Sonoma County, California is offering local ratepayers a slightly less expensive and much greener alternative to power from their regional utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. And for a price premium, they can buy 100% local renewable power from a nearby geothermal plant. “The county is at the forefront among eco-minded communities plunging into the power business nationwide,” Halper writes. “Impatient with the pace at which states and the federal government are confronting climate change, communities from the coast of Massachusetts, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Boulder, CO have begun taking steps to elbow aside big electricity companies and find green power themselves.” (h/t to Environmental News Bits for pointing us to this story)
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