Bay Localize

Earth Island Journal, Summer, 2009

Bay Localize has made tremendous strides recently working in partnership with allies to advance strong energy efficiency and local clean energy goals in the cities of Berkeley and Oakland. Thanks in part to the advocacy of Bay Localize, the City of Oakland is actively pursuing the adoption of an energy efficiency financing program for local property owners to assist them with the up-front costs of energy-saving home retrofits--a strategy that holds incredible promise for creating quality green jobs while slashing global warming pollution.

This fall, both cities will hold public workshops to explore an exciting new program called Community Choice Energy, which would pool the buying power of area residents and businesses to dramatically scale up renewable energy use in the Bay Area.