Igrew up in Santa Cruz, a beautiful place to call home thanks to our beaches, parks and redwoods. Still, it’s also an expensive place to call home, and high energy bills are one of the many reasons. California’s electricity rates are consistently higher than the rest of the nation, and with hotter summers, population growth, and more electrification of cars and homes, keeping energy affordable and reliable will only get harder.

This legislative session, lawmakers have the rare chance to pass a bill that will help keep the lights on, keep electricity bills from skyrocketing, and enable us to use more clean power. It’s not often you get legislation that can do all three of those things, but Senate Bill (SB) 540, by allowing the state to join a regional energy market, has the potential to do

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