Vallejo and Pleasant Hill’s combined 150,000 community members represent approximately 64,000 electric service accounts. By joining MCE, their residents and businesses will not only have a choice of energy providers, but also be able to participate in local clean energy programs, receive electric vehicle and charging incentives, and benefit from local workforce opportunities. Service to the new customers would increase the amount of renewable energy being used in California’s energy market by approximately 110,666 MWh per year while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 122 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year, according to analysis*. The City of Vallejo is the largest community in Solano County with 122,000 residents. MCE has served Solano County since 2015, with the inclusion of the City of Benicia, and will be providing service to unincorporated Solano County in the spring of 2020. Pleasant Hill has a population of approximately 35,000 and is the 15th community in Contra Costa County to join MCE. MCE has been serving Contra Costa County since 2013, beginning with the City of Richmond. El Cerrito and San Pablo joined in 2015, Lafayette and Walnut Creek in 2016, and the communities of Concord, Danville, Martinez, Moraga, Oakley, Pinole, Pittsburg, San Ramon, and unincorporated Contra Costa County in 2018.