Description: Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated the Oakland Clean Energy Initiative to replace a 40-year-old fossil fuel power plant located in Oakland, CA with local clean energy and battery storage. East Bay Community Energy, the local Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) agency, contracted with distributed energy resource providers to create a network of batteries and rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. They will be installed in more than 500 low income households around the city, prioritizing West Oakland, which has long experienced poor air quality. The batteries will feed energy back into the grid in times of peak demand. The solar PV panels will feed energy to residents who will enjoy lower energy bills.

Goal: Fossil fuel peaker plant replacement: Replace jet-fuel-powered “peaker plant” with “virtual power plant” to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs)