At TEC, we believe in making connections to create a clean energy future together. We work with community-based organizations, regional energy networks, community choice aggregators, technology companies, and more to achieve our vision of affordable and accessible clean energy for all. We’re proud to announce our newest partnership with one such company: Electriq Power. We’re […]
Category: Policy & Planning
While we reflect on 2023 and look ahead into 2024, we wanted to take a moment to share our 2022 Sustainability Report. Why 2022? Our team spent the last year gathering data, crunching the previous year’s numbers, and establishing a baseline to measure our sustainability work going forward. We put together this report to share […]
As we celebrate the end of another year, TEC is thrilled to announce that the California Strategic Growth Council has officially awarded us an implementation grant to fund a groundbreaking new project: Pomona Activated for Community Transformation and Sustainability (Pomona ACTS). The project, located within the City of Pomona, holds immense potential as a model […]
TEC has worked with the City of West Hollywood for a long time helping them to make their buildings more energy efficient. Now, we are proud to announce a new project to help West Hollywood reach their ambitious climate goals. In WeHo’s Climate Action Plan, they set out to create a more sustainable and equitable […]
California’s energy industry is constantly evolving, with new technologies and regulatory requirements that can make it tough for organizations like BayREN, the Bay Area Regional Energy Network, to keep up with all the latest, especially when it comes to reporting. That’s where TEC comes in! With a long history of supporting regional energy networks, TEC […]
The Energy Coalition is making connections around the globe! Last month, Executive Director Craig Perkins, Director of Energy Innovation Genaro Bugarin, and Director of Policy and Planning Marc Costa met with representatives from Distro Energy and TSI Group at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. At the meeting, they discussed grid reliability, electrification, and […]
Welcome to the debut issue of TEC’s quarterly impact update, where we’ll share news on the events and innovative projects that we’re excited about. Let’s dive in! Energy Project Milestones The Inland Regional Energy Network’s (I-REN) public sector programs are ramping up! TEC staff have been touring across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties to […]
The Energy Coalition is proud to announce the hiring of Felicia Federico as our new Director of Funding and Research. Felicia comes to The Energy Coalition with over 30 years of experience managing multi-disciplinary science and engineering projects and grants. Her expertise is focused on energy, water, environmental justice, and ecosystem protection research. She most […]
The Energy Coalition believes in the power of local communities to create a clean energy future. That’s why we are proud to share that San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a community choice electricity provider in the San Diego area, has selected us to support their latest energy initiative. San Diego Community Power is deepening their […]
At their December board meeting, our partner the Clean Power Alliance (CPA) approved two 15-year power purchase agreements with Pivot Energy (TEC’s implementation partner!) to develop community solar projects as part of our Bassett Avocado Heights Advanced Energy Community (BAAEC) project. The new solar installations will become operational by December 31, 2023 and will serve […]
For the second year in a row, The Energy Coalition has been awarded a Top Workplaces honor by the Orange County Register Top Workplaces! This award is particularly meaningful to TEC because it is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey. The anonymous survey measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to […]
When you think of California’s clean energy goals, your first thought might be shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy. But retrofitting and energy efficiency upgrades should not be overlooked. In a recently published scientific paper co-authored by TEC’s Director of Policy and Planning, Marc Costa, and various environmental and public health experts from UCLA, […]
California’s grid is at a crossroads (no pun intended!) when it comes to electric vehicles: charging up California’s EVs could become a strain on our power grid, or all the battery storage offered by EVs could become a huge opportunity. If the power stored in California’s electric vehicles could be fed back into the grid […]
The Energy Coalition, Green Commuter, the City of South El Monte, and ActiveSGV have received one of only 24 vouchers from the Clean Mobility Options Voucher Pilot Program (CMO) to install eight Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) chargers, launch an electric vehicle carsharing program in South El Monte, and conduct community outreach to spread the […]
The Energy Coalition was proud to present at the Global Forum on Human Settlements conference, which brought together an international community to heed the wake-up call that COVID-19 has offered to combine the post-pandemic recovery of people’s well-being with an aggressive transformation towards sustainability. TEC shared information on our Bassett Avocado Heights Advanced Energy Community […]
The Energy Coalition was proud to recently participate in the 2nd Forum of Local Environmental Authorities, organized by the CC35 Climate Summit of the Americas, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the government of Santiago, Chile. During the meeting, participants explored innovative and scalable solutions for a post-pandemic […]
The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently issued a $9 million grant to TEC for Phase II of the Bassett-Avocado Advanced Energy Community (BAAEC) Project, which aims to provide locally produced renewable energy at-scale to disadvantaged communities in Bassett-Avocado in the San Gabriel Valley. This community will serve as the “site host” of the advanced energy […]
While it is an exciting time for decarbonization and electrification, it is also clear that additional data is needed to inform the development of new legislation, regulations, and programs that support benchmarking and decarbonization. Benchmarking and audit ordinances have historically been framed around energy efficiency and building owner action. However, data collected through benchmarking and […]