{"id":78952,"date":"2026-03-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/?p=78952"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:31:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T03:31:46","slug":"mce-fact-vs-fiction-how-your-local-clean-energy-provider-works-for-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcecleanenergy.org\/de\/mce-fact-vs-fiction-how-your-local-clean-energy-provider-works-for-you\/","title":{"rendered":"MCE - Fakt und Fiktion: Wie Ihr lokaler Anbieter sauberer Energie f\u00fcr Sie arbeitet\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"78952\" class=\"elementor elementor-78952\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef8b74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ef8b74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2db8528 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2db8528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Community Choice Energy in Kalifornien kann manchmal verwirrend sein. Zwischen Stromrechnungen, Energiem\u00e4rkten und \u00f6ffentlichen Gespr\u00e4chen \u00fcber Versorgungskosten fragen sich viele Kunden: <strong>Wie funktioniert MCE, und wie unterscheidet es sich von PG&amp;E?<\/strong><\/p><p>MCE ist eine <strong>gemeinn\u00fctziger \u00f6ffentlicher Stromversorger f\u00fcr Gemeinden in der Bay Area<\/strong>, einschlie\u00dflich Contra Costa County. Wenn die Kunden verstehen, wie Community Choice Energy funktioniert, k\u00f6nnen sie fundierte Entscheidungen \u00fcber ihre Strom- und Erneuerbare-Energien-Optionen treffen.<\/p><p>Lassen Sie uns mit einigen weit verbreiteten Missverst\u00e4ndnissen \u00fcber MCE aufr\u00e4umen und erkl\u00e4ren, wie Ihr lokaler Anbieter von sauberer Energie f\u00fcr Sie arbeitet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3169df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3169df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Tatsache: MCE bietet Strom an - PG&amp;E liefert ihn weiterhin<\/h4><p>Eine der h\u00e4ufigsten Fragen, die Kunden stellen, betrifft das Verh\u00e4ltnis zwischen <strong>MCE und PG&amp;E<\/strong>.<\/p><p>MCE bietet <strong>Stromerzeugungsdienstleistung<\/strong>, Das hei\u00dft, wir sind f\u00fcr die Stromquelle verantwortlich, die Haushalte und Unternehmen mit Energie versorgt. PG&amp;E ist weiterhin f\u00fcr die Wartung der Stromleitungen, die Lieferung von Strom, die Bereitstellung von Gasdiensten und die Rechnungsstellung zust\u00e4ndig.<\/p><p>Dies bedeutet:<\/p><ul><li>PG&amp;E unterh\u00e4lt die <strong>Masten, Dr\u00e4hte und Infrastruktur<\/strong><\/li><li>Die Kunden erhalten weiterhin <strong>eine Rechnung<\/strong><\/li><li>Der Gesetzentwurf trennt<strong> Generation (MCE)<\/strong> und Lieferung <strong>(PG&amp;E) Geb\u00fchren<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>MCE ist keine zus\u00e4tzliche Geb\u00fchr<\/strong> auf der Rechnung, sondern eine Ersatzgeb\u00fchr f\u00fcr die Erzeugungsleistung von PG&amp;E.<\/li><\/ul><p>Bevor es in Kalifornien kommunale Energieprogramme gab, mussten die Kunden <strong>keine Wahl, wo ihr Strom erzeugt wurde<\/strong>. Heute haben die Kunden die Wahl zwischen den sauberen Energieoptionen von PG&amp;E und MCE.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6694a2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6694a2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Fiktion: MCE wird aus Steuermitteln finanziert<\/h4><p>Ein weit verbreiteter Irrglaube ist, dass MCE von den Steuerzahlern finanziert wird.<\/p><p><strong>MCE ist eine gemeinn\u00fctzige \u00f6ffentliche Einrichtung, die vollst\u00e4ndig von den Stromkunden finanziert wird.<\/strong>, und nicht f\u00fcr Steuergelder. Die Einnahmen aus der Stromlieferung flie\u00dfen in:<\/p><ul><li>Kaufkraft<\/li><li>Betrieb der Agentur<\/li><li>Finanzierung von lokalen Energieprogrammen<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0e3b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d0e3b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Im Gegensatz zu Energieversorgern in Investorenhand hat MCE keine Aktion\u00e4re. Alle Einnahmen werden direkt in die Gemeinden reinvestiert, denen wir dienen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25ee8ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25ee8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Tatsache: Lokal gew\u00e4hlte Beamte regieren MCE<\/h4><p>Die MCE wird durch eine <strong>Der Verwaltungsrat setzt sich aus lokal gew\u00e4hlten Beamten zusammen.<\/strong> aus den von uns betreuten St\u00e4dten und Landkreisen. Die Sitzungen des Verwaltungsrats sind \u00f6ffentlich, werden aufgezeichnet und sind offen f\u00fcr die Beteiligung der Bev\u00f6lkerung.<\/p><p>Die Kunden k\u00f6nnen an den Sitzungen teilnehmen, \u00f6ffentliche Kommentare abgeben oder sich \u00fcber ihre \u00f6rtlichen Stadtratsvertreter einbringen.<\/p><p>Diese Struktur gew\u00e4hrleistet, dass <strong>Energieentscheidungen werden lokal und transparent getroffen<\/strong>, unter der Aufsicht von F\u00fchrungskr\u00e4ften der Gemeinschaft.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01026a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b01026a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Fiktion: MCE steuert Ihre gesamte Stromrechnung<\/h4><p>Stromrechnungen enthalten mehrere Komponenten, die sich der Kontrolle von MCE entziehen.<\/p><p>Ein gro\u00dfer Teil der meisten Stromrechnungen stammt aus <strong>PG&amp;E-\u00dcbertragungs- und Verteilungsgeb\u00fchren<\/strong>, die die Instandhaltung des Stromnetzes (der Leitungen und Dr\u00e4hte) betreffen.<\/p><p>Ein weiterer Kostenpunkt, der viele Community-Choice-Kunden betrifft, sind die <strong>Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA)<\/strong>. Dabei handelt es sich um eine staatlich regulierte Geb\u00fchr, die PG&amp;E von Kunden erhebt, die Strom von einem anderen Anbieter wie MCE beziehen.<\/p><p>Die PCIA erlaubt es PG&amp;E, Kosten aus Energievertr\u00e4gen zur\u00fcckzufordern, die abgeschlossen wurden, bevor die Kunden den Anbieter wechselten. Da die Geb\u00fchr von den Regulierungsbeh\u00f6rden festgelegt wird, kann sie sich auf die gesamte Stromrechnung auswirken, selbst wenn die Stromerzeugungstarife von MCE wettbewerbsf\u00e4hig bleiben.<\/p><p>Kunden k\u00f6nnen jederzeit einen aktuellen Kostenvergleich zwischen MCE und PG&amp;E einsehen unter <a href=\"http:\/\/mceCleanEnergy.org\/ compare-rates-and-options\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">mceCleanEnergy.org\/preise-und-optionen-vergleichen<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d8b784 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3d8b784\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5f8a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c5f8a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b45b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b45b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Tatsache: MCE bietet mehr M\u00f6glichkeiten f\u00fcr erneuerbare Energien<\/h4><p>Viele Kunden entscheiden sich f\u00fcr MCE, weil sie Zugang zu sauberer Elektrizit\u00e4t und erneuerbaren Energieoptionen haben. MCE bietet zwei prim\u00e4re Serviceoptionen an:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5de1c1c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5de1c1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bd5cd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87bd5cd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ca581 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52ca581\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56d7407 elementor-widget__width-inherit eael-table-align-center eael-dt-th-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-data-table\" data-id=\"56d7407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-data-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"eael-data-table-wrap\" data-table_id=\"56d7407\" id=\"eael-data-table-wrapper-56d7407\" data-custom_responsive=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"tablesorter eael-data-table center\" id=\"eael-data-table-56d7407\">\n\t\t\t    <thead>\n\t\t\t        <tr class=\"table-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            <th class=\"sorting\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Light Green<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t            <th class=\"sorting\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Deep Green<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t        <\/tr>\n\t\t\t    <\/thead>\n\t\t\t  \t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t60% Erneuerbare Energie\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t100% Erneuerbare Energie\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t    <\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t  \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c92c19 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c92c19\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e38f0d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e38f0d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Beide Optionen liefern deutlich mehr Strom aus erneuerbaren Energien als PG&amp;Es 23%, was den Gemeinden hilft, Treibhausgasemissionen zu reduzieren und die Ziele Kaliforniens f\u00fcr saubere Energie zu unterst\u00fctzen.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:225,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Die Kunden k\u00f6nnen die Option w\u00e4hlen, die am besten zu ihren Werten, Energiezielen und ihrem Budget passt.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335557856&quot;:16777215,&quot;335559738&quot;:225,&quot;335559739&quot;:225}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-879c0f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"879c0f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Fiktion: Community Choice Energy stellt nur Strom zur Verf\u00fcgung<\/h4><p>Gemeinschaftsprogramme wie MCE bieten weit mehr als nur Strom.<\/p><p>In seinem gesamten Versorgungsgebiet hat MCE investiert <strong>Millionen von Dollar in Programme, die den Kunden helfen, ihre Energiekosten zu senken und saubere Technologien einzuf\u00fchren<\/strong>, einschlie\u00dflich:<\/p><ul><li>$15 Millionen direkte Entlastung von Rechnungen<\/li><li>Mehr als $35 Millionen an Rabatten f\u00fcr Elektrofahrzeuge, Ladestationen f\u00fcr Elektrofahrzeuge und Energieeffizienzverbesserungen<\/li><li>$9 Millionen an staatlichen Mitteln zur Unterst\u00fctzung von Kunden mit Energieschulden<\/li><li>Partnerschaften mit Gemeinden, lokalen gemeinn\u00fctzigen Einrichtungen und Gemeinschaftsorganisationen<\/li><\/ul><p>Diese Programme helfen Einwohnern und Unternehmen <strong>Energie zu sparen, Kosten zu senken und auf umweltfreundlichere Technologien umzusteigen<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6050956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6050956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Tatsache: Energiem\u00e4rkte und staatliche Politiken beeinflussen die Stromtarife<\/h4><p>Die Strompreise in Kalifornien werden von mehreren Faktoren beeinflusst, die sich der Kontrolle eines einzelnen Energieversorgers entziehen.<\/p><p>Die Energieversorger m\u00fcssen die staatlichen Vorschriften einhalten:<\/p><ul><li>Langfristige Strombezugsvertr\u00e4ge<\/li><li>Ziele f\u00fcr erneuerbare Energien<\/li><li>Anforderungen an die Angemessenheit der Ressourcen zur Aufrechterhaltung der Netzzuverl\u00e4ssigkeit<\/li><\/ul><p>Auch die Energiem\u00e4rkte k\u00f6nnen erheblichen Schwankungen unterliegen. Die Vertr\u00e4ge f\u00fcr erneuerbare Energien reichen zum Beispiel von <strong>$15 auf \u00fcber $100 pro Megawattstunde in den letzten Jahren.<\/strong><\/p><p>Um die Kunden vor pl\u00f6tzlichen Preisspitzen zu sch\u00fctzen, kauft MCE Strom \u00fcber eine Mischung aus <strong>kurz- und langfristige Vertr\u00e4ge, die f\u00fcr eine langfristige Stabilit\u00e4t sorgen.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6d55c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6d55c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Die Quintessenz: Community Choice Energy bietet den Kunden mehr Optionen<\/h4><p>MCE wurde von lokalen Gemeinschaften gegr\u00fcndet, um <strong>mehr Auswahl an Stromdienstleistungen und Zugang zu sauberer Energie.<\/strong><\/p><p>Heute bedient MCE Hunderttausende von Kunden mit seinen Dienstleistungen:<\/p><ul><li>Sauberere Stromoptionen<\/li><li>Lokale Aufsicht und transparente Verwaltung<\/li><li>Reinvestition der Gemeinschaft<\/li><li>Kundenprogramme, die zur Senkung der Energiekosten beitragen<\/li><\/ul><p>Das kalifornische Energiesystem kann sehr komplex sein, aber die Aufgabe, die sich hinter der gemeinschaftlichen Energieauswahl verbirgt, ist einfach: <strong>zuverl\u00e4ssige Elektrizit\u00e4t bereitzustellen, den Zugang zu erneuerbaren Energien zu erweitern und die Gemeinschaften - und nicht die Aktion\u00e4re - in den Mittelpunkt des Energiesystems zu stellen.<\/strong><\/p><p>Wenn Sie mehr dar\u00fcber erfahren m\u00f6chten, wie MCE funktioniert oder wie Sie Ihre Stromrechnung lesen k\u00f6nnen, besuchen Sie <a href=\"http:\/\/mceCleanEnergy.org\">mceCleanEnergy.org<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Choice Energy in California can sometimes feel confusing. 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