Green is Cool
Unlike Demand Response, which reduces the peak load on specific days when the power grid is at risk of overload, Shift & Save® permanently removes daily AC peak loads over the entire peak season. A strategic part of PG&E's green energy focus, Shift & Save® helps protect California against rolling blackouts and reduces the need for construction of new generation plants. By operating at night, the Ice Bear® system emits 42 percent less greenhouse gases that traditional cooling methods. Incorporating an Ice Bear® system into a cooling unit is the equipment of taking one vehicle off the road. Additionally, Shift & Save®:
- Protects against rolling blackouts and shortages
- Reduces pollution and smog
- Makes better use of California's natural resources
- Reduces the need for construction of new generation plants
- Saves 20% or more on annual electricity bill
- Reduces individual carbon footprints by 10%
- Eases the strain on the grid throughout periods of high peak demand
- Helps protect the ozone layer
- Lowers NOx emission rates 56% during off-peak
- Lowers CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by 40%
Wind and Solar PV Factors
TES technology makes effective use of nighttime wind power thereby cutting daytime peak demands. Additionally, Shift & Save® removes the "post-solar" peak and allows solar to address non-A/C loads.Source Energy Fuel Emissions: Peak vs. Base
For more information call our Customer Service Center at 1-877-811-8700. Please ask for Ruby Irigoyen regarding the Shift & Save program.
