Cleaner, renewable power at competitive prices
to support healthier communities
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) is a local provider of electricity that will serve our communities by bringing you cleaner energy at competitive rates. We provide renewable electricity service to over 700,000 customer accounts in the cities of Chula Vista, Encinitas, Imperial Beach, La Mesa and San Diego, with the unincorporated communities of the County of San Diego and the City of National City served in 2023.
We provide you with reliable, affordable electricity from renewable sources. We are focused on what families need and want most when it comes to their energy.
How it Works
SDCP is a locally run, not-for-profit public agency that is now your new electric generation service provider. We purchase renewable power, like solar and wind, and feed it into the electricity grid, working with SDG&E to deliver it to you at competitive rates.
SDCP
Buys electricity from renewable sources
SDG&E
Delivers power and maintains the grid
You
Cleaner power, local control and competitive rates
Powerful Reasons to Choose SDCP
SDCP’s cleaner power choices give you affordable options for cleaner energy, shifting control from profit-driven investor-owned utility into the hands of customers. That adds up to:
Local control by community representatives
who prioritize people, transparency, and our communities
Reinvestment of revenues
into the communities we serve
Support of local job creation
and development of renewable energy projects close to home
Energy programs
tailored to meet the needs of our communities to help reach our climate action goals
Your Electric Bill Explained
We put together the following video to help explain the various charges listed on your monthly bill.
Energy from Clean, Renewable Sources
At SDCP, we have a sharp focus on cleaner air for families today and future generations. That’s why we buy clean power from sources that are renewable and abundant. We contract for wind and solar power as part of our diversified power mix to ensure cleaner and reliable energy supply.
We’re committed to entirely clean and renewable electricity by 2035 or sooner – the first in the State to establish this goal in our foundation.
* SDCP will get our renewable power from solar, wind, and large hydro
Why it Matters
Competition in any field spurs the competitors on to better ideas, prices, and products, as they try to win customer loyalty. CCAs are being formed to introduce healthy competition to the electricity marketplace, which has operated as a monopoly for generations. SDCP is offering customers electricity program innovation: choices for smart products and services that are right for today, and will create a healthier tomorrow.
California Statewide Impact*
California communities from Humboldt County to Riverside have been launching CCA programs just like ours through the past decade, increasing the demand for renewable energy as customers commit to cleaner, greener power sources. We’ve already seen long-term power contract commitments for nearly 6,000 megawatts of new renewable energy as a direct result of these programs. As dozens of additional new CCA programs take shape across the state, those numbers will continue to skyrocket, impacting the fiscal and physical health of our communities.
3,860 Megawatts
Solar Panels
1,030 Megawatts
Wind Turbines
14 Megawatts
Geothermal
* California CCAs amass 6,000 MW in long-term contracts with new-build clean energy resources