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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 03
Introduction 04
Pathway to Carbon Neutrality 05
Program Impact 2020-2025 07
Program Areas 09
Program Prioritization Framework 11
How We Got Here 14
Current and Past Programs 19
Future Programs 22
Acknowledgments 29
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
San José Clean Energy (SJCE) offers customer programs to ensure that clean electricity service delivers tangible, local benefits aligned "At a time when Californians
with San José's climate and community priorities. When the San suffer the second-
José City Council established SJCE, it directed the utility not only highest energy prices in
to provide cleaner power at competitive rates, but also to reinvest the country, San José is
revenues into San José-specific energy programs that advance showing we can lower
greenhouse gas reductions, expand access to clean energy, and costs for families and
address community needs.
businesses while creating
a carbon neutral future.
The 2026 Programs Roadmap provides a five-year planning SJCE is delivering cleaner
framework to guide customer program investments from 2026 power, lowering emissions
to 2031. It reflects on program performance from 2020 to 2025, and providing real benefits
outlines how SJCE programs contribute to the City's Pathway for residents - with
to Carbon Neutrality, and presents strategic focus areas and affordability at the center
exploratory program concepts to inform future decisions. of every program."
Matt Mahan
Since launching customer programs in 2020, SJCE has:
Mayor of
• Avoided 46,500 metric tons of CO2, equivalent to removing City of San José 10,843 gas cars from the road for one year
• Delivered $29.4 million in estimated customer savings • Invested $9 million and leveraged $9.4 million in external funding to deliver 16 programs
Programs are organized into four core areas—Transportation, Buildings, Distributed Energy Resources, and Affordability—with equity serving as a foundational principle across all investments.
The Roadmap also introduces SJCE's data-driven Program Prioritization Framework, which evaluates proposed programs based on greenhouse gas reductions, equity impact, customer savings, peak demand benefits, and fiscal responsibility.
Future program concepts included in this document are exploratory. Any program that advances will undergo detailed design, evaluation, City Council review, and budget allocation and approval. As markets, policies, and community needs evolve, SJCE will continue adapting its program portfolio to ensure investments deliver measurable climate impact, affordability, and equitable access to clean energy.
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INTRODUCTION
"In just five years, SJCE has grown from a new initiative into a cornerstone of the City's climate strategy. Its programs demonstrate how thoughtful public investment can reduce emissions, support our residents, and strengthen community resilience." Jennifer Maguire
City Manager
San José Clean Energy (SJCE) was created Equitable access remains central to this work. to give our community more control over their San José is a city of extraordinary diversity, yet energy future-delivering cleaner electricity at energy costs and environmental burdens are not fair rates while addressing rising energy costs, shared evenly. SJCE's programs are designed to climate risks, and unequal access to clean energy. ensure that the financial and health benefits of Those values remain unchanged, but our ability to clean energy are accessible to all communities, act on them has grown. particularly those that have historically faced barriers to participation.
Over the past several years, SJCE has
established a strong and stable foundation Built on five years of program experience, this through long-term, cost-effective renewable Roadmap reflects an organization focused on energy contracts, disciplined financial delivering and scaling durable, well-designed management, and building operating reserves. programs aligned with City priorities and This stability has allowed us to shift from planning grounded in real customer benefits. Looking to making sustained, meaningful investments in ahead, SJCE remains committed to transparency, community-focused customer programs. community partnership, and thoughtful investment in programs that strengthen
This updated Programs Roadmap looks ahead affordability and broaden access to clean energy to the next phase of SJCE's work from 2026 to across San José. 2031, responding to a rapidly evolving policy
and market landscape. It outlines how customer
programs-spanning electric vehicles (EVs),
efficient electric appliances and equipment,
demand response, and distributed energy
resources-will lower energy bills, improve air
quality, and strengthen resilience while advancing Lori Mitchell the City's climate goals. Director of City of San José Energy Department, Administrators of SJCE
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03 PATHWAY TO
CARBON NEUTRALITY
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03 PATHWAY TO CARBON NEUTRALITY
In 2018, the City of San José adopted Climate Smart San José, the City's long-term framework for reducing greenhouse gas "Carbon neutrality cannot emissions across energy, buildings, transportation, and waste. be achieved through a Building on that foundation, in 2022 the City adopted the Pathway single policy, program, or to Carbon Neutrality, which organizes the transition around four technology, but rather complementary strategies that together define how San José will through coordinated, make the most progress toward its climate targets. sustained action.
Electrification powered SJCE has a role to play in all four of the pathway's strategies. Our by clean electricity and core function is delivering a clean electricity supply; today we supported by well- provide more than 62% renewable energy, surpassing the state's designed state, regional, 2030 clean energy milestone five years ahead of schedule. SJCE and local programs offers also reinvests in customer programs that use this clean electricity a clear pathway to reduce to power buildings and vehicles, reduce emissions during peak emissions at the pace and demand, and support more efficient mobility choices. These scale our communities and programs advance the City's carbon neutrality strategy by playing climate demand." an important complementary role to policy and market trends:
Viridiana Nguyen-Santoyo accelerating early adoption, layering with other incentives, and Assistant Policy Director, improving equitable access to clean energy technologies.
Building Electrification
Institute
SJCE Customer Programs
Advancing San José's Pathway to Carbon Neutrality
STRATEGY 1
• Virtual power plant programs
Power our community with
100% carbon-neutral electricity • Battery storage incentives STRATEGY 2 • Electric vehicle incentives
Move to zero-emission • EV charging infrastructure incentives vehicles • Fleet electrification support
STRATEGY 3
• E-bike incentives
Reduce the miles we travel in
• Clean mobility programs
our vehicles by at least 20%
STRATEGY 4 • Heat pump incentives
Switch our appliances • Energy efficiency programs
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04 PROGRAM IMPACT 2020-2025
"Community choice aggregators empower local governments to lead on clean energy while reflecting the priorities of their communities. SCE is demonstrating how CCAs can pair clean power with innovative programs that advance affordability, equity, and local impact across California." Beth Vaughan
Chief Executive Officer,
California Community Choice Association
Greenhouse gas Our programs saved
emission reductions: customers an estimated
46,500 $29.4 MILLION
Metric Tons of CO2 through 2025
This is equivalent to taking 10,843
cars off the road for a year
"California's climate goals are ambitious, but success depends on local implementation. SJCE's programs translate statewide policy into measurable emissions reductions across buildings and transportation, providing the on-the-ground execution needed to deliver the state's long-term climate commitments."
David Cohen, Councilmember
Transportation and Environment Committee Chair
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O5 PROGRAM AREAS
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05 PROGRAM AREAS
Our programs are designed to support the City's climate goals while meeting the diverse needs of the people who live and work in San José. To bring clarity and focus to this work, our programs are 91% organized into four core program areas: Transportation, Buildings Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), and Affordability. Together, of survey respondents these areas reflect where SJCE can have the greatest impact who expressed an in advancing clean energy, reducing emissions, and supporting opinion agree that customers through the energy transition.
SJCE programs are
valuable to San José.
Distributed
Transportation Buildings Energy Affordability
"Equity must be built Resources
into clean energy
programs from the
start. By prioritizing
program investments Equity is Foundational
for environmental justice
communities, SJCE is
intentionally expanding Equity as a Foundation and a Direction access, reducing energy
Equity is foundational to SJCE's programs. It shapes how programs burdens, and ensuring
are designed, who they are intended to serve, and how barriers benefits reach those who
to participation are addressed. From upfront costs and housing have faced the greatest
type to language access and customer awareness, historic and barriers. I have been proud
present-day inequities influence who can benefit from clean energy to support SJCE's mission
investments. An equity-centered approach requires acknowledging since my time on the
these barriers and intentionally designing programs to expand San José City Council
access.
and look forward to their
future programming."
At the same time, equity is not a box to be checked or a condition Ash Kalra that can be fully achieved. It is a direction we continuously work Assemblymember
toward as technologies, markets, and community needs evolve.
SJCE uses equity as a guiding principle to assess progress, identify gaps, and adapt programs over time to better serve customers who have been historically underserved or disproportionately burdened.
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06 PROGRAM
PRIORITIZATION
FRAMEWORK
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06 PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK
Rigorous Program Design and Prioritization Framework
SJCE takes a rigorous and data-driven approach to deciding which customer programs to recommend to the City Council each 1,400 year. Our goal is to direct limited program dollars to initiatives that deliver the greatest public value-measured not only in emissions residents engaged
reductions, but also in affordability, equity, and long-term financial through surveys and sustainability for the utility.
listening sessions
Program Guiding Principles
All SJCE customer programs are designed to align with a common set of guiding principles adopted by the City Council in 2021.
We prioritize programs that:
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
"I am retired on Social • Promote equity, increase affordability, and support Security and a couple of environmental justice communities small pensions. I might not • Deliver meaningful benefits to customers have replaced [my 17-year- • Maintain or strengthen SJCE's long-term financial position old gas water heater] with
• Align with Climate Smart San José
a heat pump water heater
without the rebate.
These principles ensure that individual programs advance both It helped me a lot."
near-term customer value and long-term City and utility objectives.
EcoHome Rebate
program participant
From Market Insight to Council Recommendation
Each year, SJCE follows a structured process to identify, design, and prioritize new and expanded programs:
1. Market Research and Stakeholder Input
Staff begin by reviewing program offerings from peer utilities and community choice aggregators, assessing clean energy technology adoption trends, and engaging stakeholders to understand customer needs, market barriers, and emerging opportunities.
2. Program Design and Budget Development
Potential programs are developed into detailed concepts, including projected participation, customer impacts, emissions reductions, and budget requirements.
3. Quantitative Program Scoring and Prioritization
Proposed programs are evaluated using a multi-metric scoring framework that compares program performance across five dimensions: greenhouse gas reductions, equity investment, SAN JOSE CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAMS ROADMAP 2026 PAGE 12
06 PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION FRAMEWORK
customer savings, peak demand impacts, and fiscal impact to SJCE. Each metric is weighted to reflect City and SJCE SAN priorities, ensuring that no single outcome dominates the CLEA decision-making process.
To enable fair comparison across very different types of programs, scores are normalized to account for scale differences and outliers and then combined into a composite score. This approach allows SJCE to compare diverse program options-such as building electrification, electric mobility, and demand flexibility—using a consistent and transparent framework.
Balancing Impact, Equity, and Financial Stewardship
While quantitative scoring provides a rigorous foundation for prioritization, final recommendations also reflect implementation readiness and alignment with City policy direction. This combination of data-driven evaluation and strategic review ensures that SJCE's Award-Winning
program portfolio balances climate impact, customer affordability, Energy equity outcomes, and responsible stewardship of customer funds. 2024 Institute of Local
Together, this framework reflects SJCE's commitment to making Government (ILG) program investments deliberately, transparently, and with Innovation in Clean
accountability-recognizing that customer programs are one of the Transportation Award for
most important tools the City has to translate clean energy policy EV Education and Outreach
into real-world outcomes for San José residents and businesses. 2024 CalCCA Community
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07 HOW WE GOT HERE
2025-26 Community Engagement
Jan
Aug Climate Advisory
Customer survey Commission input
Aug-Sept Oct-Nov Jan-Feb
Pop-up activity Residential listening Program concepts
at public events sessions feedback survey
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80+ interviews with market actors, environmental groups, labor, businesses, community-based organizations (CBOs), and other City departments Market Research
The SJCE team regularly engages with market actors, thought leaders, and a variety of community-based stakeholders and draws on the latest research to ensure our customers are provided the best program offerings.
Community Engagement and Input
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navigating today's energy costs, housing conditions, and technology choices. To inform this Roadmap, SJCE undertook a multi-phase community engagement process designed to listen, learn, and validate priorities across a diverse set of customers and stakeholders.
Our approach emphasized breadth and depth. We combined
broad, statistically reliable data with targeted conversations that allowed participants to share context, nuance, and lived experience. Engagement activities were intentionally conducted in multiple languages and formats to reach renters and homeowners, customers at different income levels, and community members with varying levels of familiarity with clean energy programs.
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07 HOW WE GOT HERE
This process was not intended to produce a single consensus view, but to surface patterns, tensions, and tradeoffs that could inform "SJCE's program portfolio program design. Importantly, engagement did not end with listening highlights the critical alone. Findings from earlier phases were carried forward and role local programs play posed back to the community through a follow-up survey, allowing in making clean energy residents to react to program ideas and validate that their input was affordable and accessible. accurately reflected.
By combining on-the-
ground program delivery Together, these engagement efforts ensured that the Roadmap with policy leadership, reflects both community priorities and the practical realities that SJCE is helping accelerate shape participation in clean energy programs. SJCE will treat this equitable electrification Roadmap as a living framework, maintaining ongoing engagement across the Bay Area." with community members and stakeholders to shape programs as they move from concept to implementation.
Sam Fishman
Sustainability and
Resilience Policy Manager, What We Heard
San Francisco Bay Area Across surveys, focus groups, interviews, and advisory input, Planning and Urban
several consistent themes emerged.
Research Association (SPUR)
Affordability Shapes Energy Decisions
Cost and affordability are central to how customers experience energy and evaluate clean energy opportunities. Customers consistently identified keeping energy bills low as their top priority, often outweighing environmental motivations. While there is strong interest in clean energy technologies, residents cited high upfront costs and uncertainty about long-term bill impacts as significant barriers to action.
This dynamic was especially pronounced among renters and lower- income households, who often face limited control over their homes and heightened sensitivity to bill impacts.
Small business customers echoed residents' sentiments and emphasized that rising energy bills are a major strain on already thin margins. Business owners stressed that participation depends on clear bill savings, minimal disruption to operations, and simple, upfront support. Though clean energy upgrades are of interest, proactive upgrades feel financially out of reach without substantial cost coverage.
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07 HOW WE GOT HERE
Interest Is High, Barriers Are Structural
Customers across engagement activities expressed interest in energy efficiency, electrification, and clean energy technologies.
However, participation is often constrained by factors beyond individual choice, including:
• Housing type and renter status
• Landlord approval and building limitations
• Upfront costs and long payback periods
• Limited access to charging or cooling infrastructure
For renters, these barriers were particularly acute. Participants described coping strategies during extreme heat, limited access to cooling, and a lack of renter-friendly program options, even when the need for improvements was clear.
For lower-income renters in particular, these barriers translate into energy insecurity; participants shared that they worry about high bills and routinely sacrifice comfort to keep costs manageable.
Some customers expressed frustration that even when they conserve energy, their bills do not decline in proportion to their efforts, reflecting broader energy rate pressures that limit the savings customers are able to realize. These conditions make clear that SJCE programs must go beyond education and behavior change by delivering direct bill relief, renter-accessible solutions, and program designs that deliver meaningful savings regardless of housing type or ability to make capital investments.
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07 HOW WE GOT HERE
Clean Transportation Is Appealing but Unevenly Accessible Interest in-and adoption of-electric vehicles is strong across the "Community choice region, reflecting broad support for clean transportation. However, aggregation is grounded access remains uneven, particularly for residents of multifamily in the idea that energy housing, where limited charging infrastructure and higher upfront decisions should reflect costs present persistent barriers. These perspectives reflect community needs. By practical constraints rather than resistance to EVs, highlighting listening early, staying in multifamily housing as a critical gap and a significant opportunity dialogue, and partnering for expanding equitable access through targeted infrastructure and with trusted organizations, affordability-focused programs.
SJCE ensures programs
are shaped by lived
experience and real-world
conditions."
Quyen Vuong
Executive Director,
International Children's
Assistance Network (ICAN)
Support for Clean Energy Goals
Across engagement efforts, participants expressed broad alignment with San José's clean energy and climate goals.
Community input reinforced the need for programs that are affordable, renter-inclusive, transparent, and responsive to real-world constraints—and for an energy transition that delivers benefits without increasing inequities.
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08 CURRENT AND
PAST PROGRAMS
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08 CURRENT AND PAST PROGRAMS
The following SJCE programs are open as of March 2026.
Key
T= Transportation B = Buildings D = Distributed Energy Resources A = Affordability Open Programs
Area Program Description
T EV Instant Rebates Rebates for income-qualified customers to buy or lease new or used EVs Multifamily EV Rebates for Level 1 and 2 chargers at multifamily properties Charger Incentive
T, B (Electrification Educational programming in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese on EVs education and heat pumps
T, B, Go Electric Free phone and email support in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese on EVs, D Advisor home electrification, energy efficiency, solar/storage, and rate plans, plus free audits and home electrification plans
B, D EcoHome Rebates for heat pump HVAC and heat pump water heaters, prewiring Rebate for future electrification, panel upgrades, circuit pausers/splitters, and battery storage
B, D EcoHome Interest-free on-bill financing for above home upgrades Payment Plan
B, T Workforce Contractor incentives, grants for electrification training equipment, and development scholarships for underrepresented students
D Peak Rewards Demand side resource with behavioral and automated demand response participation options
D, Al Solar Access Community solar program for 900 low-income households funded by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
D, A Low-income solar No-cost partnership to promote state incentives for solar and storage to and battery storage qualifying residents and aid with applications offer
A Electricity Bill Disconnection mitigation and direct bill relief for low-income at-risk Relief households
A SJ Cares 10% discount on SJCE charges for customers enrolled in state bill discount programs or who live in affordable housing
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08 CURRENT AND PAST PROGRAMS
"Seven years ago, we didn't need air "For the families who come to us in crisis, conditioning. Now it's a necessity. SJCE electricity isn't a luxury-it's a necessity. The helped me save my business by investing San José Electricity Bill Relief program helped in our future with renovations to keep my prevent disconnections and gave families clients coming back." breathing room when they needed it most." Lisa Alberino Erin Stanton
Owner of labarre studios and Energy Homelessness Prevention System Director, Efficient Business Program participant Sacred Heart Community Service The following SJCE programs were offered between December 2020 and September 2025.
Key
T= Transportation B = Buildings D = Distributed Energy Resources Closed Programs
Area Program Description
D Midday Super Electrification rate plan with lower residential electricity rates from 9 a.m.
Saver Pilot to 2 p.m. to incentivize middle-of-the-day EV charging B Home Appliance CPUC-funded energy efficiency program offering deep savings on Savings Program energy-efficient refrigerators, washers, electric dryers, and induction cooktops and free smart thermostats and smart plugs for qualifying single-family households
B Energy Efficient CPUC-funded energy efficiency program offering deep savings on HVAC, Business Program refrigeration, and water heating installations for commercial customers T CALeVIP Rebate program for Level 2 and fast charging infrastructure co-funded by SJCE and the California Energy Commission
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09 FUTURE
PROGRAMS
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09 FUTURE PROGRAMS
"Achieving climate goals requires a skilled and trained workforce to deliver projects at scale. SJCE's commitment to high road contractor engagement and workforce development prepares workers for the clean energy economy while supporting strong labor standards and family-sustaining jobs." Vince Sugrue, State Legislative Director, Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union No. 104 Future Programs
The following 23 program concepts represent a forward-looking portfolio of strategic investments that SJCE may pursue over the next five years. These concepts are informed by research and input from residents, businesses, CBOs, and other stakeholders. Programs that move forward will undergo detailed evaluation, scoring, and refinement, as well as City Council review and approval. As markets, technologies, and community needs evolve, SJCE will remain adaptive, refining program design and priorities in response to new information and policy direction.
Program Concept Spotlights
DCFC Hubs Phase 2-3
Building on Phase 1 at five City-owned sites, SJCE will expand DC fast charging hubs to additional City properties where feasible, using existing tolling agreements to scale efficiently.
Later phases will focus on expansion to private locations in parts of San José lacking public charging infrastructure. The charging network will recruit local commercial fleets through charging subscriptions and other innovative pricing structures to bolster utilization and provide affordable charging options for fleets looking to electrify.
E-Bike Incentive Program
SJCE is exploring an e-bike incentive program designed to deliver measurable reductions in vehicle miles traveled by shifting short trips from cars to electric bicycles. Program design will draw on lessons from peer jurisdictions and emphasize real-world usage and emissions impacts.
Coordination with the City's Department of Transportation will ensure incentives align with bike infrastructure, safety efforts, and broader mobility goals.
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Aggregated Electrification Project
SJCE will act as a project manager, convening contractors, program implementers, CBOs, and multiple funding streams to deliver a streamlined neighborhood offering that maximizes available resources, including reinvesting dollars that would otherwise be used to maintain gas infrastructure. Two-thirds to 100% of homes in neighborhoods would need to agree to participate for projects to be pursued.
Solar + Storage + Electrification Offering
SJCE will combine complementary electrification technologies and model bill impacts. The goal will be to have 100% of project costs covered by rebates and zero-interest loans repaid on the electricity bill, and that the monthly loan payments will be lower than the monthly bill savings produced as a result of the upgrades. Combining solar and storage with electrification upgrades will ensure customers see net bill savings over the lifetime of the equipment.
Building Management System/Commercial
Smart Device Pilot
Commercial customers offer significant demand reduction potential for SJCE's Peak Rewards virtual power plant,
but outdated building controls and limited staffing are key barriers. SJCE will provide incentives for automated building control upgrades-enabling remote, reliable load reductions with minimal customer effort. Smaller commercial sites may participate through smart thermostat upgrades.
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Key Resources needed
T= Transportation * = low
** = medium
B= Buildings
D = Distributed Energy Resources ***= high
Program Program Timeframe Resources Description
Area Name for launch Needed
T 2026-28 **
Fast Charging Install DC Fast Chargers at City-owned
Hubs Phase 1 properties in charging deserts.
T 2026-28 *
Fast Charging Initiatives to support load shaping and
Hubs Supportive provide discounts for low-income customers Programs and subscriptions for fleets
T Low-Interest 2026-28 * Create partnerships with financial institutions EV Financing to offer low-interest EV financing to our
customers
E-Bike Incentive 2026-28 ***
T Increase e-bike adoption and reduce vehicle
Program miles traveled by providing incentives for
e-bikes
Fast Charging 2029-31 ***
T Install DC Fast Chargers at more City-owned
Hubs Phase 2-3 properties and at private properties across the city
T Fleet 2029-31 *
Provide technical support to help local
Electrification businesses electrify their fleets
Technical
Assistance
T Virtual 2029-31 Increase the use of virtual submetering at Submetering multifamily properties to enable residents to charge using their residential electricity rate
Housing Repair 2026-28 **
B Fund additional energy efficiency and
Efficiency & electrification offerings to existing City of Electrification San José Housing program
2026-28 ** Fund technical assistance and incentives
Multifamily
Electrification to motivate electrification installations at Incentives Pilot affordable housing and small complexes Direct to 2026-28 * Pilot offering free or low-cost portable heat Renter Pilot pumps to renters. Potential to scale and add measures after pilot concludes
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Key Resources needed
T= Transportation * = low
B = Buildings ** = medium
D = Distributed Energy Resources *** = high
Program Program Timeframe Resources Description
Area Name for launch Needed
2029-31 ***
Aggregated High-touch technical and financial support for Electrification neighborhood groups of at least 25 homes to Project fully electrify their homes
B, D CBO-supported 2029-31 * Support training for community-based Home Energy organizations and volunteer staff to provide Audits energy education, perform home energy
audits, and evaluate demand response
potential.
Commercial 2026-28 Offer technical assistance to build
and Foodservice electrification plans and scope out future Technical building improvements
Assistance
Commercial 2029-31 ***
Based on technical assistance findings,
and Foodservice develop incentives for electrification projects.
Incentives Potentially leverage CPUC energy efficiency
funding.
Solar + Storage 2029-31 ***
B, D Combine solar+storage installation with
+ Electrification electrification appliance upgrades. Finance Offering project through incentives and zero-interest
loans.
D EcoHome Current + ** Continue accelerating the adoption of flexible Battery 2026-28 home batteries by adapting the program
Evolution evolution structure to allow participation from leased batteries (third party-owned) and ensure
flexibility is captured in Peak Rewards, SJCE's
virtual power plant.
Midday Super **
D 2026-28 Build on the 2024 pilot findings to offer
Saver Rate a new rate plan with a significantly lower
cost of energy in the hours of 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
when solar energy is abundant.
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Key Resources needed
T= Transportation * = low
B = Buildings ** = medium
D = Distributed Energy Resources *** = high
Program Program Timeframe Resources Description
Area Name for launch Needed
D DERs and Rate 2026-28 * Launch education efforts on the benefits of Education DERs, demand response, and time-of-use
rates for customers to help them save money
and enroll with confidence.
D Commercial 2026-28 * Offer technical assistance to help commercial Distributed customers evaluate the potential for solar and Resource storage at their site. For those with on-site
Technical solar and storage, assist in enabling Peak
Assistance Rewards participation.
Commercial 2026-28 ** May include flexible structures such as Solar and power purchase agreements (PPAs) or
Storage targeted incentives to reduce upfront costs
Incentives and accelerate adoption
D Explore 2026-28 * Standalone residential batteries do not Potential of currently guarantee a return on investment.
Battery-only As battery prices come down and electricity Systems prices go up, there may be residents who
can benefit from a battery-only system
while providing grid benefits.
Commercial 2027-29 ** Offer incentives or PPA options for D
Solar + Storage commercial solar and battery storage and Incentives or ensure resources are committed to Peak
PPAS Rewards for load flexibility potential.
D Building 2029-31 Offer incentives for commercial building Management control upgrades to automate participation
System/ in Peak Rewards, particularly those that have
Commercial a high potential for reductions.
Smart Device
Pilot
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Program Concepts Customer Feedback
When we asked residential customers for feedback on select "With the dearth of national program concepts, they said they are personally most likely to leadership, local action participate in, in order of most to least popular:
matters more than ever.
SJCE shows how cities 1. Direct to renter pilot (renters only) can lead - delivering
practical solutions that 2. Housing repair efficiency and electrification (renters only) cut emissions, protect
3. Webinars and other online educational content
affordability, and improve
about electrification
quality of life. SJCE
provides a hopeful
4. Aggregated electrification project (homeowners only) national model for our
clean energy future." 5. Home energy audits
U.S. Representative
Sam Liccardo 6. Go Electric Advisor
Former San José Mayor
7. E-bike incentive
8. Low-interest EV financing
9. EV Instant Rebates
10. In-person presentations or events about electrification Looking Ahead: Emerging Demand Flexibility
SJCE will continue to monitor emerging technologies and evolving regulatory requirements related to demand flexibility, including vehicle-to-grid (V2G), vehicle-to-home (V2H) and dynamic pricing.
As these technologies mature and policy frameworks evolve, SJCE will introduce pilots and programs, as appropriate, to support grid reliability, reduce peak emissions, and deliver customer value.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This Programs Roadmap reflects the valuable contributions of more than 80 stakeholders, including CBOs, thought leaders, business representatives, industry partners, advocacy groups, and public agency staff. We sincerely appreciate the time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback shared throughout this process.
We also extend our gratitude to the residents and customers who participated in surveys, interviews, and community discussions. Your input helps ensure that SJCE's programs are responsive to community needs, grounded in real-world experience, and aligned with San José's long-term climate and affordability objectives.
SJCE is grateful for the continued partnership of our community and remains committed to ongoing engagement as these programs move forward.
Special thanks are extended to:
• Ava Community Energy • GoodLeap
• Balance Insurance LLC • GRID Alternatives
• Bay Area Council • Haven Energy
• Bay Area Regional Energy Network • Infinium
• Bidgely • International Brotherhood of Electrical
• Breathe California of the Bay Area Workers 332
• Building Electrification Institute • International Children's Assistance Network • Building Power Resource Center • Irbis HVAC
• California Solar and Storage Alliance • Jazet Makeup Salon • ChargePoint • Latino Business Foundation of Silicon Valley • Lattice Semiconductor
• Cinnamon Energy Systems
• Clean Power SF • Lunar Energy
• MCE
• Climate Reality Project Silicon Valley
• Climate Smart San José • Metropolitan Transportation Commission • Construction Trades Worker Initiative • Mothers Out Front Silicon Valley • Ecology Action of Santa Cruz • Mujeres Empresarias Tomando Acción LLC • Emerald Cities Collaborative • Optiwatt
• Energy Solutions • Origin Energy
• Eguana Technologies • Pacific Gas & Electric
• Flexenergi • Peninsula Clean Energy
• Forth • Rainforest Automation
• FUSE Service • Resource Innovations
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10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Rising Sun Center for Opportunity Staff Contributors
• Sacred Heart Community Services
• Samsung Semiconductors
• San Diego Community Power Saraí Rojas Kate Ziemba
• San José City College
• San José Climate Advisory Commission
Mallory Byers Josh Chanin
• San José Community Energy Advocates
• San José Department of Transportation
• San José Environmental Services Sofia Esteva Scott Green Department
• San José Housing Department
• San José Mineta International Airport Jasmine Jain Lori Mitchell • San José Public Works Department
• San José State University
Vy Nguyen Leslie Park
• Santa Clara County
• Santa Clara County Housing Authority
• Santa Clara Valley Water District Marcos Santiago Zach Struyk • Self-Help Climate
• Sheet Metal Workers' Local Union 104
Calleagh Turner Julie Benabente
• Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter
• Silicon Valley Clean Energy
• Sonoma Clean Power Alyssa Castañeda Hannah Greenberg
• SPUR
• TECH Clean California
Oshi Jauco
• Tortas Ahogadas
• Tropicana Foods
• United Association of Journeymen
and Apprentices of the Plumbing and
Pipe Fitting Industry, Local 393 Consultant Support
• Uplight
• Work2Future
Community True North
• Working Partnerships Planning
Collaborative Research, Inc.
• Zuniga's Restaurant
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