Testimonials

“We adopt the Clean Coalition’s recommendation to require the IOUs to provide the 'available capacity' at the substation and circuit level, which we define as the total capacity minus the allocated and queued capacity.” – California Public Utilities Commission, Decision 10-12-048, Renewables Auction Mechanism

“If our country is going to be competitive over the coming decades, we must embrace clean energy.  We must transition our nation away from fossil fuels and quickly implement policies that support the growth of clean energy sources.  The time is now, and the Clean Coalition is a leading organization in achieving these urgent goals through badly needed policy innovation.”  - Bobby Kennedy, Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance

“For renewable energy to succeed in competing with traditional sources, government must implement the right policies to encourage market growth and competition.  Since its inception, the Clean Coalition has been able to identify strong policies that support these goals.  I am happy to add my voice and expertise to the Clean Coalition mission.” – Jeff Byron, California Energy Commissioner

“The Clean Coalition has an impressive ability to identify the most effective clean energy policies and advocate for their widespread adoption.  America's economic future, and its national security, depend on transitioning to clean, resilient, distributed energy, and I am honored to be an Advisor to the Clean Coalition.”  - Jim Woolsey, Chairman, Woolsey Partners and Former Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

“I support the Clean Coalition's farsighted advocacy for the best policies to quickly scale clean energy development." - Felix Kramer, Founder of the California Cars Initiative

“I like what the Clean Coalition is doing to work toward removing barriers by implementing the right policies to accelerate the renewable energy marketplace.” – Rick DeGolia, Executive Chairman, InVisM, Inc.

“I was impressed right away.  The Clean Coalition came onto the scene quickly as a results-oriented advocate for targeted policies that can unleash the potential of renewable energy and the new energy economy through simple, fair, and effective market principles.  The work of the Clean Coalition is vital in helping the United States accelerate its replacement of fossil fuels with renewables.” – Hunter Lovins, President of Natural Capitalism Solutions

“As a former California Energy Commissioner, I know how critical it is to fight for good policy at the regulatory level.  I was impressed this summer by how the Clean Coalition was able to organize so many organizations, companies, and individuals in fighting for distributed generation in some otherwise obscure regulatory venues.  We need the Clean Coalition to keep fighting these battles.” – John Geesman, former California Energy Commissioner

"In Gainesville, we experienced tremendous success with our CLEAN Program.  The level of solar deployments in Gainesville has grown by 2,000% since the Program's implementation in early-2009.  The program required no additional government staff and created well over 200 local jobs.  The Clean Coalition's Local CLEAN Program Guide will be an invaluable resource to any community or utility wanting to duplicate Gainesville's success."  – Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan, Mayor of Gainesville from 2004 to 2010 (term-limited in 2010)