Spring Issue

In this newsletter:

• Customer resources
• Program highlights
• Time-of-Use (TOU) transition
• Let's celebrate Earth Day
• SCP in the news
• Job opportunities
• Webinars & workshops
• Upcoming SCP meetings

Customer Resources

Sonoma Clean Power's business office remains closed at this time due to public health concerns regarding COVID-19 ("Coronavirus"). We will let customers know when an official opening date is authorized in the future.

We are here to help!

Have questions about your bill, rate plans, or customer programs? You can still contact SCP by calling our local contact center (who are also working from home) at 1 (855) 202–2139 or by emailing info@sonomacleanpower.org.

Financial assistance and resources

Choose the best Rate Plan for you
Apply for the Medical Baseline Program
Enroll in CARE/FERA
Apply for Arrearage Management Plan (AMP)
CARES Act for Businesses
Time-of-Use transition & bill protection
Mendocino County COVID-19 Updates
Sonoma County COVID-19 Updates

Program highlights

Visit SCP's Advanced Energy Center website

Our new Advanced Energy Center website is up and running! While we make the finishing touches to our physical storefront, explore all that the Center has to offer from the comfort of your home, including an education hub with recorded webinars and resources for customers, major incentives and rebates on energy-efficient technologies and appliances, 0% on-bill financing of up to $10,000 for select products, a list of certified local contractors for installations, and more. 

Bike Electric takes off

SGIP Assistance Program reopens

The end of ProFIT (and new beginning of local energy)

The final local solar project to be funded by ProFIT, SCP's feed-in-tariff program, has been completed and is now operational. Since 2014, ProFIT has helped build 6 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy sources here in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. That's enough to power 1,800 EverGreen homes! With more customers choosing to upgrade to EverGreen, SCP is in the process of creating a new Local Resource Plan to guide the development of future renewable energy facilities in our service territory.

What are Time-of-Use (TOU) rates?

Starting in April, most residential customers in Sonoma and Mendocino counties will be transitioned to a Time-of-Use (TOU) rate plan as part of a statewide effort to reduce strain on the electric grid, decrease the use of fossil fuels, and increase the use of renewable energy sources.

When we use energy is just as important as how much energy we use. That’s why TOU rates offer cheaper “off-peak” electricity prices when demand is lower and more renewable energy is on the grid, and have more expensive “peak” hours generally in the late afternoon and early evening when demand is high and solar and wind generation decreases.

Most SCP customers can benefit from a TOU rate without needing to make any changes to their current lifestyle or habits. However, small actions like shifting your energy use away from peak hours and running appliances, including your dishwasher or washing machine, during off-peak hours will help you save even more on your electric bill.

TOU rates are not mandatory and customers can elect to say on their current rate by contacting PG&E through their website at pge.com/TOUchoice or calling 1 (866) 743-7945.

Visit the link below to learn how TOU rates can help lower your bills, check out our helpful FAQs, and compare rate plans to find the best one for your household.

TOU activity page for kids

Celebrate Earth Day!

Every April 22nd, the world celebrates Earth Day. But here at SCP, we think about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ways to mitigate the impacts of climate change every day. Just by being an SCP customer, you're already supporting the use of more renewable energy sources, cutting your emissions, and helping lead the way to a cleaner, healthier future for our community. For that, we thank you!

If you're interested in doing even more, here are some ways to honor this year's Earth Day.

Make every day Earth Day with EverGreen

One of the easiest, yet most significant actions you can take to reduce your carbon footprint is choosing to power your home with 100% renewable energy. SCP's EverGreen service utilizes local solar energy by day and local geothermal energy by night, so you're never supporting dirty fossil fuels. For only about $13 more per month, you can nearly eliminate your emissions from electricity use and help SCP build new, local renewable sources. Ready to upgrade to EverGreen?

SCP in the news

Local stories

• How your water heater can be a secret weapon in the climate change fight
• Surf Market teams up with Sonoma Clean Power on Peggy's place!
• Healdsburg debuts biggest floating solar farm in nation
• Petaluma moves to 100% renewable energy
• The Community Voice: Extreme climate-related events
• City plans to add EV stations for all-electric car future
• Petaluma bans all new gas stations in push to curb emissions
• Thanks to Community Choice Aggregation, here’s a $1,000 e-bike voucher for you

Industry stories

• Local demand is helping California surpass renewable energy targets
• Longest-range electric vehicles (EVs) you can buy in 2021
• California community choice aggregators form joint powers authority

Join the SCP team!

Sonoma Clean Power is currently recruiting for a Programs Manager to work in our Santa Rosa office, and Interns to work at our Advanced Energy Center.

The Programs Manager will be responsible for significant portions of program design and implementation in the areas of customer energy efficiency, electrification, demand response, and more, as well as for forming partnerships and securing funding for customer programs.

The Advanced Energy Center Interns will assist at the storefront with opening and closing the facility, provide customer service for those visiting the Center, help with organizing special events (some may occur during the evening or on weekends), and assist with general administrative tasks.

For the full job descriptions and details on how to apply, please visit our website.

Webinars & workshops

Upcoming SCP meetings

*All SCP meetings will be conducted via teleconference until further notice.