How local energy providers are ensuring energy resilience

by Sarah Golden, GreenBiz

Highlights

California’s Community Choice Agencies (CCAs) are providing ratepayers with energy resilience programs for the upcoming fire season
Four Northern California CCAs, East Bay Community Energy, MCE (Marin Community Energy), Peninsula Clean Energy, and Silicon Valley Clean Energy, have recently announced solar plus battery storage projects in their territories
CCAs have implemented these solar and storage programs before their investor-owned utility counterparts, such as PG&E or SoCal Edison
- This may be due to the fact that CCAs focus on the communities in their territories and have no responsibilities to shareholders
- Big utilities are addressing resiliency on the whole electrical grid as opposed to smaller communities
Creating resilience programs takes time, as plans, solicitations, applications, and negotiation processes take many months

Community Choice Energy can be one of the most powerful ways to accelerate the transition from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy sources, and The Climate Center is working to spread it throughout California for a climate-safe future.

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Nina Turner

Nina is a graduate of the Energy Management and Design program at Sonoma State University. She has experience in non-profits that specialize in sustainability and volunteerism. Nina is currently the Energy Program Coordinator and produces the bi-weekly Clean Power Exchange newsletter.