Natural Gas Peaker Plant Gets Climate-Friendly Facelift

New battery add-on to Fresno facility improves air quality FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2023 MCE Press Contact:Jenna Tenney, Manager of Communications and Community Engagement(925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — The future of energy isn’t in the literal dinosaur of fossil fuels. Clean energy technologies like battery storage are rapidly transitioning [...]

By |February 21st, 2023|MCE News, Press Releases|

MCE Announces 10th Annual Charles F. McGlashan Advocacy Awards for Outstanding Environmental Leadership

2020 Honorees of Annual MCE Advocacy Awards include The Centers for Independent Living with Vi Ibarra, Deborah Elliott, and the Fairfax Climate Action Committee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 19, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE’s Board of Directors recognized three recipients [...]

MCE Changemaker: Senator Mike McGuire Receives the 2020 Climate Leadership Award

The Changemaker blog series celebrates MCE’s 10-year anniversary by recognizing the extraordinary people who support us and further our mission. Senator Mike McGuire is the recipient of MCE’s 2020 Climate Action Leadership award for his work advocating for policies benefiting Community Choice Agency (CCA) customers, advancing efforts to combat climate change, and leading the way [...]

By |September 29th, 2020|Awards, MCE News|

MCE Awards Community Advocates for Outstanding Environmental Leadership

2019 Honorees of Annual MCE Advocacy Awards include Gloria Castillo of San Rafael’s Canal Alliance, the National Council for Jewish Women Contra Costa Section, and Sustainable RossmoorFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 29, 2020MCE Press Contact:Jenna Famular, Communications Manager(925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.orgSAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE’s Board of Directors recognized three recipients of this year’s [...]

By |May 29th, 2020|Awards, Press Releases|

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 [...]

MCE Announces 2018 Charles F. McGlashan Award Winners

Sustainable Lafayette, Resilient Neighborhoods, and Verna Causby-Smith, EAH Affordable Housing Honored This Spring, MCE’s Board of Directors recognized the 2018 Charles F. McGlashan Advocacy Award winners, including Sustainable Lafayette, Resilient Neighborhoods, and Verna Causby-Smith with EAH Affordable Housing (winners pictured above with MCE leadership, left to right: Don Tatzin, Former Mayor of Lafayette; Dawn Weisz, [...]

Charles F. McGlashan Award Recognizes Community Advocates for Outstanding Environmental Leadership

On November 16, 2017, MCE’s Board of Directors recently honored the El Cerrito Environmental Quality Committee with the 2017 Charles F. McGlashan Advocacy Award. Nominees included Sarah Loughran and Helene Marsh, in connection with  the Environmental Forum of Marin, and Melissa Yu from the Sierra Club Bay Chapter. MCE established the annual award in June [...]

MCE Announces Charles F. McGlashan Award Winner

MCE established the Charles McGlashan Advocacy Award in June 2011 to honor and commemorate the life and legacy of environmental leadership left behind by former founding MCE Chairman, Charles F. McGlashan. The award recognizes passion, dedication, and leadership in promoting MCE’s mission. On November 17, 2016, MCE’s Board of Directors recognized Sustainable Napa County [...]

MCE Wins 2016 Green Power Leadership Award

On Monday, October 17, the Center for Resource Solutions presented MCE with a Green Power Leadership Award at the annual Renewable Energy Markets conference, recognizing MCE’s championship of renewable energy as an accelerator in the development of green power markets. “It’s an honor to be amongst the many diverse recipients of this prestigious award,” said [...]