Large Business Solutions
Whether you are replacing existing equipment with new energy-efficient technologies or purchasing new equipment, you can take advantage of the many PG&E cash rebates and incentives available. In addition to cash incentives, design assistance for a new facility and system process is also available.
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Agriculture & Food Processing
Need help meeting California’s emerging environmental and regulatory requirements? Consider PG&E your trusted partner in developing an action plan to save energy and water, and reduce your carbon and environmental impacts.
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Biotech
The largest cluster of life science companies in the United States resides here in California. More than 1,300 of those companies (approximately 65 percent) are located within PG&E’s service territory, with a collective market capitalization of $144 billion. Laboratories, clean rooms and vivariums typically consume four to five times more energy per square foot than commercial office buildings. But by applying efficient, state-of-the-art technologies and solutions, these facilities can achieve significant energy savings.
Builders
Whether you are building from the ground up, adding to an existing structure, or making improvements, PG&E can help you make sure your building is energy efficient. The links below provide the information and incentive levels by project type.
Food Service
Each year, the food service industry spends $10 billion on energy. Up to 80 percent of that energy does no useful work. Most is wasted through excess heat and noise from inefficient equipment. From 2006 through 2008, PG&E paid more than $11 million in energy efficiency incentives to restaurants, resulting in an annual energy savings of more than 153 million kilowatt-hours and 144,000 therms.
Government
Incorporated in California in 1905, PG&E has more than 100 years of experience serving as a trusted partner and energy provider to Federal, State, and Local Government agencies located throughout our service territory. As your key energy advisor, PG&E can help you identify and analyze opportunities to reduce energy consumption and increase your return on investment. Choose from the tabs below to find the specific resources you need to develop a comprehensive energy management plan.
Health Care
California’s health care sector is growing as hospitals, clinics and other facilities accommodate an ever-increasing population, rising costs and expanding market demand. Our team of health care energy specialists are here to help you take advantage of PG&E services that can help you use energy more efficiently, realize paybacks on your investment, save money, and balance out your carbon footprint.
High Tech
The use of information technology by businesses and institutions continues to grow exponentially. In fact, the Department of Energy estimates that data center energy usage in the United States will double between 2005 and 2010. Facility and information technology managers, along with the high-tech industry, are rapidly becoming aware of the capacity challenges that this growth rate causes. More importantly, energy efficiency opportunities are becoming clearer.
Hospitality
The success of your hospitality property depends on guest satisfaction and reducing operating costs. Take advantage of PG&E services that can help you use energy more efficiently, increase guest satisfaction, reduce operating costs, and green your property. In 2008, PG&E paid more than $6 million in program incentives to hospitality properties, resulting in annual energy savings of over 50 million kWhs and 580,000 therms. This is the equivalent of taking 3,000 cars off the road for a year.
Industrial
Industrial and Manufacturing processes consume an enormous amount of energy. Often, inefficiencies are due to operating and maintenance practices. Fortunately, making even small amounts of energy-efficient changes to your manufacturing process can save money and increase operational efficiencies. This is where PG&E’s energy management solutions and incentives come in.
Office Buildings
Energy use is the single largest operating expense in commercial office buildings, often representing one-third of a building’s operating cost. Commercial building energy use accounts for almost 20 percent of the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing energy use can help reduce operating costs, improve net operating income, increase building asset value, achieve high profile LEED and EnergyStar® ratings and improve tenant satisfaction and retention.
Retail
Retail companies spend nearly $20 billion on energy each year. PG&E’s Retail Program can help—find out ways to increase your bottom line while saving energy. PG&E offers cash incentives for energy-efficient new construction and retrofit projects.
Schools and Colleges
PG&E can help your school decrease energy use and energy costs by implementing smart and simple energy efficiency programs and measures. Lowered energy costs conserve funds to help meet your district’s educational goals. Energy efficiency improvements in schools improve classroom conditions.
Wholesale Warehouses
Warehouses comprise approximately 12 percent of all commercial buildings in the United States and about 16 percent, or 10.5 billion square feet, of the total square footage of commercial buildings. As with other commercial office buildings, energy use is a warehouse’s single largest operating expense—often representing one-third of a building’s operating cost and accounting for almost 20 percent of the nation’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
About PG&E
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.
