FOLSOM, Calif. & EL CENTRO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As of April 3, 2017, ZGlobal Inc. Power Engineering and Energy Solutions (“ZGlobal”) has begun providing Silicon Valley Clean Energy (“SVCE”) with alternative energy services, resulting in the successful launch of SVCE’s Community Choice Aggregation (“CCA”) operations. ZGlobal provides SVCE 24/7 operation services enabling 100% Carbon Free Electricity. “We are very pleased to leverage our decades of experience to provide SVCE with value-added services at competitive prices,” stated Kevin Coffee, Vice President of Electric Operations at ZGlobal, and a veteran of Electric Operations at Pacific Gas and Electric (“PG&E”).
SVCE is a Community Choice Energy (CCE) provider, whose purpose is to pool the electricity demand of its residents and businesses and buy carbon free power on their behalf outside of their local utility. SVCE is encouraging a type of competition that could result in additional utilization of renewable and carbon free energy sources at more competitive rates.
“With partners such as ZGlobal, Silicon Valley Clean Energy customers will get the same reliable service they are used to, and 100% carbon-free electricity at competitive prices,” said Tom Habashi, CEO, SVCE.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy is a community-owned agency servicing the majority of Santa Clara County communities by acquiring clean, 100% carbon-free electricity on behalf of residents and businesses. As a public agency, net revenues are returned to the community to keep rates low and promote clean energy programs. Member jurisdictions include Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Morgan Hill, Mountain View, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County. SVCE is guided by a Board of Directors, which is comprised of a representative from the governing body of each member community. With Silicon Valley Clean Energy, residents and businesses in our communities will join thousands of Californians in choosing clean power at competitive rates. For more information please visit SVCleanEnergy.org.
ZGlobal offers a wide range of services in the energy sector, including round-the-clock scheduling and operation services, in addition to reliability/compliance services for green energy such as solar, wind, energy storage, geothermal, and biomass facilities, CCAs and utilities throughout the western United States. ZGlobal manages over 12,600 GWh of energy annually and over 3,000 MW peak from California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah with a transaction value exceeding $320 million.
ZGlobal was formed in 2005 and is staffed by veterans from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) as well as various western utilities. The group is led by Ziad Alaywan P.E., who served as the Manager of PG&E real time operations. As one of the first employees that led the rapid implementation and operation of the CAISO in 1998, Mr. Alaywan later became CAISO’s Managing Director of Grid and Market Operations.
More information is available at www.zglobal.biz.
