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Agoura Hills council member: Clean Power Alliance to buy more power from SunSea wind project; two cities may join
Summary
Council member Deborah Klein Lopez said the Clean Power Alliance plans to take more generation from the SunSea Wind Project in New Mexico and is considering membership additions that would bring the program to about 40 entities.
Council member Deborah Klein Lopez told the Agoura Hills City Council on Sept. 9 that the Clean Power Alliance, the regional community choice aggregator, plans to purchase additional generation from the SunSea Wind Project in New Mexico and is pursuing membership growth.
“As chair of the board, we are actually going to be buying more power from the SunSea Wind Project in New Mexico,” Klein Lopez said, calling the project “the largest wind farm in the entire Western Hemisphere” as heard in her report to the council. She described the wind project as a complement to California solar because it provides nighttime generation.
Klein Lopez also said the Clean Power Alliance is in talks to add two cities — referenced in the meeting as Cuddihay and Fillmore — as members. She cautioned that local approvals and reviews at the California Public Utilities Commission are required before membership becomes final. “It’s nothing is a done deal, but it’s looking very positive,” she said.
Klein Lopez said the addition of two cities would bring the alliance to roughly 40 member entities and noted a board retreat later in the month to convene members in person.
No formal action by the Agoura Hills City Council was taken on Clean Power Alliance matters at the meeting; the remarks were part of a council member report.
