As part of a newly released "Green New Deal," Sen. Bernie Sanders, presidential hopeful and self-described 'democratic socialist', has vowed to "end greed in our energy system."

The "Green New Deal" also expressed a preference for community choice aggregations, in addition to public and municipal utility systems

The "Green New Deal" states, "We will end greed in our energy system. The renewable energy generated by the Green New Deal will be publicly owned, managed by the Federal Power Marketing Administrations, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Tennessee Valley Authority and sold to distribution utilities with a preference for public power districts, municipally- and cooperatively-owned utilities with democratic, public ownership, and other existing utilities that demonstrate a commitment to the public interest. The Department of Energy will provide technical assistance to states and municipalities that would like to establish publicly owned distribution utilities or community choice aggregation programs in their communities. Electricity will be sold at current rates to keep the cost of electricity stable during this transition."

See the "Green New Deal" here

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