How Ava Group Power Is Saving Thousands and thousands Of {Dollars}

How has Ava Group Power saved Stockton and Lathrop residents greater than $4.4 million on their vitality payments in simply six months?

Ava’s Vivid Alternative plan saves prospects 5 p.c on electrical energy era charges in comparison with PG&E – which means prospects are saving a bit of bit on each vitality invoice. 

After we turned the default supplier for Stockton and Lathrop on April 1, 2025, the 5% financial savings started. Now, six months in, they’ve already realized greater than $4.4 million in financial savings. 

How is Ava capable of provide decrease charges than PG&E by way of constructing — and shopping for from — clear energy vegetation?  

Ava is ready to provide clear energy at decrease charges than PG&E by way of three avenues: 

• Ava buys energy by way of a aggressive course of that encourages personal vitality firms to compete to offer extra clear, renewable energy at decrease prices.
• Ava is a neighborhood authorities company with low overhead prices. Ava maintains an A Credit score Score from S&P International.
• As a result of there are not any shareholder traders anticipating dividends, Ava can reinvest extra income into the neighborhood and whereas sustaining a reduction in comparison with PG&E.

How does Ava work with its prospects who drive electrical automobiles?

Ava helps prospects who drive EVs to take advantage of out of the charging answer that matches their private scenario: 

• For purchasers who’re capable of cost their automobile at dwelling, Ava SmartHome Charging is a managed charging program Ava runs in partnership with Optiwatt. This program helps cut back pressure on the grid by routinely shifting your charging to instances when renewable vitality is cheaper and extra obtainable – making certain your automobile is prepared once you want it whereas profiting from low-cost, clear vitality instances.
• For anybody who makes use of public charging, Ava Cost, Ava’s community of publicly obtainable quick chargers, just lately launched its first location at Metropolis Middle West Storage in downtown Oakland. With many websites deliberate within the locations that folks reside, work, and collect all through Ava’s service space, Ava Cost is meant to encourage the adoption of EVs total, particularly by those that don’t have entry to charging at dwelling.
• For individuals who don’t but drive an EV, Ava’s incentive finder helps customers find financial savings and incentives to make shopping for or leasing an EV extra accessible.

Does Ava have a digital energy plant program?

Sure, Ava at the moment runs a small Digital Energy Plant initiative and plans to develop it by way of a number of applications. The unique VPP was created by way of a partnership with SunRun and included photo voltaic and residential battery storage for properties in excessive hearth risk areas. Extra just lately, Ava launched SmartHome Charging which manages the batteries of EVs, shifting and distributing load to scale back calls for on the grid. In early 2026, we are going to launch Ava SmartHome Battery, a photo voltaic and storage incentive program that can present upfront incentives with on-going rewards for administration of dwelling batteries throughout particular occasion days. 

How simple is it for residents in your service space to enroll in Ava electrical energy?

It couldn’t be simpler. In reality, there’s no want to enroll. Ava is the default electrical energy supplier in Stockton, Lathrop, Tracy, and Alameda County. Meaning residents and companies are routinely enrolled in Ava’s electrical energy era service.

Clients within the Ava service space nonetheless obtain one invoice from PG&E. That invoice covers each Ava’s era expenses and PG&E’s transmission and supply expenses.