Welcome to "Taking Power: Community Choice Energy and the Grassroots." On each episode I bring you important conversations with community environmental advocates along the California’s Central Coast to talk about our region’s involvement with Community Choice Energy. At heart, community choice energy is about seizing those crucial energy questions — where your energy comes from, what it’s made from, who builds the infrastructure, and much more — and bringing those decisions closer to home. Shout-out to the Sanderlings, a Santa Barbara local surf punk band that has generously allowed me to use their song "Lizard's Mouth" for this podcast. Artwork by @Starwall.