How Can We Prepare our Electric Grid for California’s Decarbonized Future?
California is at the forefront of tackling climate change, with groundbreaking policies such as achieving 100% zero-carbon and renewable energy by 2045 (SB 100, 2018), and transitioning to exclusively zero-emission new car sales by 2035 (Executive Order N-79-20). According to the California Air Resources Board, achieving these goals will require tripling the grid’s current clean [...]
Long-Duration Energy Storage is Crucial: Discover Emerging Technologies
Long-duration energy storage is crucial to expanding renewable energy access while ensuring energy reliability and resiliency. Some emerging opportunities for long-duration storage include: ● Pumped Hydro ● Compressed Air Energy Storage ● Vehicle-to-Grid Technology ● Green Hydrogen Solar and wind power have proven themselves to be powerful clean alternatives to fossil fuels, but they have [...]
Why Flex Alerts Deserve Your Undivided Attention
Learn what Flex Alerts mean for you and your community: ● Flex Alerts are calls to voluntarily reduce energy consumption during peak periods of energy use ● Reducing energy use during Flex Alerts helps reduce the risk of power outages, supporting your neighbors and the broader community. ● MCE is taking steps to advance [...]
4 Reasons Why MCE’s Local Sol Makes Access to Solar More Equitable
Discover how a local solar farm is making the case for renewable energy: ● Local Sol transitioned from MCE’s most expensive service to its least expensive service in six years. ● The solar farm has reduced 723 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. ● The 340 residents enrolled in Local Sol save about $100 a [...]
Green Access Program: Empowering Communities with Clean, Affordable Energy
Discover how MCE is expanding clean energy access through the Green Access Program, which: ● Supports those facing a heavier burden of pollution, and those having difficulty paying energy bills ● Offers 100% renewable energy service and a 20% electricity bill discount ● Serves 3,200 customers and has provided over $830,000 in bill discounts [...]
How Peaker Plants Impact California Communities
For the first time ever, on May 8, 2022, 100% of California’s electricity supply was produced by renewable energy. This exciting milestone demonstrates California’s advancements in renewable energy adoption and highlights the viability of a completely clean electric grid. However, significant progress must be made before we are able to use 100% renewable energy [...]
The Power of an Equitable Energy Future
Blog post originally published on Industry Dive Part of MCE’s story began in the early 1990s when Dawn Weisz, MCE’s CEO, was working with small environmental justice groups to move large corporations and polluting industries away from harming underserved communities in Southern California. Working alongside passionate groups like Mothers of East LA and Concerned Citizens of [...]
MCE Distributes Portable Batteries to Medically Vulnerable Residents for a Second Time
California’s annual fire season represents a risk of power outages for residents throughout the state. MCE is working to alleviate the strain of these outages by offering energy resilience solutions to those most impacted in Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, and Solano Counties. In 2020, MCE made a first-time-ever offer: portable batteries to 100 customers [...]
MCE Partners with West Marin Medical Center to Install Battery Storage
New Energy Storage Paired with Existing Solar to Provide Backup Power for Critical Medical Facility Needs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 11, 2022 MCE Press Contact:Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager(925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — The West Marin Medical Center (WMMC) in Point Reyes is [...]
MCE Unveils Plans for Virtual Power Plant to Benefit Disadvantaged Richmond Residents and Businesses
Richmond Advanced Energy Community includes virtual power plant and zero net carbon homes for underserved residents FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 21 2022 MCE Press Contact:Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager(925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE’s Virtual Power Plant (VPP) program, slated to launch in 2025, [...]