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<br />Orozco, Norma <br />From:Mikaela Garduno <mikaelagarduno@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, February 02, 2021 12:27 AM <br />To:Sarmiento, Vicente; Mendoza, Nelida; Bacerra, Phil; Penaloza, David; <br />thaivphan@gmail.com; jessie@votejessielopez.com; <br />johnathan@hernandezforsantaana.org; eComment <br />Subject:Community Choice Energy for Santa Ana! <br />Dear Mayor and City Council Members, <br /> <br />I am overjoyed that you are all taking the time to consider joining the OC Power Authority's <br />Community Choice Energy (CCE) program. <br /> <br />Santa Ana city residents need the option for clean, lower priced energy. Right now this is <br />a critical choice we can make for Santa Ana residents, schools, businesses, city offices, and our <br />overall community. It saves millions, creates jobs, and significantly reduces pollution. <br /> <br />By choosing to implement the CCE program in Santa Ana you are giving the power back to the <br />people and letting Santa Ana residents decide where we get our electricity from. My parents have <br />lived in Santa Ana for over 29 years and myself, for 24 years. As a family we make very <br />environmentally conscious decisions, we ethically choose what food we eat, and eat plant based, <br />we choose where we put our waste, as we recycle, and compost. However, when it comes to the <br />energy our home utilizes we do not have an opportunity to choose the ultimate source of where our <br />electricity comes from. <br /> <br />Our family cares about the environment, where things come from, where things go and our impact <br />we have on the planet during and after our lifetime. For the protection of people and the planet it is <br />imperative that we move towards renewable energy sources in order for there to be a future for the <br />children of Santa Ana to enjoy. Santa Ana must adopt city wide renewable energy plans and <br />Community Choice Energy is a great start. <br /> <br />Irvine, Fullerton, Huntington Beach, Lake Forest and Buena Park has all voted to bring CCE to <br />their cities. <br />In addition, an Irvine study also found that CCE will enable the city achieve 100% clean energy by <br />2035 at no additional cost to customers while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 360,000 <br />metric tons each year. That's like taking more than 78,000 cars off the road. Environmental benefits <br />would be comparable for Santa Ana. <br /> <br />When Santa Ana joins with other cities, the program would generate $92 million per year in <br />revenue by 2031. The income generated will be returned to our community rather than giving our <br />money to corporate Southern California Edison CEO's. It can help fund local programs. This <br />money can be used for COVID relief as so many cities are doing now, EV charging stations, <br />1 <br /> <br />