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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) has an- nounced their 2017 Board of Directors. Town of Wind- sor Council- member Bruce Okrepkie has assumed position Board


the of


Chair,


supported by Mendocino County Su- pervisor Dan Hamburg as Vice


Other


Chair. Direc-


tors include: Immediate Past Chair Patrick Slayter/City of Sebastopol;


Melanie of Rohnert


City of Cloverdale; Gina Bel- forte/City


Bagby/ Park;


James Gore/County of So- noma; Amy Harrington/City of Sonoma; Gabe Kearney/City of Petaluma; Mark Landman/ City of Cotati; Lindy Peters/ City of Fort Bragg and Chris Rogers/City of Santa Rosa. “We are pleased to welcome Supervisor Hamburg from the County of Mendocino and Fort Bragg Mayor Lindy Peters, as SCP prepares to extend ser- vice to the residents of Men- docino County in June of this year,” said Board Chair, Bruce Okrepkie.


Serving Sonoma County for


TM Sonoma Clean Power Announces 2017 Board of Directors


three years and saving custom- ers $62 million collectively, SCP has also reduced green- house gas emissions by 48%, retained competitive rates and paid solar custom- ers $890,000 for excess electricity they’ve gen- erated.


“The


County of Mendocino is enthusiastic to join Sonoma


Clean Power and extend the benefits to our residents,” said Vice Chair, Supervisor Dan Hamburg. “What SCP has accomplished just


in three


short years is truly impres- sive,” he added. “On behalf of the SCP Board, I wish to ex- tend my thanks and gratitude to Immedi- ate Past Chair Patrick Slayter,” Okrepkie of- fered. “Under his leadership, SCP amended our Joint Pow- ers Agreement to ensure fu-


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Sonoma


Clean Power is a not-for-profit public agency, which default


is the elec-


tricity provider for Sonoma and Mendoci- no Counties. SCP offers lo- cal


control,


choice, cleaner electricity and lower green- house gas


emissions at competitive rates. For more information, visit so- nomacleanpower.org or call 1 (855) 202-2139.


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