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Central Coast Community Energy tells Seaside it's moving toward more renewables and battery storage
Summary
Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) briefed Seaside City Council on its progress toward 70% renewable supply by September 2028, the role of battery storage in avoiding outages, customer programs including a residential battery rebate (up to $13,000) and municipal fleet incentives, and expected near‑term rate and PCIA changes.
Sofia Swierczki, community relations manager for Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), told the Seaside City Council on Jan. 15 that the publicly owned agency is accelerating its clean‑energy portfolio and investing in battery storage to stabilize supply during peak demand. Swierczki said 3CE currently serves about 1.2 million people and ‘‘has contracts in place to supply 70% of our load with renewable energy by September 2028,’’ a step she said places the agency ahead of California goals.
Swierczki highlighted recent and planned investments, including the Willow Rock compressed‑air energy storage project (planned to provide 200 megawatts for 3CE customers) and smaller solar‑plus‑storage projects (Aratina, Atlas and Victory Pass). She said battery systems let utilities capture excess daytime renewable…
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