Renewable energy facilities create electricity that is delivered to a network of transmission wires, often referred to as “the grid”. The grid is segmented into regional power pools and in many cases, these pools are not interconnected. To help facilitate the sale of renewable electricity nationally, a system was established that separates renewable energy generation
Clean/green energy is carbon-free energy that creates little to no greenhouse gas emissions. This is in contrast to fossil fuels, which produce a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide and methane. Renewable energy is energy that comes from resources that are naturally replenished such as sunlight, wind, water, and geothermal heat. Unlike
We are required to report to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Energy Commission (CEC) on an annual basis to verify the amount of renewable energy procured for our customers. This is the same standard and verification process used by other California utilities, such as Southern California Edison.
Pomona Choice Energy contracts with private firms to procure energy. Moving forward, we plan to incorporate steadily increasing amounts of renewable energy, with a goal of incorporating locally generated power.
Pomona Choice Energy gets its electricity from suppliers that have gone through a rigorous qualification and selection process. These suppliers, much like Southern California Edison, get their electricity from a variety of generation sources. The exact proportion of each varies with time, based on demand and availability.
Pomona Choice Energy produces clean and renewable electricity on behalf of our customers. Each electricity product has a different percentage of renewable energy. Our standard product, Pomona Choice, is at minimum State renewable content, and our Pomona Choice 100 product consists of 100% renewable energy.
No. Southern California Edison continues to provide electric delivery, billing, and power line maintenance. We only replace the electric generation services with your choice of our Pomona Choice default energy or Pomona Choice 100 green energy at competitive rates.
Pomona Choice provides electric generation, which is the source of your power, but Southern California Edison continues to provide electric delivery and billing services just as they always have. Southern California Edison still owns and reads your electric meter, sends your monthly bill, and provides the same maintenance and other repair services they always have.
The City Council of the City of Pomona is the governing body for Pomona Choice Energy. Operations of the program is administered by Pomona city staff and consultants.
When California deregulated the energy market in 1997, many Californians switched to alternative energy providers. Following the energy crisis of 2000-01, consumer choice of electricity providers was suspended. As a response to the closing of the open market, Assembly Bill 117 was passed in 2002 to establish Community Choice Aggregation, which offers an opportunity for