Pacific Gas and Electric

 

Incentive Type

Utility rebate program

Applicable Sectors

Residential, construction, installer/contractor, homebuilders

Eligible Efficiency Technologies

Comprehensive measures/whole building

Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies

Photovoltaics

Amount

  • Baseline entry-level home: $75 /kW; $0.43 /kWh; $1.72 /Therm
  • 30 percent above baseline: $225 /kW; $1.29 /kWh; $5.14 /Therm
  • California Energy Star New Homes Program or other Green Home Certification: 10 percent bonus
  • Compact Home - 10 percent smaller than the LEED for Homes square footage threshold: 15 percent bonus
  • Design team incentive: 50 percent cost for projects that have at least 10 units
  • Photovoltaic (on site PV) systems peak kW reduction: $75 /kW, $0.43 /kWh, $1.72 /Therm
  • 30 percent better than 2008 Title 24 with a 30 percent reduction in the cooling load: $1,000/single unit home and $200/multi-family units.

Maximum Incentive

Design team incentive: $5,000

Eligible System Size

CMFNH multi-family projects in PG&E’s service area do not qualify for these bonus incentives.

Project Expiration

Dec. 31, 2012.

More Information

www.pge.com/myhome/saveenergymoney/eebuyersguides/newhome/

Summary

PG&E offers an incentive for homebuilders to build homes which exceed 2008 Title 24 standards by 15 percent. The program is open to all single-family and low-rise/high-rise multi-family new construction projects. Incentives are offered through two avenues:

  • Performance-based approach encourages builders to construct single-family and multi-family dwellings that use at least 15 percent less energy than Title 24 standards.
  • Measure-based approach provides incentives for individual measures which increase the energy efficiency of a home. Incentives range between $25 and $200 per measure.

The incentive payments are based on the final 2008 T-24 reports created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiner (CEPE) and verified by a third-party HERS Rater. The incentives increase incrementally as the performance of the structure increases.

For further information, visit gosolarcalifornia.org.

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