The Sonoma Coast Incentive Project will provide $6.75 million in incentives for the installation of electric vehicle chargers in Sonoma and Mendocino counties over the next three years.
Today’s electric vehicles are essentially big batteries on wheels, with a significant capacity to store and discharge energy. The average utilization of privately owned vehicles is 5%, meaning that the average battery on wheels is underutilized for the vast majority of its useful life.
A California electricity provider is making EVs cheaper — way cheaper in Sonoma and Mendocino counties — with free home chargers to boot.
After we reported on insane Nissan LEAF group buys in Colorado, Texas, Kansas, and Missouri that bring the cost of a new Nissan LEAF down as low as $11,510 after all tax credits and discounts, Brant Arthur let us know about yet another EV group buy — for Nissan LEAF and BMW i3 buyers or lessees.
The prominent electric vehicle charging solutions company eMotorWerks will be supplying 1,000 free smart, cloud-connected charging units to Sonoma Clean Power customers as part of a new program from the Californian utility company, according to an email sent to CleanTechnica and EV Obsession.
Originally published on the ECOreport. In March of 2016, San Mateo County joined with 20 of its cities to found California’s fourth CCA (Community Choice Aggregate). Though the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA) will continue to obtain electricity through PG&E’s existing power lines, it will also provide San Mateo residents with cleaner and greener energy … [continued]
Originally Published in the ECOreport Some call California’s Assembly Bill 2145 “the Monopoly Protection Act,” or a “CCA killer.” They believe that it was designed to protect large utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) from communities that would prefer to form their own utilities (CCA). The origins of this … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. California Senate Bill 790 (SB 790) bans utility companies from using ratepayer funds for negative publicity campaigns against local community utilities ( community choice aggregators, or CCA). They are now required to file the details of any anti-CCA marketing with the California Public Utilities Commission. Only … [continued]
