CUSTOMERS CAN SAVE UP TO 10% ON ELECTRICITY GENERATION THROUGH COMMUNITY POWER
圣迭戈 – 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.
此外，由于一些市场力量的作用，短期可再生能源的价格在过去几年中也大幅上涨。.
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.
2022 年，Community Power 董事会批准了一项费率制定政策，作为员工就发电费率向董事会提出建议的指南。.
這項獨立政策是加州社區選擇聚合計劃的首項同類政策。它为员工和董事会提供了一个框架，以确保费率设计和制定过程始终注重有竞争力的定价和透明度，同时创造必要的财务实力，为客户带来长期利益。.
Community Power 必须设定最低费率，以收回与购电、运营成本和还本付息相关的费用。Community Power 的电力成本占其总预算的 90% 以上。.
The new, unanimously approved rates are retroactive to Jan. 1.
Community Power 为客户提供电力，而 SDG&E 则将电力传输到客户的家庭和企业。欲了解 Community Power 服务区域电费的详细情况，请访问 SDCommunityPower.org/Understanding-Your-Bill/.
Community Power 是一项社区选择能源计划，让客户可以选择以具有竞争力的价格使用更高水平的可再生能源电力来经营他们的企业和家庭。自 2021 年以来，Community Power 已发展为圣迭戈、丘拉维斯塔、恩西尼塔斯、拉梅萨、国家城和帝国海滩等城市以及圣迭戈县内未并入社区的近百万市政、商业和住宅电力客户提供服务。.
Community Power 是一家非营利性公共机构，提供负担得起的清洁能源，并投资于社区，为圣地亚哥地区创造公平、可持续的未来。了解更多信息，请访问 SDC CommunityPower.org.
