Politics & Government
Sonoma Council Joins Clean Power Authority
The council signed on to the public power program unanimously.
The Sonoma City Council on Monday voted unanimously to join the Sonoma County Clean Power Authority.
The move is an about face from a council vote last month rejecting the plan.
“The benefit is that people will have a choice,” Councilman David Cook said. “If people don't want it they can opt out. If they want to stay with PG&E they can opt out.”
Sonoma residents will have four months to opt out of the plan. The cost to opt out after four months is five dollars for residents and $25 for businesses.
“When it first came to a vote there wasn't enough time to look at the facts and some facts weren't available to us at the time,” Cook said.
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Cook said the plan made more sense after the city of Santa Rosa conducted a study on the joining the SCCPA.
“That gave us a lot more information,” Cook said. “We learned more and we got to talk to constituents. It was nice was having this extra time to get the word out. A lot of people didn't know that much about it in the beginning.”
