Bay Area homes getting new jolt of clean energy with largest geothermal power generator in US
14 Aug 2025
Some Bay Area customers are getting a new jolt of green energy.
That's thanks to a nonprofit power company, and the largest geothermal power generator in the country.
As a facilities manager in a downtown San Francisco office building, Donell Dominique knows a thing or two about commercial heating and power systems.
But recently, he was able to give himself an upgrade at home, from an efficient water heater to new insulation, to solar panels -- all thanks, in part, to an expanding clean energy program, covering parts of Marin, Napa, Contra Costa and Solano Counties.
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