28 min
The City of West Hollywood: A SoCalREN Public Agency Veteran ReEnergizing Communities
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For episode number 9 of SoCalREN’s ReEnergizing Communities podcast, City of West Hollywood Long Range Planning and Sustainability Manager, Robyn Eason, and Senior Administrative Analyst, Erin Hamant joined host Julie Castro to discuss local energy initiatives.
The City of West Hollywood has been enrolled in the Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN) Public Agency Programs for 8 years. Through this partnership, the city and SoCalREN have collaborated on retrofitting city streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs and conducted energy assessments at multiple city sites to identify opportunities for more energy savings and GHG emission reductions. The City and SoCalREN implemented an Energy Goals employee engagement campaign to educate and encourage city staff to save energy at work and at home. In addition, the city is a member agency of the local community choice aggregator, Clean Power Alliance (CPA). Together, the city and CPA are exploring bringing energy resilience to West Hollywood with a new microgrid.
For episode number 9 of SoCalREN’s ReEnergizing Communities podcast, City of West Hollywood Long Range Planning and Sustainability Manager, Robyn Eason, and Senior Administrative Analyst, Erin Hamant joined host Julie Castro to discuss local energy initiatives.
The City of West Hollywood has been enrolled in the Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN) Public Agency Programs for 8 years. Through this partnership, the city and SoCalREN have collaborated on retrofitting city streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs and conducted energy assessments at multiple city sites to identify opportunities for more energy savings and GHG emission reductions. The City and SoCalREN implemented an Energy Goals employee engagement campaign to educate and encourage city staff to save energy at work and at home. In addition, the city is a member agency of the local community choice aggregator, Clean Power Alliance (CPA). Together, the city and CPA are exploring bringing energy resilience to West Hollywood with a new microgrid.
28 min