MCE Launches New Community Solar Discount Programs
Community Solar Connection and Green Access offer customer bill discounts and 100% renewable power FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jtenney@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE is excited to announce the launch of our newest programs, Community Solar Connection and Green Access, [...]
MCE’s 2020 Energy Efficiency Report
In support of MCE’s mission to reduce electricity-related greenhouse gas emissions, we offer a variety of energy efficiency programs to help our customers reduce their electricity bills, improve the comfort of their homes, and decrease their carbon footprint. In 2020, MCE worked with a wide range of customers, from multifamily property owners and their tenants, [...]
What CCAs are Saying About NavigaDER
NavigaDER is a new software tool created to help Community Choice Agencies (CCAs) evaluate and design customer programs for deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs). In previous articles, we introduced NavigaDER and explained how NavigaDER analyzes data to estimate the environmental and financial impacts of DER programs. In this post, Kevin Miller, Energy Programs Analyst [...]
MCE’s Community Reinvestment: The Power of Community Choice
This series explores the ways environmental justice is essential to MCE’s mission to address climate change by reducing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy and energy efficiency. As California’s first Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program, MCE is a groundbreaking, not-for-profit, public agency that has been setting the standard for [...]
Community Partnerships Bring Additional Resources to Vulnerable Communities
The Marin Community Foundation (MCF) is committed to supporting local efforts that help low-income Marin residents easily access the information, incentives, and services that are necessary for comprehensive, integrated home improvements, that can positively impact health and well-being, and that can result in energy savings. MCF has recognized MCE's efforts in this area with a $164,000 [...]
Top 3 Things to Know about Net Energy Metering
Many customers are installing solar on their homes today to reduce their electricity bills and their carbon footprint. Customers with solar are automatically enrolled in Net Energy Metering through MCE and PG&E. Your solar panels will generate energy during the day and send any excess electricity back to the grid. You will receive credits [...]
Investing in Sustainability Careers: Training & Job Creation through Local Partnerships
This series explores the ways environmental justice is essential to MCE’s mission to address climate change by reducing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions with renewable energy and energy efficiency. In order to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, California has been sheltering-in-place for months, closing businesses, and leaving record numbers of community members unemployed, [...]
MCE’s Energy Efficiency Programs: 2019 Annual Report
As part of MCE’s mission to reduce electricity-related greenhouse gas emissions, we offer customers the opportunity to participate in a variety of energy efficiency programs. These programs provide the chance for customers to reduce their electricity bills and improve the comfort of their homes, while decreasing their carbon footprint. In 2019 MCE offered multifamily, [...]
What You Need to Know about MCE’s Single-Family Comprehensive Program and Your Home Energy Report
MCE’s new Single-Family Comprehensive Program offers residential customers strategies to reduce your energy consumption and save money on your electricity bill, as well as a Similar Home Comparison Report that allows you to compare your electricity usage against that of similar homes. How We Personalize Your Report We determine similar homes to yours based on [...]
Answers to 8 FAQs about Charging Electric Vehicles at Home
One of the most underrated benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) is being able to permanently remove “go to the gas station” from your Errands To Do List. With an EV, you can “refuel” at the most convenient place: your home. Home EV charging is easy to set up, but can be new territory for [...]