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What We Do

Ava Community Energy (Ava) provides electricity generation at competitive rates to just about every home and business in the areas we serve. We offer individuals, businesses, and cities the ability to choose green power — or power at lower rates than PG&E. And, as a public agency, we invest excess revenue back into our local communities through electrification programs and grants.

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Providing Clean Power
Compare our rates and renewable energy sources to PG&E’s.
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Offering Energy Programs
We offer programs to help customers adopt clean energy and electrification.
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Investing in Community
As a public agency, we invest excess revenue back into our local communities.

Providing Clean Power

We are the default electricity provider in Alameda County and the City of Tracy. We are a Community Choice Aggregator, which is a not-for-profit local government agency that generates electricity for everyone in the community. The City Council or county supervisors vote to have their community join and have us as their electricity supplier.

Learn more about your energy options.

How It Works

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1. We buy clean power.
We build — and buy from — clean power plants. We sell the power to customers.
2. PG&E delivers the power.
Our power is delivered to customers by PG&E. Customers pay PG&E for power delivery as they always have, but no longer pay PG&E for electricity generation.
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3. You get the power and all the benefits.
Customers benefit from clean energy, low rates, local governance, and innovative programs.
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Offering Energy Programs

We offer energy programs that can save residents, businesses, and municipalities money while helping the environment. For more information visit our Go Electric section.

Go Electric

Investing in Community

As a not-for-profit public agency, we have no shareholders and instead return excess revenue to the communities we serve.

Map Showing Ava's Service Area Covering Alameda County (Except For The Island Of Alameda) And The City Of Tracy. Lathrop And Stockton Are Also Highlighted, With A Note Indicating That Service Will Begin In Those Two Cities In April 2025.