Residential Battery Storage
Receive up to $3,750* to install a home battery system powered by on-site solar .
*Or more for qualifying customers.
Store Your Solar Power
If you’re considering installing a home solar photovoltaic (PV) system, or improving the performance of your current setup, adding a battery energy storage (BES) system can boost your savings and enhance grid resilience. A BES system allows you to store the solar energy you produce and use it when the sun goes down, lowering your electric bill and increasing your home’s self-sufficiency. CleanPowerSF offers incentives starting at $250/kWh to help make battery storage more accessible for residents.
What is a Battery Energy Storage (BES) System?
A battery energy storage (BES) system is a device that stores excess solar energy generated during the day and releases it at night or when you need it most. By using more of your home’s solar power, a BES system can lower your electric bill and support a more reliable grid in your community. Depending on how it’s set up, a BES system can operate automatically to manage your energy use efficiently and can even provide backup power during a power outage.
Why Install a BES System?
Use More of Your Solar Power
A BES system allows you to store solar energy generated during the day and use it at night, increasing the self-sufficiency of your home.
Save on Your Electric Bill
Using the stored solar energy at night reduces your need to purchase electricity during peak hours, helping to lower your electric bill.
Support Grid Resilience
Distributed Energy Resources like BES systems can relieve bottlenecks in the electric grid, helping to reduce both the likelihood and impact of power outages.
Who Can Apply?
To be eligible for the Residential Battery Storage Incentive Program, customers must meet the following requirements:
Be a CleanPowerSF residential rate customer.
Be on CleanPowerSF’s Solar Billing Plan (SBP) tariff with an existing behind-the-meter PV system or show enrollment in the SBP tariff for a new behind-the-meter PV system.
The PV system can only be serving the metered load of the specific electric account applying for this Program. Virtual solar tariffs are not eligible for the Program.
Be installing a new BES system with no existing BES systems.
BES system installation is voluntary and not required to be installed by a regulation, local ordinance, building code, or other legal obligations.
Apply for and receive an incentive reservation from this Program before the BES system receives Permission to Operate (PTO) from PG&E.
Tenants must apply with approval from the property owner and must submit a completed Property Owner Notice and Release Form.
Customers enrolled in either the California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program or the Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA) program are eligible for the CARE/FERA incentive level, detailed in the Program Incentives section. Customers must still be enrolled in either of these programs at the time of incentive payment to receive the CARE/FERA incentive level.
Customers who successfully participate in the Disadvantaged Communities – Single-Family Solar Homes (DAC-SASH) program are eligible for the DAC-SASH incentive level detailed in the Program Incentives section.
To be eligible for the DAC-SASH incentive level, the Utility Customer must be the same as the Applicant for the DAC-SASH program and must be enrolled in either the CARE or FERA program. Customers must still be enrolled in either CARE or FERA at the time of incentive payment to receive the DAC-SASH incentive level.
Upgrade Your Appliance
Hot Water
Upgrade to a heat pump water heater and transform one of your home’s hardest-working systems into one of its smartest. Today’s models learn your household’s hot water patterns and shift energy use to off-peak hours. This helps you avoid peak electricity rates without added effort. Heat pump water heaters use up to seven times less energy than conventional gas units. Not only does it pay for itself over time, but you can also get money back when you upgrade.
Earn up to $1,200 in bill credits. See what qualifies.
To be eligible, installation must occur on or after March 15, 2025.
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Load shifting & bill savings: Heat water during off-peak hours and sidestep peak electricity rates.
Use less energy: High-efficiency heat pump water heaters can use up to seven times less energy than a conventional gas unit.
Health & safety: Gas water heaters are a leading source of residential fires. And they introduce combustion byproducts into your home’s air. Removing that gas connection eliminates both risks. It also reduces seismic vulnerability, a meaningful consideration in earthquake country.
Lower emissions: Running on electricity means you can power your hot water with clean, renewable energy.
How credits work: Receive $50 per month for 24 months ($1,200 total). Review the program rules for full eligibility details including rate and demand response enrollment requirements.
Clean Heating
A gas furnace only ever solved half of your comfort needs. But a heat pump can keep you comfortable year-round. Heat pumps provide efficient heating and cooling, all from one efficient system that outperforms gas. Upgrading to a heat pump cuts your home’s emissions. It eliminates health and safety risks from burning fuel, carbon monoxide exposure, and gas leaks. And for most San Francisco homes, it delivers something new: cooling right when our warming climate is making it necessary.
Earn up to $1,200 in bill credits. See Types of Heat Pumps.
To be eligible, installation must occur on or after April 14, 2026.
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Lower emissions: Heat pumps are three to seven times more efficient than gas furnaces.
A home built for the future: California is heading toward all-electric clean heating. This upgrade gets you there now.
Health & safety: Gas furnaces introduce harmful pollutants into your home’s air. They also carry risks of gas leaks and fire. Removing gas infrastructure makes your home healthier and safer.
Climate adaptation: As San Francisco summers grow hotter, having efficient cooling is no longer a luxury. It’s a necessity. A heat pump prepares your home for the years ahead.
How credits work: Receive $50 per month for 24 months ($1,200 total). Review the program rules for full eligibility details including rate and demand response enrollment requirements.
Electric Cooking
Making the switch to an electric range or cooktop is the most impactful upgrade you can make to improve the air inside your home. Gas stoves release pollutants every time they’re used. Modern electric cooking eliminates that exposure. Electric cooktops make a safer, cleaner kitchen built for today’s families.
Earn up to $150 in bill credits. See what qualifies.
To be eligible, installation must occur on or after April 14, 2026.
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Healthier indoor air: Gas stoves release toxins and fine particulate matter every time they're used. Electric cooking eliminates that exposure, the most direct air quality upgrade available to any home.
Health & safety: No open flame, no gas leak risk, and no combustion byproducts. Electric cooktops are safer for families and remove another gas connection from your home.
Superior cooking performance: Today's electric ranges offer precise temperature control. And they’re easier to clean than gas.
Lower emissions: No combustion means no direct greenhouse gas emissions from your kitchen.
A modern kitchen: Sleek technology that transforms the look and feel of your home's most-used room.
How credits work: Receive $50 per month for 3 months ($150 total). Review the program rules for full eligibility details.
Clothes Drying
Your dryer is one of the biggest hidden energy consumers and safety risks in your home. Upgrading to a high-efficiency electric dryer is the modern solution. Electric dryers can cut energy use, reduce fire hazards, and stop the health risks associated with gas combustion. You get a safer and more efficient laundry room.
Earn up to $300 in bill credits. See what qualifies.
To be eligible, installation must occur on or after April 14, 2026.
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Lower energy consumption: High-efficiency dryers use less electricity than conventional models. By switching to electric, you’ll reduce your bills and your home's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.
Health & safety: Gas dryers introduce combustion byproducts into your home's air. Electric dryers get rid of that risk. Dryers are also one of the leading causes of house fires in the United States. High-efficiency models run smarter and cooler, reducing this hazard.
Gentler on clothes: Lower and more controlled operating temperatures mean less wear on fabrics over time.
How credits work: Receive $50 per month for 6 months ($300 total). Review the program rules for full eligibility details.
Apply For Bill Credits
To be eligible for the home electrification bill credits, customers must meet the following requirements:
Be a residential customer of CleanPowerSF.
Have completed your upgrade on or after March 15, 2025 (heat pump water heaters) or April 14, 2026 (all other appliances).
Comply with applicable permit requirements from the Department of Building Inspection.
Complete the online application at sfpuc.tfaforms.net/5175395.
Customers seeking hot water or clean heating bill credits are also required to:
Enroll in an electrification rate such as EV2-A or E-ELEC, and
Enroll in a demand response or load shift program.
For complete eligibility requirements, credit amounts, and program terms, review the Electrify Your Home program rules.
Bonus for CARE/FERA Customers
If you’re enrolled in CARE or FERA, you may qualify for an extra 12 months of bill credits (a total of $600) when you upgrade your water heater or heating system. This bonus is automatic when you apply for bill credits. There is no separate application required.
Electrified All Your Appliances?
A fully electric home means you no longer need gas service at all. Remove your meter, get rid of the monthly gas service charge, and earn an additional $300 in bill credits for completing the journey. Find out how. To be eligible, meter removal must occur on or after April 14, 2026.
Are you a contractor?
Help San Franciscans go electric! Join our Active Contractors List using this link. To learn more about the program, review the Electrify Your Home program rules.