Alameda County is officially powered by East Bay Community Energy

East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) is now the official electricity provider for Alameda County*, soon serving over 1.5 million people! EBCE joins the ranks of nearly 20 public, non-profit Community Choice energy agencies now serving residents and businesses across California. EBCE launched for residential customers on November 1st, following the launch for municipal and commercial customers in June.
 
Thanks to years of organizing by the East Bay Clean Power Alliance, a project of the Local Clean Energy Alliance, EBCE is the only Community Choice energy agency to launch with a genuine roadmap to ensuring community benefits through developing local clean energy resources: the Local Development Business Plan.
 
On November 15th, Local Clean Energy Alliance held a Clean Power to the People Workshop to discuss four exciting early actions that East Bay Community Energy can take to develop local clean energy resources in Alameda County, including: community shared solar, energy efficiency, community investment fund, and community net energy metering. 
 
Phase 3 of our advocacy efforts, starting now, is to ensure that EBCE provides the promised community benefits of local clean energy jobs and equitable economic benefits through the development of local clean energy resources and implementation of EBCE’s groundbreaking Local Development Business plan. The November 15th workshop focused on priority projects and programs that have the potential to bring clean energy benefits to low-income communities, people of color and all household-residential ratepayers--communities traditionally shut out of the clean energy economy. 
 
We anticipate that this winter, these four actions for early development will be at the center of our advocacy and organizing.  In order to combat climate in a way that puts justice at the center, we cannot rely on corporate market solutions and we cannot continue to be rely on shifting the burden, particularly on low income and people of color.  We need you to advocate for a local clean energy future to bring, “Clean Power to the People.”
 
*Note: EBCE serves all residents and businesses in Alameda County, excluding the cities of Alameda, Pleasanton, and Newark.
 
 

EBCE launched for residential customers on November 1st, following the launch for municipal and commercial customers in June.