CUSTOMERS CAN SAVE UP TO 10% ON ELECTRICITY GENERATION THROUGH COMMUNITY POWER
聖地牙哥 – 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，由於多種市場力量的影響，短期可再生能源的價格在過去幾年也大幅上漲。.
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 的董事會批准了一項費率制定政策，作為員工就發電費率向董事會提出建議的指南。.
此獨立政策是加州社區選擇聚合計劃的首項同類政策。它為工作人員和董事會提供了一個框架，以確保費率設計和開發過程仍然專注於有競爭力的定價和透明度，同時創造必要的財務實力，為客戶帶來長期利益。.
Community Power 必須設定最低費率，以收回與購買電力、營運成本和償還債務相關的成本。Community Power 的電力成本佔其總預算的 90% 以上。.
The new, unanimously approved rates are retroactive to Jan. 1.
Community Power 為客戶提供電源，而 SDG&E 則將電力傳輸至客戶的家庭和企業。如需瞭解 Community Power 服務區域電費的完整細目，請造訪 SDCommunityPower.org/Understanding-Your-Bill/.
Community Power 是一項社區選擇能源計畫，讓客戶可以選擇以具有競爭力的價格使用顯著更高水平的可再生電力來經營其企業和住宅。自 2021 年以來，Community Power 已為聖地牙哥、丘拉維斯塔、恩西尼塔斯、拉梅沙、國家市和帝國灘市以及聖地牙哥縣內未納入法團的社區的近百萬市政、企業和住宅電力客戶提供服務。.
Community Power 是一家非營利的公共機構，提供價格合理的清潔能源，並投資於社區，為聖地牙哥地區創造一個公平且可持續發展的未來。瞭解更多資訊，請瀏覽 SDC CommunityPower.org.
