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Ava is building 5 solar projects in the East Bay in partnership with Prologis. Each project has a 20-year contract and will lower bills for some residents living in disadvantaged communities by 20%.

Patch details how San Leandro is one of the five cities in the East Bay with an upcoming solar project brought on by Ava and Prologis. The 1.0 mega-watt solar project will begin construction in April 2025.

The California Heat Pump Partnership officially launched to help achieve California’s goal to install six million electric heat pumps by 2030. Ava is one of the electricity provider members participating in the partnership.

“The Ava service area has one of the fastest EV adoption rates in the U.S.”, according to Lori Bilella, Ava’s Director of Clean Energy Services. California Energy Markets highlights Ava’s efforts to establish a network of public charging infrastructure installed throughout the Bay Area, including targeting multi-family housing that often don’t have easily-accessible charging.

Government Tech details how Ava is partnering with Calibrant Energy and EV Realty to install hundreds of new EV chargers throughout Oakland.

Ava’s Head of Technology Diego Ponce de Leon presents at Stanford ENERGY to discuss the data and technology opportunities and challenges when it comes to digitally transforming CCAs, specifically with the goal to achieve 100% clean and renewable energy by 2030. In addition, Diego will cover the data and analytics operations required to enable an efficient low-carbon energy transition.

The Dylan Green Podcast interviews Ava’s Director of Clean Energy Services, Lori Bilella, about their experience in the solar sector and the clean energy initivatives at Ava and CCAs more broadly. Lori also shares the challenges of navigating a career in clean energy as someone who identifies as LGBTQIA+.