BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Interested in helping Beverly Hills chart a path to be energy self-reliant? The city is seeking residents interested in joining its new Electrical Resilience Ad Hoc Committee.
The committee will consist of two council members and three at-large volunteer members. Applicants must be city residents. Appointments will run for an initial two-year term, according to the city.
“Today, we are dependent on an aging infrastructure that is less reliable than we need. As a result, we are subject to an unacceptable number of failures of the system,” Mayor Julian Gold said in a statement. “The goal of this committee is to investigate technology which will allow us to be more electrically independent in the future and avoid these failures.”
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After he was sworn in as mayor earlier this year, Gold singled out electricity independence as something he wanted to focus on during his one-year term.
At his swearing in ceremony, he floated the idea of creating a committee that would explore the benefits, risks and costs of increasing Beverly Hills’ electricity independence. That could include the creation of a microgrid, which allows cities to produce or store some of their own electricity — that’s the kind of thing the committee will explore.
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The move was in response to energy service disruptions over the last year, Gold said.
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Applications to join the committee are open until June 2 at 5 p.m. and can be obtained online or by calling the City Clerk’s office at 310-285-2400.
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