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BayREN business program reports rapid growth; cites measured savings for small retailers
Summary
San Francisco-led Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) business program reported a surge in small-business participation and energy savings, emphasizing a pay-for-performance incentive model that pays only for verified meter-level savings.
San Francisco staff on Aug. 25 summarized performance and expansion plans for the Bay Area Regional Energy Network (BayREN) business program, which provides energy-efficiency upgrades and pay-for-performance incentives to small, hard-to-reach businesses across the nine-county Bay Area.
Lowell Chu, BayREN Energy Program Manager, and Cara Battista Rao, senior energy efficiency specialist leading the business program, told the Commission the program prioritizes affordability, simplicity and equity by focusing exclusively on small businesses in disadvantaged or hard-to-reach communities.
Battista Rao said the program covers many project costs through…
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