SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a call for
proposals for renewable energy developers to build new projects for a
clean energy program available to PG&E customers.
The sites are for PG&E’s Regional
Renewable Choice program that will expand renewable energy access by
enabling customers to work directly with developers of new renewable
projects. Through the program, customers will have the option to work
with developers and subscribe to the output from a new renewable project
equaling between 25 and 100 percent of their electricity use.
Participating customers will pay the developers for the new energy
directly, and receive a bill credit from PG&E on their monthly energy
statement.
“The Regional Renewable Choice program is part of our ongoing commitment
to support the growth of solar and other renewable energy sources in
California. This program enables our customers to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from their electricity usage and allows them to directly be a
part of California’s clean energy future,” said PG&E Vice President of
Customer Energy Solutions Aaron Johnson.
PG&E is seeking proposals from local renewable energy developers across
Northern and Central California to build small- and mid-sized renewable
projects ranging from 0.5 to 20 megawatts for the Regional Renewable
Choice program. The energy for these new projects can be from renewable
resources including but not limited to solar, wind or biomass.
This program offers renewable energy developers an opportunity to submit
proposals starting April 26, 2017 through noon Pacific Time on May 26,
2017. Projects will be chosen through a competitive bidding process and
are expected to be selected by August 2017. This request for offers
calls for a development target of 150 megawatts of renewable resources.
To submit a proposal, renewable energy developers can visit the
Regional Renewable Choice website.
The Regional Renewable Choice program is Green-e®
Energy Certified. Green-e Energy is the nation's leading independent
consumer protection program for renewable energy, and sets environmental
and consumer-protection standards established by the nonprofit Center
for Resource Solutions.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with more than 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the
nation’s cleanest energy to nearly 16 million people in Northern and
Central California. For more information, visit www.pge.com/
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