City PoliticsCommunity
SVP Proposes 10% Increase
November 24, 2023
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) will ask the Santa Clara City Council to increase rates across the board by 10%. The...
Milestones
Milestones – This Will Blow Your Fuse! – Opinion
November 9, 2023
Investigative reporter Erika Towne has turned the spotlight on Silicon Valley Power. What has been suspected, and has now been...
City PoliticsCommunity
Santa Clarans Bear the Cost of the Bay Area’s Cloud Storage
November 2, 2023
Santa Clara’s power problem continues to go unchecked as Silicon Valley Power (SVP) prepares to introduce another rate increase and...
City PoliticsCommunity
SVP Rate Increase on Horizon, $81 Million Expenditure Approved
October 11, 2023
The Santa Clara City Council approved $81 million in spending for utilities, kicked a plan to remodel a home in...
Milestones
Milestones – Power From the People! – Opinion
September 6, 2023
By now you have read the stories or watched the Santa Clara City Council wrestle with the City’s structural deficit....
City PoliticsCommunity
SVP Considers New Increase in July 2023
March 29, 2023
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is talking about a new, mid-year rate increase, about six months after the last increase. In...
City PoliticsCommunity
Morse Mansion: Future Home of SVP Sustainability And Historical Center?
February 23, 2023
A new educational and historical center may be on the horizon for Santa Clara’s historic Morse Mansion on Fremont Street,...
Community
Silicon Valley Power Weathers Storms, Keeps the Lights On
February 22, 2023
An election year brings with it a tide of politicking. In 2022, as the election crept closer, the noise of...
CommunityPublic Safety
Silicon Valley Power Honored by EPA
December 17, 2022
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) has received new accolades, this time from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). During the U.S. EPA’s...
City PoliticsCommunity
SVP 2023 Rate Increase
December 7, 2022
On Dec. 6, 2022, the City Council approved a rate increase for Silicon Valley Power (SVP) of 8% effective Jan....








