Resources for Industrial Businesses

Training

Pacific Energy Center (PEC)

Want to learn more about energy efficiency or find out what other industry professionals are doing to be more green? Sign up for energy efficiency training. Most classes and services are free for PG&E customers and for those who serve them.

Shedding Load During Demand Response Events

Industrial Refrigeration

  • Pre-cool, then float or cycle refrigeration. Certain products can safely float for hours.
  • Turn down, turn off or cycle evaporator and condenser fans, some or all compressors, and non-essential motors.
  • Alternate cooling methods between cold storage areas to lower simultaneous demand.

Manufacturing Facilities

  • Turn off all motors, vertical lifts, and other non-essential process and pumping equipment.
  • Reduce or reschedule production to avoid unnecessary use of compressed air.
  • Turn off or turn down chillers and reset chilled water temperature.
  • Adjust variable speed drive controls to reduce load from fans, pumps, and chillers.
  • Reduce or reschedule production.
  • Shift melting (kilns), finishing (grinders) and other tasks to either before or after an event, or to another day.
  • Pre-cool, then float or cycle refrigeration.
  • Delay use of scrap grinders, bailing, and other non-essential equipment.
  • Stockpile inventory prior to an event, and then stop production during the event.
  • Move batch and continuous processes to either before or after an event, or to another day.
  • Produce extra product a day ahead, and do only packaging on the event day.

Mineral and Chemical Facilities

  • Turn off vertical lifts, conveyor belts, crushers and non-essential process and pumping equipment.
  • Stockpile or overproduce inventory prior to an event, then shut down production and resume operations after the event.
  • Move batch and continuous processes to either before or after an event, or to another day.
  • Produce extra product day ahead, and do only packaging or transport on the event day.
  • Reduce, slow down, or shut down operations completely.
  • Ways To Pay
  • Call Before You Dig
  • Office buildings incentives