CCA Relief Actions

• Central Coast Community Energy, formerly Monterey Bay Community Power, deferred electric generation charges by 50% for May and June, providing financial relief to every CCCE customer in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Total customer bill deferment during is estimated at $22.4 Million.
• Clean Power Alliance allocated $2 million in bill assistance to COVID-19 impacted residential and small business customers who sign up for financial assistance through Southern California Edison.
• Desert Community Energy allocated up to $70,000 in bill assistance for customers who sign up for financial assistance through Southern California Edison.
• The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission partnered with NextEra Energy Resources to provide $170,000 in grant funding for COVID-19 relief efforts in Blythe, California and its surrounding area in Riverside County. The SFPUC’s local clean energy program, CleanPowerSF, contracted with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to expand a solar array in the area. SFPUC provided one-time bill credits to eligible CleanPowerSF customers in October. The relief program offered credits of $50 for single-family homes, $3,000 for multi-family residential buildings and $750 for nonprofit or small commercial accounts—the equivalent to a month’s worth of savings on the average customer’s electricity bill.
• East Bay Community Energy contributed more than $1 million to 12 communities to support relief efforts; spearheaded an initiative soliciting donations from large commercial customers, with the goal of raising $1 million for the County food bank and Meals on Wheels programs; approved $70,000 in grants to local support programs at Alameda County Community Food Bank and Meals-on-Wheels of Alameda County; and allocated over $300,000 in additional funds to use for community grants in our response to COVID-19 and is developing effective strategies to utilize these funds.
• Lancaster Choice Energy created the Grocery Workers Appreciation Program which provides eligible grocery workers who are LCE customers with a one-time credit of up to $50 on their LCE charges. The program is a demonstration of Lancaster’s gratitude to frontline grocery workers. LCE is also participating in the city’s Restaurant Rescue Program.
• MCE’s ongoing COVID relief efforts include suspension of collections; direct outreach to customers to encourage enrollment in existing discount and utility bill assistance programs; early participation in the Arrearage Management Program in partnership with PG&E; an education and awareness program to spread the word about community resources and financial assistance programs for residential and small business customers;  free EV charging at MCE’s San Rafael office; distribution of 100 portable back-up batteries to medically vulnerable customers prior to the 2020 Public Safety Power Shutoff season; and a monthly bill credit program of $10 for residential customers and 20% for small businesses.
• Peninsula Clean Energy offered up to $1.55 million to help small businesses impacted by the economic downturn during the COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance includes a $250 bill credit for up to 6,000 qualifying small businesses and a $50,000 donation to the San Mateo Credit Union Community Fund. PCE approved a $100 on-bill credit for roughly 30,000 low-income customers who are covered under California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) or Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) rates.
• San Jose Clean Energy is working closely with other city departments to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain the health and well-being of its customers. San José helped stand up and solicit more than $31 million in donations for Silicon Valley Strong, a fund to help residents with food insecurity and assist small businesses.
• SVCE has committed $10 million for programs providing relief to customers and communities. The programs include direct financial support for lower-income customers, resiliency improvements at community and emergency facilities, and supplemental training programs for the contractor workforce impacted by shelter-in-place orders. Learn more about these programs here. 
• Sonoma Clean Power has made donations to the Redwood Empire Food Bank, Community Foundation of Mendocino County, and Santa Rosa-based Rotary groups, organizing lunches to benefit unemployed hospitality workers, prepared by local restaurants.
• Valley Clean Energy contributed $2,500 to the Yolo Food Bank and purchased 500 high-quality, washable and U.S.-made face masks and donated them to RISE Inc.