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Peninsula Clean Energy to rebrand as Westlight Energy; council approves JPA amendment
Summary
Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Sean Marshall told the council about a decade of local investments and budgeted community grants, and council approved the change of name and associated JPA amendment introducing 'Westlight Energy' (branding rollout planned for summer).
Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Sean Marshall updated the council about the community choice aggregator's 10-year record of local investment and requested support for a JPA amendment to change the agency's public name to Westlight Energy.
Marshall said PCE has delivered roughly $230 million in customer savings countywide since inception and close to $27 million in savings to San Mateo customers. He highlighted local infrastructure investments exceeding $100 million over the past decade, including a solar carport and more than 700 EV chargers in San Mateo, a $1.4 million member-agency energy grant to the city, and new residential solar-plus-storage programs. Marshall said the agency plans a branding change to reduce customer confusion with the investor-owned utility and to better reflect its broader service territory; the rollout was described as planned for July with a formal office move later in the year.
Council voted to introduce and approve the requested JPA amendment/name change measure at the council meeting's later item and approved the ordinance/resolution on roll call (5-0).
What happens next: The agency will begin a coordinated communications plan; staff flagged a future consent item for the formal JPA amendment paperwork.
