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January 2024
Happy New Year! Keep reading to learn about your chance to join the Community Advisory Committee, open roles at Ava, a new executive level position focused on you: our customers, and how PG&E's new rates affect your electricity bill.
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 Ava Community Energy’s Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is made up of residents and business owners from across Ava’s service area. Apply to join the CAC!
The CAC acts as a liaison between community stakeholders and Ava’s Board of Directors, holding public committee meetings on a regular basis. The CAC consists of 12 Members and 5 Alternates. Members are expected to attend regular, monthly meetings, which typically take place in the evening hours on the third Monday of the month.
Open positions include: One Member representing Alameda County’s Eastern region (which includes Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin), one Member representing Alameda County’s Northern Region (which includes Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, Piedmont), and five Alternates (one for each of the CAC's five Service Area Regions)
Ava strives to ensure a diversity of members and alternates based on location, population, work experience, and community interest. Applications are due by 12:00 PM on Monday, March 4, 2024. Learn more and apply here.
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Annie Henderson, formerly Ava's Vice President of Marketing and Account Services, has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer. The new position underscores Ava's continued commitment to bettering customers' transition to clean energy.
This appointment signifies Ava’s ongoing focus on improving the customer experience as it delivers clean, affordable power to residents throughout Alameda and San Joaquin Counties.
“As employee number four at East Bay Community Energy, now Ava Community Energy, Annie has an unparalleled understanding of our mission and our constituents’ needs,” said Nick Chaset, CEO of Ava. “She exemplifies trustworthy and actionable leadership in the clean energy sector and in the communities we serve.”
Read more about the new position.
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 Photo: California Public Utilities Commission Building in San Francisco
On January 1, 2024 PG&E implemented a significant rate increase for all customers, including customers of Ava Community Energy.
The largest increases affect the transmission and delivery portion of your electricity bill. Minor increases to electricity generation rates also went into effect on January 1, 2024, and Ava customers on Bright Choice will continue to see a 5% discount from PG&E generation rates. Customers on Renewable 100 service will continue to pay 1/4 of a cent more per kWh (approximately $1 more, per month) than PG&E generation rates.
The PG&E bill for an average residential customer will go up $32.50 per month. All PG&E customers, including those receiving electric generation from Ava, will be affected by these rate increases. The new rates will begin showing up on customers' bills in February 2024.
To save on your electricity bill, check if you're eligible for CARE or FERA rates, try to use major appliances outside the peak hours of 4:00 PM to 9:00 PM, and unplug appliances when they're not in use!
Learn more about the rate increase.
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Executive Committee | 2/7 at 9am
Marketing, Regulatory, and Legislative Subcommittee | 2/16 at 12pm
Community Advisory Committee | 2/20 at 6pm
Board of Directors | 2/21 at 6pm
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