GreenStart is the Silicon Valley Clean Energy base electric plan with electricity coming from renewable sources such as solar, wind and geothermal and other resources such as carbon-free hydro and nuclear from a PG&E allocation. New customers are automatically enrolled in this plan, which costs less than PG&E.
GreenPrime is the 100% renewable SVCE electric generation service, available at a premium of $0.017 per kilowatt-hour. More information is available at svcleanenergy.org/plans.
Customers are invited to indicate their interest in enrollment by emailing info@svcleanenergy.org. The total load for residential and commercial enrollment in the GreenPrime product will be capped at 200 GWh. Residential customers may enroll anytime so long as the total program cap has not been met.
For commercial customers, the enrollment period will open on January 1 and close on April 1 each year. SVCE staff will contact interested parties beginning in December to confirm enrollments for the following calendar year.
Any individual commercial customer’s participation will be limited to 20 GWh across all participating accounts. Beyond the program cap and individual threshold of 20 GWh, we are glad to offer custom product arrangements designed to meet commercial customers’ needs.
Once enrolled in GreenPrime, customers may choose to return to GreenStart service at no cost by emailing info@svcleanenergy.org. This plan change will be effective one month from the next meter read date. GreenPrime customers choosing to opt out of all SVCE services and return to PG&E bundled service will be subject to the standard opt out terms and conditions, and additional fees may apply. Terms and Conditions are available at www.SVCleanEnergy.org/terms.
While SVCE customers may choose to participate in carbon offset programs like Arcadia Power to offset their emissions from gas cars or other transportation-associated pollution, this voluntary service is not needed to cover home or business-related electricity use emissions. Since SVCE’s default GreenStart offering is produced from clean sources, participating in a voluntary program, for example, would then be duplicative and costs more than participating in SVCE alone. It’d be like buying an organic apple, and then separately also paying extra for a credit ensuring that the apple is pesticide-free.