High Rates and Power Outages: What’s Going on and What is Peninsula Clean Energy?

The California energy system is undergoing a dramatic transformation towards cleaner and more efficient energy sources. At the same time, residents and businesses are seeing challenges like high rates and outages. How are these related and what is Peninsula Clean Energy doing about them? Peninsula Clean Energy is San Mateo County’s locally-led, not-for-profit electricity provider. Founded in 2016, the agency provides electricity that is 100% clean at a lower cost than our area’s investor-owned utility.