Peninsula Clean Energy outlines discounted clean-power products, rebates and free electrification for income-qualified residents

Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) representatives told the Town of Woodside’s Climate and Sustainability Committee that the agency has saved customers about $185,000,000 on electricity-generation costs since 2016 and reduced emissions from its electricity portfolio by roughly 98% over that period.

"We have saved all of our customers $185,000,000 on electricity bills since 2016," said Kirsten Andrew Schwind, associate director of community relations and climate equity at PCE. She described two retail products: EcoPlus, the default countywide offering that PCE said runs at a discount to PG&E’s generation rates, and Eco100, an opt-up product with a slightly higher premium for a different resource mix.

Why it matters: PCE purchases generation on behalf of county customers and contracts for new renewable projects (solar, wind, geothermal and some hydro). That purchasing role is what allows PCE to present lower generation costs while delivering a cleaner generation mix, officials said.

PCE also outlined customer-facing programs it said aim to lower barriers to electrification. Those include a general-contractor-style service to manage whole-home electrification projects; an emergency water-heater replacement program that PCE said can restore hot water within 48 hours; income-qualified full‑home electrification at no cost; rebates (PCE cited a $1,500 heat-pump water-heater incentive and a $2,000 used‑EV rebate as examples, and advised residents to check the agency’s incentive finder for current amounts); and a 0% loan option that spreads remaining out‑of‑pocket costs across the utility bill.

Kirsten urged residents to use PCE’s online rebate finder, which aggregates utility, municipal, state and federal incentives and can be filtered by homeowner/renter status and income. She said the program is designed to reduce the paperwork and contractor coordination that often slow retrofits: "If you want to electrify your house, you can just call us and we'll be your general contractor," she said.

What PCE did not promise: Kirsten cautioned some incentive amounts are changing and recommended residents verify current rebates on PCE’s incentive finder rather than relying on figures stated in the presentation.

Next steps: PCE staff recommended residents contact the agency’s energy adviser or call its customer line for case-specific questions and for assistance finding eligible contractors and available incentives.