RE: Hermosa Beach Municipal Carbon Neutral Plan - Electricity.
Page 1 recommends RECs (renewables energy certificates) for achieving carbon neutral goals. AB 1110 legislated RECs* out of existence. RECs are now only used by any load serving entity to meet a small portion of the annual RPS compliance. RECs are not energy, nor do they “reduce” carbon from your energy. Whoever wrote the third paragraph (and other text about RECs) in this “Carbon Neutral Plan” is apparently unaware of clean energy law. Here’s what ARB’s chair writes** about RECs (as employed by CCA).
Is our city council being directed, or counseled, by someone who does not comply with California law? Will someone ask if there is any idea who’s selling RECs so heavily to our city?
RE: Hermosa Beach Municipal Carbon Neutral Plan - Electricity.
Page 1 recommends RECs (renewables energy certificates) for achieving carbon neutral goals. AB 1110 legislated RECs* out of existence. RECs are now only used by any load serving entity to meet a small portion of the annual RPS compliance. RECs are not energy, nor do they “reduce” carbon from your energy. Whoever wrote the third paragraph (and other text about RECs) in this “Carbon Neutral Plan” is apparently unaware of clean energy law. Here’s what ARB’s chair writes** about RECs (as employed by CCA).
Is our city council being directed, or counseled, by someone who does not comply with California law? Will someone ask if there is any idea who’s selling RECs so heavily to our city?
* https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/themarinpost/doc/2451/CPA_RECs.pdf
** https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/themarinpost/doc/2451/CPA_RECs.pdf