Local Clean Energy Alliance of the Bay Area

Cynthia Campos (she/her/ella) is a Cal State East Bay student intern for the Local Clean Energy Alliance while working alongside the City of Hayward to educate and inform current Hayward residents about home electrification to reduce climate change. She originally comes from SoCal, a city in Los Angeles known as Huntington Park. HP is more than a city to her, as this community has shaped her roots and background.

Jesse Gutierrez (he/him), passionate about protecting our planet's health, thrives at the intersection of public health, environment, and policy. Equipped with a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from California State University East Bay, he aims to join the CDC, or EPA as a public health analyst, shaping policies that safeguard our environment's integrity and promote equitable population health.

Janet Martinez-Barragan (she/her) is a student intern with the Local Clean Energy Alliance. She is in her last semester as a student at Cal State East Bay. She is majoring in Health Sciences with a concentration in Health Policy. She is passionate about using health policy to address health disparities and inequities. She is not sure what area of public health she wants to work in, but is excited to explore work opportunities when she graduates. In her spare time, she likes to play with her two dogs, Gracie and Gavilán.

Valeria Mora (she/her) is a college intern with the Local Clean Energy Alliance along with working with the City of Hayward. Originally from the central coast where she was able to experience the beauty of the ocean, she fell in love with nature. Now she resides in Hayward where majestic trees such as the Oakland Redwoods and views from the top of the Berkeley Hills have made the Bay Area someplace special to her.

The Hayward Equitable Electrification Collaborative, a dynamic partnership between the Local Clean Energy Alliance, Cal State University East Bay (CSU East Bay), and the City of Hayward Environmental Services, is making significant strides in its mission to lay the groundwork for an equitable electrification just transition. 

The Local Clean Energy Alliance (LCEA) as part of the Workforce & Environmental Justice Alliance – an alliance of labor unions, workforce development, environmental justice and community choice advocates – was successful in passing a unity position with Ava Community Energy (formerly East Bay Community Energy).

The Hayward Equitable Electrification Collaborative is a partnership between the Local Clean Energy Alliance, California State University East Bay (CSU East Bay) and City of Hayward Environmental Services. This collaborative effort engages Public Health students from CSU East Bay who are serving as community outreach workers in Hayward. These interns are integral to the Hayward Electrification Project which aims to equitably transition households from natural gas appliances to all-electric alternatives, but this cannot happen without language access and meaningful inclusion.

Hernando Sanchez (he/him) is an Energy Democracy Organizer intern for the Local Clean Energy Alliance. He is leading the Hayward Equitable Electrification outreach team of six California State University East Bay (CSU East Bay) students. Hernando was born in Oakland, CA and grew up in the Bay Area.

Are you a non-profit organization, community group or place of worship organizing a resilience hub?

Could you use a microgrid or nanogrid to provide energy resilience to your community? 

East Bay Clean Power Alliance has been campaigning & advocating to Ava Community Energy to bring energy solutions in the face of power shutoffs, climate change or other unforeseen crisis.

For more information contact jessica@localcleanenergy.org

Feel free to check out our webinar on Community Driven Resilience Hubs from 2020 which took place during dense smoke, a heatwave, a pandemic and rolling black outs.

The Center for Biological Diversity, Protect Our Communities and the Environmental Working Group are asking the California Supreme Court to hear their case opposing the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC’s) decision to cut the financial benefits of rooftop solar by 75% replacing previous Net Energy Metering rates with a new Net Billing Tariff.  Local Clean Energy Alliance and the California Alliance for Community Energy (CACE) join that action as friends of the court (amici curiae).