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Central Coast Community Energy briefs Solvang council on storage, EV programs and near‑term affordability risks
Summary
Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) presented its annual partnership update to the Solvang City Council, emphasizing growth in renewable procurement, rapid expansion of battery storage, customer programs including electrify-your-ride grants and an outlook that federal tax changes could raise utility-scale costs.
Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) told the Solvang City Council on Oct. 13 that it is expanding renewables and energy‑storage contracts across the Central Coast and urged customers to take advantage of incentive programs while federal tax changes remain in flux.
Spencer Brandt, 3CE community relations manager, told the council that the agency serves 30 cities across five counties and delivered 409 megawatts of renewable energy in 2024, “enough to power more than 350,000 homes.” He described energy storage as increasingly essential to reliability and affordability because it stores abundant mid‑day solar for the evening peak.
Brandt highlighted examples showing how battery storage deployed in recent heat events filled evening…
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