REDWOOD CITY, CA – October 1, 2024 – Peninsula Clean Energy has awarded nearly $1 million in grants and $1.7 million in loans to help public agencies who are taking the lead in San Mateo County and Los Banos in combatting climate change and indoor air pollution by converting methane gas to clean, efficient electricity in their buildings.
The efforts in some cases tackle the biggest source of municipal greenhouse gas emissions. The projects include electrifying all municipal buildings in Half Moon Bay, a community pool in Brisbane, air conditioning units at major government facilities in Los Banos, water heaters in East Palo Alto, as well as initial funding to electrify the Belle Haven Child Development Center in Menlo Park.
The Brisbane community pool alone represents 75 percent of the city’s municipal emissions and electrifying will save the equivalent emissions of electrifying 100 homes. It will also save the city more than $25,000 per year in energy costs. Electrifying major government buildings in Los Banos will be equivalent to electrifying 50 homes…