Business FLEXmarket

What is BayREN Business FLEXmarket?

The BayREN Business FLEXmarket is focused on helping small and medium 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 and medium businesses (3x higher) and hard-to-reach businesses (7x higher).

Why BayREN Business FLEXmarket?

Upfront payment. 20% of your forecasted incentive is paid upfront for projects installed.
Measure agnostic. You decide what to install and how much energy they it'll save, and we'll estimate your incentive at enrollment.
Lucrative incentives. Because payments are based on actual savings, you can earn $1,000s more than traditional rebate programs.
Expanded customer base. Use incentive dollars to make competitive offers to customers across the Bay Area.
Seamless project submissions. Projects are easy to submit and require minimal paperwork from you and the customer (no cumbersome RFPs).
Customer referrals. Interested customers referred to contractors.

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Serving Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties.

How It Works

Get started by completing an interest form below. If your services are a good match, you can sign up to participate. There is no cost to you and no obligation upon signing up.

Check Eligibility

BayREN Business has a streamlined eligibility process.

Projects that are located within a BayREN zip code (any of the 9 Bay Area Counties) are eligible, however, within MCE, East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) service territories, Participant eligibility will be limited to HTR SMB.
Program Participants must pay into the Public Purpose Program (essentially all PG&E customers do).

Estimate Value

Estimate how much you will get paid based on your project's forecasted savings and measure type.

Estimate Value

Enroll Projects

Because this program pays based on performance at the meter the enrollment process is as easy as it gets.

Track Payment

After your project is installed fill out the completion form, plus customer sign-off, and start tracking for payment.

Track Payment

Market Documents

Market Eligibility Criteria and Hard-to-Reach Criteria

Within MCE, East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) service territories, Participant eligibility will be limited to HTR SMB. MCE, EBCE, and SCP service territories are illustrated in the following maps:

General Eligibility Criteria: The customer must meet one of the following to be eligible for the BayREN Business FLEXmarket:

Participant-certified: Under 50k sq ft of conditioned space, or
Annual energy use: Under 500k kWh and 250k therms

Hard-to-Reach Criteria: Additional incentives are available for serving hard-to-reach businesses. The contractor attests that the business can earn at least three points in order to be eligible as a hard-to-reach business.

(2 points) Disadvantaged Community: The business is located within the top 25 percentile areas designated by CalEPA as a disadvantaged community as according to the map at: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40
(1 point) Language: Primary language other than English
(1 point) Business Size: Fewer than ten employees or annual energy use less than 20kW or less than 10,000 Therms
(1 point) Leased or Rented Facility

Disadvantaged Communities are indicated by scores of 75-100 on this map.

BayREN Zipcode Eligibility

Commercial Implementation Plan

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Customer Data Authorization

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M&V Plan

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Market Manual

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