Public Comments for: HJ36 - Clean energy; Dept. of Energy to study barriers for local governments to purchase.
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Last Name: Wenger Locality: Arlington

Support HJ36! Local communities and their residents deserve to have easy mechanisms to purchase clean, renewable affordable energy through Community Choice Aggregation or other mechanisms not controlled by the local utility monopoly. CCAs throughout the country have served to accelerate the move to clean, renewable energy, provide price stability, and promote energy efficiency programs for their customers. Under Virginia law CCAs are authorized but no jurisdiction has opted to do so. A study to identify and recommend remedies to creating CCAs as well as similar mechanisms would facilitate greater choice for individuals and communities in sourcing its electricity, greater competition, and lower prices. With the cost of renewable energy falling and now more than competitive with fossil fuel based electricity generation, both consumers and the climate will benefit. I personally want this choice for my electricity.

Last Name: Hooven Organization: Evolution Affairs Locality: San Diego, CA

Comments Document

Please see attached for a letter in support of HJ 36. The body of the letter is below. Honorable Chair Scott and Member of the House Rules Committee, We would like to encourage your Committee to move this legislation forward. The Commonwealth of Virginia has clean energy goals that will support a strong economy, job growth, and ambitious climate goals. Additionally, Virginia code allows for municipal aggregation. An analysis of the barriers to implementation of these important goals is a critical next step. As the Commonwealth clearly envisioned and as we’ve seen in nearly a dozen other states, enabling energy retail choice is a successful way to achieve clean energy goals while benefiting consumers with cost competitiveness. Allowing local governments to aggregate the energy load of their constituents and procure energy on their behalf is proven to be the most protective of constituents and the most inclusive of all families and businesses. I led the formation and launch of San Diego Community Power (SDCP), now the second largest community choice energy program in California. In just a few short years, it is financially sustainable, generating millions in excess revenue that are invested directly back into the community, and is providing cleaner energy than the local investor-owned utility at competitive rates. This is a common theme amongst communities that are embracing the community choice aggregation model. Bridging the gap between the goals of the Commonwealth and the clean energy goals of your local governments, including Prince Henry and Loudoun Counties, and the barriers to achieving those goals begins with this study bill. We applaud your Committee in navigating this complex topic to push forward progress in a timely manner. The opportunity to help control one component of the ever rising cost of living for Commonwealth families and businesses and to support the economic opportunity that energy choice provides is an easy win. Thank you for your consideration of such an important bill. Please contact me if I can be of assistance. Sincerely, Cody Hooven Principal & Co-founder cody@evolutionaffairs.com

Last Name: Roberts Locality: Arlington

Support HJ36. It should be easy for residents to purchase clean, renewable affordable energy through Community Choice Aggregation or other mechanisms not controlled by the local utility monopoly. CCAs accelerate the move to clean, renewable energy, provide price stability, and promote energy efficiency programs for customers. A study to identify and recommend remedies to creating CCAs would facilitate greater choice for individuals and communities in sourcing its electricity, greater competition, and lower prices. I would make use of this choice in a heartbeat to promote clean energy!

Last Name: McIntyre Locality: Arlington

Support HJ36. Local communities and their residents deserve to have easy mechanisms to purchase clean, renewable affordable energy through Community Choice Aggregation or other mechanisms not controlled by the local utility monopoly. CCAs throughout the country have served to accelerated the move to clean, renewable energy, provide price stability, and promote energy efficiency programs for their customers. Under Virginia law CCAs are authorized but no jurisdiction has opted to do so. A study to identify and recommend remedies to creating CCAs as well as similar mechanisms would facilitate greater choice would accelerate greater choice for individuals and communities to purchase their suppliers of electricity would facilitate greater competition and lower prices. With the cost of renewable energy falling and nor more then competitive with fossil fuel based energy for electricity generation, both consumers and the climate will benefit. I personally want this choice for my electricity.

Last Name: Ward Locality: Falls Church

I am writing in support of HJ 36 regarding clean energy purchases. I live in one of the smaller jurisdictions in the state, Falls Church, population under 16,000. To meet its climate goals, City government is working with neighboring jurisdictions to explore “Virtual Power Purchase Agreements,” or vPPAs. These entail some financial risk. Access to HJ 36’s state-level review of obstacles and risks, made available statewide, could jumpstart and avoid duplication of study efforts by localities. When looking to help constituents access clean energy through municipal aggregation (§ 56-589) or vPPA’s, small- and mid-size jurisdictions can face a prohibitively expensive first step simply to study the risks and details of these approaches. Here again, access to a state-developed overview of the obstacles would be valuable to many municipalities, especially if the State Corporation Commission weighs in, as requested in HJ 36.

Last Name: Freed Locality: Prince William County

Please vote "YES" on HJ36. • Local governments throughout the commonwealth are trying to reduce their carbon emissions to do their part in the fight against climate change. • In Prince William County - as in most counties and cities who have analyzed options - the approach that could reduce emissions the most is to vastly expand access to carbon-free electricity. • Local governments can contract for carbon-free electricity through a process known as “municipal aggregation.” The VA code has allowed this since 1999. • Now that clean energy is cheaper and more readily available, the market conditions are ripe for widespread adoption of this practice. • Now that data centers are coming on-line and dramatically increasing both electricity demand and carbon emissions, municipal aggregation would be even more helpful in accelerating the transition to clean energy. • However, even though several local govts are interested in using municipal aggregation, there are significant legal and regulatory barriers. As a result, no local governments have yet adopted municipal aggregation. • A statewide study is needed to figure out how to lower the barriers. This study would support not only local carbon goals, but the VCEA, and it would be a huge step in reconciling the economic development benefits of data centers with the need to reduce carbon emissions. Thank you for your consideration. Please reach out to me if you'd like more info.