PARA SA AGAD NA PAGLABAS
October 23, 2023
Pindutin ang Contact:
Jackie Nuñez, Bilingual Communications Manager
(925) 695-2124 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org
SAN RAFAEL at CONCORD, Calif. — On October 19, 2023, local electricity provider, MCE, honored Assemblymember Damon Connolly, District 12, with its 2023 Climate Action Leadership Award recognizing his unwavering commitment to confronting climate change and the community choice movement. As an MCE founding Board member and Board Chair from 2011 to 2014, Assemblymember Connolly played a pivotal role in establishing MCE as California’s first community energy provider and championed the development of community choice across the state.
“Combating climate change is not a task for the few, but a collective responsibility for everyone,” said Assemblymember Damon Connolly. “The health of our planet depends on our united actions, and every effort brings us closer to a sustainable future for us all.”
Since his election to District 12 in 2022, Assemblymember Connolly’s focus has included roles on key environmental and energy committees including the Committee on Utilities and Energy, which oversees the California Energy Commission and California Public Utilities Commission.
Representing the North Bay for nearly two decades, Assemblymember Connolly has been instrumental in shaping local and statewide environmental policy. As a San Rafael City Councilmember and Marin County Supervisor, he set the region on a path toward 100% renewable energy and expanded access to public transit and infrastructure for bicyclists and pedestrians while protecting open space.
Before opening his own law practice in San Rafael, Assemblymember Connolly was a Supervising Deputy California Attorney General, prosecuting the energy companies during the energy crisis in the early 2000s.
"Without Assemblymember Connolly's vision and leadership, MCE would not be where it is today," said Dawn Weisz, MCE’s CEO. "At this critical time where we must act quickly and boldly to confront climate change, the clean energy movement needs even more leaders like him to light the way forward."
Noong 2020, nilikha ng MCE ang parangal sa Climate Action Leadership upang ipagdiwang ang mga gumagawa ng patakaran at tagapagtaguyod na gumawa ng matapang na kontribusyon sa paglaban ng California laban sa pagbabago ng klima sa pamamagitan ng patakaran sa enerhiya. The award is open to regulators, legislators, other policymakers, and stakeholders who have partnered with MCE to advance policies that benefit MCE’s communities and our planet. The 2022 Climate Action Leadership Award honorees were Senators Alex Padilla and Dianne Feinstein, and Representatives Jared Huffman and John Garamendi.
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Tungkol sa MCE: Ang MCE ay isang pampublikong ahensyang hindi kumikita at ang gustong tagapagbigay ng kuryente para sa higit sa 585,000 account ng customer at 1.5 milyong residente at negosyo sa mga county ng Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, at Solano. Ang pagtatakda ng pamantayan para sa malinis na enerhiya sa California mula noong 2010, nangunguna ang MCE na may 60-100% na renewable power sa mga matatag na rate, na naghahatid ng 1,200 MW peak load at makabuluhang binabawasan ang mga greenhouse emissions at muling namumuhunan ng milyun-milyon sa mga lokal na programa. Para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa MCE, bisitahin ang mceCleanEnergy.org, o sundan kami sa iyong gustong social platform @mceCleanEnergy.
