Isang kinabukasan ng malinis na enerhiya

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.

Namumuno sa bansa

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.

Bilang nangunguna sa inobasyon sa klima, ang SMUD ay tumutulong upang iposisyon ang Rehiyon ng Sacramento bilang isang destinasyon para sa mga negosyong may progresibong pananaw at may malasakit sa kapaligiran, at isang modelo para sundan ng iba sa buong bansa.

Sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatupad ng aming Community Impact Plan, kami ay nagsusumikap upang matiyak na ang aming mga customer na kulang sa mapagkukunan ay bahagi ng paglalakbay na ito at umani ng mga benepisyo ng isang malinis na enerhiya sa hinaharap.

Basahin 2030 Zero Carbon Plan

Pag-unlad ng pagbabawas ng karbon

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.

Basahin ang ulat ng progreso 2024

Naka-archive na mga ulat sa pag-unlad

• 2023 Ulat sa Pag-unlad ng Zero Carbon Plan
• 2022 Ulat sa Pag-unlad ng Zero Carbon Plan

Bakit nakatuon ang SMUD sa pagbabawas ng mga emisyon ng carbon?

Ang mga emisyon ng carbon ay nakakatulong sa pag-init ng mundo, na humahantong sa matinding mga kaganapan sa panahon, pagtaas ng lebel ng dagat at iba pang mga hamong pangkapaligiran na may mapaminsalang epekto sa mga kasalukuyang komunidad pati na rin sa mga susunod na henerasyon.

Nakatira kami sa isa sa mga pinaka-maruming lungsod sa bansa. Isang kamakailang ulat ng American Lung Association ang nagbigay sa lugar ng Sacramento-Roseville ng F batay sa mga araw na may hindi malusog at hindi ligtas na antas ng polusyon sa hangin sa ozone layer.

Ang pagbabawas ng carbon ay nagdudulot ng mga benepisyo sa lokal at pandaigdigan. Pinapabuti nito ang kalidad ng hangin sa ating lokal na lugar, pangkalahatang kalusugan, at sinusuportahan ang pag-unlad ng ekonomiya sa pamamagitan ng paglikha ng mga bagong oportunidad sa trabaho sa malinis na enerhiya.

Hindi namin ito magagawa kung wala ka

Ang aming mga customer, komunidad, at mga kasosyo ang nasa puso ng aming ginagawa. Sa pamamagitan ng pagbabawas ng emisyon ng carbon, nakakatulong tayo sa paglikha ng isang mas malinis at mas malusog na rehiyon para sa lahat.

Lahat tayo ay bahagi ng solusyon. Nag-aalok kami ng malalaking rebate at insentibo, programa, digital tool, edukasyon, at maraming resources para sa aming mga customer upang makagawa ng matalinong pagpili gamit ang enerhiya nang sa gayon ay makagawa ang lahat ng aksyon na makakatulong sa ating lahat tungo sa isang mas maliwanag at mas malinis na kinabukasan.