Business FLEXmarket
3.5X incentives available for energy efficiency projects serving small, Hard-to-Reach businesses in the nine Bay Area counties.
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3.5X incentives available for energy efficiency projects serving small, Hard-to-Reach businesses in the nine Bay Area counties.
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$1k Bonus Payments for New Projects!!! |
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What is BayREN Business FLEXmarket?
The BayREN Business FLEXmarket is focused on helping small, Hard-to-Reach business owners cut energy costs and put savings back into their businesses.
BayREN's incentive model is simple: When customers save energy, contractors earn incentives. Contractors can make $1,000's more per year with higher incentives available for projects serving small businesses. Why BayREN Business FLEXmarket?
What does the 3.5x multiplier look like for incentives?Use the tool below to estimate the value of your projects
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Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties.
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Project Eligibility
Aggregators should be well versed in the project eligibility parameters upon project submission. Hard-to-Reach (HTR) Requirement: For the 2023 program year, all projects are required to be HTR to qualify for BayREN Business FLEXmarket. Location: Projects have to be located within one of the Bay Area Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, or Sonoma. Project Type: Incentive are for businesses: non-residential, non-government buildings, facilities, sites, places, and spaces occupied by organizations and entities whose purposes are to engage in professional and commercial activities. The Program does not accept home offices, agricultural, aviation, industrial, mining, sanitation, parking-only (lots and garages), and storage facilities, or multifamily common areas. BayREN Influence: must not be currently enrolled either as a lead or project in another ratepayer funding energy efficiency program including the Market Access Program, other FLEXmarkets, and On-Bill Financing Program. |
Meter Eligibility
Meter-based eligibility checks will be provided through a public-facing tool in the near future. For the program re-launch, meter-based eligibility checks will be provided by Recurve using data provided by PG&E. Consumption Threshold: Annual energy use of ≤150,000 kWh and ≤50,000 therms, based on the combined usage from all meters that serve the project site. Model Fit: Baseline weather normalization model fit needs to be < 1.0 Coefficient of the Variation of the Root Mean Square Error9 (CVRMSE). Consistent Data: Meters affected by the project scope must have twelve (12) consecutive months of energy usage data. Meter Sector: The sector assigned to each meter must be Commercial. Industrial, Agricultural, or Residential are not allowed. No Solar on-site: Buildings with Solar are not allowed to participate Double Dipping: No meter may be associated with an existing energy efficiency Project within the last 12 months. Utility Service Provider: Project site must receive electric distribution and natural gas services from PG&E. Participants may receive electricity supply from PG&E or a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA). |
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Aggregator Resources
Aggregators can use the tools listed on BayREN's website to assist them when creating their forecasted energy savings for the BayREN Business FLEXmarket.
BayREN Business: Resources for Aggregators | Bay Area Regional Energy Network |
The BayREN Business FLEXmarket operates differently than other FLEXmarkets and has very specific processes that need to be followed. Please pay close attention to the steps listed below. Projects that do not follow the process will not be accepted.
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Sign FPA & Terms and Conditions
Participating Aggregators MUST sign both the Flexibility Purchase Agreement and associated Terms and Conditions for the BayREN Business Program PRIOR to submitting a project.
Any project submitted prior to completing FPA and Ts & Cs will be ruled ineligible. |
Submit Projects for Review & Reservation
Submit your project for an Eligibility Review by BayREN. If your project is deemed as eligible by BayREN and it meets all required criteria upon submission, Recurve will issue a Reservation Letter for the project.
Projects are not allowed to be completed prior to reservation. If it is found that a project has been completed prior to reservation, it will be expelled from the program and no incentives will be paid. |
Build Your Reserved Project
Once you have received your Project Reservation Letter, you are free to build your project. Your Reservation Letter is valid for 90 days and may be extended upon request.
If your project is completed prior to receiving a Reservation Letter, it will be removed from the program. |
Submit Project Completion Agreement
After your project is finished, submit all required documents through the Project Completion and Start Tracking portal. The required documentation can be found in the Market Documents Section below.
Completed final documents are due within 30 days of your project's conclusion. If it takes >30 days to submit completed paperwork, your savings tracking will only begin once final documentation has been received, not the day your project completes. |
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