Month: December 2021

Earlier this year, Central Coast Community Energy launched its Summer Readiness Program (SRP) Pilot in response to statewide initiatives designed to reduce grid stress, increase grid reliability, and reward customers for participating and contributing to SRP goals. SRP offered a voluntary group of CCCE’s commercial, industrial, agricultural and Member Agency customers incentives in the form of bill credits for reducing energy use during times of increased summer grid stress. SRP ran July 28 through September 8 and triggered five grid stress “events” during which participating customers conserved enough energy to receive a combined $86,303 in bill credits. During these five events, overall CCCE customer energy usage was up 1.5% – an indicator of the increased demand anticipated during these events – but customers participating in SRP managed to reduce their usage by a combined total of 10% during these times. This is a great example of coordinated efforts to counteract anticipated grid stresses. Many thanks to participating customers for making this first iteration of SRP a success.

Staff is already working on plans for increased participation and improved results in 2022 as part of an agency commitment to contribute to a more resilient and stable grid for the Central Coast region and the State of California.