Retail Supplier Chosen For New California Community Choice Aggregation

The board of directors of the recently established Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA) community choice aggregation in San Mateo County, California, has selected Direct Energy as PCEA’s Energy Service Provider for its first phase rollout.

PCEA, formed in March 2016, is a joint powers authority made up of the County of San Mateo and the 20 cities in the County.

Direct Energy was selected through a competitive process to supply customers to be initially enrolled in the first phase of the program in October of 2016. The first phase is comprised of approximately 20 percent of residential accounts as well as all small to medium sized commercial accounts throughout San Mateo County.

This confirmation agreement with Direct Energy is for a 51 month term, running from October 2016 through December 2020.

Customers in San Mateo County will be enrolled in a 50% renewable default option, branded as ECOplus, which is also said to be 75% carbon free. PCEA said the rate for this plan is about 5% below PG&E's rate.

Account holders have the opportunity to opt up to a 100 percent renewable option branded as ECO100.

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