CUSTOMERS CAN SAVE UP TO 10% ON ELECTRICITY GENERATION THROUGH COMMUNITY POWER
SAN DIEGO – As part of its ongoing efforts to provide clean energy at the greatest possible value for its customers, the San Diego Community Power Board of Directors today approved electricity generation rates that will create the largest discount compared to San Diego Gas & Electric in the agency’s five years serving customers.
The new electricity generation rates will provide a 4% rate discount for customers who are on the default PowerOn service compared to SDG&E’s standard service. Customers who have opted into PowerBase, Community Power’s most affordable service option, will receive a 10% discount compared to SDG&E.
Residential customers who select Power100, Community Power’s 100% renewable energy service option, will pay about $1.30 more per month than SDG&E bundled customers, who receive 41% renewable energy, based on the latest Power Content Label.
“Community Power is offering the biggest discount in our history because we put our customers first,” said Community Power CEO Karin Burns. “One of our goals as a not-for-profit is to make electricity as affordable as we can even despite the challenges of a volatile energy market. We have taken a responsible approach that provides the lowest prices possible while also ensuring that we can serve our customers for decades to come.”
Electricity costs statewide are increasing due to market volatility and a significant rise in the fee SDG&E and other investor-owned utilities collect from all customers to cover long-term power contracts previously signed on their behalf.
For Community Power customers, this translates to a monthly average generation cost increase of 66 cents for PowerBase and $2.78 for PowerOn residential customers. Those looking for savings can opt into PowerBase.
“Costs for just about everything continue climb, so Community Power designed these rates to blunt the impact for as many customers as possible,” Burns said. “These rates ensure we can recover the costs of electricity and we are committed to encouraging our customers to take advantage of money-saving opportunities.”
Beginning on March 1, customers are encouraged to take advantage of new “super off-peak” pricing from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when energy demand is low and solar supply is high. These “super off-peak” rates are about 40 percent lower than on-peak energy prices – giving customers a significant opportunity to reduce their bills.
Despite Community Power’s efforts to increase customer savings, the energy market still presents challenges. There is an extremely tight market on resource adequacy, which is required by the state of California to serve as a sort of “back up” power for periods, like heat waves, when there is a higher-than-usual strain on the grid.
Bukod pa rito, dahil sa isang bilang ng mga puwersa ng merkado, ang panandaliang renewable na mga presyo ng enerhiya ay tumaas din nang malaki sa nakalipas na ilang taon.
Community Power is mitigating these short-term challenges by executing long-term contracts through power purchase agreements and energy storage service agreements that will help blunt the effects of market swings and create price certainty for renewable energy and resource adequacy in future years. To date, Community Power has entered into 30 of these agreements that will provide predictably-priced, reliable, renewable energy for over 1.2 million homes.
Noong 2022, inaprubahan ng lupon ng mga direktor ng Community Power ang isang patakaran sa pagpapaunlad ng rate, na nagsisilbing gabay para sa mga kawani na gumawa ng mga rekomendasyon sa lupon ng mga direktor tungkol sa mga rate ng pagbuo ng kuryente.
Ang standalone na patakarang ito ang una sa uri nito para sa isang Community Choice Aggregation program sa California. Nagbibigay ito ng balangkas para sa mga kawani at Lupon upang matiyak na ang disenyo ng rate at proseso ng pagbuo ay nananatiling nakatuon sa mapagkumpitensyang pagpepresyo at transparency, habang lumilikha ng kinakailangang lakas sa pananalapi upang magdala ng pangmatagalang benepisyo sa mga customer.
Ang Community Power ay dapat magtakda ng mga rate, sa pinakamababa, upang mabawi ang mga gastos na nauugnay sa pagbili ng kuryente, mga gastos sa pagpapatakbo at serbisyo sa utang. Ang mga gastos sa kuryente ng Community Power ay binubuo ng higit sa 90% ng kabuuang badyet nito.
The new, unanimously approved rates are retroactive to Jan. 1.
Ang Community Power ay kumukuha ng kuryente para sa mga customer nito, habang ang SDG&E ay nagpapadala at naghahatid ng kapangyarihang iyon sa mga tahanan at negosyo ng mga customer. Para sa buong detalye kung paano gumagana ang mga singil sa kuryente sa mga lugar ng serbisyo ng Community Power, bisitahin ang SDCommunityPower.org/Understanding-Your-Bill/.
Ang Community Power ay isang community choice energy program na nagbibigay sa mga customer ng opsyon na patakbuhin ang kanilang mga negosyo at tahanan sa mas mataas na antas ng renewable power sa competitive na mga rate. Mula noong 2021, ang Community Power ay lumago upang maglingkod sa halos isang milyong munisipal, negosyo at residential power na mga customer sa mga lungsod ng San Diego, Chula Vista, Encinitas, La Mesa, National City at Imperial Beach gayundin ang mga unincorporated na komunidad sa County ng San Diego.
Ang Community Power ay isang not-for-profit, pampublikong ahensya na nagbibigay ng abot-kayang malinis na enerhiya at namumuhunan sa komunidad upang lumikha ng isang patas at napapanatiling hinaharap para sa rehiyon ng San Diego. Matuto pa sa SDCommunityPower.org.
