Transitioning to Renewable Energy

East Bay Community Energy’s power mix is mostly sourced from renewable energy and large hydropower. Our Board of Directors have established the goal of purchasing 100% clean power by 2030 — a full 15 years before the state's goal date.
Meanwhile, some of EBCE’s member cities have taken the bold action of transitioning customers in their jurisdiction onto 100% renewable energy service immediately, to accelerate the reduction of emissions and hasten the investment in wind, solar, and battery storage projects. In doing so, these cities set the “default” service level for customers as Renewable 100, EBCE’s service that is sourced from 100% California wind and solar, including the output of EBCE’s Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center in Livermore. Any EBCE customer can choose our Bright Choice service if they prefer to save money on their PG&E bill each month.
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Bright Choice
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Renewable 100
KEY
Wind
Solar
Hydro
Biomass & Biowaste, Geothermal, Eligible Hydroelectric
Other or Unspecified
Nuclear
Eligible Renewable
Service levels transitions
City/County | Initial Default Service | 2022 Default Service | Transition Details | |||
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Albany*** | Residential: Brilliant 100 Commercial: Brilliant 100 |
Renewable 100 – January 2022* Renewable 100 – January 2022 |
ebce.org/albany | |||
Berkeley | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Renewable 100 – March 2022* Renewable 100 – October 2022 |
ebce.org/berkeley | |||
Dublin | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Renewable 100 – January 2022* Renewable 100 – October 2022 |
ebce.org/dublin | |||
Emeryville | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Renewable 100 – October 2022* Renewable 100 – October 2022 |
ebce.org/emeryville | |||
Fremont | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Hayward*** | Residential: Brilliant 100* Commercial: Brilliant 100 |
Renewable 100 – January 2022* Renewable 100 – January 2022 |
ebce.org/hayward | |||
Livermore | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Newark | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Oakland | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Piedmont | Residential: Renewable 100** Commercial: Bright Choice |
Renewable 100 – January 2022* Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Pleasanton*** | Residential: Brilliant 100* Commercial: Brilliant 100 |
Renewable 100 – January 2022* Renewable 100 – January 2022 |
ebce.org/pleasanton | |||
San Leandro | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Renewable 100 – March 2022* Renewable 100 – October 2022 |
ebce.org/san-leandro | |||
Tracy | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Union City | Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned | |||
Unincorporated Alameda County |
Residential: Bright Choice Commercial: Bright Choice |
Bright Choice – January 2022 Bright Choice – January 2022 |
No transition planned |
* Excludes customers on CARE, FERA, and/or Medical Baseline, who were defaulted to Bright Choice
** Excludes customers on CARE, FERA, and/or Medical Baseline, who were defaulted to Brilliant 100
*** Customers who selected Bright Choice will remain on this service at the time of the 2022 default service transition