Pacific Gas and Electric Company Hosts Energy-Efficient Home Exhibit in San Francisco's Union Square
October 24 2008 - 6:52PM
PR Newswire (US)
Utility Partners with ENERGY STAR(R) to Promote Energy-Efficient
Products SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR(R) program will host a
custom-built, interactive exhibit structure modeled after an actual
energy-efficient home this weekend, showcasing energy-efficient
home products in San Francisco's historic Union Square. "To help
our customers save money and energy, PG&E will continue to
promote ENERGY STAR products, such as energy-efficient consumer
electronics," said Duane Larson, director of energy efficiency for
PG&E. "Creating successful partnerships, like the ones PG&E
has forged with industry and retail partners, allows it to pursue
its goals of meeting customer energy needs, while reducing
California's greenhouse gas emissions." Building on the momentum of
PG&E's 2007 "Change a Light" campaign, this weekend's exhibit
is part of PG&E's participation in ENERGY STAR's "Change the
World, Start with Energy Star" campaign, which helps people make
important energy-efficient changes at home and at work that can add
up to significant reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases. "To
date, more than 1.9 million Americans have pledged to change a
light to an ENERGY STAR one and they are ready to do more," said
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "If every American household
took part in this new ENERGY STAR pledge, we would save more than
$18 billion in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases
equivalent to the emissions of more than 18 million cars." In
addition to replacing at least one light in the home with an
energy-efficient bulb, the new Energy Star pledge encourages
consumers to: -- Make home heating and cooling systems work more
efficiently -- Make sure homes are well sealed and insulated --
Enable the power management features on home computers and monitors
-- Choose an ENERGY STAR qualified refrigerator, dishwasher and/or
clothes washer when replacing or purchasing new appliances PG&E
is a national leader in helping its customers use energy efficiency
as a cost-effective way to reduce their energy bills while helping
the state achieve its greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.
Since 1976, PG&E's energy efficiency programs have helped
customers save more than 134 million megawatt-hours of electricity
and 11.1 billion therms of natural gas through cumulative lifecycle
savings. These joint efforts resulted in enough savings to power
over 20 million homes and heat 22 million homes, while preventing
more than 135 million tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere, and
reducing customers' bills by nearly $22 billion. ENERGY STAR was
introduced by EPA in 1992 as a voluntary, market-based partnership
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency.
Today, the ENERGY STAR label can be found on more than 50 different
kinds of products as well as new homes and buildings. Products that
have earned the ENERGY STAR designation prevent greenhouse gas
emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by
the government. In 2007 alone, ENERGY STAR helped Americans save
over $16 billion on their energy bills while reducing greenhouse
gas emissions equivalent to those of 27 million vehicles. Pacific
Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation
(PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric
utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco, with 20,000
employees, the company delivers some of the nation's cleanest
energy to 15 million people in northern and central California. For
more information, visit http://www.pge.com/. DATASOURCE: Pacific
Gas and Electric Company CONTACT: PG&E External Communications,
+1-415-973-5930 Web site: http://www.pge.com/
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