Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today will file with the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) a proposed two-year energy
efficiency portfolio that, if approved, would enhance the company's
industry-leading programs. The proposal would allow PG&E to invest $433
million per year – about the same as current levels – for two years to continue
energy efficiency programs that would enable customers to realize energy savings
equivalent to more than 277 megawatts (MW) of electricity and 52 million therms
of natural gas.
"With the application we file today, PG&E is furthering our long-standing
commitment to energy efficiency as a vital resource to meet the energy needs of
California," said Steve Malnight, vice president of Customer Energy Solutions
for PG&E. "Our programs will continue to offer customers access to
innovative energy efficiency programs that help them better understand how they
use energy and how to reduce their costs. In addition, through this application,
PG&E is redoubling our commitment to partner with our local communities to
achieve our energy goals and improve the local economies in the cities we
serve."
PG&E's 2013-2014 portfolio will offer energy efficiency services and
technologies to agriculture, industrial, commercial and residential customers
through multiple channels in collaboration with local government and third-party
partners. PG&E proposes to continue its work with component manufacturers
and retailers to develop, build and make available new, energy-efficient
products for customers. In addition, PG&E plans to continue its advocacy of
energy efficiency codes and standards, as well as expand education and workforce
training opportunities.
PG&E also proposes to continue and expand its local and regional
government partnerships in: Monterey Bay Area, City of San Joaquin, East Bay,
Fresno County, Kern County, Madera County, Marin County, Mendocino County, Napa
County, Redwood Coast, San Joaquin County, San Luis Obispo County, San Mateo
County, Santa Barbara County, Sierra Nevada,Sonoma County, Silicon Valley, San
Francisco, North Sacramento Valley, Central Valley, Solano County, Yolo County,
Kings County and Tulare County.
In a report released June 27, Three Decades and Counting: A
Historical Review and Current Assessment of Electric Utility Energy Efficiency
Activity in the States, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
found that utility energy efficiency programs have "demonstrated their ability
to reduce energy use and thereby provide significant economic, environmental and
system benefits." The report goes on to state, "The emergence of energy
efficiency as a valuable, cost-effective, and significant energy resource has
established the foundation for a new era of energy efficiency, an era marked by
continued expansion and innovation."
For more than 30 years, PG&E has built a strong record of working with
customers to deliver both cost and energy savings through energy efficiency.
PG&E's energy efficiency programs have earned recognition from U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Natural Resources Defense Council, Edison
Electric Institute and American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, among
others. Energy efficiency offers Californians a way to save money on their
energy bills and meet growing energy demand at a low cost while minimizing
greenhouse gas emissions. Since 1976, PG&E's programs have avoided the
release of more than 168 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the
atmosphere, based on cumulative lifecycle gross energy savings.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG),
is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United
States. Based in San Francisco, with 20,000 employees, the company delivers some
of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million people in Northern and Central
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