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Subject: Call Mike McGuire's office today to stop CA Coalification bill


Hi everyone,This one's really important - can you call or send a quick email TODAY?!? You can put together a quick email by copying the parts of the text below.

Stop AB 813: The California Coalification Bill

AB 813 would regionalize California’s electricity grid, merging the existing independent management into a broader regional system. This is an extremely complicated issue. There are compelling reasons to consider regionalization, but the risks far outweigh the potential benefits at this time. Regionalization would increase the control that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has on California’s grid, and FERC is currently dreaming up ways to support extending uneconomical coal and nuclear generation. Also, the western region envisioned in the bill includes coal country – and there is the strong potential that this regionalized grid could extend the economic viability of some of the nation’s worst coal plants. California’s existing grid management system is not in dire circumstances! We have a functioning operator supported by existing out of state contracts that balance our energy needs. We are at a time of remarkable innovation in electricity generation and distribution – it is quite premature to lock in this approach in the face of rapidly changing circumstances, especially when California risks losing control over its electricity generation portfolio by doing so.

Call or email State Senator McGuire’s office before Tuesday morning! (Or your State Senator if it's not McGuire.) There is a critical vote on this issue on June 19, and we need to reach Senator McGuire, a key vote on this issue. His phone number is (916) 651-4002, or email his legislative aide
[email protected]a.gov.

A simple message is fine: “Please do not support AB 813: It is not worth the risk to California’s control over its energy mix. We don’t want coal energy in California. We encourage Senator McGuire to take a stand in opposing this risky legislation and to spread the word among other climate aware legislators.” Use Stop AB 813, or No on AB 813 in the subject line.

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