Ensuring Clean Water for California

California Association of Sanitation Agencies

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Renewable Energy

Many CASA members aggressively are developing renewable energy projects to be part of the climate change solution—from expanding digester gas production by adding FOG or food waste to developing biosolids-to-energy facilities to installing solar panels and wind energy generation. In order to support these efforts, the California Wastewater Climate Change Group (CWCCG) is working to influence California’s energy policies to maximize revenue opportunities and incentives for renewable energy generated by publically owned treatment works. CWCCG is working closely with the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and engaging in policy discussions on issues such as

  • What types of projects should be eligible for grant funding?
  • How can renewable energy credits be generated and sold?
  • What are the appropriate prices are feed-in-tariffs - the rates for standard contracts given to third-party power generators for renewable energy sold to the grid?
  • How can the state make it easier for third-party generators to interconnect to the grid?

CWCCG collaborates with many organizations in advocating for distributed renewable generation in California, including Sustainable Conservation and the Clean Coalition.

Attachment: 
2010_SGIP_Handbookr4100506[1].pdf Comments-of-the-CWCCG-on-TRECs-Proposed-Decision.pdf CPUC-FINAL-OIR-33-Implementation-5-11-11-134980.pdf CWCCG_biorefinery-guidance_comments.pdf CWCCG_Comments_EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329.pdf CWCCG_Comments_EPA-HQ-RCRA-2008-0329.pdf CWCCG_CPUC_biogas-letter_Final_Dec10.pdf CWCCG-CEC-Guidebook-Comments_final.pdf Kepke_CWEA_EnergySeminar.pdf CWCCG-CEC-Guidebook-Comments_24Nov_Final.pdf R-08-08-009_SB32-CWCCG-Brief_03-07-11_final4_resub.pdf R-08-08-009_SB32-CWCCG-Reply_3-22-11_final.pdf R-10-05-004-CWCCG-Comments_5-2-11.pdf R-10-05-004-CWCCG-Reply-Comments_5-9-11.pdf R-11-05-005_CWCCG-Comments_Final.pdf Renewable-Energy-Recovery-Opportunities-from-Domestic-Wastewater-NACWA-10-2-09.pdf
Topics: 
climate change renewable energy

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