Energy Expert: Net Energy Metering

MCE’s Energy Expert Series takes a deeper dive into more complex energy topics like the development of the “duck curve” and the nuts and bolts of net energy metering. Go behind the scenes with our Energy Expert series or read more in our Energy 101 series. If you have solar panels on your home [...]

NavigaDER: Using the Tool to Calculate Customer Distribution Energy Resource Impacts for CCAs

In a previous blogpost, MCE introduced NavigaDER, a new software designed to enable Community Choice Agencies (CCAs) to make informed decisions about strategic distributed energy resource (DER) program planning. In this article, we explain how the software conducts its optimization analysis to project the impacts of DER program scenarios. Greenhouse Gas Emissions NavigaDER calculates [...]

MCE Introduces NavigaDER: Software for Designing DER Programs

As a Community Choice Agency (CCA), MCE knows that distributed energy resources (DERs) can unlock significant value for our organizations and our customers. But what are the best practices for designing DER programs that maximize financial benefits, increase power reliability by providing backup power, intermittency solutions and system load balancing, and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) [...]

By |October 1st, 2020|MCE News|

MCE Customers Offered $2.8+ Million in Cash Back for Generating Their Own Solar Energy in 2018-19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Aug. 1, 2019* Press Contact: Kalicia Pivirotto, Marketing Manager (415) 464-6036 | kpivirotto@mcecleanenergy.org SAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — MCE is issuing cash outs totaling over $2.8 million to rooftop solar customers when they have produced more electricity than they used themselves. MCE’s Net Energy Metering (NEM) program currently provides incentives [...]

$1.8 Million+ Offered to NEM Solar Customers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 28, 2018 Press Contact: Kalicia Pivirotto, Marketing Manager (415) 464-6036 | kpivirotto@mcecleanenergy.org MCE Solar Customers Earn $1.8 Million+ for Excess Energy Production in 2017-18 San Rafael and Concord, Calif. — MCE’s annual cash-out process for rooftop solar customers is currently underway, offering over $1.8 million in check payments to purchase [...]

2018 Home Upgrade Guide

Are you tired of wasting precious energy resources? Thinking about upgrading your home to be more energy efficient? Well you’re in luck! Here is our shocking energy saving guide for 2018: Magnetic Vent Covers What’s more exciting than air vents? Well, vent covers, of course! Simply using covers to block central air flow to unused [...]

Rooftop Solar Rates Update: The Timings They Are a Changin’

Guest Blog post by Gopal Shanker, Récolte Energy President Last December PG&E reached its 5% cap for net energy metering (“NEM 1.0") — the program that solar customer-generators have been using to offset their annual electricity bills. For the next few years, net metered projects will be interconnected under the NEM successor program (“NEM [...]

By |February 28th, 2017|NEM, MCE News|

MCE Solar Customers Earn $1 Million+ for Excess Energy Production in 2015-16

MCE recently completed its fifth annual cash out process for rooftop solar customers, offering $1,028,452 in check payments to buy the excess solar generated electricity from approximately 3,000 customers. “It’s gratifying to see so many customers receive checks through MCE’s net energy metering program,” said Dawn Weisz, CEO of MCE. “Of the $1 million MCE [...]