San Francisco - Power Savers Program
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In 2002-2003 with funding provided by the California Public Utilities Commission, SF Environment and its partners helped over 4,000 small business owners reduce their lighting electricity loads by upgrading from older fluorescent and incandescent lighting to newer, energy efficient fluorescent lighting. Small business owners realized an average savings of $875 annually - that's money turned from overhead to profit overnight. The impact for all of San Francisco was 20 million kWh or over $3.6 million in utility bill savings annually within the small business community. Many small business customers had to make some investment for their lighting upgrade. On average however, these investments were regained through energy savings in only six months time.