Sonoma Clean Power enters world of electric vehicles with new incentives

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Sonoma Clean Power enters world of electric vehicles with new incentives

Posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 by Amie Windsor Sonoma West Staff Writer[email protected]

Energy provider offers monetary discounts for new EV cars

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In the market for a new car?

If you’re a Sonoma Clean Power customer, you’re in luck. The choice aggregate alternative energy provider is offering its customers a new program to help further the county’s reliance on clean, local energy in lieu of fossil fuels. The program is called Drive EverGreen: with monetary discounts and incentives, Sonoma Clean Power customers can purchase or lease a new electric vehicle for $10,000 off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price.

“This is our effort to make a shift from driving on oil to driving on clean, local energy,” said Geof Syphers, president of Sonoma Clean Power.

Syphers said the company has “negotiated pretty impressive incentives” with two Santa Rosa car dealerships: Jim Bone Nissan and Hansel BMW.

“We went to many dealerships in the area and asked for their best discount,” Syphers said.

The dealerships are offering Sonoma Clean Power customers a 2016 Nissan LEAF or 2017 BMW i3 at a significant savings through Jan. 5, 2017.

Those interested in a Nissan LEAF automatically receive a $10,000 manufacturer purchase credit. The BMW i3 offers an $8,500 manufacturer purchase credit and an additional $2,000 dealer purchase credit for SCP customers.

Additionally, Sonoma Clean Power customers who are enrolled in California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) or Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) programs are eligible for an extra $2,500 each car.

Post-purchase tax credits are also available for those who purchase electric vehicles. California offers a $2,500 rebate, plus an extra $2,000 bonus rebate for low-moderate income residents. Federal tax credits vary, but can provide a rebate of up to $7,500. Lastly, Northern Sonoma County’s 3-2-1- Go Green program offers rebates between $1,000 and $3,000, depending on the family’s income.

“You could get a new electric vehicle for under $10,000 after all the tax credits,” Syphers said.

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It seems to me, way back when, Sonoma Clean Power told us if we signed up with them, our PG&E bills would be split but would show power and charges from SCP and power and charges from PG&E... this is true. They also said the SCP portion would show lower amounts than what PG&E would charge for the same. When I look at the PG&E bill, it does not look like the bill actually reflects what the PG&E charges would be for the same amount of power SCP charges for. The point being, can Sonoma Clean Power be trusted to "produce" according to the terms of this program? Does anybody else have a trust issue about this offer OR the PG&E billing scenario, or am I the only suspicious one? Thanks for any enLightenment!
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Hello, in response to Allorrah Be:

Sonoma Clean Power is currently saving customers an average of 2% on their total electric bill compared to PG&E. Customers can compare SCP’s generation rate (this is the rate charged for SCP to procure power for customers) with that of PG&E’s by comparing PG&E’s Generation Credit with SCP’s Generation Charges plus two fees SCP customers pay, the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment and the Franchise Fee. SCP always includes these fees when compares our charges to PG&E’s. We recommend checking out this How to Read Your Bill video for more information on how to compare PG&E and SCP’s charges. SCP has saved customers over $62 million in on-bill savings since its inception, while providing electricity that is 48% cleaner than PG&E’s. SCP also offers a 100% local renewable option called EverGreen. EverGreen carries a 2.5 cent premium over SCP’s default CleanStart service. If you still have questions, please give us a call at 1 (855) 202-2139 Monday through Friday 7am-7pm or you can visit our website at https://sonomacleanpower.org/
Thank you,