West Sacramento is now exploring whether to join Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln and other communities as part of Pioneer Community Energy.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — West Sacramento could be changing the way PG&E customers pay for their power.
Many communities have turned to California Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) in an attempt to reduce high costs and restore local control over how they get their power.
West Sacramento is now exploring whether to join Auburn, Colfax, Lincoln and other communities as part of Pioneer Community Energy.
The not-for-profit entity purchases electricity on behalf of residents and businesses in hopes of saving people cash.
It comes at a time when many PG&E customers are feeling burned by exceptionally high bills.
“I’m calling it a crisis,” said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero, who is asking the city council to explore membership with Pioneer on their next agenda.
“They said they have good results, they have lower bills. They showed us …