MONTEREY, Calif., October 22, 2024 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) is excited to announce an upcoming community workshop where community members will have the opportunity to provide feedback on household energy decisions, help shape rebates and incentives and learn more about 3CE’s Electrify Your Home program. The workshop is designed to give 3CE deeper…

Program Gives 3CE Customers the Power to Save Money and Control Energy Usage While Contributing to Grid Resilience MONTEREY, Calif., July 22, 2024 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) announced today the launch of its Residential Battery Rebate Program, which provides residential 3CE customers with rebates for the purchase and installation of an eligible battery energy storage…

Agency brings local benefits for all customers Monterey, Calif., March 5, 2024 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) released its Annual Impact Report demonstrating how the public agency is delivering on its commitment to provide clean, renewable electricity and deliver community energy programs throughout the 5-County service area. The report shares how the agency has…

CAPITOLA — The City of Capitola is thrilled to introduce the first electric street sweeper in Santa Cruz County. The street sweeper will be introduced on December 11th at 10 AM at Capitola City Hall. This event will celebrate the City’s first step towards fundamentally improving the way that streets are cleaned in Santa Cruz…

New generation capacity will support peak demand Monterey and Sunnyvale, Calif., Dec. 5, 2023 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) have each signed 15-year contracts with Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Energy) to receive electricity from SunZia Wind, a new renewable energy project located in Lincoln, Torrance, and San…

Clean Energy Project Bonds to save $5M annually  Monterey, Calif., Oct. 31, 2023 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) secured its first prepay bond issuance to finance its clean energy supplies, resulting in significant cost savings for the agency and local customers. The $647.8 million bond issuance is projected to save 3CE customers nearly 11.4%…

Guadalupe, Calif., Sept. 22, 2023 – The City of Guadalupe, Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), and Smooth debuted a battery electric transit bus today at Guadalupe City Hall as part of the city’s commitment to sustainable public transportation. The transit bus is projected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85.37 metric tons of CO2 each…

Clark County, Nev. – Executives from Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) announce the commissioning for Yellow Pine Solar I, a large scale solar and battery energy storage project on July 27, 2023. Yellow Pine Solar I, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, located in Clark County, will generate…

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., June 9, 2023 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) today celebrated the first geothermal power plant built in the last 30 years within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority. The power plant achieved commercial operation in July 2022 and produces clean and renewable electricity…

MONTEREY, Calif., May 15, 2023 – Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), one of California’s largest community choice aggregators, is proud to announce a series of leadership appointments that position the agency to meet its renewable energy goals while continuing to deliver value to customers and investment in communities through programs and rate savings. Seasoned administrative…