Our Comprehensive Energy Conservation Program

The City has a progressive energy management program that covers municipal buildings, traffic signals, and street lights. Sixty percent of our building area has received energy efficiency attention either through new construction or retrofit projects.

The Public Works Agency is planning energy efficiency improvement projects for all of the remaining City facilities.

Other Programs (offered by agencies other than the City of Oakland):

Energy Efficiency Loans

Loans up to $350,000 at an interest rate fixed at prime. Available to small businesses and non-profit organizations (< $6 million net worth, < $2 million/year average net income) for equipment that conserves or controls energy use in new or existing facilities.

SAFE-BIDCO (State Assistance Fund for Enterprise, Business and Industrial Development Corporation
http://www.safe-bidco.com/

For more information call 1-800-273-8637 or send an e-mail to s-b@safe-bidco.com.

Grants

http://www.energy.ca.gov/peakload/index.html
Grants to facility owners or their representatives who have identified specific peak demand reduction projects in their facilities. Reimbursement of actual project costs up to $250 per peak kilowatt saved and a bonus for savings delivered in time to help alleviate summer's peak shortage. The minimum project size is 20 kilowatts of average peak demand reduction. The maximum grant amount is $4 million.

Rebate Programs

Emerging Renewables Buy-Down Program

http://www.energy.ca.gov/renewables/
This program offers cash rebates for selected systems that generate electricity. Funded through the California Energy Commission.

For assistance regarding the Renewables Program areas, please contact:
Renewables Energy Center: 1-800-555-7794 or 916-654-4058
or send an e-mail to renewable@energy.state.ca.us

http://www.pge.com/003_save_energy/
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"Read about low-cost and investment ideas to help customers save energy and money, energy-efficiency tips for residential customers and ways companies can reduce energy use and save money.

http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/rebate/index.php/
Find information on over 70 rebates available to consumers.

Financial Assistance Programs

REACH (Relief for Energy Assistance through Community Help)

http://www.pge.com/001_res_svc/
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REACH helps low-income customers-particularly the elderly, disabled, sick, working poor and the unemployed-who experience severe, uncontrollable or unplanned hardships and are unable to pay for their energy needs.

*This is a one-time assistance program.

To apply for REACH assistance, contact the Salvation Army at
2794 Garden St., Oakland, CA 94601, 1-800-933-9677 or 510-532-5988

LIHEAP (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program)

http://www.csd.ca.gov/LIHEAP.htm
Eligible low-income persons, via local governmental and nonprofit organizations, can receive financial assistance to offset the costs of heating and/or cooling dwellings, and/or have their dwellings weatherized to make them more energy efficient.

For more information call 1-866-675-6623

CARE (California Alternate Rates for Energy)

http://www.pge.com/001_res_svc/
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Provides discounts and rate increase exemptions for qualified Agricultural Employee Housing Facilities.

For additional questions about this program call 1-800-743-5000
or send an e-mail to CARE

Services for Medical "Baseline" and Life-Support Customers

Customers dependent on life-support equipment and those with special heating or cooling needs may be eligible to receive a "standard" Medical Baseline quantity of approximately 500 kilowatt hours (kwh) of electricity and/or 25 therms of gas per month at the lowest price.

To apply for Medical Baseline call 1-800-743-5000
Hearing impaired (TDD) call 1-800-652-4712