Business Savings Program

Make upgrades. Save money.

Food businesses in San Francisco are vital to the City’s economic recovery. That’s why CleanPowerSF chose food businesses to take part first in the Business Savings Program. We’re here to help you save money by saving energy. Start by finding an enrolled contractor, or contact our team for help getting started.

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Your Business can Save Energy and Save Money

  • Energy efficient upgrades save
    Making efficient upgrades will help save energy and money on electric bills. Contact us to get started.

  • Licensed Professional Contractors
    Enrolled contractors, called Aggregators, are the heart of this program. They will help you through every step of the process. Find a contractor.

  • Many ways to save
    Contractors will help you find the best energy-saving solutions for your business, such as lighting, HVAC, refrigeration, water heating, sensors, and automation. Is my business eligible?

How the Business Savings Program Works

Connect with an Enrolled Contractor

Find a professional contractor and get started.

Select a Project

After you connect with a contractor, they will help you confirm eligibility and find savings opportunities. They’ll also handle the rest of the paperwork.

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Get Upgrades and Start Saving

You may start seeing savings on every electric bill as soon as your project is complete.

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Become an Aggregator to get customers and a new revenue stream.

  • Direct incentive payments: Performance-based incentive payments of $2.10/kWh. One-third paid after documented installation.

  • Streamlined enrollment and reporting: We aim to make sign up and reporting easy. Enroll as an Aggregator.

  • Bigger customer base: Grow your customer base with the help of program marketing materials.

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Who’s eligible for the Business Savings Program?

This program is open to CleanPowerSF food business customers in San Francisco with one year of billing history.

Eligible businesses include:

  • Full-service restaurants

  • Limited-service/fast food

  • Supermarkets/grocery stores

  • Beer, wine and liquor stores

  • Speciality food stores

  • Gas stations with convenience stores

  • Cafeterias and buffets

  • Food wholesalers

  • Bars and drinking places

Not sure if you qualify? Contact us to confirm your eligibility.

After you connect with a contractor, they will help you compete the Customer Eligibility Form.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Business Savings Program helps eligible CleanPowerSF food business customers save energy and lower their operating costs. Aggregators, contractors who are enrolled in the program, can earn cash incentives by installing new, efficient equipment or control technologies that save energy for these customers. Aggregators make the upgrades and handle the project paperwork and permits.

  • The CleanPowerSF Business Savings Program is open to many types of energy efficiency measures and business models. Efficiency measures include, but are not limited to: lighting, HVAC, water heating, building envelope, refrigeration, and controls-based technologies, such as sensors and automation. Available measures limited to those provided by enrolled contractors. Fuel switching measures, Solar PV, energy storage, and other electricity generation are not eligible for the program.

  • After making energy efficiency upgrades, a customer’s energy costs typically decrease by 5% or more. Savings depend on installed equipment. Contractors who are enrolled in the program, called Aggregators, will find energy-saving opprtunities for your business. Aggregators get cash incentives based on actual customer energy savings, so the more they save customers, the more they earn.

  • CleanPowerSF chose food businesses as the first business type for the Business Savings Program because they are vital to San Francisco’s economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and to help them manage costs. Other business types may be considered for program participation in the future.

  • An Aggregator is a contractor who has signed up with CleanPowerSF and is a licensed professional who finds energy savings solutions for food business customers. Aggregators provide energy-saving solutions to commercial clients, including installation, permitting, and documentation.