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Danville town staff is set to provide an update on the outreach and service implementation of MCE Clean Energy at a Town Council study session Tuesday morning.
The session comes seven months after the Danville council approved of joining Marin Clean Energy (MCE), an alternate energy provider that, according to officials, allows for greater local control, more consumer choices, reduced electricity costs and more reliance on renewable energy options.
At the Tuesday morning session, MCE staff will provide an update on the community outreach plan and the timeline for service deployment — service is scheduled to launch in April.
And at noon, MCE staff will host a “Lunch and Learn” for town staff that will be broadcast for the public via Facebook Live.
Residents and businesses in Contra Costa areas that have joined the energy provider will soon have three MCE options: MCE Light Green 50% renewable, MCE Deep Green 100% renewable, or MCE Local Sol 100% local solar.
Customers can also opt out and keep using PG&E as their energy provider.
MCE’s outreach strategies include mailing enrollment notices to every electricity customer in Concord, Danville, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Pinole, Pittsburg, San Ramon and unincorporated Contra Costa County, starting in February.
It also includes targeted outreach strategies, like presenting at community events and working with community-based organizations, city commissions, boards and local school districts.
“The purpose of MCE’s community outreach strategy is to reach as many of the Contra Costa County communities as possible, including a demographically and socio-economically diverse collection of neighborhoods, to ensure all electric customers will be equipped with the information necessary to make informed decisions about their electric service provider,” MCE staff wrote in a staff report.
Early enrollment for Deep Green and local solar customers will be available in mid-January, while the MCE default service is set to begin in April.
The study session is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the town offices, 510 La Gonda Way.
In other business
* City clerk Marie Sunseri will lead orientation and training on the town’s newly approved eCampaign electronic filing software at a special meeting 30 minutes before the study session.