Our CEO Howard Chang sat down with San Francisco Business Times ' William Hicks to discuss how Ava is leading the East Bay’s green energy transition while saving our customers an estimated $23M a year. “We’ve had significant generation capacity increases over the last several years. We’ve been heavily procuring and have over a gigawatt of new renewable energy resources that includes clean storage that we’re bringing online, and we’re seeing that throughout the state of California.” More about Ava’s latest projects, expansion plans and Howard’s predictions for the future of energy: https://lnkd.in/gSgUQKXT
Ava Community Energy
Utilities
Oakland, California 4,105 followers
Powering Alameda County and the Valley – your local, not-for-profit electricity supplier.
About us
Ava Community Energy (Ava), formerly East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), is the local, not-for-profit electricity supplier powering Alameda County and the City of Tracy (electricity service to the Cities of Stockton and Lathrop will begin in 2025). Ava provides clean, green energy at low rates to our 640,000 customers. We reinvest earnings back into the community to create local green energy jobs, local programs, and clean power projects. Ava member cities include Albany, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Newark, Oakland, Piedmont, Pleasanton, San Leandro, Stockton, Tracy, and Union City. The unincorporated areas of Alameda County (including Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, Fairview, San Lorenzo, and Sunol) are also served by Ava.
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http://avaenergy.org/
External link for Ava Community Energy
- Industry
- Utilities
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 2016
- Specialties
- solar, wind, renewable energy, battery storage, community, and public power
Locations
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Primary
1999 Harrison St. Suite 2300
Oakland, California 94612, US
Employees at Ava Community Energy
Updates
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Are you interested in learning about how demand forecasts relate to Resource Adequacy, Integrated Resource Planning, Transmission and Distribution Planning? Karen Lee, Power Resources Manager at Ava, will be presenting on the impact of load forecasting on Ava’s RA procurement costs and programs during this California Energy Commission IEPR workshop on October 2nd. Details: https://lnkd.in/gBiYd3WU
IEPR Commissioner Workshop on Forecast Use in Electricity System Planning
energy.ca.gov
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Have you ever read our occasional From the CEO's Desk newsletter? Check out this most recent issue, and the first from our new CEO, Howard Chang! Articles range from interviews with staff to deep dives on virtual power plants and Ava's value proposition. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g4uRxFUn
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We're excited for Brett Wiley and Dominic Faria to attend the 2024 National Community Choice Aggregation Conference in Washington, D.C in early October! The conference will help us connect with other power suppliers, developers, community leaders, advocacy groups, state regulators, and state and federal agencies to explore our collective role in scaling the climate transition. Brett will moderate the panel discussion on Scaling Transportation Electrification and Charging Infrastructure Through CCA. More information: https://lnkd.in/g-wgDsnu #CCA2024 #CCAconf #CommunityChoiceAggregation
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Some Ava staff are headed to the Motor City next week for Forth Roadmap, the nation's premier electric transportation conference. Lori Bilella, Vanessa "V" Gerber, and Brett Wiley will be engaging with and learning from their fellow #EV & #charging leaders. Brett will also be leading a roundtable (Wed, Sept 24, 12:15pm) on "Delivering Equitable #Ebike Programs". #RoadmapForth Details: www.roadmapforth.org
Forth Roadmap Conference
roadmapforth.org
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We're gonna need more grid to move to a zero-carbon power supply. But new power lines are expensive and slow to build. New technologies can make it possible to get the most out of what we have. Read an explainer on grid tech in the new Ava newsletter. https://lnkd.in/gUSRhZcb
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The new issue of our "CEO's Desk" newsletter is out! Read stories on -- - how batteries are keeping the grid running in hot weather - how technology is making the grid smarter - the REAL benefits of VIRTUAL power plants - our always-shifting financial environment - an interview with our new CEO Howard Chang https://lnkd.in/gjjtgiBH
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We're excited to announce the launch of our new website! Many months in the works, our new site has a new streamlined navigation, new content, new features, and a whole new look. We hope you like it 🤩 Check it out for yourself: AvaEnergy.org
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Happy #NationalDogDay from the dogs of Ava! Stop by our booth at an event to get your own Ava bandana and a temporary tattoo of a dog on an eBike 🐶
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This #WorldPhotoDay we're sharing some exciting moments from the past few months 📸 ☀️🔋 The Daggett 3 Solar and Storage ribbon cutting in San Bernardino County 🔋 The Kola Energy Center groundbreaking ceremony in San Joaquin County ☀️🔋 The Scarlet I Solar and Storage ribbon cutting in Fresno County ⚡ Construction of our very first EV fast charging station in Oakland (stay tuned for details!)