SBUA is pleased to announce that the CA Renewable Energy Procurement Summit will be held October 28 – 30, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. This event is an opportunity for all types of load-serving entities (LSEs) to come together to discuss how renewables procurement is changing and what is needed to adapt to growing statewide needs. Important discussions […]
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Small Business Utility Advocates (SBUA) would like to share an upcoming bid opportunity with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Please see details below. Opportunity Announcement Type: RFA (Request for Abstract) Title: Local Government Partnership Energy Efficiency Programs Deadline: 5/22/2019 Description: In accordance with Decision (“D.”) 18-01-004 – Decision Addressing Third-Party Solicitation Process for Energy Efficiency (“EE”) programs, PG&E […]
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Small Business Utility Advocates is heavily involved in transportation electrification proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) on behalf of small businesses. Earlier this year we entered into a settlement agreement with the smaller investor owned utilities (Liberty Utilities, Bear Valley Electric Service, and PacifiCorp) to ensure their transportation electrification projects benefit smaller commercial […]
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has new contract opportunities for small businesses to help raise awareness and provide education to the Central Valley, micro- and small-sized PG&E customers on optimal energy usage, distributed energy resources, and PG&E digital tools. The objective is to increase awareness of PG&E offerings; create greater awareness of PG&Es products […]
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SBUA has raised raised protests against Southern California Edison’s proposed $760 million plan to expand its electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure to California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC). SBUA supports the promotion of EV across California and applauds the efforts of the PUC and utilities to do so. However, we also want to ensure that the EV programs, which […]
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From Board Member Lillian Rafii: If you are small business based in California, it is more than likely that your utility company uses Time-of-Use or Peak Pricing. Curious about what these terms mean and what the difference is? These two topics can be confusing, especially as Time-of-Use (“TOU”) pricing is used in conjunction with peak […]
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As part of the recent movement for California utilities to promote transportation grid electrification, PG&E is in the midst of creating a program to install Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations for electric vehicles at commercial and multi-unit residential locations. PG&E will cover between 25% to 100% of the cost of installing the EV stations. The […]
Board Member Lillian Rafii In July, I represented SBUA in the annual PG&E Small Business Consultation and Feedback Forum. PG&E hosts this meeting to generate ideas and hear from small businesses, their representatives, local chambers of commerce, and other related organizations on diverse and small business inclusion in PG&E’s spending. Wells Fargo also participated, brought […]
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Since our meeting in April 2015, SBUA has been busy especially in the Portland General Electric General Rate Case representing small business, in particular for this docket, the Small Nonresidential Customer. This class of small business customers is by far the second most numerous customer class served by PGE, behind only residential which is by […]
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Recall that PURPA (Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act), passed in the 1970’s, is a federal, and also a state law in Oregon that requires utilities to buy power that is produced from independent generators. A main purpose of PURPA is to encourage and promote development of renewable energy generation. PURPA dockets impact small businesses in at […]
