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PG&E's Energy Upgrade California™ Home Upgrade now includes additional measures and additional points for increased levels of insulation, higher efficiency HVAC equipment, wall heaters and windows. All jobs with a "test-out" date of July 1 or later are eligible for the new measures. You will be able to submit these applications to Build It Green's Home Upgrade Portal starting July 8.

Join us for the PG&E Regional Forum for the Home Upgrade and AC Quality Care Programs on Wednesday, May 7th from 8:30am - 2:30pm at the Energy Education Center in Tulare.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is excited to offer a co-marketing opportunity for Energy Upgrade California™ Home Upgrade participating contractors and raters. Earn up to $5,000 in matching co-marketing funds to apply to your Home Upgrade marketing outreach and drive sales today!

Join us for a great opportunity for networking, learning from some great industry experts, and checking out some great vendors who will be in attendance.

We would like to remind Program Participants that according to the Contractor and Rater Participation Agreements, you must understand and abide by the Program standards. Please keep in mind that any marketing collateral produced must be consistent with the PG&E's Energy Upgrade California (EUC) Program Guidelines for Customer Collateral and the Contractors: Co-Brand with Energy Upgrade California standard guides.

The Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Multifamily Pilot Program launches February 1, 2013.

The PG&E Whole House Rebate Program will be launching a multifamily pilot program in 2013 for buildings with 5 or more units.  This will be a 500 unit pilot, targeting the multifamily housing retrofit market. The lessons learned will be used to inform the full program roll-out in mid-2014. 

This is a free training, hosted by Build It Green and PG&E at the Energy Training Center in Stockton. The training teaches and/or reinforces contractors' and raters' ability to diagnose duct leakage more accurately for input to Energy Pro and for scope of work development on projects applying for rebates within the Energy Upgrade California™ Program.

This free training, hosted by Build It Green, EGIA, and PG&E, teaches contractors and raters to market the Energy Upgrade California Program tohomeowners by organizing special homeowner workshops.

During the Regional Forums, some of you mentioned you would like to obtain more homeowner marketing resources and case studies. These resources are important to business owners who want to know the best strategies for success in the Program.   

By popular demand, we are launching a revised version of the Desktop Review Checklist. The Quality Assurance (QA) Desktop Review Checklist and Modeling Design Guidelines  were developed by Build It Green to assist participating contractors and raters with the job submission process. We hope that these new resources will help you submit complete job submissions the first time. 

PG&E is establishing a volunteer based Technical Advisory Committee composed of participating contractors, independent raters and industry representatives. This group will review, provide feedback and offer suggestions for continuous improvement of existing processes or review items prior to launch.  Initial areas of focus will include PG&E's Safety Procedures, Installations Specifications, QA/QC Protocols and training.

* * Deadline extended to June 1st!

The Advanced Package Technical Training is required for all Building Performance Institute (BPI) certified professionals who wish to submit combustion appliance safety test results to Pacific Gas and Electric's Energy Upgrade California program. The course focuses on supplementary combustion appliance safety protocols that augment those specified by BPI.

We had a great turn-out for the first annual Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Energy Upgrade California™ Contractor Exchange in San Ramon, CA on April 3rd. With almost 200 people in attendance, the Exchange provided an opportunity for participants to share information, engage in meaningful dialogues with the PG&E team and program administrators as well as with each other, and to hear more about the future direction of the Energy Upgrade California program.

As required for compliance with CA SB-183 (also known as the "Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act"), as of July 1, 2011, all Program Single-Family Dwelling projects, regardless of necessity for building permit, must include permanent installation of at least one CO alarm/detector meeting UL-2034 (for alarms) or UL-2075 (for detectors), installed according to manufacturer's instructions in all dwelling units intended for human occupancy. Existing alarms/detectors less than five years old and meeting Program requirements are allowed. 

You may register for a variety of Energy Efficiency Classes sponsored by PG&E here. Make sure to check out the HVAC, TITLE 24 and Home Energy Upgrades tracks! Please note that registration for most classes opens 60 days before the date of the class. Click on the class name for class details, including the first day of registration for that class. 

As part of our continuous focus on program quality and customer safety, PG&E has worked with industry leaders to enhance the current safety policies to include best practices from multiple programs and certifications.

Below you can find information on equipment lending libraries and financing for equipment & tools. 

Modular or factory-built homes are eligible as of September 1, 2011 to participate, but must meet certain requirements. Mobile homes on a chassis and axle constructed under HUD codes do not qualify.

Those of you who have been following the roll-out of the full-scale PG&E Whole House Rebate Program are aware that the current system of submitting jobs through the Contractor Portal (www.builditgreenutility.org/jobs/contractor_list) was intended as an interim solution while we beta tested Green Energy Compass. The good news is that we have tested the system internally and we have brought on a small group of beta users and their transition has been smooth.

Thank you for your continued participation in the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Whole House Rebate Program, a part of Energy Upgrade California. The following guidelines address several commonly found mistakes in the job submittal process. Please make note of this advice to help ensure that your job submissions are processed successfully.