Peninsula Clean Energy
Update for South San Francisco
City Council
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Jan Pepper, CEO
March 8, 2023
Peninsula Clean Energy
What is Peninsula Clean Energy?
• Community choice energy
not-for-profit public agency
• JPA launched in 2016
• Each city council in San Mateo
County, including South San
Francisco, and the County Board
of Supervisors, voted
unanimously to join in 2016
2 Members of Peninsula Clean Energy’s
founding Board of Directors in 2016
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How it works
3 Generation
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Delivery
PG&E
Savings
You
96% of electricity customers use
Peninsula Clean Energy in South San Francisco
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Energy choices for South San Francisco
4 Automatically enrolled
50% renewable
100% carbon-free
5% lower rates than PG&E
Upgrade choice
100% renewable
Only about $4 more per
month for average consumer
Peninsula Clean Energy 5
Peninsula Clean Energy
Clean energy – 50% renewable, 100% clean
6 Renewable: solar, wind, geothermal, small hydropower
Clean: large hydropower
Peninsula Clean Energy
Our 24/7 renewable power goal
Cost-effectively deliver
100% renewable energy
in every hour of every
day for our 310,000+
customers by 2025
7 Peninsula Clean Energy
Getting to 24/7: Procure Renewable Energy and Use Storage to Shift Renewable Energy Timing
8 Note: Does not represent Peninsula Clean Energy’s Actual Portfolio Peninsula Clean Energy
Partnering with communities to go 100% GHG-free
9 Make electricity as clean as possible…
and electrify everything.
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Community-wide emissions
10 • 2019 greenhouse gas
inventory for San Mateo
County
• Focus on moving off
fossil fuels in
transportation and
buildings
Electricity
6.4%
Methane from
Buildings
28.9%
Transportation
49.7%
Stationary Sources
5.0%
Solid Waste
9.4%
Wastewater
0.4%
Water
0.1%
San Mateo County-Wide 2019 GHG Emissions
Note: Peninsula Clean Energy
has reduced its emission factor
by another 4% since 2019.
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Reach Codes
11 • 18 cities in San Mateo County,
including South San Francisco,
have adopted reach codes
• Electrification of buildings is a
key opportunity to reduce
emissions
• We partner with cities to
provide technical assistance
& model codes
Peninsula Clean Energy
Programs to support our community
• Electric Vehicles &
Charging Infrastructure
• Electric Bicycles
• Solar + Battery Storage
• Electric Water Heaters
• Home Upgrades
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community-programs
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Partnering with schools
• Our partnerships enhance energy literacy in the
classroom and empower students to contribute to
climate action
• 505 Students served in 2021 and 2022*
• 503 students who received sustainability curriculum from participants of the Teacher Fellowship and who attend
schools in the South San Francisco Unified School
District
• 2 Youth Climate Ambassadors
*in the South San Francisco Unified School District 13
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All-electric highlights in South San Francisco
14 • 138 EV Ports to be constructed in
South San Francisco are
currently in the pipeline
• 2 South San Francisco residents
currently serve on our Citizens
Advisory Committee
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Additional partnerships with South San Francisco
• Membership on Peninsula Clean Energy’s
Board of Directors: Councilmember James
Coleman is our Director representing South
San Francisco and Mayor Flor Nicolas is our
South San Francisco Alternate Board Member
• Former South San Francisco Mayor Pradeep
Gupta has served as a Director Emeritus
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Thank you!
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@PenCleanEnergy
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