In our continuing effort to help customers use energy more efficiently, we have been offering a variety of energy efficiency contracting opportunities through our 2006-2008 energy efficiency programs. These energy efficiency programs are approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and are administered by the energy efficiency contractor, under a contract awarded by Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas®).

On this page, you will learn about SoCalGas’ current solicitations for competitive bids on energy efficiency programs. You’ll also find information on current programs awarded to energy efficiency contractors. Altogether, these programs have a goal of saving 4.4 million therms of natural gas by the end of 2008—enough to meet the annual needs of more than 8,000 homes.

2009-2011 Energy Efficiency Solicitations

If you are interested in The Gas Company's current and future the Energy Efficiency solicitations please visit and register at: https://www.pepma-ca.com* to receive a Call for Abstracts document.

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Current energy efficiency contractor programs (Printable Version)

Residential Programs

Comprehensive Mobile Home Program
Provides qualifying mobile home customers with no-cost energy conservation evaluations, installations of low-flow showerheads and faucet aerators, and gas energy efficiency improvements, such as duct test and seal of HVAC systems.

Contacts:
Contractor: American Synergy Corporation
Website: www.synergycompanies.org
Contractor Contact: Steve Shallenberger, 951-259-8800
For scheduling work or for customer service: 888-988-9829
Contractor Email: shallenbgr@aol.com
The Gas Company's Administrator: Ann Teall, 562-803-7462
Email: ATeall@semprautilities.com

Designed for Comfort
Provides energy efficiency design assistance, training and incentives for housing authorities, owners of multifamily affordable and supportive housing projects (which offer homes to persons with special needs).

Contacts:
Contractor: Heschong Mahone Group
Website: www.designforcomfort.com
Contractor Contact: Julieann Summerford, 760-436-7002
Contractor Email: summerford@h-m-g.com
The Gas Company's Administrator: Ann Teall, 562-803-7462
Email: ATeall@semprautilities.com

Energy Efficiency Kiosk Program
Promotes natural gas and electric energy efficiency upgrades to homeowners through interactive kiosks placed in locations where customers are likely to be involved in home remodeling. These locations could include lending institutions and/or home improvement stores. The kiosks included energy efficiency promotional materials.

Contacts:
Contractor: Intergy Corporation
Website: www.intergycorp.com
Contractor Contact: Grant Cooke, 925-556-2600
Contractor Email: grant.cooke@intergycorp.com
The Gas Company's Administrator: Michelle Cook, 213-244-4009
Email: MCook@semprautilities.com

LivingWise School Program
Combines classroom learning and home retrofit/audit projects  completed by sixth grade students and their parents. It provides a LivingWise® Activity Kit for each customer.

Contacts:
Contractor: Resource Action Programs
Web site: www.getwise.org
Contractor Contact: Dave Munk, 888-438-9473
Contractor E-Mail: davemunk@getwise.org
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Ann Teall
Tel: 562-803-7462, E-Mail: ATeall@semprautilities.com

Business Programs

Commercial Laundry Program
Saves gas or electricity and water in multi-family housing and laundromats by replacing inefficient washers and by providing pipe insulation.  The program also provides rebates for qualifying machines to encourage the early retirement of inefficient washers.  The customers are expected to replace the machines themselves.

The additional measures that the contractor provides include pipe wrap, Energy Star CFL’s, and T12 to T8 (lighting measures) with Electronic Ballast.  These measures are only provided in connection with a washer replacement.  Southern California Edison customers are eligible for the electricity measures, and The Gas Company’s customers are eligible for the pipe wrap.

Contacts:
Contractor: Cal-UCONS, Inc.
Web site: www.conservationrebates.com
Contractor Contact: Jeremy Price, 951-656-2800
Contractor E-Mail: jeremy@synergycompanies.org
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Kelly Chen, 213-244-4468
E-Mail: KChen@semprautilities.com

Constant Volume Retrofit Program (CVRP)
Provides incentive money to non-evasively retrofit legacy constant air volume HVAC systems to variable air volume systems that serve multiple zones.

Contacts:
Contractor: Quantum Energy Services and Technologies
Web site: www.quest-world.com
Contractor Contact: Irina Krishpinovich, 510-981-2015
Contractor E-Mail: ikrishpinovich@quest-world.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Phillip Ignacio
Tel: 213-244-4081, E-Mail: PIgnacio@semprautilities.com

Demand-Based Ventilation Control for Theaters
Installs demand-based ventilation control on the  customer’s existing and eligible Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) units. Also provides a  cleaning service for the condenser and evaporator coils to the modified units.

Contacts:
Contractor: Matrix Energy Services, Inc.
Web site: www.matrixescorp.com
Contractor Contact: Taghi Alereza, 916-363-9283 extension 237
Contractor E-Mail: www.taghi@MatrixESCorp.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Kelly Chen
Tel: 213-244-4468, E-Mail: KChen@semprautilities.com

Domestic HotWater Controls Project
Installs a unique domestic hot water controller technology on the hot water system in hotels/motels in The Gas Company’s service territory designed to reduce natural gas consumption by a minimum of 25 therms per hotel room per year.

Contacts:
Contractor: EDC Technologies, Inc.
Web site: www.savegas.com
Contractor Contact: Jim Seidel, 949-388-2753
Contractor E-Mail: jim@savegas.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Kelly Chen
Tel: 213-244-4468, E-Mail: KChen@semprautilities.com

Natural Gas Cooling Replacement Program
Provides incentives, based on calculated energy savings, for the replacement of smaller (50 tons or less), older, inefficient natural gas air conditioning systems with new energy efficient units and quality installation procedures.

Contacts:
Contractor: Cypress Ltd.
Web site: www.cyp-res.com
Contractor Contact: Gordon Broberg, 877-811-8700
Contractor E-Mail: gkb@cyp-res.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Carlos Ruiz, 562-803-7400
E-Mail: CRuiz@semprautilities.com

Value + Energy Stream Mapping (VeSM)
Offers a turnkey approach to productivity improvements that provide quantified energy savings for manufacturing companies.

Contacts:
Contractor: California Manufacturing Technology Consulting
Web site: www.cmtc.com
Contractor Contact: Boris Koropey, 310-895-0150
Contractor E-Mail: bkoropey@cmtc.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Phillip Ignacio, 213-244-4081
E-Mail: PIgnacio@semprautilities.com

Residential and Business Outreach Energy Efficiency Programs

PACE-Energy Savings Project
Promotes energy efficiency programs in The Gas Company’s service area.  The primary target is ethnic minority communities (Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Korean, and Hispanic) for customers with historically low participation in The Gas Company’s energy efficiency programs.

Contacts:
Contractor: Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE)
Web site: www.pacela.org
Contractor Contact: Lin Vong, 213-989-3278
Contractor E-Mail: LVong@pacela.org
The Gas Company’s Administrators: Susan Apeles, 213-244-4265
E-Mail: SApeles@semprautilities.com

Custom Language Efficiency Outreach (CLEO) Program
Promotes the energy efficiency programs and  education/ training of Southern California Edison and The Gas Company among customers who speak  Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, and Korean. Offers interactive workshops, energy audit feedback, and low-cost and no-cost recommendations.

Contacts:
Contractor: Global Energy Services
Web site: www.gesusa.org
Contractor Contact: Basu Mukherjee, 909-860-5300
Contractor E-Mail: basu@gesusa.org
The Gas Company’s Administrators: Alice Buczek, 213-244-3757
E-Mail: ABuczek@semprautilities.com

New Technology Energy Efficiency Programs

Portfolio of the Future Program
Designed to identify the market commercialization of emerging technologies that can improve energy efficiency and reduce reliance on natural gas supplies in the Southern California market at a quick pace.

Contacts:
Contractor: Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Web site: www.NavigantConsulting.com
Contractor Contact: Laurie Park, 916-631-3200
Contractor E-Mail: Lpark@NavigantConsulting.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Susan Apeles
Tel: 213-244-4265, E-Mail: SApeles@semprautilities.com

California Sustainability Alliance Program
Includes public and private organizations dedicated to increase and accelerate adoption of sustainability best practices in the planning, design, construction and operations of new and existing facilities and communities to increase efficient utilization of resources and develop self-sustaining community initiatives and capabilities.

Contacts:
Contractor: Navigant Consulting, Inc.
Web site: www.NavigantConsulting.com
Contractor Contact: Laurie Park, 916-63103200
Contractor E-Mail: Lpark@NavigantConsulting.com
The Gas Company’s Administrator: Susan Apeles
TelL 213-244-4265, E-Mail: SApeles@semprautilities.com

Programs are administered under a contract awarded by Southern California Gas Company. Programs are funded by California utility customers under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. California customers are not obligated to purchase any products or services offered by these programs. The trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.