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Is your business ready to succeed as sustainability becomes a requirement in California? Following the passage of SB 350 in 2015, California set an aggressive agenda for implementing sustainability measures statewide. SB 350 increases California’s renewable electricity procurement goal from 33 percent by 2020 to 50 percent by 2030. This will increase the use of Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) eligible resources, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and others. In addition, SB 350 requires the state to double statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas end uses by 2030. To help ensure these goals are met and the greenhouse gas emission reductions are realized, large utilities will be required to develop and submit Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These IRPs will detail how each entity will meet their customers resource needs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ramp up the deployment of clean energy resources. These provisions are poised to put a lot of pressure on businesses of all sizes and types. The Chamber is exploring a multitude of options that can help our local businesses stay ahead of the curve and be prepared for long term success and smooth implementation of sustainability measures. In addition to businesses being prepared, new development will be required to build their projects in a sustainable way. This includes the revitalization of our commercial corridors, such as the Waterfront, the Galleria, and anything that might happen with the AES property. Now is the time to align the present of Redondo Beach with the future of what we could be. Fostering a working relationship between the City of Redondo Beach and the local business community is essential to insure our city is a model city for sustainability. Working together, we can best position Redondo Beach to revitalize our city in a completely sustainable way and find important pathways to access public funds from federal, state, and regional sources to reduce the strain on our local economy. Redondo Beach must develop a path forward that includes an actionable plan for the implementation of policies to achieve meaningful reductions in the city’s carbon footprint by 2030. The Chamber is ready and willing to be a vital part of this effort, working side by side with the city and broader stakeholder community in a manner that helps promote Redondo Beach as a green community for our residents and market ourselves as a sustainable community for businesses and visitors alike.
Is your business ready to succeed as sustainability becomes a requirement in California? Following the passage of SB 350 in 2015, California set an aggressive agenda for implementing sustainability measures statewide.
SB 350 increases California’s renewable electricity procurement goal from 33 percent by 2020 to 50 percent by 2030. This will increase the use of Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) eligible resources, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, and others. In addition, SB 350 requires the state to double statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas end uses by 2030. To help ensure these goals are met and the greenhouse gas emission reductions are realized, large utilities will be required to develop and submit Integrated Resource Plans (IRPs). These IRPs will detail how each entity will meet their customers resource needs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ramp up the deployment of clean energy resources.
These provisions are poised to put a lot of pressure on businesses of all sizes and types. The Chamber is exploring a multitude of options that can help our local businesses stay ahead of the curve and be prepared for long term success and smooth implementation of sustainability measures.
In addition to businesses being prepared, new development will be required to build their projects in a sustainable way. This includes the revitalization of our commercial corridors, such as the Waterfront, the Galleria, and anything that might happen with the AES property.
Now is the time to align the present of Redondo Beach with the future of what we could be. Fostering a working relationship between the City of Redondo Beach and the local business community is essential to insure our city is a model city for sustainability. Working together, we can best position Redondo Beach to revitalize our city in a completely sustainable way and find important pathways to access public funds from federal, state, and regional sources to reduce the strain on our local economy.
Redondo Beach must develop a path forward that includes an actionable plan for the implementation of policies to achieve meaningful reductions in the city’s carbon footprint by 2030. The Chamber is ready and willing to be a vital part of this effort, working side by side with the city and broader stakeholder community in a manner that helps promote Redondo Beach as a green community for our residents and market ourselves as a sustainable community for businesses and visitors alike.