In case you haven’t heard, September is national preparedness month! Southern California Edison is bringing residents all of the necessary resources to prepare for any emergencies. An emergency can happen at any time. You can help your family be prepared for any emergency situation with a safety preparedness plan, some basic supplies, and advance planning. Whether a storm, an earthquake, a wildfire, or a flood comes our way, preparedness will help everyone cope better and stay safer.
Read MoreMark your calendars for September 28th, y’all! The VIEW Partnership, Gateway Cities COG, and the San Gabriel Valley COG are hosting a webinar in September to share the best ways to capture therm savings for your agency.
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Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer BUT it is not the end of the travel season. While we are considering air travel, cruises, or even hopping in the car and going for a fun road trip, solar trains may, one day soon, have us reconsidering our travel plans.
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For this month’s edition of #GotGrants, we are expanding slightly outside of our typical scope. We are including not just grant funding opportunities, but also a loan program that could be an ideal opportunity for some agencies. Take a look at some of these opportunities below!
Read MoreYour home, the size of your family, your schedule, and your lifestyle all play a part in determining your electricity needs. SCE plans are designed so you can find the right fit to your household’s lifestyle
Read MoreThe SJVCEO and PG&E have teamed up to bring residential customers a new vlog series! Our main goal is to provide resources to customers covering a suite of topics and programs that PG&E offers
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It appears window air conditioners (AC) are getting a makeover! Window ACs have been a necessity for spaces that do not have central AC for some time now. A new product designed by a company called Gradient, addresses the primary grievances people have with window AC units.
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A professional energy audit will provide the most accurate opportunities to address energy loss in your home or business, but a simple yet diligent walk-through can spot many problem areas. This self-audit, or “Do it Yourself” approach will not result in as thorough an assessment as say an ASHRAE Level 2, the same way self-reflection won’t go as deep as psychotherapy, but you have to start someplace!
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PG&E’s geographic reach covers a large part of the state of California, and we know that communities within this space are vastly different. Rate options are no different! Because the communities are so different and have various needs, there are a handful of rate options for PG&E customers to utilize. From Home Charging to TOU, there is an option for you. Take a look below to learn more.
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“A critical starting point for practitioners is to understand trends around growing green industries, workforce needs, and laws that may limit the types of jobs individuals with a criminal record can legally perform.”
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The race to avoid the most devastating effects of climate change is on and it is driving a lot of innovation. One of the greatest attributes to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is air conditioning. Air conditioning is one of the great conundrums of our time because the effects of climate change cause us to use more air conditioning to cool us off. Adversely, the more air conditioning we use, the more we negatively affect the climate.
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Just last month, we were able to highlight a variety of funding opportunities through our Learning Bundles- please find a couple those grants below as well as some additional opportunities! Whether looking for funding to improve your community or increase your energy efficiency, the grant to help may be on this list!
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We have many exciting developments happenings for our partners in the Valley and the High Desert region! From pump projects to identifying projects through audits to completing rebate applications, our public agencies are making strides to conserve and save for their communities.
Read MoreThe formation of a rural regional energy network (RuralREN) will allow local entities, who know their communities and the unique characteristic and obstacles such as: climate zones, language and income, to design and implement programs that meet the distinctive needs of local ratepayers. Regional energy networks were developed to address this gap and this localized approach will garner more equitable and meaningful outcomes for our rural and hard-to-reach communities – and they deserve that.
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Who doesn’t love a sequel? In celebration of some of us being brave enough to return to the movie theatre, or those of us just really excited for Black Widow to run for free on Disney+ we gladly bring back the soundtrack* playlist!
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Many people overlook their water heaters and often do not know just how much of their home or facility’s energy usage can be attributed to their water heater. Water heaters are one of the most utilized appliances and the most seldom seen. Although we don’t think about them a whole lot unless something is wrong, let’s not overlook some of the biggest innovations in water heating technology of recent decades which have turbocharged energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact.
Read MoreSCE is providing their customers with an inside look to some Frequently Asked Questions all about rate options and more specifically the changes with the Time of Use transition. Take a look below and visit www.sce.com/touandme to learn more!
Read MoreEnrolling with the SoCalREN has benefits outside of just technical assistance and energy savings. Agencies that partner with the SoCalREN, can register for the “SoCalREN Network Toolkit” receive resources and trainings at no-cost to them
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