After an incredible three years, this will be my last week with Ava. Thank you for following, and please find me next at my person account: @aleccward!

Excited to be moderating a panel at the 2024 National CCA Conference on how we're supporting clean energy transitions in disadvantaged communities. Join us in DC on Oct 8–10 to learn more about how CCAs are reshaping energy across the country! #CCA2024

CA receives $600M from @ENERGY to upgrade 100 miles of electric transmission lines with grid enhancing technologies. Still far to go, but a great start!

Electricity rates across California have been rising fast. Ava customers now pay twice as much to PG&E for delivery as they do for the electricity itself. In a guest spot for @EnergyNewsData, we went deep on rates. Here’s a thread… https://t.co/EPwFa6SB6A

Strong words of praise from the chair of the California Energy Commission, David Hochschild! We get up every morning thinking about how Ava Community Energy can bring lower cost and cleaner power to our customers. @ChairHochschild @CalEnergy @GavinNewsom

Our Public Policy team at @PoweredwithAva is hiring for two positions! Check out the Legislative Policy Coordinator/Analyst and the Regulatory Analyst roles, along with many other Ava openings. Feel free to reach out if you're interested.

Last week @PoweredwithAva hosted a delegation of energy regulators and ministry representatives from SE Asia, sponsored by @NARUC. As the entire world looks to transition to clean, reliable energy, opportunities where we can learn and work together are invaluable.

We are thrilled to welcome Howard Chang, former President and COO of Ava, as our new CEO. Chang brings 20+ years of renewable energy, business development and finance experience to the role. Follow along @Ava_Energy_CEO 📲 Read more: https://t.co/PJMMvcazoE

Hey there Energy Twitter, it's Nick Chaset here. Im excited to share that @PoweredwithAva has appointment our next CEO - Howard Chang. As I transition to my next clean energy adventure, I couldn't be happier to hand over the keys, the docusign (and this account) to Howard.

"Residents of multi-family housing typically can't influence the installation of charging infrastructure in the buildings where they live, creating a real barrier for EV adoption." Read more about what Ava is doing to provide accessible chargers:

The new issue of "From the CEO's Desk" is out! Learn about what's going on with electricity rates, new programs for solar and storage, and a cost comparison between electric and gasoline cars. Plus meet @DanWrightCA and read Nick Chaset's farewell. At https://t.co/ugJE5KieRH

Check out this recent @EnergyCentral article on how @PoweredwithAva is teaming up to have EV chargers touch down across Oakland and the rest of our area:

The California Community Choice Financing Authority is being recognized as the Largest US Green Municipal Issuer at Climate Bonds Initiative's 9th Climate Bonds Awards! Read more about these awards here: https://t.co/4hvDaKUP3r

LEAN Energy will be hosting its first National Conference on Community Choice Aggregation in DC on October 8-9. Early bird registration and sponsorship opportunities available now!

We just hit two exciting milestones! ⚡ We've signed contracts for one gigawatt of renewable energy projects 💸 We've saved customers more than $100 million since 2018 through Bright Choice service and customer bill credits Read the full release: https://t.co/hRK48JhWZL

✅ @PoweredwithAva is as reliable as they come! The newest winner of our Reliability Community Impact Award, Ava Community Energy set the standard for reliability this year with its Resilient Municipal Critical Facilities Program.

Michael Quiroz on the @PoweredwithAva Policy team is presenting now at the #CalCCA2024 Annual Conference on how CCA Virtual Power Plant programs can help stabilize the grid and save our customers money.

We're hiring our first batch of public policy interns this summer. Let me know if you're interested!

Ava Community Energy is looking for interns to work this summer with our public policy team. If you're a post-graduate student with an interest in working in energy policy, this could be for you! Details here:

Last week I had the honor of joining CA legislators and other government leaders in touring energy projects across the UK. We were impressed with their efforts in ramping up every tech at their disposal- from offshore wind to cleaner aviation. Lots of work ahead in CA!