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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Amir Baum <amir.baum@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:28 PM <br />To:Sarmiento, Vicente; Mendoza, Nelida; Bacerra, Phil; Penaloza, David; <br />thaivphan@gmail.com; jessie@votejessielopez.com; <br />johnathan@hernandezforsantaana.org; eComment <br />Subject:Consideration for OC Power Authority's Community Choice Energy Program - <br />Proposed action item for city council vote <br />Dear Mayor and City Council Members, <br /> <br />Thank you so much for considering joining the OC Power Authority's Community Choice Energy program. I <br />support this program, because it will save customers money, brings revenue to our community by keeping our <br />rate payer dollars in Santa Ana, and allow us to convert to renewable energy faster and improve our community. <br />This is a historic moment for Santa Ana is becomes a Clean Energy Leader and Founding Member. Please <br />schedule a special session before December 31, 2020, to vote on joining the OC Power Authority and <br />appointing a board member. <br /> <br />Cities that join by Dec 31st can start implementing in 2021, instead of waiting until 2022 or 2023, so it's <br />important that you meet this deadline. If Santa Ana, Lake Forest, and Buena Park joins, the program would <br />generate $92 million per year in revenue by 2031. This money can be used for COVID relief as so many cities <br />are doing now, EV charging stations, subsidies for EV vehicles, green public transportation-- all sorts of <br />programs to green OC. Imagine a future like this for Santa Ana. <br /> <br />Let’s do this for our city. After all City of Irvine, City of Fullerton and City of Huntington Beach are moving <br />forward with it and that is reason enough for city of Santa Ana to join forces and make a positive impact to put <br />clean energy and the health of their residents first. We do not have time to delay to act on our climate crisis and <br />community choice energy can get us where we need to be to ensure a more sustainable long-term future in our <br />Orange County area for years to come. You are morally obligated as publicly elected officials to do the right <br />thing and to represent the will of the people and community choice energy needs to be a priority for the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br /> <br />So I urge you to please do the right thing and support joining the CCA with cities of Irvine Fullerton and <br />Huntington Beach for community choice energy. <br />1 <br />