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July 22, 2022 |News
Community Choice Aggregation Provides Renewable Energy at Reduced Costs
The POWER Podcast highlights CCAs and the work EBCE does to help California meet its climate goals. The podcast features EBCE CEO Nick Chaset chatting about what makes EBCE different from other utilites, and policies that would support clean energy projects. -
July 15, 2022 |News
East Bay Community Energy Announces Discounted Rates
The EBCE board unanimously approved a new value proposition, which will give Bright Choice customers a 3% discount from PG&E rates and Renewable 100 customers a three-quarter cent per kilowatt-hour premium over PG&E’s rates. -
June 21, 2022 |News
‘The Clean Energy Opportunity for Community Energy Providers’ With Nick Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy [an Energy Central Power Perspectives™ Podcast]
EBCE CEO Nick Chaset joins Energy Central’s Power Perspective Podcast to discuss how EBCE is helping meet California’s clean energy goals and EBCE’s role as a newer CCA. -
May 31, 2022 |Press Release
Idemitsu Renewables 73MW Luciana Solar Project achieves commercial operation in California
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May 24, 2022 |Press Release
EBCE Adds Fervo Geothermal Energy to Portfolio
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April 13, 2022 |News
Affordable Clean Energy Systems For Low-Income Families
Forbes details EBCE’s partnership with BlocPower to launch a program that will electrify 60 low-to-moderate income single-family homes. -
February 28, 2022 |News
What can be done to keep California’s utility bills from getting even higher?
EBCE’s Vice President of Public Policy, Melissa Brandt, is interviewed as part of the San Diego Union Tribune’s coverage on keeping California’s high utility bills from getting even higher. Among others, Brandt proposes funding public purpose programs through state tax revenues instead of electic utility rates. -
January 6, 2022 |News
1 GW+ Western Spirit Wind Reaches Construction Completion
Pattern Energy Group completed construction and began commercial operation of its Western Spirit Wind power project. EBCE has a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with this facility, which will provide clean, renewable energy to California and New Mexico. -
December 15, 2021 |Press Release
S&P Global Ratings Issues ‘A’ Credit Rating to East Bay Community Energy
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