Fillmore council delays decision on joining Clean Power Alliance, directs staff to seek Edison data and presentations

The Fillmore City Council on Tuesday stopped short of committing to a Clean Power Alliance feasibility study and instead directed staff to request customer data from Southern California Edison and invite an Edison representative to present so councilors can hear both sides before deciding whether Fillmore should join the community choice aggregator.

Clean Power Alliance (CPA) representative Karen told the council CPA is a publicly owned electricity provider and community choice aggregator that purchases cleaner energy while Southern California Edison (SCE) continues to deliver it. Karen said CPA offers three product tiers — 100% green, a 50% clean option and a 40% lean option — and that customers may opt out at any time. She also described CPA programs, including solar-plus-storage rebates, a $300 room air-conditioner rebate for low-income customers and community benefits grants.

The feasibility-study request on the agenda would have asked Fillmore to pay a $10,000 fee to have CPA evaluate the local impacts of joining. Karen said the study mainly looks at the impact to existing CPA customers, greenhouse-gas…