Direct Install Programs: West Coast

Direct Install Programs for Commercial Customers

Reducing energy paves the way to lower operating costs and a better profit margin. Staples Energy collaborates with utility companies to help their commercial customers realize immediate and long-term energy savings. Participating business customers receive:

• A free assessment of their facility to identify energy savings opportunities
• Recommendations for replacement energy efficiency lighting and equipment
• Estimate of the money that could be saved on utility bills by having new lighting and equipment installed
• Instant payback analysis

ENERGY WATCH - PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC

Energy Watch is a joint program of Pacific Gas and Electric Company and participating municipalities including the counties of Kern, Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito Counties.

Any small business in these counties will benefit from participating in the Energy Watch Program through savings on their monthly utility bill, improved safety and aesthetics. Facilities with longer hours of operation and/or food and beverage coolers represent the greatest opportunity for savings.

Measures available through the Energy Watch program include:

• Anti-sweat controls for freezer and cooler
• 4' TLEDs
• Exterior LEDs
• LED panels
• LED high bays
• LED magnetic strips

Customer Eligibility
The Small Business Direct Install Program is open to customers with valid non-residential, commercial Pacific Gas and Electric and/or gas accounts under 200 kW per month. Customers cannot receive a rebate for the same product or equipment from more than one California Investor-Owned Utility (IOU) or third-party energy-efficiency offering. Products discounted by Pacific Gas and Electric at the point of sale are not eligible for additional rebates.

WATER & ENERGY DIRECT INSTALL PROGRAM (WeDIP) - PASADENA WATER & POWER

Small and medium commercial PWP customers receive free energy-saving kitchen equipment and water-saving measures through the WeDIP Program. Free measures include:

• Ice machine
• Low-temp undercounted dishwasher
• Steam cooker
• Electric griddle
• Electric fryer
• High efficiency toilet
• Low-flow faucet
• Low-flow shower head
• Heat pump water heater
• Heat pump clothes dryer
• High efficiency clothes washer
• Pre-rinse spray valve

Customer Eligibility
WeDIP is offered to small commercial customers whose utility account is in good standing. To qualify for gas-saving measures, businesses must have a gas consumption less than 50,000 therms per year. If the business operates in a leased facility, they must have at lease one year remaining on the lease.