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Central Coast Community Energy touts local investments, battery storage while fielding safety and program questions
Summary
3CE told the Gonzales City Council it serves about 1.2 million customers, described utility-scale and residential battery programs, and said the agency has invested funds for electrification in Gonzales; council members pressed the agency about project locations, incentives and lithium battery safety.
Sofia Schwartzke, community relations manager for Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), briefed the Gonzales City Council on June 2 about 3CE programs, local investments and battery storage projects and answered council questions about incentives, locations and safety.
“3CE provides clean and renewable energy to 1,200,000 people, which is about 94% of eligible customers,” Schwartzke said during her presentation.
Schwartzke highlighted several large projects and battery-storage facilities that 3CE has contracted with or invested in, and described residential and…
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