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Strategic Energy  Alliance
SEA Change
 
CENTRAL COAST REGIONAL ENERGY PLANNING CONFERENCE
 
It’s Our Choice
 
 
August 24, 2007
 
Cal Poly  Vista Grande Restaurant
 
PURPOSE
·          Focus local governments on energy planning across jurisdictional lines
·          Address issues raised in the California Energy Commission's 2006 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update regarding the relationship between energy and land use.
·          Examine State energy laws and policies, including the Renewable Portfolio Standard (SB 1078), Community Choice Aggregation (AB 117), and the Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32).
·          Identify energy goals and provisions for General Plans.





  
Moderated by





  
Erik Justesen, Chair





  
Sustainability Committee SLO Chamber of Commerce











  
Energy Goals & Provisions: Integrating Regional Thinking  in Local Plans





  
 






   Welcome Introductions






 



  
Integrating
  Energy in the General Plan

  
 



  
    Alex Hinds, Community Development Director, Marin County & former SLO County Planning Director





  
    Alan Loomis, Principal Urban Designer, City of  Glendale





  
 





  
   Breakout Session:  Creating an Energy Element Template – Common Goals and Policies 




               
Alex Hinds, Marin County Planning
Tools Available to and Needed by the Local Jurisdiction



  
               Alan Loomis, Principal Urban Designer, City of  Glendale






   Report from breakout group





  
 





  
   Luncheon Speaker:  Community Will - The Power Is In Our Hands





  
                Ron Loveridge, Mayor, City of  Riverside





  
 





  
   Leadership Roundtable:  Wrap-up and Next Steps





  
             moderated by Tony Ferrara, Mayor of Arroyo Grande, & joined by Local Government Supervisors & Mayors





  
             






    Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee





  
 





  
WRAP-UP & ADJOURNMENT – Erik Justesen & Karen Merriam





  
 





  
 












“The making of a clean and green city depends on civic leadership with the political will to adopt and fund needed programs and on an equally committed and educated citizenry willing to implement and support both public policy and private initiatives.”






Ron Loveridge is Mayor of Riverside, Member of the Board of Directors of the League of California Cities, Member of the Governing Board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, and Member of the California Air Resources Board 











  
 





  
 





  
Organizing Sponsors





  
SLO Green Build





  
SLO Council of Governments





  
SLO County Planning Department





  
SLO County Air Pollution Control District





  
Santa Lucia Chapter of Sierra Club





  
 





  
Major Contributing Sponsors





  
Pacific Gas & Electric





  
Southern California Gas Company





  
SLO Council of Governments





  
SLO County Air Pollution Control District





  
 





  
Contributing Sponsors





  
American Institute of Architects





  
Bmark Energy, Inc.





  
Central Coast Clean Cities Coalition (C5)





  
Cienaga Energy






Hayward – So You Can Build





  
Madonna Inn





  
Pacific Energy Company





  
REC Solar





  
RRM Design Group





  
Santa Lucia Chapter of Sierra Club





  
Solarponics Energy Systems





  
The Mortgage House





  
 





  
SEA Change Members





  
Cal Poly College of Architecture & Environmental Design





  
Cienaga Energy Systems





  
Clever Ducks Computer Network Services





  
Coast National Bank





  
Environmental  Center of  San Luis Obispo





  
Home Builders Assoc of the Central Coast





  
Pacific Gas & Electric





  
Santa Lucia Chapter of Sierra Club





  
SLO Chamber of Commerce





  
SLO County Air Pollution Control District





  
SLO Green Build