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<br /> <br />January 31, 2021 <br />RE: Agenda Item 5 - Community Choice Aggregation <br />Honorable Mayor and City Council: <br />The Sierra Club appreciates the City of Santa Anaefforts on Community Choice <br />Aggregation (CCA). We support you joining the Orange County Power Authority <br />(OCPA) with Irvine, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Buena Park and Lake Forest. <br />We see joining the OCPA as a major step toward clean energy and clean air, increased <br />environmental justice and local jobs, while we help slow down climate change. <br />Many citizens, businesses and NGOs have worked toward this goal over the past five <br />years in Orange County. During this time, a number of CCAs have launched <br />successfully in California, so now over 11 million people in over 190 municipalities are <br />receiving electricity through CCAs. Santa Ana joining the OCPA will encourage more <br />cities to join the California movement toward clean community energy. <br />CCAs work for the benefit of their constituents and serve their communities while <br />improving service and the bottom line. Highlights include: <br /> All California CCAs have succeeded. <br /> All CCAs offer comparable or lower electricity rates. <br /> All CCAs pursue cleaner energy and local sources. <br /> All CCAs are creating good local jobs. <br /> CCAs . <br />Thank you, <br /> <br />Jim Stewart, PhD <br />Co-Chair of Sierra Club California Energy-Climate Committee <br />213-820-4345, DrJimStewart@gmail.com <br /> <br />CC: Hoiyin Ip, Co-Chair of Sierra Club California Zero Waste Committee <br />Hoiyin.Ip@California.SierraClub.org <br />