{"id":535259,"date":"2021-09-07T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/working-together-with-pge-customers-are-finding-new-better-ways-to-save-energy-and-help-support-grid-reliability-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:55:00","slug":"working-together-with-pge-customers-are-finding-new-better-ways-to-save-energy-and-help-support-grid-reliability-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/working-together-with-pge-customers-are-finding-new-better-ways-to-save-energy-and-help-support-grid-reliability-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Together With PG&E, Customers Are Finding New, Better Ways to Save Energy and Help Support Grid Reliability This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Working Together With PG&E, Customers Are Finding New, Better Ways to Save Energy and Help Support Grid Reliability This Summer<\/b><\/p>\n

So Far This Year, 245,000 Individuals and Businesses Have Answered the Call to Save Energy and Help Support California\u2019s Grid<\/i><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nEnergy efficiency experts and environmentalists have long known that the best energy is the energy that you don\u2019t use. That\u2019s the premise behind energy conservation, as well as the guiding principle behind demand-response programs, in which individuals and businesses reduce or shift their energy usage during peak periods to help keep the grid reliable.\n<\/p>\n

\nPacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) provides a wide range of available demand-response (DR) programs and it continues to grow. Customers are embracing them in a way that benefits them personally and all Californians more broadly.\n<\/p>\n

\nIn all, approximately 245,000 industrial, business and residential customers have enrolled in a variety of demand-response programs. All told, these programs have a potential to provide approximately 365.8 megawatts of load-reduction capacity. roughly enough electricity for the instantaneous demand of about 275,000 homes.\n<\/p>\n

Through Conservation, Companies Connect with Communities<\/b><\/p>\n

\nAnd customers who participate in these DR programs acknowledge and understand their value.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe Farmers\u2019 Rice Cooperative (FRC) supports the community and environment that makes our industry possible. All FRC locations are enrolled in demand-response programs. FRC feels that demand-response programs are more important than ever to protect California from electrical grid capacity constraints. FRC is more than proud to support the community; it is integral to who we are,\u201d said Joe Schloesser, the FRC\u2019s director of Engineering and Continuous Improvement.\n<\/p>\n

\nTerranova Ranch, a 6,000-acre farm that grows more than 25 crops in Helm in Fresno County, participates in multiple demand-response programs.\n<\/p>\n

\n“With operational constraints that don’t allow us to completely avoid on-peak TOU, demand response gives us a flexible option to contribute when we can,\u201d said Patrick Pinkard, manager at Terranova Ranch. \u201cBeing located in a small community, it’s a nice incentive to know our actions can go a long way in helping surrounding homes and businesses keep their lights and AC on, often when they need it the most.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nTishman Speyer is a global real estate developer operating in 29 markets in nine countries.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cAs a high-volume user of electricity, Tishman Speyer wants to do our part in contributing to reducing usage on the grid. Participating in demand-response programs such as the Emergency Load Reduction Program allows us to take an active role for preventing rotating outages in California while ensuring our operational needs are met,\u201d said Scott Lessard, the chief engineer at Tishman Speyer\u2019s property on 400 Castro St. in Mountain View.\n<\/p>\n

\nAnd, at Ardent Mills, \u201cour core values are trust, serving, simplicity and safety, and being enrolled in the Base Interruptible Program through PG&E is consistent with our company\u2019s core values,\u201d said Trevor Meyers, plant manager of Ardent Mills\u2019 Stockton Mill facility. \u201cNot only are we concerned with serving our customers and communities with nutritious grain-based solutions, but we can also serve our communities by curtailing our power needs during periods of grid capacity constraints.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Energy Incentive Programs for Business, Residential Customers<\/b><\/p>\n

\nThere is a plethora of energy-reduction incentive programs for both business customers<\/a> and residential customers.<\/a><\/p>\n

\nFor business customers, for example, there is:\n<\/p>\n