PG&E’s Solar Choice Program Brings Clean Energy to Customers at Lower Cost
May 19 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the
cost to participate in its 100 percent solar energy program has
dropped by 30 percent for residential customers and by nearly 50
percent for some business customers. This significant cost
reduction in the company’s Solar Choice program is thanks in part
to PG&E’s continued investment in clean energy infrastructure
throughout its service area, including eight new solar sites being
built for the program by renewable developers in Northern and
Central California.
PG&E’s Solar Choice program offers a new way for PG&E
customers to go solar – without installing rooftop solar panels.
Through the program, residential and business customers can go
solar by purchasing up to 100 percent of their electricity from
solar energy generated in PG&E’s service area.
For the average household using 500 kilowatt-hours of energy and
participating in PG&E’s Solar Choice program at 100 percent,
the price to participate in the program last year was approximately
$18 per month. Now, it is about $13 per month. Customers can
participate in the 50 percent solar program for half the cost. An
online tool is available to help customers estimate this charge
based on their energy usage.
“PG&E’s Solar Choice is all about giving our customers more
options when it comes to clean energy. By sourcing new local solar
developments in the communities we are privileged to serve, more
customers who want to support California’s clean energy future can
now do so at a lower cost. This is a win for our customers, and a
win for the state’s ambitious clean energy goals,” said Aaron
Johnson, vice president of PG&E’s Customer Energy
Solutions.
New solar sites for program
PG&E is procuring more clean energy on behalf of its Solar
Choice customers from eight new solar sites in Northern and Central
California. PG&E is working with the renewable developers that
are building the new solar sites in cities across PG&E’s
service area. At this time, PG&E has procured nearly 53
megawatts of new solar capacity on behalf of customers who are
enrolled in the Solar Choice program.
The renewable developers building the new sites include
8minutenergy Renewables, AES Distributed Energy, Green Light Energy
Corporation, ImMODO Energy Services, Mirasol Development, Recurrent
Energy and Solar Frontier Americas Development LLC.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
www.pge.com/ and pge.com/news.
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