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Valley Clean Energy holds ‘solar’ workshops
/0 Comments/in All News, Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostValley Clean Energy will host two public workshops in October to review upcoming enrollments for PG&E customers who have solar panels. The workshops, which are designed to review VCE’s solar policies and answer customers’ questions, are set for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, in the Community Chambers at Davis City Hall, 23 Russell Blvd. in Davis, and […]
Valley Clean Energy Tops Renewable Goals – Delivers Cleaner Energy at No Extra Cost to Customers
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article Repost(From Press Release – Valley Clean Energy) – Valley Clean Energy, Yolo County’s public power supplier, reports that even cleaner and greener energy has been delivered to its electricity customers than was projected at last year’s launch. “One of our core goals is to supply Woodland, Davis and unincorporated Yolo County with cost-competitive clean energy,” […]
VCE Costs the Same as PG&E But Delivers More
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostIt’s been a long hot summer, but those cool autumn days aren’t too far off… And thanks to Valley Clean Energy, local electricity customers are not paying any more to run their air-conditioners than they would have paid under PG&E. At the same time, they are reaping the environmental benefits of a greener energy portfolio. […]
SMUD set to buy PG&E’s only hydroelectric powerhouse on the American River for $10.4 million
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostThe Sacramento Municipal Utility District is moving forward with plans to buy a hydroelectric powerhouse and reservoir from Pacific Gas and Electric Co. for $10.4 million. In a joint statement, the local utility providers announced that the Chili Bar Hydroelectric Project — a dam, reservoir, spillway and powerhouse that generates electricity north of Placerville on the South […]
Valley Clean Energy not ‘slamming’ customers: Agency warns against illegal practices
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostValley Clean Energy — the official, locally governed electricity provider for Woodland, Davis and unincorporated Yolo County — is acting to reassure customers that recent reports of utility fraud are not connected to the agency in any way. Valley Clean Energy began offering customers clean, low-carbon power in June 2018 and now serves more than […]
Valley Clean Energy reaches one year mark
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostA year into business, Valley Clean Energy recently took steps toward bringing goals set in its mission statement to fruition. The nonprofit public agency launched in June 2018, providing clean electricity in Woodland, Davis and unincorporated Yolo County. “Our original vision focused on providing certain benefits that customers didn’t feel they had under one provider […]
SMUD Reaches 1,000 All-Electric Homes Milestone
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostJuly 8, 2019 — SMUD and nearly two dozen homebuilders have teamed up to build more than 1,000 all-electric homes over the next two years in several neighborhoods in the community-owned electric utility’s Sacramento County service territory. The homes are included in the SMUD Smart Home program and are part of a broader electrification effort […]
SMUD expands services to Silicon Valley Clean Energy
/0 Comments/in All News, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay Area /by News Article RepostSMUD announced new services for community choice aggregators (CCA) including program design and implementation. Silicon Valley Clean Energy a community-owned agency serving Santa Clara County communities and providing 270,000 residential and commercial customers with clean, carbon-free electricity will be the first CCA to use SMUD’s differentiated services. “We have been successfully delivering more than 100 […]
SMUD leads charge on electric cars
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostWorking to get the word out about electric vehicles, SMUD in partnership with the city of Elk Grove, held a “Tacos and Test Drives” event outside Elk Grove City Hall on June 8. Attendees got to test-drive (or, if they preferred, test-ride) electric vehicles from Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Jaguar, Nissan, Tesla, and Toyota. “(Tacos and […]
Sacramento Municipal Utility District Signs Long-Term Solar PPA
/0 Comments/in Sacramento Valley /by News Article RepostLendlease, an international property and infrastructure group, has joined forces with the Sacramento County Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in California to execute a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for Rancho Seco Solar II. The 160 MW solar facility will be located on the premises of the decommissioned Rancho Seco Nuclear Generation Station site and, upon […]