Please avoid using major appliances between 4-9pm today!

Before 4pm:

• Pre-cool your home if you use air conditioning
• Close window coverings to keep home or apartment cool
• Use major appliances
• Charge electric devices and electric vehicles

Between 4-9pm:

• Set your thermostat to 78 or higher, health permitting
• Avoid using major appliances like dish washers and clothes washers and dryers
• Turn off unnecessary lights

Sign up for Flex Alert notifications here.

I am extremely proud to represent Santa Barbara County on the CCCE Policy Board and to also serve on the CCCE Executive Board.

Prior to Central Coast Community Energy, Central Coast

businesses and households could only receive electricity service from PG&E

or SCE, both of which have a financial obligation to investors and shareholders

– and no obligation to involve customers in business decisions. As a public

agency, Central Coast Community Energy follows a very different set of

obligations, providing a greater degree of economic and environmental benefits to the communities and customers it serves.

Notification Mailer: Soon, residents and businesses in the community will begin to receive electric service from CCCE. You have likely already received a mailed notification from CCCE– ahead of October 2021 enrollment – and two more notifications are set to arrive in November and December, notifying customers of CCCE service and what it means for households and businesses. Please join CCCE in our upcoming public forum webinars (details provided below) to learn more about CCCE service and what enrollment means for your household or business.

Local Control

Participating communities now have a choice and a voice when it comes to electricity service. CCCE is governed by Policy and Operations Boards comprised of elected officials and city & county administrators representing CCCE’s entire service area. I am the representative for Santa Barbara County on the Policy Board. Customers can participate in CCCE’s public process by attending board meetings and by engaging with the Community Advisory Council, who are volunteers representing our community and business sectors.

Clean Energy

Meeting customer demand with 100% renewable energy by 2030 as well as focusing on electrification and fuel switching for vehicles, buildings and agriculture, CCCE will provide the greatest impact on GHG reduction.

Energy Programs

Through financial resources, technical support and education, CCCE Energy Programs assist the Central Coast Community with the switch from fossil fuels to clean-energy solutions by focusing on these areas: transportation, building, agriculture and energy resiliency.

Currently, CCCE customers can access rebates and incentives for: the purchase or lease of new or used electric vehicles (EV), fleet EVs, EV charging stations for home or office, new all-electric housing projects for affordable and market-rate developments, electric agricultural equipment, backup power supply for critical infrastructure, and more. To date, in partnership with regional and statewide organizations CCCE has made more than $43 million available to customers.

To learn more about energy programs,

visit: https://3cenergy.org/energy-programs/

Virtual Public Forums: Join

CCCE to learn more about what CCCE service and enrollment mean for your

household

Spanish / September 9, 2021 at 6pm:

Register Here

English / September 14, 2021 at 6pm:

Register Here

English / November 16, 2021 at 6pm:

Register Here

Spanish / November 18, 2021 at 6pm:

Register Here

The City of Santa Barbara will be holding an overview meeting for Santa Barbara Clean Energy on September 23, 2021 at 5pm. Register here.

• Vote by mail: voters may mail their ballot with no postage required – mailed ballots must be postmarked by Election Day, September 14th and received by Santa Barbara County Elections by September 21st.

• Vote by ballot drop box: There are several secure drop boxes located throughout the county and available 24 hours a day until 8pm on Election Day, September 14th. A list of drop box locations throughout the county can be found here.

• Vote in person and same day voter registration: Voters may vote in person, and also register to vote in this election, at any Santa Barbara County Elections Office (locations and hours listed below) or at their polling location on Election Day, September 14th, between 7am and 8pm. You can find your polling location here.

• Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail: The Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail system offers military and overseas voters and voters with disabilities a secure method to receive their ballot electronically. Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail ballots have the same requirements as other vote by mail ballots for their return. More information on Remote Accessible Vote-by-Mail can be found here.

No matter how you choose to vote, you must remember to sign the ballot envelope before you submit your ballot.

If you have not received a ballot or have any other questions about voting, call the Santa Barbara County Registrar of Voters Office at 805-568-2200.

County Election Offices are located at:

Santa Barbara, 4440-A Calle Real

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday, except holidays

Lompoc, 401 E. Cypress St, Room 102

8:30 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday –Friday

Santa Maria,

511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Suite 134

8 a.m. to noon, and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday,

Check out upcoming community vaccine clinics if you still need to get your vaccination!