Building Frameworks for Local Power and Energy Justice
CACE resources for advocacy and action.
Our Policy Positions and Technical Analysis
In our work, the California Alliance for Community Energy strives to bridge the chasm between technical complexity and grassroots action.
This resource hub connects you to our white papers, strategic position pieces, and targeted policy analysis. These documents are developed to empower local organizers, inform lawmakers, and dismantle the structural barriers holding back community energy sovereignty.
Legislative Positions
Strategic advocacy in Sacramento.
Read our formal responses aimed at state lawmakers and their constituents to defeat utility-backed legislation and defend and advance local, decentralized energy systems.
Regulatory Positions
Our interventions at the CPUC and beyond.
Access our technical filings and direct appeals in favor of accountability, equitable grid planning, and transparent market rules from state regulators.
Opinions & Press Releases
Public statements and thought leadership.
Read our latest press distributions, op-eds, and rapid-responses addressing regulatory missteps, energy crises, and the fight for ratepayer affordability.
FAQs & Key Terms
Demystifying California energy policy.
Explore answers to common questions about Community Choice, energy democracy, and CACE’s mission. A helpful glossary provides plain-language definitions that decode complex terminology.
Our Work
Explore the library below to access the research and frameworks that we have produced to help steer California’s energy transition. These resources provide local organizers and agencies with the analysis and planning needed to implement community-centered energy solutions.
Our guides establish benchmarks for local energy development while our technical white papers systematically deconstruct flawed regulatory policies and systemic biases impacting Californians.
Diablo Canyon Is Not Worth the Cost: Debunking the So-Called “MIT Study”
Responding to Natural Catastrophes – New Models and Approaches
Our Position on AB 538- Oppose CAISO Regional Expansion (April 2023)
Our Position on the 2022 Legislative Session- Newsom and PG&E Crush Community Energy, Fleece Californians (Sept 2022)
High DER Future Stakeholder Engagement Process Proposal (April 2022)
Distributed Energy Resources for Our Communities
This is it. Local Solar Needs Us NOW!
Energy Resilience and Microgrid Development in Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Communities (March 2022)
Newsom’s CPUC vs the People of California (January 2022)
“Don’t Undermine Solar Self-Generation!” (October 2021)
The Avoided Cost Calculator and Why It Matters (October 2021)
