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The Greening of IT
72 How Companies Can Make a Difference for the Environment

also featured technology and program briefings, a view of market potential
from top industry analysts, and a tour of data centers in Silicon Valley that
have implemented leading energy-efficient technologies and management
practices.
PG&E founded the Coalition in 2007 and has established a collaborative
Web site where member utilities share program documentation, technical
resources, and market intelligence. In addition to sponsoring the Coalition,
PG&E supports other industry associations such as The Green Grid, and is a
board member of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative.
With a large concentration of high-tech companies and data centers
located in the San Francisco Bay Area, along with a 30-plus-year history of
developing and delivering energy-efficiency programs, PG&E has developed
a comprehensive program portfolio to serve this market segment. The portfo-
lio includes customer education and training programs, technical evaluation
support, and financial incentives and rebates for customers who adopt
energy-efficient technologies and practices.
PG&E’s services for this market segment are part of a full suite of cus-
tomized energy-efficiency products and services the company offers to its cus-
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tomers, including rebates and incentives, energy analyses, demand response
programs, and more. Since the inception of these programs in 1976, PG&E
customers have achieved significant cumulative life-cycle energy and cost-
savings of more than 118 million megawatt hours of electricity and more
than $22 billion, avoiding the release of more than 135 million tons of car-
bon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere.

PG&E Energy-Efficiency Program
The P&E, like other California utilities, must have approval from the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for its public programs,
and any shareholder incentives or utility performance awards derived from
them; for measuring the impact of energy-efficiency and low-income assis-
tance programs; and for verification of program results through bill analysis
and installation of monitoring equipment. The reports and regulatory filings
found on the PG&E Web site represent a portion of the application, measure-
ment, and verification process.