No On Prop 16 Final Push Organizing Meeting, May 13th | Marin Clean Energy Powers Up, May 7 | CPUC spanks PG&E

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1. No On Prop 16 Final Push Organizing Meeting on May 13th 
2. Marin Clean Energy Powers Up on May 7
3. CPUC Puts PG&E On Notice Over Violations of Community Choice Rules
4. NOprop16.org Volunteerism Opportunities & Resources

1. No On Prop 16 Final Push Organizing Meeting on May 13th

The Tide appears to be turning on Prop 16.  Endorsements for the NO position have been streaming in for weeks from cities, businesses associations, community groups, and more.  There are two PACs, one focused statewide and another focused on getting out the vote in the Bay Area. A set of short broadcast-quality films for the No position will be released within a week. We can win this!  But to do so, its time for all of us who have been on the fence, to jump in with two feet.    

Join the Local Clean Energy Alliance on May 13th from 6-8p for an organizing meeting at the Sierra Club National Headquarters in downtown San Francisco.  The meeting is co-sponsored by:

• TURN (The Utility Reform Network) 
• Ella Baker Center
• Greenlining Institute
• No on 16 Grassroots Working Group
• Sierra Club Bay Chapter

Mark Toney of TURN will  discuss how we can get 10,000 people statewide making 100 calls in the final month of the campaign.  Megan Matson will present the VAN voter outreach platform (which was used by the Obama campaign), the Bay Area Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort, creating buzz with the No on Prop 16 films, and how you can plug into these efforts. There are ample opportunities for every one to get involved including (but not limited to) phone banking, throwing home parties, and outreach to organizations. Representatives of the Grassroots Working Group will discuss a variety of ways people can participate in defeating Prop 16.

Finger foods and drinks will be provided.

What:  Prop 16 Organizing Meeting co-sponsored by TURN and the LCEA

When: Thursday May 13th, 6-8p

Where:  Sierra Club, National Headquarters, 

3rd Floor Conference

85 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94105 
(Near the Montgomery St BART station)

Please RSVP to cr...@baylocalize.org so we have enough food. 

2. Marin Clean Energy Powers Up on May 7!

you are invited to join us for this historic launch 5.7.10 1 o'clock sharp marin clean energy  hits the  wires! Come mark the day that Marin Clean Energy makes history! Friday, May 7 at 1 pm on the Island at the Lagoon off  Avenue of the Flags at the San Rafael Civic Center. State Senator Mark Leno, State Assembly member Jared Huffman,other dignitaries, and hundreds of local businesses, clean energy advocates and other community supporters will celebrate the first day of service by Marin Clean Energy (MCE). MCE is a local alternative energy program created by seven cities and the County of Marin to provide customers with double the amount of clean, renewable energy over what PG&E provides--at the same or lower rates.  Marin Clean Energy is the first such community choice aggregation program to launch service in California since state legislation (AB 117) was approved in 2002 authorizing local communities to join together to purchase their own electrical power. After seven years of study, peer review, and public process, May 7th is MCE's first day of service to the ratepayers of Marin.  Please join us for this historic event! Charles McGlashan, Marin County Supervisor, 3rd District Chair, Marin Energy Authority

This event is a co-production of Marin Energy Authority and  Marin Green Leadership,  a nonprofit partner that supplements and supports  MEA's educational outreach.

Friday, May 7, 2010 1:00 - 3:00 pm   Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael For more information, call 473.6624. Park in the main parking lot at Marin Center and proceed to the right of the theater to the lagoon area. Signs will direct you to the event.

what when why who where ?s Event to mark the commencement of service by Marin Clean Energy Friday May 7, 1-3 pm Marin Clean Energy is the first GREEN community choice aggregation program (CCA) in the nation and the first to start service in California since such programs were authorized by state law in 2002 Speakers include state Sen. Mark Leno, Assemblyman Jared Huffman, Supervisor Charles McGlashan and other dignitaries Marin Center, 10 Avenue of the Flags in San Rafael 415 473.6624

 

3. CPUC Puts PG&E On Notice Over Violations of Community Choice Rules

 

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3, 2010 – The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Executive Director today notified Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) that certain recent actions by the utility in Marin County, Calif., related to Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) have violated tariffs and rules and directed PG&E to immediately cease such actions.

 

On April 9, 2010, the CPUC confirmed Marin Energy Authority (MEA) as a community choice aggregator in California. The CPUC has heard from members of the public and MEA that although PG&E has a statutory obligation to cooperate with community choice aggregators, instead the utility has been attempting to thwart MEA’s efforts to launch the new CCA.

 

After evaluating PG&E’s actions, the CPUC’s Executive Director today sent a letter to the company, outlining actions that PG&E must immediately cease, including telephoning customers to ask them to opt out and then transferring the call that PG&E initiated to a PG&E customer service representative.  The CPUC said that customers electing to opt-out of MEA service must do so only by the methods included in the customer notification provided by MEA – by the customer calling a phone number or visiting a website.  PG&E cannot obtain an opt-out by using an opt-out form PG&E includes in a newspaper advertisement or by visiting a customer’s residence and asking the customer to  provide an oral or written opt-out during the visit.

 

In addition, PG&E may no longer send mailers that have the appearance of an official opt-out notice to its customers in Marin County for the purpose of encouraging these customers to opt out of the CCA program established by MEA.  These mailers are likely to create unnecessary customer confusion and therefore violate the statutory requirement that PG&E cooperate fully with any community choice aggregators.

 

PG&E was directed to meet with the CPUC’s Energy Division to identify the specific customers who have opted out of MEA service in the manners specified above and develop a way of informing these customers that their opt-outs are invalid.

 

“PG&E must understand its obligations in communicating with its customers in Marin County and other jurisdictions that may be considering or implementing a community choice aggregation program,” said CPUC Executive Director Paul Clanon.  “I expect PG&E to cooperate fully with the directives given today and comply with the community choice aggregation law in California.”

 

Community Choice Aggregation allows communities to offer energy service to electric customers within their boundaries, as outlined in Assembly Bill (AB) 117 (2002 Stats., ch. 838) and in CPUC rules.  AB 117 provides, in part: “All electrical corporations shall cooperate fully with any community choice aggregators that investigate, pursue, or implement community choice aggregation programs.” 

 

The CPUC has the authority to take enforcement action, including imposing fines, if PG&E violates the CCA process laid out in AB 117 and further specified in PG&E’s tariffs.

 

Separately, the CPUC expects to act at its May 20, 2010, voting meeting on the City and County of San Francisco’s Petition to Modify a previous CPUC decision (D.05-12-041, http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PUBLISHED/FINAL_DECISION/52127.htm) regarding CCA.  The Petition asks the CPUC to further restrict activities by PG&E and other utilities in fighting against CCAs.  The Petition also asks the CPUC to establish an expedited process for remedying any violations committed by the utilities.

 

For more information on CCA, please visitwww.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Retail+Electric+Markets+and+Finance/070430_ccaggregation.htm.

 

For more information on the CPUC, please visit www.cpuc.ca.gov.

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4. NOprop16.org Volunteerism Opportunities & Resources

NOprop16.org VIRTUAL PHONEBANK

www.NOprop16.org is set up so that volunteers who sign up there will receive an invitation to do NOprop16 Virtual Phonebanking at home to likely voters. They can also email one of the Volunteer Liaisons Eddie Ahn at eddieNO16.org to get into the NOprop16 Virtual Phonebank, or call NOprop16 at 415-248-8450 x313. They will receive an invitation to the NOprop16 Virtual Phonebank. A phonescript is provided to them onscreen, with opportunities to mark whether a voter is likely to vote no/yes/still undecided.

If it is of interest to you, these are the other volunteerism resources Brianna & I are putting up on the "WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW" section of the www.NOprop16.org site:

NOprop16.org is a shoestring campaign up against a $35M ad blitz. It is people talking to people who will win this thing. 

Here are 5 things you can do right now to help make it happen:

FIRST SIGN UP for updates & to help Get-Out-The-Vote

***Sign up for our email list so that we can send you an invitation to phonebank from your home to likely voters. We'll also send you updates for spreading the word by email and in person. You can unsubscribe any ol' time. 

SECOND Help Spread the Word ONLINE Right Now

***Copy & paste this 2-pager into an email and forward to as many friends and groups around the state as you can think of. Pin it on community bulletin boards and carry a little stack around for impulse actions!

[icons here for updated Endorsements List & Fact Sheet] 

***Forward/post on Facebook this 4-minute Youtube of the Beat 16 song by This Old Earthquake.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IpBcaiuYtk 

NOTE: From the youtube site linked above, you can click the "Share Facebook/Twitter" button and it's really easy to post.

***Grab one of these little JPG files and stick it in your email signature, facebook, twitter, etc. Put in a hyperlink to NOprop16.org, it's easy...

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THIRD Help Get No on 16 VISIBLE

There's no budget for big print runs, but here's artwork to print out to tape in your car or house window or iron-on, etc. in case you're irritated enough by those deceptive TV ads to start printing and posting your own stuff!

NOprop16.org PDF files

NOprop16.org EPS files

Prefer a PIGGIE?

NOprop16.org piggy TIFF File

NOprop16.org piggy PDF file

NOprop16.org piggy EPS

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