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Clear Lake City Council rejects resolution to join Sonoma Clean Power after geothermal and local-control concerns
Summary
After presentations from Sonoma Clean Power officials and more than an hour of public comment, Clear Lake city council voted 3-2 against a resolution to request Sonoma Clean Power act as the city’s community choice aggregator.
The Clear Lake City Council voted against a resolution to request that Sonoma Clean Power Authority act as the community choice aggregator (CCA) for the city, rejecting the measure on a 3-2 vote Tuesday night.
The resolution, numbered 2025-34 in the packet, would have asked Sonoma Clean Power to implement its CCA program within Clear Lake, enabling the city to buy electricity on behalf of its residents and businesses through Sonoma Clean Power rather than defaulting wholly to PG&E. The council vote failed after several council members said unanswered questions about geothermal development and local control outweighed projected rate savings.
City Manager Flora summarized prior outreach and noted Sonoma Clean Power had already presented to the council in July and at a joint meeting with Lake County and Lakeport earlier in the week. Jeff Cyphers, introduced as a Sonoma Clean Power representative, and Brian Barnacle, identified as the authority’s board chair and a Petaluma…
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