Clean energy milestone
With the approval of a contract with 8minute Solar Energy in June, Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) has more than $1 billion committed to building and operating renewable energy generation plants for residents and businesses in Santa Clara County.
The Sunnyvale-based agency now has seven contracts totaling $1.134 billion for renewable energy facilities with 384 MW of generating capacity, enough to serve 37 percent of SVCE’s retail energy sales annually.
The seven contracts are due to come online between 2021 and 2023, and range in length from 10 to 20 years. The approved contracts include geothermal and solar-plus-storage generation facilities.
SVCE serves more than 270,000 residential and commercial customers in Santa Clara County, including Milpitas. For more information, visit SVCleanEnergy.org.
Caltrain COVID-19 survey
As Bay Area shelter-in-place restrictions ease, Caltrain is reaching out to customers, both at home and onboard, for input on how the transit agency can best adapt to changing transportation needs following the coronavirus pandemic.
To that end, Caltrain has launched an online COVID-19 customer survey to better understand how the pandemic has affected riders.
“Results from these surveys will help inform how we provide transit service and communication strategies as we welcome back riders,” said Seamus Murphy of the San Mateo County Transit District.
Each survey respondent will have the option to enter a drawing for a $50 Visa gift card.
The Caltrain survey can be accessed at www.caltrain.com/covid19survey.