CCA money · The city's own electricity
What cities pay for their own electricity under a CCA
A member city chooses a product for its own buildings, streetlights and pumps, like any customer. These are the costs and savings its staff reported — usually a small saving on the default product and a premium for 100% renewable power.
Read from the councils' own documents — check the source. Each figure was copied from a staff report, budget, financial statement or set of minutes, by a person or by a language model whose quote had to be found word for word in the document. Every figure links to the passage it came from; the city's original file is the official record. Updated 2026-10-20.
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| Date | City | CCA | Figure | What it is | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | Pinole | MCE | $623,492.15 a year · city pays · actual / audited | Pinole's total electricity cost across its 821 municipal accounts over the past 12 months, currently on MCE Light Green, was about $623,492.15. product: Light Green | passage · city original |
| 2025-01-28 | Buena Park | Orange County Power Authority | $55,000 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Switching Buena Park's municipal accounts from OCPA 100% Renewable Choice to Smart Choice would save the city about $55,000 per year. product: Smart Choice · compared with OCPA 100% Renewable Choice | passage · city original |
| 2024-09-17 | Huntington Beach | Orange County Power Authority | approximately $200,000 annually city pays more | Kalmick: returning to SCE raised the City's energy costs 2–3 percent, about $200,000 a year (councilmember's estimate). | passage · city original |
| 2024-06-18 | Pleasanton | Ava Community Energy | $80,000 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Pleasanton estimates saving about $80,000 per year ($320,000 over four years) on municipal electricity by switching from Ava's Renewable 100 to Bright Choice starting July 2024. product: Bright Choice · compared with Renewable 100 | passage · city original |
| 2024-05-15 | Pacific Grove | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | $8,800 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Switching City facilities from 3Cchoice to 3Cprime would cost the City about $8,800 more per year in electricity, an estimate based on 2022 usage. product: 3Cprime · compared with 3Cchoice | passage · city original |
| 2024-05-07 | Goleta | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | $9,305 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Switching Goleta's municipal accounts to 3CE's 3C Prime 100% renewable tier would raise the city's electricity costs about $9,305 per year, starting July 2024. product: 3C Prime · compared with 3C Choice | passage · city original |
| 2024-04-17 | Santa Paula | Clean Power Alliance | 3% or $6,601 annually city pays more | The 66 city accounts kept on 100% Green cost 3%, $6,601 a year, more. | passage · city original |
| 2024-04-16 | Huntington Beach | Orange County Power Authority | three percent (3%) city pays more | Councilmember Kalmick: HB's electric costs will rise 3% once OCPA no longer supplies the City. | passage · city original |
| 2024-03-28 | Oakland | Ava Community Energy | $688,000 per year city pays more | Upgrading all Oakland municipal accounts to Renewable 100 would cost about $688,000 a year, via the Facilities fund (60–70% General Purpose Fund). | passage · city original |
| 2024-02-27 | Mountain View | Silicon Valley Clean Energy | 7% city pays more · estimate / proposal | SVCE's GreenPrime rate increase from 0.8 to 1.5 cents per kWh raises the City's electric bills about 7% starting February 2024, requiring added budget. product: GreenPrime | passage · city original |
| 2024-02-06 | San Luis Obispo | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | 24% a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | City utilities staff expect electricity costs for CCA customers to rise an additional 24% starting January 2024, affecting the city's Water Fund electricity costs. | passage · city original |
| 2024-01-30 | Goleta | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | $10,000 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Switching Goleta's municipal accounts to 3CE's 3C Prime 100% renewable product would raise the city's electricity costs by about $10,000 per year, based on 2022 usage. product: 3C Prime · compared with 3C Choice | passage · city original |
| 2024-01-30 | Goleta | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | $7,000 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Initial 3CE estimate using 2023 data: switching Goleta's municipal accounts to 3C Prime would raise the city's electricity costs by about $7,000 per year. product: 3C Prime · compared with 3C Choice | passage · city original |
| 2023-06-20 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | $100k a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Fremont projects about $100,000 more per year on its own electricity bill after opting all City operations up to EBCE's Renewable 100 plan. product: Renewable 100 | passage · city original |
| 2023-06-07 | Santa Paula | Clean Power Alliance | 7.8% increase or $95,413 city pays more | CPA estimate for Santa Paula's 78 accounts ($1,231,098 a year): a 100% Green default would add $95,413 (7.8%); council chose 100% Green. | passage · city original |
| 2023-06-07 | Santa Paula | Clean Power Alliance | 0.6% increase or $7,833 city pays more | If streetlights and water pumping opted out, 100% Green would add $7,833 (0.6%) a year to city accounts. | passage · city original |
| 2023-06-07 | Santa Paula | Clean Power Alliance | $1,141 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | If Santa Paula opts out street lighting and water pumping accounts and picks the Clean tier, its FY2023-24 electricity costs would rise an estimated $1,141 versus SCE. product: Clean Power · compared with SCE | passage · city original |
| 2023-06-07 | Santa Paula | Clean Power Alliance | $893 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | If Santa Paula opts out of street light and water pumping accounts and chooses Lean, it would save an estimated $893 in FY2023-24 electricity costs versus SCE. product: Lean Power · compared with SCE | passage · city original |
| 2023-05-02 | San Luis Obispo | Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) | $20k a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Estimated $20,000 annual cost for the city's facilities to buy 100% carbon-free electricity from 3CE starting in 2023, cutting emissions by 521 MTE. product: 3CE Prime (100% clean electricity) | passage · city original |
| 2023-04-04 | Fullerton | Orange County Power Authority | $38,000 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Fullerton's municipal accounts on OCPA's Basic Choice 38% product are estimated to save about $38,000 in 2023 versus comparable SCE generation rates. product: Basic Choice 38% · compared with SCE generation rates | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | Orange County Power Authority | $234,830 city saves · estimate / proposal | Estimated savings for the City's 462 municipal accounts if switched from OCPA 100% Renewable Choice to Basic Choice; period not stated. product: Basic Choice · compared with 100% Renewable Choice plan | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | Orange County Power Authority | Approx. S212k city pays more | Feb 2022 staff estimate: 100% Renewable Choice for city accounts would cost HB about $212k a year more than Basic ('S' is OCR for '$'). | passage · city original |
| 2023-01-17 | Huntington Beach | Orange County Power Authority | Approx. $ 141k city pays more | Feb 2022 staff estimate (re-attached 2023): putting city accounts on Smart Choice would cost HB about $141k a year more than Basic Choice. | passage · city original |
| 2022-11-29 | Berkeley | Ava Community Energy | $94,000 city pays more · approved / budgeted | Berkeley Council allotted $94,000 in 2019 to cover the first-year incremental cost of switching municipal facilities to EBCE's Renewable 100 product. product: Renewable 100 | passage · city original |
| 2022-10-26 | Camarillo | Clean Power Alliance | $240,750 city pays more · approved / budgeted | Council approved appropriating $240,750 from General Fund balances (incl. Lighting/Landscaping) for the estimated electricity cost increase of moving city accounts from SCE to Clean Power Alliance Green. product: Green · compared with Southern California Edison | passage · city original |
| 2022-10-26 | Camarillo | Clean Power Alliance | $68,490 city pays more · approved / budgeted | Council approved moving remaining city and sanitary district accounts from SCE to Clean Power Alliance Green, appropriating $68,490 from Sanitary District fund balance for the estimated electricity cost increase. product: Green · compared with Southern California Edison | passage · city original |
| 2022-10-26 | Camarillo | Clean Power Alliance | $17,550 city pays more · approved / budgeted | Council approved appropriating fund balance for the estimated electricity cost increase of $17,550 to the Water Utility Fund from moving accounts from SCE to Clean Power Alliance Green. product: Green · compared with Southern California Edison | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-20 | Paramount | Clean Power Alliance | $416,445 city pays more · estimate / proposal | Approximate cost of the City's municipal electricity accounts under Clean Power Alliance's proposed 100% Green Power tier, 2.86% above the Clean Power tier. product: 100% Green Power · compared with Clean Power tier ($404,887) and Lean Power (current, $401,025) | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-20 | Paramount | Clean Power Alliance | $16,500 city pays more · estimate / proposal | Moving all Paramount municipal electricity accounts from Lean Power to 100% Green Power would cost the city about $16,500 more, per CPA projections, budgeted at FY 2023 midyear. product: 100% Green Power · compared with Lean Power (36% renewable energy) | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-06 | Buena Park | Orange County Power Authority | $154,691 city pays more | Same estimate: 100% Renewable Choice would cost city facilities $154,691 a year more; BP put most accounts on 100%, water accounts on Basic. | passage · city original |
| 2022-09-06 | Buena Park | Orange County Power Authority | $103,127 per year city pays more | Buena Park's Feb 2022 study session, quoted by the Grand Jury: Smart Choice would cost city facilities $103,127 a year more. | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $947,303 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Estimated annual cost for Livermore municipal accounts to enroll in EBCE Renewable 100 under FY 2022-23 rates, $70,389 more than PG&E generation. product: Renewable 100 · compared with PG&E | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $850,607 a year · city pays · estimate / proposal | Estimated annual cost for Livermore's municipal accounts under EBCE Bright Choice at 3% below PG&E rates, about $26,307 less than PG&E, under the FY 2022-23 rate structure. product: Bright Choice · compared with PG&E | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $96,696 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Switching Livermore's municipal accounts to EBCE Renewable 100 would cost about $96,696 more per year than Bright Choice, based on 2021 usage. product: Renewable 100 · compared with Bright Choice | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $70,389 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Enrolling Livermore's municipal accounts in EBCE Renewable 100 would cost the city about $70,389 more per year than PG&E generation rates, based on 2021 usage. product: Renewable 100 · compared with PG&E generation rates | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $70,388 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Livermore's municipal accounts on EBCE Renewable 100 would cost about $70,388 more per year than PG&E, per the staff presentation. product: Renewable 100 · compared with PG&E | passage · city original |
| 2022-07-25 | Livermore | Ava Community Energy | $26,307 a year · city saves · estimate / proposal | Under EBCE's FY 2022-23 rates, Livermore's municipal accounts on Bright Choice would cost about $26,307 less per year than PG&E generation rates. product: Bright Choice · compared with PG&E | passage · city original |
| 2022-06-06 | San Jose | San José Clean Energy | $980,000 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Switching all City operations electricity accounts to SJCE's TotalGreen service is estimated to cost the city about $980,000 more each fiscal year, including the Airport. product: TotalGreen | passage · city original |
| 2022-04-05 | Redondo Beach | Clean Power Alliance | $1,174,260 a year · city pays · estimate / proposal | Redondo Beach would pay about $1.17 million annually for its 248 municipal accounts on Clean Power (50% clean), versus $1.21 million for 100% Green, at current rates. product: Clean Power (50% clean) · compared with 100% Green Power ($1,209,998) | passage · city original |
| 2022-04-05 | Redondo Beach | Clean Power Alliance | $35,738 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Redondo Beach would pay about $35,738 more per year for its 248 municipal CPA accounts by switching from Clean Power (50%) to 100% Green Power, at current rates. product: 100% Green Power · compared with Clean Power (50% clean) | passage · city original |
| 2022-03-15 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | $624,682 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Estimated annual generation cost for Fremont's city accounts if moved to EBCE Renewable 100, about $100,185 more than the current Bright Choice spending of $524,497. product: Renewable 100 · compared with Bright Choice | passage · city original |
| 2022-03-15 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | $524,497 a year · city pays · estimate / proposal | Fremont currently spends about $524,497 per year on generation charges to EBCE for city accounts on Bright Choice; Renewable 100 would cost about $100,185 more annually. product: Bright Choice · compared with Renewable 100 ($624,682) | passage · city original |
| 2022-03-15 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | $100,185 a year · city pays more · estimate / proposal | Fremont would spend about $100,185 more per year on its own electricity accounts by moving from EBCE Bright Choice to Renewable 100, proposed for the FY 2022/23 budget. product: Renewable 100 · compared with Bright Choice | passage · city original |
| 2022-03-15 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | 10% city pays more · estimate / proposal | Fremont's own electricity accounts would cost about 10% more than PG&E rates under EBCE's Renewable 100 product, versus a 1% discount under Bright Choice. product: Renewable 100 · compared with PG&E rates | passage · city original |
| 2022-03-15 | Fremont | Ava Community Energy | 1% city saves · estimate / proposal | Bright Choice, an EBCE product for Fremont's municipal accounts, is priced at a 1% discount to PG&E rates, as an option versus Renewable 100 at a 10% premium. product: Bright Choice · compared with PG&E | passage · city original |