LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the company is
increasing rebates by an additional 50% on all energy efficient
appliances offered through its rebate program now through
December 31, 2020. This means
customers can get an additional 50% cash back on energy efficient
products that will help them conserve energy and reduce their
SoCalGas bill. The rebates are funded through energy efficiency
incentive programs created by the California Public Utilities
Commission.
"SoCalGas is offering bigger rebates for customers buying energy
efficient appliances and other rebate-qualified products—and with
many people facing financial hardship during the pandemic, it
couldn't come at a better time," said Brian
Prusnek, SoCalGas director of customer programs and
assistance. "We also know that many consumers are looking to
replace a dryer, a furnace or water heater, or simply want to save
money with a new energy saving appliance, and SoCalGas is
delivering on our commitment to our customers by helping them
further improve energy efficiency and reduce their natural gas
bills."
SoCalGas offers rebates on hundreds of home appliances and
products that help conserve energy and reduce costs. Customers can
apply for rebates quickly and easily from a mobile device by
visiting socalgas.com/rebates. On the website, customers will find
rebates of up to $600 on select water
heaters and furnaces, up to $500 on
select fireplaces and $50 on select
smart thermostats and Energy Star natural gas dryers.
An energy efficient appliance, over its lifetime, will save
customers thousands of dollars in energy bills. A tankless water
heater can save about $1,500, an
efficient traditional water heater about $200. An energy efficient furnace will save a
customer about $550 over its lifetime
and a smart thermostat, which can learn a customer's schedule and
temperature preferences to adjust the temperature in the home
accordingly, can save $125 over its
lifetime.
Using less energy is also good for the environment.
Between 2015 and 2019, SoCalGas energy efficiency
programs helped customers avoid using enough natural gas to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by over 1,100,000 metric tons,
the equivalent of removing nearly 238,000 cars from the
road annually. These advances have also helped save SoCalGas
customers over $229 million in
natural gas bill costs. In 2019 alone, SoCalGas' energy efficiency
programs saved customers $55.6
million.
In addition to rebates, SoCalGas offers a wide range of other
programs and services to save money and conserve household
energy use. To learn more about these programs and services, or for
more information on how to more efficiently manage natural
gas usage and possibly reduce monthly natural gas bills, please
visit SoCalGas' website at socalgas.com or call (800)
427-2200.
SoCalGas COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Since March, SoCalGas has donated more than $2.74
million to nonprofit organizations for COVID-19 recovery
efforts, including supporting the region's workforce, feeding the
hungry, providing bill assistance to customers, and more.
For more information on SoCalGas's response to the COVID-19
pandemic, please visit www.socalgas.com/coronavirus.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest gas distribution utility in the
United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable gas service
to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square miles of
Central and Southern California, where more than 90 percent of
residents use natural gas for heating, hot water, cooking, drying
clothes or other uses. Gas delivered through the company's
pipelines also plays a key role in providing electricity to
Californians— about 45 percent of electric power
generated in the state comes from gas-fired power plants.
SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest gas utility in
North America, delivering
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In
support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20
percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable gas by
2030. Renewable natural gas is made from waste created by
dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment plants. SoCalGas is
also committed to investing in its gas delivery infrastructure
while keeping bills affordable for our customers. From 2014 through
2018, the company invested nearly $6.5 billion to upgrade
and modernize its pipeline system to enhance safety and
reliability. SoCalGas is a subsidiary of Sempra
Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding company based
in San Diego. For more information
visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
and Facebook.
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