Deep Green Champion: First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael

The Deep Green Champion blog series celebrates businesses, nonprofits, and public agencies in our service area who have made a public commitment to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions with 100% renewable energy. This January we are proud to highlight one of our Deep Green Champions, the First Presbyterian Church of San Rafael (FPCSR). We spoke [...]

Building Capacity for a Clean Energy Future

Since MCE began serving customers in 2010, we have made bold and consistent efforts to increase access to clean energy services and technologies that support California’s energy and capacity needs. Our standard energy product, Light Green, is on track to be 95% carbon-free by 2022. MCE is also committed to supplying 50% of our [...]

By |January 26th, 2021|MCE News|

CalCCA Recognizes Dawn Weisz, MCE CEO, with 2020 CCA Champion Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2020 MCE Press Contact: Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager (925) 378-6747 | communications@mceCleanEnergy.org San Rafael and Concord, Calif. – The California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) and MCE announced today that it has recognized MCE CEO, Dawn Weisz, with the 2020 CCA Champion Award. The recipient of this annual [...]

By |November 20th, 2020|Awards, Press Releases|

MCE Changemaker: Dana Armanino

The Changemaker blog series celebrates MCE’s 10-year anniversary by recognizing the extraordinary people who support us and further our mission. Dana Armanino is a Principal Planner on the Marin County Community Development Agency's Sustainability Team, where she works to further the County’s Climate Action Plan. Dana’s environmental reach in the county is extensive and includes [...]

MCE’s Community Reinvestment: The Power of Community Choice

This series explores the ways environmental justice is essential to MCE’s mission to address climate change by reducing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy and energy efficiency. As California’s first Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program, MCE is a groundbreaking, not-for-profit, public agency that has been setting the standard for [...]

MCE Changemaker: Vicken Kasarjian

The Changemaker blog series celebrates MCE’s 10-year anniversary by recognizing the extraordinary people who support us and further our mission. As MCE’s Chief Operating Officer, Vicken Kasarjian partners with our CEO, Dawn Weisz, to oversee MCE’s business operations. His 35 years of energy industry experience includes groundbreaking projects at the Imperial Irrigation District (IID), Sacramento [...]

Environmentalist Spotlight: Elizabeth Yeampierre

September 15th marks the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month, an opportunity to highlight the cultures and contributions of Hispanic Americans. As part of this month’s celebrations, MCE is recognizing environmentalist Elizabeth Yeampierre for her instrumental work in shaping US and global climate policy and her role in advancing intersectional climate justice. Elizabeth Yeampierre, originally [...]

By |September 15th, 2020|MCE News|

MCE Changemaker: Gopal Shanker

The Changemaker blog series celebrates MCE’s 10-year anniversary by recognizing the extraordinary people who support us and further our mission. Gopal Shanker is the founder of Récolte Energy, a renewable energy consulting firm in Napa County that helps local businesses save money by transitioning to renewables. Gopal also runs Regeneration Napa County – a platform [...]

MCE Installs Over 550 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in Northern California Communities

MCE community investments have increased Level 2 charging stations by 40% in its service area in under 2 yearsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 4, 2020MCE Press Contact:Jenna Famular, Marketing & Communications Manager(925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.orgSAN RAFAEL and CONCORD, Calif. — As of July 2020, MCE’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure rebate program, MCEv, has supported the installation [...]

MCE’s Commitment to a Just Transition

This series explores the ways environmental justice is essential to MCE’s mission to address climate change by reducing energy-related greenhouse gas emissions through renewable energy and energy efficiency. Over the past several weeks, California’s fire season began with a literal bang. An unprecedented lightning storm struck the Bay Area, igniting fires across the region [...]