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CRPE's CAMPAIGNS

The Energy Campaign:
Responsible Power

The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment partnered with the Latino Issues Forum of San Francisco, Communities for a Better Environment in Los Angeles, and Environmental Health Coalition in San Diego to form the Latino Communities Energy Project (LCEP), funded by the Energy Project and the Hewlett Foundation. LCEP was necessitated by the discovery that peaker plants and new power plants throughout the state were being disproportionately located in Latino communities. LCEP coordinates local efforts into a State-wide energy agenda. An important policy initiative LCEP supports is dry cooling to eliminate wasteful water use by power plants. Through CRPE’s work with LCEP, CRPE worked with residents of Buttonwillow and Avenal around proposed power plants in their communities, and developed resources on energy issues affecting Latino communities in the Central Valley and throughout the State.