MCE Releases 10-year Impact Report Highlighting Significant Community Reinvestment Benefits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2020 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — To mark a decade of clean energy service and community reinvestment, MCE is excited to announce the release of its inaugural 10-year Impact Report. As the first community choice [...]
MCE’s Community Partnerships Build Environmental Equity
As a not-for-profit public agency, MCE is committed to creating more equitable communities while addressing climate change through renewable energy, energy efficiency, and local economic and workforce benefits. Community partnerships with organizations across our service area are essential to buildling equitable outcomes across our service area. MCE recently partnered with Canal Alliance, a non-profit [...]
How MCE Employees Support Our Mission to Protect the Earth
Earth Day is upon us and the theme for 2020 is “climate action.” In honor of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day this year, MCE is shining a light on one of the ways that MCE employees celebrate the earth all year long by taking actions to make their commutes more eco-friendly (when they [...]
MCE Changemaker: Supervisor John Vasquez
The Changemaker blog series celebrates MCE's 10 year anniversary by recognizing the extraordinary people who support us and further our mission.Representing Unincorporated Solano County’s VoiceThis April, MCE became the primary electricity provider for unincorporated Solano County. MCE is honored to welcome Supervisor John Vasquez to its Board of Directors as the representative for unincorporated Solano [...]
MCE Partners for 160 MW New California Solar Energy
Longroad Energy Acquires First Solar's Little Bear Solar Portfolio FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 2, 2020 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org TEMPE, Ariz. and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — US-headquartered First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) announced today that Longroad Energy is the acquirer of four solar projects with a combined capacity [...]
New Incentives and Improvements Added to MCE’s Feed-in Tariff Program
MCE’s Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program was created in 2010 to promote the development of new renewable energy projects in MCE’s service area. By providing a standard offer contract with fixed pricing to developers at above-market rates, MCE aims to help overcome barriers to Bay Area renewable energy development. To date, MCE’s FIT program has [...]
Pollinator-Friendly Ground Cover Now Required for New Solar Projects
MCE is excited to announce a pollinator program requirement designed to safeguard critical habitats.* MCE is the first Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program that requires new solar project partners to plant pollinator-friendly ground cover throughout the project site and submit a pollinator scorecard every three years. This new requirement – which applies to both [...]
MCE Approved for $750,000 Grant to Support Critical Resiliency Facilities
The Marin Community Foundation recently approved a two-year grant of $750,000 to MCE through the Buck Family Fund. MCE will use the grant to support clean energy resiliency for nonprofit critical facilities and affordable housing in Marin County. In the face of wildfire threats, we recognize that the decision to shut off electricity service is [...]
Top 3 Ways Electric Vehicles Save You Money
Once considered niche, EVs were initially promoted as luxury cars with a six-figure sticker price. Today, the growing number of public charging stations and lower costs make EVs a compelling option for car shoppers. There are now several rebates that can make the cost of buying or leasing an EV even less than a gas-fueled [...]
Announcing MCE’s 2020 Open Season Request for Offers
As part of MCE’s mission to reduce electricity-related greenhouse gas emissions by offering customers competitively-priced renewable electricity service options, MCE is pleased to announce its 2020 Open Season procurement process. Open Season provides a competitive and objectively-administered opportunity for qualified suppliers of energy and energy storage products to fulfill MCE’s resource requirements. The specific products [...]