MCE Solar One Recognized in the Environmental Project Category in Partnership with City of Richmond and RichmondBUILD
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA May 22, 2020
Contacto de prensa de la MCE:
Jenna Famular, Directora de Comunicación
(925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org
“The Acterra judging committee was impressed by the collaborative effort involving MCE and the City of Richmond,” said Nicole Angiel, Acterra’s Director of Sustainability. “Not only does the project provide a green energy option for rate payers in the East Bay, its development generated fixed-term, much-needed, high-paying jobs for Richmond residents.”
“RichmondBUILD was very excited to be able to partner with MCE on this project along with the City of Richmond, sPower, Chevron, and Cenergy Power,” said Fred Lucero, Program Manager at RichmondBUILD. “This project represents the largest public-private solar partnership in the Bay Area and provided our program participants – who are from low-income households and largely minorities – with training in green-collar jobs that will help build a brighter future for themselves and their families.”
The Solar One project eliminates 3,234 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year and repurposed 60 acres of a remediated brownfield site while supporting over 340 jobs with a 50% local hire requirement.
"MCE Solar One produces enough renewable energy to serve nearly six percent of Richmond's electricity load," said Mayor Tom Butt of Richmond. "I'm proud that we're not only generating electricity close to home, but this project has also given us a way to model the types of collaborations we need – from the public and private sector, as well as local unions – to combat climate change.”
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Acerca de MCE: Como primer Programa de Agregación de Elección Comunitaria de California, MCE es una agencia pública innovadora, sin fines de lucro, que ha estado estableciendo el estándar para la innovación energética en nuestras comunidades desde 2010. MCE ofrece energía más limpia a precios estables, reduciendo significativamente las emisiones de efecto invernadero relacionadas con la energía y permitiendo millones de dólares de reinversión en programas locales de energía. MCE es una entidad de servicio de carga que soporta una carga máxima de 1.000 MW. MCE proporciona servicio eléctrico a más de 480.000 cuentas de clientes y a más de un millón de residentes y empresas en 34 comunidades miembro de cuatro condados del Área de la Bahía: Napa, Marin, Contra Costa y Solano. Para más información sobre MCE, visite mceEnergíaLimpia.org
