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Board directs staff to favor greener power while limiting added costs as city joins Clean Power Alliance
Summary
Trusting staff to analyze account-level impacts, the La Cañada Unified board directed officials to pursue cleaner electricity procurement options after the city moves its accounts to Clean Power Alliance; staff will report back with account-by-account recommendations before an October transition.
La Cañada Unified Governing Board directed staff to evaluate electricity procurement options after the city’s municipal accounts transition to Clean Power Alliance (CPA) beginning in October and to favor greener power where fiscally feasible.
District staff and a Clean Power Alliance representative briefed the board on CPA product options: a default 100% renewable “green” product (at a reported premium), a 50% renewable “clean” product (rate‑neutral versus SCE base generation), and a “lean” product (about 40% renewable and slightly below SCE base generation). District staff said the city will default municipal accounts to the 100% green product unless account holders choose otherwise.
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