in clean energy, local power, environmental justice and empowerment of local communities.”
