Energy Tips for Your Business
The summer heat is here. Learn about programs and solutions to help your business manage energy costs and maximize savings on your energy bill.
Know the Details of Your Pricing Plan
Your pricing plan can impact your bottom line. It's important to review your business' pricing plan each season to make sure you know when to shift or conserve energy. If your plan is a Time-of-Use or Critical Peak Pricing (CPP-D) plan, which includes event days, prepare for summer on-peak and event-day hours (4 - 9 p.m.) to reduce your energy use when an activation is called.
Prepare for an activation day
On days when energy use is high, SDG&E® may activate Demand Response programs or Event Day Pricing plans to support the electric grid. Create a plan to conserve energy on these days.
Demand Response Programs
If your business can conserve energy when demand is highest, we have a program for you.
Builder Services Portal
Find resources and self-service tools for more efficient project application and management.
Electric Vehicle Programs
Save money, eliminate tailpipe emissions, or simplify maintenance.
Energy Efficiency Programs
We offer a variety of programs to help your business save energy and money.
GoGreen Financing
An official State of California initiative, GoGreen Financing provides easy access to private financing with exceptional terms and qualified professional contractor services.
San Diego LEARN Program
This program offers free energy efficiency & electrification courses. Dive into live webinars with industry pros and explore short online courses.
Tools to Help You Save Energy
- Sign into My Energy Center to manage your account from your computer or mobile device—anywhere, anytime.
- Track Energy Use. See when and how much energy you use monthly or daily.
- Set up Energy Alerts text and email to track usage and spending, including current and projected bill amounts.
- Review your business contact and emergency notification preferences annually to make sure the right contact is on file.
Adjust Your Thermostat
You can save an extra 10%* on your annual heating and cooling costs when you use a smart thermostat to automatically adjust the temperature in your office or workspace.
Upgrade Your Lighting
Switching out lighting with occupancy sensors can provide energy saving and convenience by turning on lights when someone enters a room and turns them off when unoccupied.
Power Down
Enable the power-management function on computers, so monitors go to sleep. And at the end of the work day, remember to switch off or power down your electronic devices.
Weatherize Your Business
Weather strip and caulk drafty doors and windows to keep in the heat when you need it most. Insulation of your building can help manage temperatures and reduce energy costs.
Tune Your HVAC
Just as a tune-up for your car can improve your gas mileage, a yearly tune-up of your heating and cooling system can improve efficiency and comfort.
Maintain and Repair
An energy audit can help your business identify ways to upgrade your facility to be more energy efficient.
* 10% savings as noted on the Energy Upgrade California website.
SDG&E's Wildfire Efforts
To learn more about SDG&E's wildfire resilience efforts, visit sdge.com/Wildfire-Safety.
Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS)
During adverse weather conditions, a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) may be used to help prevent potential wildfires. This is always a last resort and done to help protect the communities we serve.
During a PSPS, we will contact customers who have opted to receive notifications. Visit our notifications page to sign up, update your contact information and learn more about PSPS notifications.
Critical Facilities
If you believe your business should be a Critical Facility, please visit the Critical Facility and Infrastructure page to complete the survey.
Hotter summer temperatures can drive up energy use, and when combined with summer pricing, our customers can experience higher than normal bills during this time.
During the summer, there is also a greater risk for a “Reduce-Your-Use” or "Critical Peak Pricing" Event Day to be called. Event Days happen when the demand for energy spikes in our region or across the state. We may ask customers to conserve energy if they are on a participating pricing plan. On an Event Day, a surcharge is in effect from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. significantly increasing the price of electricity. Combined with on-peak Time-of-Use pricing between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., this means businesses who do not conserve on Event Days may receive bills significantly higher than average.
A helpful starting point is for customers to log into or sign up for My Energy Center. SDG&E offers various pricing plan options to give customers more choice and control over their energy use and maximize savings. My Energy Center allows you to compare pricing plans side-by-side to find the one which fits your business’s needs.
For customers on a Time-of-Use pricing plan, managing energy use during peak hours is also important. The highest energy costs occur during the hours between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., when the demand for energy is highest throughout the state. Within My Energy Center, customers can elect to receive weekly energy use summaries to stay on top of their bill. Visit our Energy Alerts page to learn more.
In addition to how much and when your business uses electricity, electricity pricing is based on electricity demand. Demand is the rate at which your business uses electricity – the maximum amount needed to power your business at any given time. Learn more about demand by visiting our Understanding Demand for Business page.
For customers on a Time-of-Use Plus (TOU P) or Critical Peak Pricing (CPP) plan, managing energy use during peak hours is also important. The highest energy costs occur during the hours of 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. when the demand for energy is highest throughout the state. SDG&E may also call a "Reduce-Your-Use" or "Critical Peak Pricing" Event Day, adding a surcharge to energy used during the hours of 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. It is critical to be mindful of when you use energy most.
Review your contact information under your profile in My Energy Center to make sure it is up to date. Customers with an email or phone number on file will be notified of a Reduce-Your-Use Event Day a day ahead of the event so they can plan how they will shift energy. Create a plan to reduce your use during an Event Day with these tips.
Most business customers are eligible for the Level Pay Program (LPP), a program that averages out your bill and allows you to budget more easily. For more information and eligibility requirements, please visit the LPP official program web page.
No. State law prohibits SDG&E from profiting from the sale of electricity and natural gas to our customers. The cost of electricity and natural gas we purchase for our customers is directly passed through onto customer bills.
View our current effective electric rates page. For tariff information, visit our tariff page.
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- Log in to My Energy Center.
- Click “VIEW BILL”
- Scroll down the page until you see “DOWNLOAD YOUR BILL.”
- Click “VIEW YOUR DETAILED BILL PDF.”