Our latest newsletter is out: ➡️ How Ava is responding to changing federal priorities ➡️ Early insights from our e-bike rebate program ➡️ Fremont chooses 100% renewable energy ➡️ Board Chair Betsy Andersen's vision for accessible, affordable decarbonization Read more: https://lnks.gd/2/35LZ-MM

Ava has saved millions through “prepayment bonds,” leveraging public ownership advantages unavailable to investor-owned utilities. This innovative financing technique allows CCAs to pay for decades of renewable energy upfront, locking in certainty and lower rates. More: avaenergy.org/from-the-ceo...

🚴⚡ Ava Bike Electric is now live! Ava customers and Alameda County residents can apply for instant rebates ranging from $400-$1,500 to help cover the cost of a new e-bike. Better than any Prime Day deal 👀 Ready to join the e-bike revolution? Visit AvaEnergy.org/bike-electric

Ava has saved millions of dollars through “prepayment bonds,” leveraging public ownership advantages unavailable to investor-owned utilities. This innovative technique allows CCAs to pay for decades of renewable energy upfront, locking in certainty and lower rates: avaenergy.org/from-the-ceo...

A major fire at a battery station at Monterey Bay has raised safety concerns, just as energy storage takes off in California. Power suppliers, regulators, and safety officials are revisiting rules and protocols to ensure battery storage remains a viable path to a cleaner energy system. Link in🧵

I am very excited about out our VPP approach. There’s a lot of discussion about the value of VPPs in energy markets, but there isn’t much talk about the value to customers. As a public agency with ‘community’ literally in our name, we’re leaning into the work of sharing VPP value with our customers.

Community choice aggregation (CCA) is not just a California phenomenon. Ava staff got together with CCAs from seven other states at the first national conference to see how CCAs work in other states. More in our newsletter: AvaEnergy.org/from-the-ceos-desk/community-choice-is-a-national-phenomenon

Jack Balch is Ava’s board chair and the new mayor of Pleasanton. He draws from his day job in finance and building mgmt to apply a bottom-line view to Ava. Read his profile in our newsletter: AvaEnergy.org/from-the-ceos-desk/faces-of-ava-jack-balch-the-bottom-line-mayor-of-pleasanton/ #EnergySky

Ava’s solid financial picture results in a new round of bill credits to customers, as well as a new solar and storage program, and stronger operating reserves. Read more in our newsletter at AvaEnergy.org/from-the-ceos-desk/ava-returns-funds-to-customers #CommunityChoice #EnergySky #CCA

The new issue of our 'From the CEO's Desk' newsletter is out! -Returning Funds Through Bill Credits & Programs -Jack Balch, the Bottom Line Mayor of Pleasanton -Community Choice Is a National Phenomenon -Getting to Know Stockton & Lathrop, in an Energy Way content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CAO...