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Central Coast Community Energy tells Monterey council batteries bolstered reliability but PCIA offsets most rate cuts
Summary
At an annual update, Central Coast Community Energy told Monterey officials that battery storage helped avoid flex alerts and boosted reliability; 3CE highlighted program grants for municipal fleets and urged council support for bills AB1761 and SB1138 to improve PCIA transparency and resource‑adequacy rules.
Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) gave Monterey’s City Council an annual overview on March 17, saying its contracts will cover roughly 70% renewable energy by 2028 and that recent growth in battery storage helped California avoid flex alerts during last summer’s heat waves.
Sophia Schwarzky, community relations manager at 3CE, told the council 3CE delivered enough renewable energy last year to power more than 350,000 homes and that investments in battery systems ‘‘allow us to capture excess renewable energy when the sun is shining and the wind is blowing’’ and discharge it during evening peaks, reducing reliance on…
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