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’s Pathway to a Clean Energy Future

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. Each year we update our Operational Integrated Resource Plan, using it as a 10-year road map to help MCE set the standard for reducing energy-related [...]

By |November 15th, 2022|Power Procurement, MCE News|

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 [...]

MCE Employee Spotlight: Jenna Tenney

MCE’s Employee Spotlight blog series gives an inside look on some of the incredible members of MCE’s staff and the sustainable actions that they take in their everyday lives. The views, opinions, and beliefs expressed here are not necessarily representative of the views, opinions, and beliefs of MCE as an agency. Jenna Tenney is [...]

MCE Continues to Lead in California Renewable Electricity Innovation

MCE's 2020 power supply mix vastly exceeds state renewable energy average FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE is excited to announce the release of its 2020 Power Content Label, which showcases MCE’s leadership in renewable [...]

Programs Spotlight: Workforce Development

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. [...]

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 [...]

Community Choice Providers Form California Community Choice Financing Authority

New Joint Powers Agency will help reduce power costs for CCAs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 29, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jtenney@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — In June 2021, four California Community Choice providers (CCAs) jointly formed the California Community Choice Financing Authority (CCCFA), a [...]

MCE Cares Campaign to Empower Bay Area Communities Toward Climate Action

Campaign to help customers access new and existing programs to reduce bills and greenhouse gas emissions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 7, 2021 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Tenney, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | jtenney@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE is excited to announce the rollout of our newest campaign, MCE Cares. This [...]

How Do I Know Where My Power Comes From?

MCE offers 60% renewable, 100% California-produced renewable, and 100% locally produced solar energy services. What does choosing a specific energy service mean for the electrons delivered to your house? What about the energy grid as a whole? In this blog, we cover how energy resources are shared into the electric grid and what choosing [...]

By |July 6th, 2021|MCE News|