Redondo waits on joining energy program
Redondo Beach Councilman Todd Loewenstein was the center of attention for about an hour at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, as his colleagues debated around him, and appealed to him, to sway his vote on the City Council’s bid to override Mayor Bill Brand’s veto against joining a regional electrical power program. Their efforts were for naught, at least for now: Loewenstein pushed to continue the discussion in a month after a pivotal resolution regarding on Community Choice Aggregation programs is decided on by the California Public Utilities Commission. The Redondo Beach City Council approved a resolution to join the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy program on Dec. 19 by a 3-2 vote. LACCE is an LA County-developed program intended to offer customers cheaper utility rates by competing against investor-owned utilities. Such programs also emphasize using sustainable power generation. LACCE states they will serve about 2.5 million customers, including residents of nearly 24 member cities and unincorporated county areas. Should Redondo join, all residents would be automatically enrolled in the program, with the option to opt out, at low or no cost, to continue buying power from…
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