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            <title>Comment #1 by Jon Rynn</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 06:46:25 -0700</pubDate>
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				<p><strong>Error correction #1</strong></p><p>As I suspected, I mangled at least one thing: The "solar bond" that Adam was instrumental in passing is being used to put solar panels on public buildings. &nbsp;A few years later, a "Proposition H" was passed, which gave San Francisco the ability to sell bonds in order to do the work of the CCA, as they see fit, as is the case with other infrastructure needs (such as sewer, roads, etc). &nbsp;Thus, the CCA has reliable access to new bonds, depending on the vote of the San Francisco city council.</p>
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				<p><strong>Error correction #1</strong></p><p>As I suspected, I mangled at least one thing: The "solar bond" that Adam was instrumental in passing is being used to put solar panels on public buildings. &nbsp;A few years later, a "Proposition H" was passed, which gave San Francisco the ability to sell bonds in order to do the work of the CCA, as they see fit, as is the case with other infrastructure needs (such as sewer, roads, etc). &nbsp;Thus, the CCA has reliable access to new bonds, depending on the vote of the San Francisco city council.</p>
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            <title>Comment #2 by Delay And Deny</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:14:27 -0700</pubDate>
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				<p><strong>Remember...Energy Is Cheap...<p><br>
I know it sounds like "producing our own energy" will help people get a break...but remember...energy is a relatively small part of our budgets (mere mortals here).<p>
The biggest expenses are still egregiously high rents (mortgages) in America.

<p><a href="http://texeme.com" rel="nofollow">Texeme.Construct(Participant)</a></p></p></br></p></strong></p>
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				<p><strong>Remember...Energy Is Cheap...<p><br>
I know it sounds like "producing our own energy" will help people get a break...but remember...energy is a relatively small part of our budgets (mere mortals here).<p>
The biggest expenses are still egregiously high rents (mortgages) in America.

<p><a href="http://texeme.com" rel="nofollow">Texeme.Construct(Participant)</a></p></p></br></p></strong></p>
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            <title>Comment #3 by hapa</title>
			<link>http://www.grist.org/article/oh-say-can-i-see-a-cca/</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:15:17 -0700</pubDate>
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				<p><strong>link fixes<p>at the bottom of the SFBG CCA FAQ, FYI, there are links for more info, they're old, here are corrections.<p>
northeast ohio public energy council<br>
<a href="http://www.nopecinfo.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nopecinfo.org/<p>
local government commission<br>
<a href="http://www.lgc.org/cca/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgc.org/cca/<p>
SFPUC CCA overview<br>
<a href="http://dead.and.gone/boo+hoo+hoo" rel="nofollow">http://dead.and.gone/boo+hoo+hoo<p>
sierra club sf bay area energy committee<br>
<a href="http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/energy/" rel="nofollow">http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/energy/<br>


<p>economy's wrecked, climate's melting, oil's scarce, green's the way out.</p></br></a></br></p></a></br></p></a></br></p></a></br></p></p></strong></p>
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				<p><strong>link fixes<p>at the bottom of the SFBG CCA FAQ, FYI, there are links for more info, they're old, here are corrections.<p>
northeast ohio public energy council<br>
<a href="http://www.nopecinfo.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nopecinfo.org/<p>
local government commission<br>
<a href="http://www.lgc.org/cca/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lgc.org/cca/<p>
SFPUC CCA overview<br>
<a href="http://dead.and.gone/boo+hoo+hoo" rel="nofollow">http://dead.and.gone/boo+hoo+hoo<p>
sierra club sf bay area energy committee<br>
<a href="http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/energy/" rel="nofollow">http://sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/energy/<br>


<p>economy's wrecked, climate's melting, oil's scarce, green's the way out.</p></br></a></br></p></a></br></p></a></br></p></a></br></p></p></strong></p>
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            <title>Comment #4 by Colin Wright</title>
			<link>http://www.grist.org/article/oh-say-can-i-see-a-cca/</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:49:57 -0700</pubDate>
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				<p><strong>Good video!<p>Came across another CCA article <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0422/p09s01-coop.html?s=yahoo" rel="nofollow">here.<br>
Previously, the only way for a local government to have a say in where the community's power came from was to establish a municipally owned utility. The CCA process provides an easier way to switch to an earth-friendlier power supply without taking on the burden of managing the power lines, collecting bills, and the divisive politics involved with the expensive process of bringing energy under municipal control. <p>
This type of community energy planning is happening in a big way in California's Marin County, where I live. Granted, this is an area just north of San Francisco that's heavily populated with tree huggers. But other parts of California, from the Central Valley to Los Angeles, are investigating CCA models. (Massachusetts and Ohio have already enacted CCA programs, but the motivation in these states was more for local control and cutting costs, not saving the environment.) <p>
Marin's goal is to obtain 100 percent of the supply from renewable energy sources within the next few years.<br>
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				<p><strong>Good video!<p>Came across another CCA article <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0422/p09s01-coop.html?s=yahoo" rel="nofollow">here.<br>
Previously, the only way for a local government to have a say in where the community's power came from was to establish a municipally owned utility. The CCA process provides an easier way to switch to an earth-friendlier power supply without taking on the burden of managing the power lines, collecting bills, and the divisive politics involved with the expensive process of bringing energy under municipal control. <p>
This type of community energy planning is happening in a big way in California's Marin County, where I live. Granted, this is an area just north of San Francisco that's heavily populated with tree huggers. But other parts of California, from the Central Valley to Los Angeles, are investigating CCA models. (Massachusetts and Ohio have already enacted CCA programs, but the motivation in these states was more for local control and cutting costs, not saving the environment.) <p>
Marin's goal is to obtain 100 percent of the supply from renewable energy sources within the next few years.<br>
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