Local MCE Program Inspires Statewide Effort to Prevent Summer Blackouts
$161 million earmarked for new energy efficiency and grid reliability programs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has just approved $150 million to fund a new statewide program, based on [...]
MCE’s Roadmap for Energy Innovation, Equity, and Resiliency
MCE is meeting state renewable energy and climate goals light-years ahead of schedule, ensuring grid reliability and resiliency, boosting the green economy, and offering programs that benefit underserved communities. Every year we update our Operational Integrated Resource Plan, using it as a 10-year roadmap to help MCE set the standard for reducing energy-related greenhouse [...]
Green Workforce Spotlight: Salalai Vongsy
MCE’s Workforce Education and Training (WE&T) Program provides local trainees with access to green job opportunities in the Bay Area. Through the program, local partners — such as RichmondBUILD — offer energy efficiency and electrification job-skills training. Salalai Vongsy graduated from RichmondBUILD in 2021 and was immediately hired by MCE contracting partner, Eco [...]
Programs Spotlight: Reliability and Resiliency
MCE’s Programs Spotlight series highlights the power of MCE: the power of people over profit. By putting more renewable energy on our shared grid, we clean up polluting fossil fuels. MCE’s efforts on climate justice and energy innovations help vulnerable populations qualify for programs like electric vehicles, energy storage, workforce development, and energy savings. We [...]
MCE Supports Grid Reliability with Clean Energy Resources
Since MCE began serving customers in 2010, we have made bold and consistent efforts to increase access to clean energy services and technologies that support California’s energy and capacity needs. Our standard energy product, Light Green, is on track to be 95% carbon-free by 2023. MCE is also committed to supplying 50% of our [...]
Programs Spotlight: A Focus on Health and Safety
MCE’s Programs Spotlight series highlights the power of MCE: the power of people over profit. By putting more renewable energy on our shared grid, we clean up polluting fossil fuels. MCE’s efforts on climate justice and energy innovations help vulnerable populations qualify for programs like electric vehicles, energy storage, workforce development, and energy savings. We [...]
MCE Adopts Resolution Committing to Advance Racial Equity
Resolution Furthers MCE’s Energy Equity Values FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — On May 20, 2021, MCE’s Board of Directors approved Resolution No 2021-04 Committing to Advance Racial Equity. This decision further solidifies MCE’s long-standing commitment to [...]
Learn How MCE Can Help You Reduce Your Energy Burden
January is Poverty Awareness Month, and MCE recognizes the additional burdens that COVID-19 has created for American households. The 2018 California Poverty Measure estimates that approximately one third of Californians were considered at or close to the federal poverty level, meaning they lacked enough resources to meet basic needs. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient [...]
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 [...]
Top 4 Reasons to Invest in Solar Energy Storage
For more advice and tips about your home energy, visit mceCleanEnergy.org/experts. A backup power source is not only essential when the power goes out, it can also help reduce your bills by providing you with energy during times of the day when electricity is most expensive. For customers who are considering investing in backup [...]