Pasadena Water and Power
Joint Meeting of the Pasadena City Council and
The Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education April 20, 2026
Item #2
Pasadena Water and Power
Guiding Policies, Decisions & Documents
(excerpts)
SUSTAINABILITY IS A LONG-STANDING CORE VALUE IN PASADENA
Pasadena Water and Power
Energy Efficiency & Electrification
• Scholarships (past PUSD winners pictured left)
• In-Class Educational Programs & Events (past
PUSD in-class lesson pictured below)
• Residential & Commercial Customers
• Buy Local Bonus (residential)
• Low-Income Bonus
• EE Rebates & Direct Installations
• EV Chargers
• E-Bikes (residential)
• Bill Assistance (residential)
• Customized Incentives (commercial)
• Energy Audits & Energy Usage Reports
• Coming Soon: Automated Demand Response
Pasadena Water and Power
Water Use Efficiency & Conservation
• Residential & Commercial Customers
• Metropolitan Water District Partnership
• Rebates & Direct Installations
• Community Events & Education
(Past PUSD Science Night, Walk/Bike-to-School
events pictured left)
• Scholarships & Art Contest
(past PUSD winning art submission pictured below)
• Drought resilient landscaping
• Hydration Stations
• Customized Incentives (commercial)
• Landscape Surveys
Pasadena Water and Power
Solar & Battery
• Municipal Solar: $20M (RFP 5 Sites:
Libraries (2), City Yards, Sunset
Reservoir Complex)
• RFP for Carbon Free Resources
(solar, wind, etc.)
• Solar &/or Battery Rebates
• Residential & Commercial
• Multimedia Marketing Campaign
• Customer Solar Max Size:150% of
kWh Annual Consumption
• Low-Income Residential Bonus
• PWP Not Charging Plan Review
& Inspection Fees
*
• Potential waivers of Building &
Safety fees
• Net Surplus Compensation
• Online Applications
(Installations & Rebates)
• Online List of Solar Energy
Contractors in Pasadena
• Customer Questionnaire after
Permission-to-Operate Granted
*Structural, Building & Safety, meter, and other non-energy-related fees may still apply.
Pasadena Water and Power
Solar & Battery
Evaluation Framework
Pasadena Water and Power
Snapshot (as of Quarter 1 – 2026)
908 Acre Feet
water saved in FY25
through water use efficiency
turf grass replaced with CA
friendly landscaping in FY25
63K Square Feet
140
public EV Chargers
in Pasadena
10,920
zero-emission vehicles registered
in Pasadena since 2018
32.4 MW
total installed solar capacity on Pasadena
homes & businesses since 2008
1.86 MW
customer-owned battery storage
supporting the local grid
4,232
PWP Customers enrolled
in bill assistance programs
$1 Billion
in carbon-free
energy contracts
1 Million MWh
energy delivered annually
to PWP customers
cumulative energy
savings since 2006
268,795 MWh
7,816 MWh
electricity saved by customers
in 2025 through efficiency
ZERO
new fossil fuel
energy contracts
Pasadena Water and Power
Looking Forward
Continue proactive engagement
with major organizations
• PUSD, PCC, Caltech, PCOC
commercial properties,
Huntington Hospital, etc.
• PWP Key Accounts Program
Collaboratively advance major
sustainability projects supporting
each organization’s sustainability
efforts & Pasadena’s climate goals