4 Things You Need to Know About Time-of-Use Pricing

Time-of-Use pricing is an electric rate schedule that adjusts the price of your electricity based on when you’re using it. During hours of high-energy usage, the cost of using electricity is higher as well, which more accurately reflects the cost of electricity on the grid at that time. Time-of-Use pricing is intended to encourage [...]

Is MCE Cheaper than PG&E? And Other Facts About MCE

Updated on 3/18/22, originally published on 5/11/2020 If you’re new to MCE service, we know you may have questions. Who is MCE? Is MCE cheaper than my previous service with PG&E? How are my services changing? Will I need to pay another bill? MCE is here to help answer these questions so that you [...]

By |May 11th, 2020|MCE News|

Powering Equity & Inclusion: MCE’s Community Benefit Efforts, Part 5

MCE’s Autonomy and Priorities Community Representation: MCE’s Board of Directors MCE is a not-for-profit, public agency governed by a Board of Directors (partial group pictured above) composed of elected officials representing the community voice in agency decisions. In meetings that are open to the public, MCE’s Board democratically votes on agency policy, approves programs, [...]

MCE Reduces Rates for Second Year in a Row

MCE’s Board of Directors voted to reduce energy rates by an average of 3.7%, effective April 1, bringing the cost of MCE’s Light Green 50% renewable energy service slightly lower than PG&E’s 30% renewable energy service. In its 7 years of operation, MCE has never changed rates more than once a [...]

By |March 30th, 2017|Press Releases|

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|

9% Rate Reduction for September 2016 Announced

Typical electric customers will pay slightly less than PG&E for MCE’s 50% renewable energy service On June 16, 2016, MCE’s Board of Directors voted to reduce energy rates by an average of 9%, effective September 1. This means the cost of MCE Light Green 50% service will be slightly less than the cost of PG&E’s 30% [...]

By |June 22nd, 2016|MCE News, Press Releases|