PG&E asks customers to conserve during heat wave

Anticipating triple-digit temperatures in many parts of California this week, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is asking its “Critical Peak Pricing” customers to voluntarily conserve energy.

Through PG&E’s Critical Peak Pricing Program (CPP), business customers receive lower rates during the summer season in exchange for a higher rate during designated critical peak day hours on no more than 12 hot summer days when PG&E’s system demands increase and an event is initiated.

Participating customers receive an event notification by noon on the business day before the CPP event is called. CPP customers receive 100 percent protection from energy bills higher than what they would have paid under normal rates for the first 12 consecutive months of program participation.

PG&E does not anticipate any power supply shortages this week but does expect to see higher than average electricity demands for May. The San Francisco-based utility is declaring a CPP day Thursday, urging its CPP business customers to conserve energy during peak demand hours of noon to 6 pm.

Sacramento Business Journal