County to hold public forums on Community Choice Energy

The public can give input on whether the County should buy and sell electricity during four informational forums set for coming weeks.

Board supervisors started exploring the idea of starting a community choice energy program, also known as community choice aggregation, in February.

This program would allow the County to buy, and/or generate, and sell electricity to residents and businesses, providing another choice to consumers who currently must use San Diego Gas & Electric.

Using a similar program called Direct Access, the County buys electricity and natural gas for its own facilities on th...