Peninsula Clean Energy Updates

Say goodbye to gas with used EV rebates!

San Mateo County residents can receive a rebate of up to $4,000 to offset the purchase price of a used electric vehicle (EV)

Used EV owners save money on fueling and maintenance costs. Now, thanks to rebates from Peninsula Clean Energy, they can also enjoy immediate savings at time of purchase.

And income-qualified residents can save even more by combining additional offers from other state and local programs.

“I wholeheartedly recommend this program. Applying is simple and the amazing Staff helps every step of the way. It’s a money-saver and a smart, environmentally friendly investment. Peninsula Clean Energy made it easy to make the decision to buy a used EV.”

– Victor B., used EV owner and San Mateo County resident

San Mateo County is going electric

Peninsula Clean Energy is committed to providing environmental and economic benefits to the residents and businesses of San Mateo County. This commitment includes helping the entire county make the easy transition to EVs through rebates and expansive efforts to install new charging infrastructure across the region.

EVs provide lasting benefits to our community. In addition to offering significantly lower operation and maintenance costs to drivers, EVs emit significantly less emissions than gasoline-powered cars.

For more information, to complete a pre-application or to find a participating dealership, visit PenCleanEnergy.com/usedev.

• General Information Flyer - English(PDF, 420KB)
• Used EV Rebate Flyer - English(PDF, 441KB)
• Used EV Rebate Flyer - Spanish(PDF, 442KB)
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Peninsula Clean Energy is a public, locally-controlled electricity provider that provides its electric customers with energy that is 100% carbon-free and the choice of having 50% to 100% of their electricity supplied from clean, renewable sources at competitive rates. They generate the electricity, and PG&E delivers it over their lines and wires.

Since 2016 PCE has saved over 842,000 metric tons of carb emissions, an amount equivalent to avoiding the use of 95 million gallons of gas! They use sources such as wind and solar to be 100% carbon-free and they are on target to become 100% renewable by 2025.

EV Ready Program is a $28 million electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure program seeking to install 2,500 charging ports in San Mateo County over four years.

EV Rental Rebate Program gives you the opportunity rent an EV through a rental car company of your choice on them! You can now experience an EV before you buy one!

Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Peninsula Clean Energy is partnering with the Bay Area wide BayREN Home+ program to offer additional rebates for installing Heat Pump Water Heaters for San Mateo County residents.

Net energy metering (NEM) is a special billing arrangement that allows customers with solar PV systems to get the full retail value of the electricity their system generates Your meter tracks the difference between the amount of electricity your solar panels produce and the amount of electricity you use during each billing cycle. When panels produce more electricity than you use, you receive a credit on your bill.

Peninsula Clean Energy's Used EV Rebate Program is making it more affordable for income-qualifying San Mateo County residents to purchase a used electric vehicle by providing a vehicle rebate up to $4,000.

Power on Peninsula is an innovative program from Peninsula Clean Energy that s helping people maintain power during grid outages. It also provides grid storage that helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move us toward the goal of 100% renewable energy.

Upgrading to 100% renewable electricity is a powerful action you can take that is good for the environment, and easy! ECO100 rates cost just 1 cent more per kilowatt hour more than ECOplus rates. For the average household, this premium is only about $4-5 more per month.

Residential Rates

Charges for electricity on your PG&E bill include:

• Peninsula Clean Energy electric generation: These charges are for generating the electricity you use. Customers save money with PCE's standard ECOplus service when compared to PG&E's rates.

PG&E electric delivery:

• These charges are for maintaining PG&E's wires, infrastructure, and delivering electricity to your home are the same for Peninsula Clean Energy and non-Peninsula Clean Energy customers.

If you need assistance, watch this Understanding Your Bill video!

Most of PCE customers are automatically enrolled in ECOplus service, which costs less than PG&E and is 100% carbon-free.

If you want to do more for the environment, upgrade to ECO100 service. It provides energy that is 100% carbon-free and 100% renewable and costs only $0.01 per kWh more than our standard ECOplus service. In Portola Valley, customers are automatically enrolled in ECO100, based on their Town Council’s vote to go carbon-free and 100% renewable. This makes Portola Valley one of the first towns in California to be entirely 100% renewable!

To learn more visit the Peninsula Clean Energy website.

• Visit: peninsulacleanenergy.com
• Call: 1-866-966-0110
• Email: info@peninsulacleanenergy.com
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