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Sustainable Communities Overview

Supporting Clean Energy

The award-winning Sustainable Communities Program advances and promotes the use of clean energy generation technologies within our service area.

Our program strategically integrates utility-owned generation systems, such as photovoltaics and advanced energy storage with sustainable building projects to provide energy to the grid. All these systems are maintained, and operated by SDG&E.

Benefits May Include

  • Points towards LEED® Certification

  • Lease payment from SDG&E

  • Marketing opportunities and educational value

  • Customer recognition for supporting green energy initiatives

Interested in participating in our program?

SDG&E considers the following factors when evaluating program candidates:

  • Solar availability

  • System size

  • Ease of construction and maintenance of the system

  • Timing (year of project completion)

  • Occupancy, building type and system security

  • Opportunities to incorporate advanced energy storage and electric vehicle charging stations

  • Overall benefit to the electric distribution system

  • Location within SDG&E’s service area

Additional factors may affect the feasibility of a specific project and will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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