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MILESTONE FOR MARIN CLEAN ENERGY: NOVATO ADVANCE

Posted by zena12 on Sun, 11/23/2008 - 08:10 in

Paul Jones, of the Novato Advance, got this story on the Marin County Board of Supervisors unanimous vote to form the Marin Energy Authority out quickly, following last Tuesday's meeting. It's one of several publshed around the Bay Area.

Read the full story here;

Now Novato must decide whether to join

By Paul Jones
News Editor
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:10 PM PST

The Marin County Board of Supervisors took a major step forward Tuesday in pursuit of the county’s ambitious “Marin Clean Energy” Community Choice Aggregation plan at a regularly scheduled board meeting at the Marin County Civic Center.
As part of the larger effort to allow cities to collectively buy “green” energy by negotiating independent contracts with power-suppliers, the board unanimously authorized the creation of a joint powers authority through which cities can coordinate. The next step for Marin Clean Energy will be for member cities’ councils to vote for the JPA to pursue energy contracts for review.