Electric Vehicle Drivers: Apply for $800 Clean Fuel Rebate Before End of Year
October 01 2020 - 1:59PM
Business Wire
Since 2017, PG&E Has Paid Out $92 Million
in Rebates to Customers Using Electricity as Clean Transportation
Fuel
PG&E Sets Goals for Electrification of its
Own Vehicles, Including A Fully Electric Light-Duty Fleet by
2030
During National Drive Electric Week (Sept. 26-Oct. 4), Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is reminding residential
customers who have purchased or leased an electric vehicle (EV) to
apply for the company’s $800 Clean Fuel Rebate before it concludes
at the end of 2020.
In addition, PG&E is announcing today its own commitment to
further electrify its vehicle fleet by 2030, including 100% of its
light-duty fleet, 10% of its medium-duty fleet and 5% of its
heavy-duty fleet.
“Expanding the use of electric vehicles is essential for
California to achieve its bold climate goals. PG&E has been an
active partner in helping make EVs an option for millions of
Californians, including through our Clean Fuel Rebate. We’re also
leading the way by adopting EVs for our own fleet. Reducing vehicle
emissions is good for our state and good for the environment in
which we all live,” said PG&E Interim CEO Bill Smith.
Clean Fuel Rebate Deadline Approaches
PG&E’s Clean Fuel Rebate is a one-time $800 rebate for
PG&E residential electric customers who are EV drivers and is
in addition to any federal, state or local incentives customers may
be eligible for. Launched in 2017, the rebate will be concluding at
the end of 2020. To date, PG&E has paid over $92 million to
about 145,000 customers through the rebate. The deadline to
apply for the rebate is December 31, 2020.
Eligible EV owners can receive one rebate per owned or leased
plug-in EV for using electricity as a clean transportation
fuel—regardless of when they got their car. To apply, customers
need their PG&E account number and vehicle registration
documentation such as a registration card or signed purchase
agreement.
Customers can learn more about the Clean Fuel Rebate and apply
via a simple online application at pge.com/evcleanfuelrebate.
The Clean Fuel Rebate is administered by PG&E in partnership
with the California Air Resources Board and the California Public
Utilities Commission. It is part of California’s Low Carbon Fuel
Standard initiative, which aims to reduce transportation-related
greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the adoption of clean fuels
like electricity. Transportation is the single largest contributor
to greenhouse gas emissions in California at 41 percent.
By participating in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard program,
PG&E—for the benefit of its EV customers—generates credits for
the clean electricity it provides to those customers who charge
their EVs at home. After selling these credits to regulated parties
under the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, PG&E returns the revenue to
customers driving EVs through the Clean Fuel Rebate.
Other Ways PG&E is Helping EV Customers Save
PG&E’s EV Savings Calculator helps customers who are
considering purchasing or leasing an EV to compare cars and
evaluate total cost of ownership of an EV compared to gas-powered
cars. The tool provides customers with a personalized
recommendation that includes estimated costs, savings, and rebates
or incentives of up to approximately $10,000. Additionally, the EV
Savings Calculator allows customers to explore EV rate options
available to them and find charging stations in their area. Since
launching two years ago, the tool has helped more than 300,000
users calculate their savings. PG&E also offers customers
resources for understanding EV charging options.
PG&E has offered special residential EV rates since 2013,
with overnight charging costing the equivalent of about $1.70 per
gallon of gasoline. EV buyers in California have said saving money
on fuel costs is the primary reason they chose to go electric.
In addition, through its EV Charge Network program, PG&E
aims to accelerate the adoption of EVs by increasing access to
charging at condominiums, apartment buildings and workplaces across
Northern and Central California, including at sites in
disadvantaged communities. Because 80 percent of EV charging still
happens at single-family homes, PG&E is focused on expanding
access to other locations to help more drivers consider EVs.
To learn more about PG&E’s support for customers with EVs,
rates for EV drivers and other resources, visit pge.com/ev.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the largest combined natural gas
and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in San
Francisco, with more than 23,000 employees, the company delivers
some of the nation's cleanest energy to 16 million people in
Northern and Central California. For more information, visit
pge.com and pge.com/news.
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