About SJCE

SJCE: for you, for me, for our future.

San José Clean Energy, or SJCE, is San José’s local, not-for-profit electricity supplier operated by the City of San José. Since 2019, we have provided clean energy for residents and businesses at competitive rates, while also offering community programs, local control, and more transparency and accessibility.

Our community is at the core of what we do. You’re making a big impact in the fight against climate change just by being our customer. We play a crucial role in meeting San José’s ambitious carbon neutral by 2030 goal and Climate Smart San José, the city’s climate action plan.

How It Works

SOURCE
SJCE

Sourcing and building clean energy

GRID
CALIFORNIA

Flowing clean energy into our state’s power supply

DELIVERY
PG&E

Delivering energy, maintaining lines, serving customers

CUSTOMER
YOU

Using clean energy, preserving the environment

350,000
Customers

receiving 60% or 100% renewable energy

97%
Participation

from eligible customers enrolled in our service

75,000
Customers

have saved over $6M through our SJ Cares program

700
Megawatts

of new renewable energy and battery storage

All revenues stay right here in San José. We’re “owned” by the community.

We don’t have to charge extra to generate a profit or pay dividends to shareholders, which helps keep our prices competitive and stable. Plus, we invest in local programs that create value for all residents here in San José.

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COMPETITIVE PRICES

We don’t charge extra to generate a profit or pay dividends, which keeps our prices competitive and stable.

LOCAL INVESTMENTS

We invest in local programs, such as electric vehicle charging infrastructure and energy efficiency.

RUN BY OUR COMMUNITY

The San José City Council unanimously voted to create SJCE in May 2017.

SJCE is governed by your San José City Council, with input from a Community Advisory Commission. All SJCE decisions are made by Council during public meetings, where customers are welcome to speak and give feedback:

City Council meets every Tuesday at 1:30 pm. City Council Agendas are posted one week in advance, and meetings are livestreamed. To watch or participate in a meeting visit the City website.
The Advisory Commission meets monthly. Advisory Commission agendas are posted one week in advance.

A PROVEN CONCEPT

Communities throughout California are already benefiting from their own locally controlled electricity providers: over 10 million residents and businesses have collectively saved millions of dollars and cut greenhouse gas emissions drastically. There are ten Northern California Community Choice Energy programs similar to San José Clean Energy.

Silicon Valley Clean Energy – Serving Santa Clara County except San José
Peninsula Clean Energy – Serving San Mateo County
Sonoma Clean Power – Serving Sonoma and Mendocino Counties
MCE Clean Energy – Serving Marin, Napa, and Contra Costa Counties
CleanPowerSF – Serving San Francisco
East Bay Community Energy – Serving Alameda County
Central Coast Community Energy– Serving Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties and parts of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties
Valley Clean Energy – Serving the cities of Woodland and Davis and unincorporated Yolo County
Pioneer Community Energy – Serving Placer County
Redwood Coast Energy Authority – Serving Humboldt County

A PROVEN CONCEPT

There are currently 24 Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs), also known as Community Choice Energy (CCE) programs, serving more than 11 million customers in over 200 counties, cities, and towns in California. More CCAs will be formed in the near future.

CCAs provide competitively priced clean energy options to customers and reinvest revenues into our communities to achieve greenhouse gas reductions and health benefits. CCAs will continue to collectively make progress toward a clean energy future by investing in long term projects that will result in more than 11,000 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy for the California grid.

We are public agencies led by staff with decades of experience in the energy industry and municipal utilities. As not-for-profits, CCAs keep costs competitive by not having shareholders and maintaining a public service culture of customer accountability.

CCAs operate under various models which include:

Types of CCAs

Single jurisdiction – A city or county individually establishes and operates a CCA as an enterprise fund within the municipality.
Joint Powers Authority – an independent, public agency that operates a CCA on behalf of its member municipalities.
Hybrid Joint Powers Authority – communities contract for the services that they need to operate a CCA by joining an existing joint powers authority as an associate member.
Commercial Vendor Package – a private company manages the CCA on behalf of local government(s).

Below is a list of CCAs in California where you can learn more about their operations, projects, and programs:

SJCE: for you, for me, for our future.

How It Works

SOURCE SJCE

GRID CALIFORNIA

DELIVERY PG&E

CUSTOMER YOU

350,000 Customers

97% Participation

75,000 Customers

700 Megawatts

All revenues stay right here in San José. We’re “owned” by the community.

COMPETITIVE PRICES

LOCAL INVESTMENTS

RUN BY OUR COMMUNITY

A PROVEN CONCEPT

A PROVEN CONCEPT

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SOURCE
SJCE

GRID
CALIFORNIA

DELIVERY
PG&E

CUSTOMER
YOU

350,000
Customers

97%
Participation

75,000
Customers

700
Megawatts