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Path to your Energy Savings

Existing Residential and Small Commercial
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Goals of this Webinar

Provide the tools and inform you of the steps you
should take before and after installing solar to
maximize your investment and reduce you
carbon footprint.
 Agenda
PG&E
Delivery Mix
Integrated Approach

The Full Energy Picture

Before Going Solar
Energy Conservation
Energy Efficiency

Case Study
Going Solar
After Solar
Resources
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PG&Es Projected 2009 Electric Delivery Mix

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 Were committed to Energy Efficiency

PG&E has saved more than 155 million MWh and 12.5 billion therms from installed energy
efficiency measures, which is the equivalent of powering over 23.5 million homes with electricity
and heating 25 million homes with natural gas
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PG&Es Integrated Approach
Energy
Efficiency

Reduce
Energy
Use

Neutralize Renewable Solar

Climate
Smart Energy Power &
Supply Wind
Use

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 The Full Energy Picture: Loading Order

1. Energy Conservation (No Cost)

-Changing usage patterns to reduce energy
consumption

2. Energy Efficiency (Low Cost)

-Using less energy without changing patterns

3. Energy from Renewables (Investment)

-Energy generated from natural resources (Solar, Wind, etc)

4. Carbon Offsets
-Programs that allow individuals to reduce their impact on climate
change

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 Why Energy Efficiency Before Solar?

Bigger Bang for your Buck

Less usage = smaller energy bills
Cheap, easy, and less destructive to implement than other
methods of energy
Less usage smaller solar system needed lower cost
Energy Audit Required to Participate in CSI Program
Educate yourself and your customers
Analyze usage
Learn what to do

Contractor
Competitive advantage

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Before Solar
 Take an Energy Efficiency Audit
Energy Audit: SmartEnergy Analyzer
www.pge.com/energyanalyzer

Create a profile of your

home and appliances
Identify how much
energy and money you
can save
Create a customized
energy plan

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 Step 1. Conservation Practices (No-Cost)
Keep your thermostat at 68 degrees
in the winter and 78 degrees in the
summer (health permitting)
Adjust thermostat up/down when you
leave home or go to bed
Lower your water heaters thermostat
to 120 degrees F
Only run full dishwashers and loads
of laundry
Turn off the water when brushing
teeth, washing dishes, etc.
Take shorter showers

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 Step 1 (cont). Conservation Practices
(Low Cost)
Install faucet aerators,
ultra-low flow toilets and
showerheads

Install irrigation controllers

or, even better, drought-
tolerant landscaping

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 Step 2. Strive For High Efficiency
(Low-Cost)
Replace regular light bulbs with
Compact Fluorescent Lamps
(CFLs)
CFLs lasts up to 10 times longer and
use up to 75% less energy than
regular bulbs
Look for the PG&E
sticker and save!

Dispose of burned out bulbs properly

by visiting Earth911.org to find a
recycling facility

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 Step 3. Strive For Higher Efficiency
(Investment)
Buy high efficiency appliances (i.e.,
clothes washers, dishwashers, water
heaters)
These appliances use 10% to 50% less
energy than standard appliances
Look for the ENERGY STAR

Weatherize your home

Insulate your attic and your walls

We offer Rebates!

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 PG&E Offers a Variety of Rebates

Residential
High-Efficiency Clothes Cool Roof Low/Steep
Washers Slope
ENERGY STAR Whole House Fan
Dishwashers
92% & 94% AFUE Central
ENERGY STAR Room Air Natural Gas Furnace
Conditioner
Variable Speed Motor
Electric Storage Water (VSM) Air Handler System
Heaters
Variable and 2-Speed
Natural Gas Storage Water Swimming Pool Pump and
Heater Motor
Attic and Wall Insulation

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 PG&E Offers a Variety of Rebates

Business
Agricultural Products
Appliances and General Improvement
Food Service
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)
Lighting
Refrigeration
Boilers and Water Heating
Business Computing

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Case Study:
How Does EE Effect Solar
System Size and Cost?
Lighting
Air-Conditioning and Duct Sealing
Refrigeration
Phantom Loads
Pool Pumps
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Typical Single Family California Home*

6,992 total kWh/year
Device % of home electricity Annual kWh for each device
Interior/Exterior
Lighting 22.5% 1572
Central Air /
Ventilation 18.2% 1276
Misc. 12.3% 858
Refrigerator 11.8% 824
Clothes Dryer 10.2% 713
Computer 8.3% 578
TV 7.4% 519
Range Oven 4.3% 301
Microwave 2.0% 140
Clothes Washer 1.8% 127
Dish Washer 1.2% 84
*RASS, PG&E, and DEER
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Opportunities for
Savings
kWh Savings by Measure
700
600
500
400
300
200

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Lighting Air Conditioning/ Refrigerator Phantom Loads Duct Sealing
ventilation
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Large Single Family California Home with Pool Pump

12,216 total kWh/year
Device % of home electricity Annual kWh for each device

Pool Pump 24.2% 2959

Central Air / 15.8% 1931
Ventilation
Interior/ Exterior 14.8% 1808
Lighting
2nd Refrigerator 10.2% 1245
Miscellaneous 8.1% 987
Main Refrigerator 6.7% 824
Clothes Dryer 5.8% 713
Computer 4.7% 578
TV 4.2% 519
Range Oven 2.5% 301
Microwave 1.1% 140
Clothes Washer 1.0% 127
Dish Washer 0.7% 84
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Opportunities for
Savings
kWh Savings per Measure (Large Home)

2500
2000

1500

1000

500

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Pool Pump Refrigerator Air Lighting Phantom Loads Duct Sealing
Conditioning/
ventilation
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Lighting
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Lighting: Effect on Solar

Replacing 60% of CFL applicable screw-base
sockets in PG&E homes with CFLs

Large Home Lighting

(kWh) $91 = cost to implement measure

691 kWh/yr. saved = 433 Watt

691 Energy
reduction on PV system size
Savings

1117
New ($2,293) reduction in upfront PV
Consumption
system cost

Benefit/Cost Ratio 25 : 1

2.1 Panel Reduction (210 watt)

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Air Conditioning & Duct Sealing

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A/C and Duct Sealing:

Effect on Solar
Upgrading A/C unit from SEER 10 to EnergyStar (SEER 14.5)
and sealing ducts to reduce leak from 19% to 12%
$ 4,201 = cost to implement measure

New 5 Ton A/C and Duct Sealing 708 kWh/yr. saved =293 Watt
reduction on PV system size

708 Energy ($2,349) reduction in upfront PV

Savings
system cost
New
1223 Consumption
Benefit to Cost ratio: 0.56 : 1

Other Intangible Benefits:

2.1 Panel Reduction Peak load reduction
(210 watt) Smart A/C program
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Refrigerator Replacement
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Refrigeration:
Effect on Solar
Replacing an existing refrigerator with a new EnergyStar
unit

Main and 2nd Refrigerator $1,145 = cost to implement

(kWh) measure

864 864 kWh/yr. saved = 542 Watt

1205
Energy reduction on PV system size
Savings

New ($2,867) reduction in upfront PV

Consumption system cost

Benefit to Cost ratio 2.5 : 1

2.6 Panel (210 watt)

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Phantom Loads
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Phantom Loads

CEC TV, Computers, and other

entertainment make up 91% of
plug loads, and 22% of that is
attributed to Phantom Loads,
aka Standby Power
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Conservation and
Reducing Phantom Loads:
Effect on Solar
Utilizing power strips and unplugging
electronics/small appliances not in use $68 = cost to implement
measure
Home Electronic Consumption
after EE
(kWh) 300 kWh/yr. saved = 188 Watt
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reduction on PV system size
Energy
Savings
New
Consumption
($996) reduction in upfront
system cost

1854 Benefit to Cost ratio: 11 : 1

0.9 Panel Reduction (210 watt)

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Pool Pump
Replacement
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Pool Pump:
Effect on Solar
Replacing a single speed pump with a variable
speed pump

Pool Pum p (kWh)

539
$1,457 = cost to implement
measure

Energy
Savings
1736 kWh/yr. saved = 1,517
New Watt reduction on PV size
Consumption

($8,029) reduction in up front

2420 system cost

Benefit to Cost ratio: 5.5 : 1

7.2 Panel Reduction (210 watt)

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Case Study:
Savings & Payback
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Typical Single Family California Home*

After EE
5,280 total kWh
Device % of home electricity Annual kWh for each device
Interior/Exterior
Lighting 18.4% 970
Central Air /
Ventilation 15.3% 809
Misc. 14.4% 758
Refrigerator 13.5% 381
Clothes Dryer 10% 713
Computer 8.9% 528
TV 7.2% 469
Range Oven 2.7% 301
Microwave 2.7% 140
Clothes Washer 2.4% 127
Dish Washer 1.6% 84
*RASS, PG&E, and DEER

1,712 kWh Saved (4,9013 kWh Saved with Large Home)

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PG&E Bill of Typical Customer

Avg. baseline allowance per day: 14
Avg. billing days for month: 30
Avg. usage per month: 583 kWh

Rate Tiers Tier Usage (kWh) Charge/kWh Amount

0 to 100% of Baseline ($0.115) 420.00 $0.11531 $48.43
101 to 130% of Baseline($0.13) 126.00 $0.13109 $16.52
131 to 200% of Baseline ($0.26) 37.00 $0.25974 $9.61
Total 583 $74.56

Average cost per kWh: $0.1279

Typical PG&E
How EE and Solar Effect a Typical Customer's Bill
Home Savings:
Energy
Efficiency
143 kWh/mo.
Solar

346 $63.48/mo.
kWh

Out of Pocket

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106
74
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Tier 1 ($.115) Tier 2 ($0.131) Tier 3 ($0.259)

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Typical PG&E Home:

PV System Cost and
Payback
Size and Cost of Cost of Size and Cost of Total
Solar Before EE Implementing Solar After EE Combined
(3.5 kW) EE (2.6 kW) Cost

$ 18,518* $ 4,246 $ 13, 756 $ 18,002*

~ 23 years ~ 13 years ~ 25 years ~ 21 years

Typical PG&E Home Total Upfront Savings: $516

4.3 Panel Reduction *($9/watt)-CSI Incentive
-30% Federal Tax
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PG&E Bill of Large
Solar Customer
Avg. baseline allowance per day: 14
Avg. billing days for month: 30
Avg. usage per month: 1018 kWh

Rate Tiers Tier Usage (kWh) Charge/kWh Amount

0 to 100% of Baseline ($0.115) 420.00 $0.11531 $48.43
101 to 130% of Baseline($0.13) 126.00 $0.13109 $16.52
131 to 200% of Baseline ($0.26) 294.00 $0.25974 $76.36
201 to 300% of Baseline 178.00 $0.37866 $67.40 Large Solar PG&E
Total 1018 $208.71
Home Savings:
Average cost per kWh: $0.2050

How EE and Solar Effect a Large Home Customer's Bill

450
409kWh/mo.
Energy
400
Efficiency
350

300
289
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Solar
$193.74/mo.
250
kWh

200

150 Out of Pocket

231
100 178
131 126
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0 to 100% of Baseline 101 to 130% of 131 to 200% of 201 to 300% of
($0.115) Baseline($0.13) Baseline ($0.26) Baseline
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Large Solar PG&E Home:

PV System Cost and
Payback
Size and Cost of Cost of Size and Cost of Total
Solar Before EE Implementing Solar After EE Combined
(6.1 kW) EE (3.6 kW) Cost

$ 34,898* $ 6,962 $ 19, 047 $ 26,009*

~ 15 years ~4 years ~ 22 years ~ 10 years

Large Solar PG&E Home Total Upfront Savings: $8,889

11.9 Panel Reduction *($9/watt)-CSI Incentive
-30% Federal Tax
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Going Solar
 Go Solar
Do your research:
Roof conditions
Shading and direction of roof
Obtain bids from a minimum of 3 contractors
How much usage to be offset (size of system)

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 Go Solar
Reduce Costs
California Solar Initiative
10 year program (2007-2017)
Must be in Investor Owned Utility (IOU) territory
Residential Retrofit, Non-Residential retrofit/new construction

Federal Tax Credit

30% of net cost
Extended through 2016

Net Energy Metering

Meter keeps track of debits/credits
Buy and sell at the going rate
Cannot make a profit

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After Solar
Maximize your Rate Schedule
E-6 Time Periods
Time of Use

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Maximize your Rate Schedule
Time of Use Rates

35 Credit
30
Use
25
Use Credit
Cents per Kwh

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Hours of the Day

Buying low and selling high adds value.

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 Continue Conservation and Energy
Efficiency Practices
Maximize your systems production

Solar is not an excuse to neglect

conservation and efficiency

Environmentally friendly

Consider your Carbon Footprint

Regular maintenance on your system

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Reducing your Carbon Footprint:
ClimateSmart

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Questions and
Answers
 Energy Efficiency Resources
Rebates:
www.pge.com/rebates

Residential: 1-800-933-9555
www.pge.com/myhome/saveenergymoney

Commercial: 1-800-468-4743
www.pge.com/mybusiness/energysavingsrebates

Large Commercial: Contact your assigned PG&E Account

Manger or Representative

Energy Savings Calculator

http://www.pge.com/myhome/saveenergymoney/resources/appliancecal
culator/index.shtml

Energy Audit:
www.pge.com/energyanalyzer
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 Solar Resourses
Solar Customer Service Center: 1-877-743-4112
www.pge.com/solar

California Solar Initiative: Solar@pge.com

www.pge.com/CSI

Net Energy metering: Gen@pge.com

www.pge.com/NEM

Solar Classes:
www.pge.com/solareducation www.pge.com/solarclasses

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