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Recommendation to receive and file a report on the Clean Pathway Community Partnership between the City of Long Beach and Southern California Edison. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach (City) has developed its first-ever Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) to provide a framework for Long Beach residents and businesses to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions. The CAAP will better prepare the Long Beach community for the impacts of climate change, improve local quality of life, and enhance economic vitality in Long Beach.
To help the City attain its CAAP goals, it is essential for the City to build upon its long-standing relationship with Southern California Edison (SCE), the provider of electric utility services in Long Beach for well over 100 years. Long Beach is the largest city within the SCE service territory. As such, it is mutually beneficial for the City and SCE to work closely together to achieve environmental goals and targets set out in the CAAP.
In August 25, 2020, as part of City Council action taken in relation to the City’s consideration of forming a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) entity, the City Council directed staff to continue the City’s partnership with SCE to raise awareness of existing programs that provide Long Beach residents and businesses with various options to purchase a greater mix of renewables and utilize energy more efficiently.
To this end, City staff have been working closely with SCE staff to pilot a new joint initiative referred to as the Clean Pathway Community Partnership (CPCP). SCE has dedicated several key staff and leadership to support this effort while the City has had executive and staff involvement from the Public Works, Development Services, Economic Development, Energy Resources, Harbor, Water, and Financial Management Departments.
The organization of this partnership includes a large working group of subject matter experts from the aforementioned City departments with o...
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