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2023
Joint Analysis Shows On-Bill Savings By Switching From Gas To Electric Appliances
Girish Balachandran Receives 2023 City Champion Award
Impact Report Highlights the Power of Community
Monica Padilla Selected as Silicon Valley Clean Energy CEO
$80,000 in Grants Available Through the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Education Fund
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Contracts for New Power Projects
Bay Area Residents Are Upgrading from Polluting Gas Appliances to Sleek, Safe Electric Technologies
Silicon Valley Clean Energy CEO, Girish Balachandran, Announces Retirement Planned for March 2024
City of Los Altos Receives $125K Grant to Pilot Cool Pavement Program
Moody’s Investor Service Upgrades Silicon Valley Clean Energy Investment-Grade Credit Rating to Baa1
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Launches the Small-to-Medium Business Rebates Program
Scholarships Awarded to Students in EmPower Silicon Valley Short Film Competition
Silicon Valley Clean Energy ‘A’ Issuer Credit Rating Affirmed by S&P
CA Wind Powers Silicon Valley Clean Energy Communities
Building Code Enhancements Passed to Encourage Healthy, Safe Homes and Businesses
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Enters Into Second Prepayment Transaction
New Chair and Vice Chair for the Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors
Silicon Valley Clean Energy 2023 Rates Provide Customers Four Percent Discount
2022
Backup Batteries at Traffic Lights Increase Safety and Energy Resilience in Saratoga
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Awarded for Online Customer Resource Center
Electric Vehicle Charger Funding Available for Multifamily Properties
Silicon Valley Clean Energy and Google Announce Comprehensive 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Agreement
Milpitas Community Center Powers Up with Resiliency Grant from Silicon Valley Clean Energy
$20,000 in Scholarship Prizes Awarded to Students in EmPower Silicon Valley Short Film Competition
Chief Operating Officer Role Added to SV Clean Energy
Local Communities Celebrate Five Years of Clean Energy
Local Energy Agency Receives Clean Financial Audit
California Community Power Members Approve Second Lithium-Ion Long-Duration Energy Storage Contract
SV Clean Energy Sets 2022 Electric Generation Rates
$20,000 in Scholarships Available Through the EmPower Silicon Valley Youth Short-Film Competition
Campbell and Los Altos Hills Representatives Elected to Lead Local Energy Agency
Seven California Community Power Members Contract for 69 Megawatts of Long Duration Energy Storage
SV Clean Energy Brings EV Drivers a New Way to Charge with Cheaper, Cleaner Electricity
2021
CCCFA Issues California’s First Municipal Clean Energy Project Revenue Bonds Worth over $2 Billion
Leeward Renewable Energy Begins Construction on 100-megawatt Rabbitbrush Solar Project
California Community Power Releases Request for Offers Seeking 200 MW of Firm Clean Resources
SV Clean Energy Heat Pump Water Heater Rebate Program Reaches New Milestone
SV Clean Energy Announces 2020 Emissions Reductions and Power Content
SV Clean Energy Surpasses $1 Million in Innovation Pilot Funding
Construction Begins on New, State-of-the-Art Geothermal Project
Community Choice Providers Form California Community Choice Financing Authority
Community Energy Agencies Contract for 778 MW of Renewable Energy and 118.75 MW of Storage
$20,000 in Scholarships Awarded to Students in EmPower Silicon Valley Short Film Competition
SV Clean Energy Receives Clean Financial Audit
Mountain View and Campbell Representatives to Lead Local Energy Agency
New Pilots Launched to Tackle Energy Resilience at Homes, Schools and Across the Community
SV Clean Energy Board Approves $6M for Building Decarbonization Joint Action Plan
SV Clean Energy Publishes 2021 Electric Generation Rates
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Receives ‘A’ Issuer Credit Rating from S&P Global Ratings
2020
Los Altos, Sunnyvale Pass Clean Energy Building Codes
SV Clean Energy Directs $14M to Electric Vehicle Charging
SV Clean Energy Appoints New Chief Financial Officer & Director of Administrative Services
California Community Choice Aggregators Issue Request for Long-Duration Storage
New Online Resources to Aid Consumers With Fighting Climate Change
$35 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Station Incentive Project Launches in Santa Clara County
State Calls on All Californians to Conserve Energy During Heat Wave
SV Clean Energy Adds Director of Regulatory and Legislative Policy
Bay Area Community Energy Agencies Reach Emission-Free Power Resiliency Agreements
SV Clean Energy Receives Moody’s Investment-Grade Credit Rating
SV Clean Energy Surpasses $1 Billion in Renewable Power Investments
8minute Solar Energy Signs Contract with MBCP and SVCE to Develop 250 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project
MBCP and SVCE Sign New 20-Year Contract for Renewable Energy
SVCE Solar Customers See Largest Cash Payout to Date
SVCE Approves Programs to Disperse $10 Million in Relief Funding
SVCE ‘Innovation Onramp’ Pilots Selected to Accelerate EV Charging Deployment
MBCP and SVCE Sign Contracts for 210 MW of Geothermal and Solar Energy in California
SVCE Commits $10 Million to COVID Relief and Resiliency Efforts
SVCE Eases Burden on Community in Response to COVID-19
SVCE and UtilityAPI Launch Pilot to Speed Clean Energy Commerce
Campbell, Los Altos Hills Take Important Step to Promote Clean Air
Clean Financial Audit for Local Energy Agency
GridShift Hackathon Winners Take Home $16,000
City of Cupertino Takes Action To Fight Climate Change
Saratoga and Sunnyvale Representatives Elected to Lead Clean Energy Agency Board
Saratoga and Monte Sereno Advance Electrification in New Construction
2019
SV Clean Energy Offers New $80,000 Education Fund for Student Climate Projects
Milpitas City Council Votes to Protect Air Quality for Future Generations with Clean Buildings
Four Bay Area Community Energy Agencies Kick Off New Program to Provide Local Resiliency
City of Morgan Hill Takes Bold Climate Action with New 2020 Building Code
City of Mountain View Takes Major Step Toward a Better Building Code
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Launches Flagship Pilot with UtilityAPI
SV Clean Energy Issues Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Updates Rates, Continues Rate Discount
2018
SV Clean Energy Expands Plan to Help Communities Fight Climate Change
SV Clean Energy Grants $75,000 to Nonprofits for Community Engagement
SVCE Signs Major Contracts for California’s Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Projects
California Public Utilities Commission Votes on New PCIA Methodology
Silicon Valley Municipalities Unanimous in Their Commitment to 100% Renewable Energy
SV Clean Energy Strikes Major Wind Deal to Complement Solar
SV Clean Energy Delivers on Bold Renewable Energy Promises
SVCE Board Sets 2018 Electric Generation Rates
2017
Municipal Power Veteran Appointed as New SVCE CEO
GreenPrime Electricity Receive Green-e Certification
SV Clean Energy Director of Administration and Finance to Serve as Interim CEO
Silicon Valley Clean Energy CEO to Head New Community Choice Energy Agency
Cost Comparison Tool Now Available
Silicon Valley Communities Continue to Choose 100% Renewable Power
Silicon Valley Clean Energy "turns on the power" for residents and businesses
SVCE to Deliver 100% Carbon Free Electricity and Savings Earlier than Planned
Board of Directors Appoints New Chair and Vice Chair
2022
Lithium-ion chosen first, but not the only option for California’s long-duration energy storage needs - Energy Storage News, February 2022
2021
California nonprofits issue $2 billion in bonds to buy 30 years of renewable energy upfront - Utility Dive, 2021
Contractors can learn to build all-electric in new course - East Bay Times, September 2021
Time shift: How to make EV charging as clean as possible - Canary Media, September 2021
Two CCAs Ink Seven Power Contracts - California Energy Market, July 2021
South Bay students’ short films empower competition - East Bay Times, July 2021
California Community Choice Aggregators Combine Buying Power - Go Green Radio, February 2021
California CCAs Form Joint Buying Group, Creating Big-Time Power Purchaser - Greentech Media, February 2021
8 community choice aggregators combine buying power through California Community Power - Solar Power World, February 2021
Silicon Valley Clean Energy grants fund e-bike, cost-reduction projects - The Mercury News, January 2021
2020
The First Major Long Duration Storage Procurement Has Arrived, Greentech Media, October 2020
Opinion: Bay Area is fighting the real blackout culprit — climate change, The Mercury News, September 2020
How local energy providers are ensuring energy resilience - GreenBiz, August 2020
Sunrun Lands Contract for 20MW Backup Battery-Solar Project in Blackout-Prone California - Greentech Media, July 2020
Clean energy milestone - The Mercury News, July 2020
8minute Solar Nabs Its First Supply Deal With California Community-Choice Aggregators - Greentech Media, June 2020
Silicon Valley Clean Energy will allocate total of $10 million toward COVID relief - The Milpitas Beat, June 2020
California CCAs solicit info on long duration storage, with possible procurement launch this summer - Utility Dive, June 2020
Using More Power at Home Means Higher Bills. Here Are Financial Programs That Can Help - KQED, May 2020
‘Data Hive’ Opens for Solar, Battery Vendors in Silicon Valley - Greentech Media, April 2020
California needs clean energy after sundow. Geothermal could be the answer - Los Angeles Times, January 2020
2019
PG&E outages prompt clean energy programs to focus on solar, batteries - San Francisco Chronicle, November 2019
Bay Area CCAs Solicit 30MW of Distributed Batteries to Weather Grid Outages - Greentech Media, November 2019
Silicon Valley Clean Energy and UtilityAPI Want to Free Your Meter Data - Greentech Media, October 2019
California Aggregators To Seek 10 GW Of Clean Power By 2030 - CleanTechnica, May 2019
Guest opinion: Celebrating two years of clean energy - Mountain View Voice, April 2019
Opinion: Community choice agencies stabilizing power industry - The Mercury News, April 2019
Busting the myth that CCAs don't sign long-term renewable energy contracts - Greentech Media, February 2019
Silicon Valley Clean Energy takes additional steps to reduce local carbon emissions - Mercury News, January 2019
2018
Sunnyvale Community Services is among six local organizations to receive grant funding from Silicon Valley Clean Energy - Mercury News, December 2018
New solar projects to supply SV Clean Energy - Morgan Hill Times, November 2018
Many Bay Area residents already meeting Jerry Brown's carbon-free energy goal - ABC7 News, September 2018
California Agencies Sign PPAs For Pattern's New Mexico Wind Farm - North American Wind Power, July 2018
Energy bill confusion? New program aims to solve that problem - Mercury News, July 2018
Local high schools face off in Bike to the Future competition - Los Altos Town Crier, May 2018
Cleaner and Greener Energy on the Way to Milpitas - Milpitas Beat, Apr. 2018
Other Voices: SVCE provides clean energy, customer savings - Los Altos Town Crier, Apr. 2018
SV Clean Energy repays $2.7M loan to cities - Gilroy Dispatch, Feb. 2018
Silicon Valley Clean Energy welcomes new CEO in February - Mercury News, Jan. 2018
2017
Clean energy transition receives positive response, few opting out - Los Altos Town Crier, Sept. 2017
New power company SVCE to compete with PG&E in South Bay - ABC 7, Jun. 2017
Silicon Valley Clean Energy Launches - ABC 7, Apr. 2017
SamTrans, Caltrain to Use 100 Percent Renewable Electricity from Community Choice Energy Programs - Mass Transit, Mar. 2017
Silicon Valley Implementing Community Choice Energy Program - Energy Manager Today, Feb. 2017
Community choice energy coming to Silicon Valley in April - The Mercury News, Feb. 2017
2016
Silicon Valley Clean Energy to kickoff in April - The Mercury News, Nov. 2016
2022
Green Power Leadership in Education Award from the Center for Resource Solutions
2021
Digital Efficiency Award from Granicus
Spare the Air Leadership Award from Acterra
2020
Sustainability Champion CREST Award from the City of Cupertino
Finalist for the Smart Electric Power Alliance’s Power Player Award
2019
2018
Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from Government Finance Officers Association
Excellence in Budgeting Award from California Society of Municipal Finance Officers
