{"id":409,"date":"2016-07-25T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/?p=409"},"modified":"2016-07-25T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-25T21:19:18","slug":"mapping-to-support-community-choice-aggregation-cca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/2016\/07\/25\/mapping-to-support-community-choice-aggregation-cca\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) in the Hudson Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_409'] = [\n{id: 410, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus-290x290.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/2016\/07\/25\/mapping-to-support-community-choice-aggregation-cca\/renewable_hudson_area_of_focus\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><h1>Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/2016\/07\/25\/mapping-to-support-community-choice-aggregation-cca\/renewable_hudson_area_of_focus\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<div id=\"attachment_410\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_409\" data-imgid=\"410\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-410\" class=\"wp-image-410 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/gis\/files\/2016\/07\/Renewable_Hudson_Area_of_Focus.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Renewable Hudson Area of Focus<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewablehighlands.com\/\">Renewable Highlands<\/a> is working to help transition the\u00a0Hudson Highlands region towards environmentally conscious energy consumption by\u00a0informing local municipalities\u00a0of the benefits of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewablehighlands.com\/cca\">Community Choice Aggregation<\/a> (CCA) and asking for their support. \u00a0With enough municipalities involved, Renewable Highlands\u00a0will provide assistance in obtaining and reviewing proposals from qualified energy suppliers, choosing a contract, and implementing the program. \u00a0By choosing to participate, municipal leaders give their constituents an option for saving money, stabilizing rates and supporting renewable energy. \u00a0At Renewable Highlands&#8217; request, the Vassar GIS Lab recently\u00a0created a custom map of the region\u00a0in which the organization\u00a0intends to appeal to communities (shown above). \u00a0Other CCA initiatives in the Hudson Valley include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensforlocalpower.com\/community-choice--cca-.html\">Citizens for Local Power<\/a> in Ulster County, and <a href=\"http:\/\/sustainablewestchester.org\/community-toolkits\/cca\">Sustainable Westchester<\/a>. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>For more information about CCAs, read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.citizensforlocalpower.com\/community-choice--cca-.html\">Community Choice Aggregation 2.0<\/a> (2011), a paper by Local Power Inc discussing CCA strategy, funding mechanisms, and the adoption of a localized portfolio standard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewable Highlands is working to help transition the\u00a0Hudson Highlands region towards environmentally conscious energy consumption by\u00a0informing local municipalities\u00a0of the benefits of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) and asking for their support. \u00a0With enough municipalities involved, Renewable Highlands\u00a0will provide assistance in obtaining &hellip; 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