■ Council mulls $18K to learn feasibility of joining Community Choice Aggregation Benicia City Council may decide Tuesday to take the first step toward membership in the Marin Clean Energy community choice aggregation. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is an alternative to Pacific Gas and Electric for electricity supply. Local organizations may form such organizations to acquire […]
Crewmember Report: Benicia, California, Spaceship Earth: What if …
WHAT IF CALIFORNIA, OR THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES, could be entirely powered by sustainable energy by 2030? That’s just 16 years from now. Such an achievement would mean there wouldn’t be constantly fluctuating (really, increasing) oil and gas prices, no more destruction of natural habitat and other resources, a significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions […]
Sustainability panel to review grant applications, including its own
Benicia Community Sustainability Commission will examine multiple funding requests Monday night, including one of its own that would reappropriate money for a second condensate recovery project at Valero Benicia Refinery. Management Analyst Gina Eleccion wrote Monday that in March 2013, several members of the CSC applied for a $1.3 million water and energy conservation program. […]