清潔能源的未來

For decades, SMUD has been a leader in clean energy, innovation, technology, renewable energy and customer programs. Today, our 2030 Zero Carbon Plan, adopted in 2021, serves as our official Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). We’ve made significant progress on our 2030 Zero Carbon Plan by committing to more than 1,400 megawatts of new clean energy resources since 2022 and advancing major solar and storage projects that move our region closer to a carbon‑free future.

A lot has changed since we adopted the Zero Carbon Plan more than 5 years ago. Rising resource costs, tariffs, supply chain challenges, loss of renewable tax credits, incentives and millions of dollars in grants are a huge challenge to the affordability of our Zero Carbon Plan. Advances in technology, particularly hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration, have been much slower than expected. Our natural gas plants are needed to ensure we continue to provide reliable and affordable service to our customers. Our plants are some of the cleanest and most efficient in the state, which means they support regional decarbonization because they produce less emissions than other plants. Despite these headwinds, our progress is significant.

We expect to get 80% of the way to zero carbon in our power supply with all we have planned today and our commitment to decarbonization remains firm. We’re taking a balanced approach to continuous decarbonization that prioritizes affordability, reliability and sustainability. This fall, we’re launching our updated IRP process, a public, data‑driven effort to holistically reassess evolving conditions and refine our long‑term roadmap for reducing carbon emissions to reflect today’s realities. We’ll move forward with a focus on balancing affordability, reliability and sustainability for our customers.

引領國家

Our transition to a clean energy future is anchored on our longstanding commitment to provide safe and reliable power with rates among the lowest in California. We believe successful and continuous decarbonization requires balancing environmental goals with affordability, grid reliability and the needs of our growing region. We won’t compromise on this commitment.

作為氣候創新領域的領導者， SMUD正在幫助Sacramento地區成為具有前瞻性思維和環保意識的企業的首選目的地，並成為全國其他地區效仿的榜樣。

通過實施我們的社區影響計劃，我們正在努力確保我們資源不足的客戶成為這個旅程的一部分，並獲得清潔能源未來的好處。

閱讀2030零碳計劃

碳減排進展

We’ve made great progress since developing our 2030 Zero Carbon Plan in 2021. We’ve completed several projects in solar, battery storage and geothermal, adding about 590 megawatts of new renewable and storage capacity with 840 megawatts more signed under power purchase agreement to come online between 2026-2030 and thousands more clean energy megawatts under evaluation. That’s a total of about 1,430 megawatts, which is 130% of what we’ve added in the past 2 decades, in about half the time. 

While proven clean technologies such as wind, solar, battery storage, geothermal energy and demand response continue to advance our carbon reduction goals, some emerging technologies have not matured as quickly as anticipated. Technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture and sequestration continue to hold long-term promise but are not yet developing at the scale, cost or pace originally expected.

As part of our IRP planning process, we're reassessing these assumptions and evaluating the most practical, cost-effective pathways to continue reducing emissions while maintaining affordability and reliability.

Partnerships and grants are also critical as we scale new and emerging technologies, while keeping our rates among the lowest in California. Through a variety of grants, SMUD and our partners have secured critical funding to help deploy advanced smart meter grid technologies and increase the number of EV chargers at multi-family complexes, among other things. However, the funding landscape continues to evolve. In some cases, federal grant opportunities that utilities and communities were counting on have been reduced, delayed or withdrawn, creating additional challenges for deploying emerging technologies and infrastructure.

閱讀2024進度報告

存檔進度報告

• 2023零碳計畫進度報告
• 2022零碳計畫進度報告

為什麼SMUD致力於減少碳排放？

碳排放導致全球暖化，進而引發極端天氣事件、海平面上升和其他環境挑戰，對當代社區和子孫後代造成毀滅性影響。

我們生活在全國污染最嚴重的城市之一。美國肺臟協會最近的一份報告根據臭氧層空氣污染不健康和不安全水平的天數，將Sacramento - Roseville地區評為 F 級。

減少碳排放對本地和全球都有益處。它改善了我們當地的空氣品質和整體健康，並透過創造新的清潔能源就業機會來支持經濟發展。

沒有你我們做不到

我們的客戶、社區和合作夥伴是我們工作的核心。透過減少碳排放，我們正在幫助創造一個更乾淨、更健康的地區，造福所有人。

我們都是解決方案的一部分。我們為客戶提供豐厚的回扣和獎勵、專案、數位工具、教育和許多資源，幫助客戶做出明智的能源選擇，讓每個人都能採取行動，幫助我們所有人走向更光明、更清潔的未來。