Peak Day Pricing Program

Save money for your business and help keep California’s energy supply reliable for everyone

CleanPowerSF’s Peak Day Pricing (PDP) Program rewards businesses for reducing electricity use between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. on six to twelve PDP “Event Days” from July 1 - October 31.

Typically, Event Days occur on the hottest days of the summer in Northern California. CleanPowerSF will only call Event Days on weekdays; holidays and weekends will be excluded.

CleanPowerSF’s Peak Day Pricing Program is risk-free. While participation is highly encouraged, if your account is not able to reduce electricity use during Event Days, you will not be penalized or have to pay any fees.

• Download our Peak Day Pricing Program Flyer for more information.

• For ideas on reducing electricity during the PDP Period on event days, see our CleanPowerSF PDP tips document.

2023 Peak Performers

Several buildings went above and beyond in 2023. CleanPowerSF is proud to recognize the top performing program participants from 2023 in our inaugural cohort of ”Peak Performers.” Peak Performers are participants with the largest cumulative load reduction and those who participated in load reduction efforts most consistently throughout the 2023 season.

The Peak Performers for 2023 include the following CleanPowerSF customers: 345 California, 525 Market Street, 555 California Street, BXP’s 415 Mission Street (Salesforce Tower), Foundry Square II (The Orrick Building), Jamestown’s 55 Francisco and Levi’s Plaza, and Shorenstein Realty Services’ 45 Fremont Street.

Participation

For 2023, participants:

• Must have service agreements on E-19, B-19, E-20 and B-20 rate schedules

• Can be Green or SuperGreen customers

• May not be net-energy metered (NEM) or standby accounts

• Must have been an enrolled CleanPowerSF customer as of July 31

• Must not be enrolled in other demand response programs

Participation in the Peak Day Pricing Program is voluntary. You may cancel your enrollment in the program at any time; however, your account must remain in the program until the end of the program season (July 1 - October 31) to earn a bill credit. CleanPowerSF reserves the right to limit participation to 50 service agreements.

How it works

During the program season you will continue to be charged your standard CleanPowerSF electric rate with no difference in monthly billing.

After the end of the program season, CleanPowerSF will calculate whether your account’s electricity usage pattern resulted in an incentive.

CleanPowerSF’s end-of-season PDP calculation works as follows:

• CleanPowerSF will calculate the “PDP baseline” for all Event Days. For details on how the PDP baseline is calculated, please see the PDP Program Details page.

• CleanPowerSF then calculates the total amount of electric load reductions your account achieved for all Event Days for the season. These electric load reductions are calculated by subtracting the actual electric load during a PDP Event Day from the applicable baseline.

• Your account’s total electric load reduction is then multiplied by the per-kWh incentive rate of $1.50/kWh.

• By adding up the results, CleanPowerSF will determine your account’s base incentive for the program season.

Bonus Incentive: CleanPowerSF will provide a significant bonus incentive to reward customers that participate frequently. If your account achieved a load reduction during more than 75 percent of the program’s Event Day-hours, CleanPowerSF will apply a bonus rate of $1.00/kWh to your account’s season total load reduction. This bonus is in addition to the standard incentive rate (a total of $2.50/kWh for the entire season’s load reduction tally). Eligibility for the bonus incentive is dependent on total program Event Day-hours, including Event Days that were called prior to when you enrolled (if your account enrolled after July 1).

No risk for participating

If you manage your account’s electricity to achieve load reductions on Event Days from July 1 to October 31, then your account will earn a one-time bill credit.

Participating in the Peak Day Pricing Program is risk-free. If your account is not able to reduce load on Event Days throughout the season, your account will simply not earn a bill credit. Unlike with some other demand response programs, being unable to reduce load will not subject your account to any financial penalties or additional charges.

Starting in 2023, CleanPowerSF will use the following methodology to call Event Days. CleanPowerSF will use PG&E’s temperature data (which averages the temperature of five locations) to call Event Days for non-holiday weekdays when the day-ahead temperature is forecasted to be at or above 98 degrees Fahrenheit. CleanPowerSF may call supplementary Event Days if necessary based on alert notifications by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), or other market or weather conditions. All Event Days will be posted on our PDP webpage.

In addition to our PDP webpage alert status, CleanPowerSF will take reasonable actions to provide notice to participating customers via email and/or text message on the afternoon before an Event Day. If CleanPowerSF fails to announce an Event Day on its website before 5 p.m. the day prior, the day will not be treated by CleanPowerSF as an Event Day. Cancelled Event Days will count toward the maximum of twelve Event Days. CleanPowerSF may call voluntary Event Days through November 30 based on alert notifications by the CAISO, or based on weather or market conditions. Participation in these events is entirely voluntary and does not impact program incentives.

Event Day History

Click to expand the menu below to see the Event Days that were called for the following PDP Seasons.

Questions?

• Review our list of Frequently Asked Questions

• Check out our Program Details page

• Email us at CleanPowerSF@sfwater.org

• Call us at (415) 554-0773