PG&E May Pitch All Green Electron Plan To Supplant Marin Clean Energy

PG&E MAY PROPOSE GREEN ELECTRONS PILOT PROGRAM TO MARIN

Brad Breithaupt, Independent Journal Staff Writer, reported on September 12, 2008 that PG&E will be pitching a plan to Marin governments to provided 100% "green" electrons to Marin County- as a Pilot Program. We'll be following this story very closely, particularly because it could put years of work on Marin Clean Energy, so full of promise for locally generated renewable power, in jeopardy.

PG&E spokesman Josh Townsend, a former aide to Marin Assemblyman Jared Huffman, said his company's proposal is "pretty preliminary," but he said the goal is developing a renewable-energy plan that would be "unique to Marin."

"We are just in preliminary talks with the county," Townsend said.

Even if PG&E says it can do the same job and meet Marin Clean Energy's goal of being 100 percent green, Supervisor McGlashan says the authority is needed to provide tax-exempt financing for construction

Read the IJ story here.