LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southern
California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power (LADWP) have partnered to distribute over
150,000 free energy and water efficiency kits to residents
throughout Los Angeles. Each
efficiency kit is equipped with simple household devices to help
conserve water and natural gas and save money on utility bills.
Installing these devices can reduce natural gas usage in
Los Angeles by approximately 3.5
million therms and save 46,000 gallons of water per year as a
result of this program.
Each kit contains a water-efficient showerhead; two bathroom
faucet aerators; and a kitchen faucet aerator. The energy and water
efficiency kits will be delivered SoCalGas customers in
Los Angeles who have not
participated in the program in the last three years throughout the
month of December. Customers will also receive information on
energy-saving water heaters, smart thermostats, and other
appliances that are eligible for SoCalGas rebates.
"SoCalGas and LADWP continue to help lower our environmental
impact and protect our natural resources through the distribution
of energy and water efficiency kits," said Los Angeles
Councilmember Joe Buscaino. "These devices are simple and easy to
install and have proven to be highly impactful as we make
sustainable efforts to promote saving energy and water."
"Energy efficiency is one of the most cost-effective methods to
reduce emissions," said Brian
Prusnek, director of customer programs and assistance at
SoCalGas. "Not only do these programs help the environment, they're
actively helping our customers save money on their utility bills
while also making a significant environmental impact as
well."
"These simple yet effective kits will help LA residents conserve
water while at the same time, save on their utility bills," said
Richard Harasick, LADWP Senior
Assistant General Manager of the Water System. "LADWP is proud of
its long-standing partnership with SoCalGas to provide efficient,
cost-saving solutions to customers' water and energy needs,
especially during these difficult times.
In the City of Los
Angeles, water conservation is among the city's multiple
strategies to secure a sustainable water supply for Los
Angeles and improve overall water supply reliability. With the
help of LADWP's water conservation rebates and programs, water
conservation has become a way of life in Los Angeles. Water
use in Los Angeles has steadily
declined over the past decades, and recently reached 105 gallons of
water per person per day, one of the lowest of any major U.S. city.
Read more at www.ladwp.com/waterconservation.
SoCalGas is a leader in researching and developing new
technologies that improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions, and
keep bills affordable for customers. The utility offers rebate
incentive tools and energy savings programs to help customers
conserve energy and save money while promoting an environmentally
sustainable future. In the past five years, SoCalGas energy
efficiency programs have delivered more than 195 million therms in
energy savings, enough to power over 390,000 households a year, and
reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) by more than 1,000,000 metric tons,
the equivalent of removing over 223,000 cars from the road.
Overall, these projects have also helped SoCalGas customers save
more than $217 million in utility
bill costs over the past five years.
Additionally, the utility is also working to increase the
production and use of renewable natural gas, which turns waste from
dairies, farms, wastewater and landfills, into a source of clean
and renewable energy to fuel homes and businesses. The utility
recently began field testing a new technology that can
simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of
hydrogen and natural gas to be transported through the natural gas
pipeline system to help make a significant contribution towards a
cleaner energy future. Learn more on ways to become more energy
efficient through our various programs and incentives here.
About SoCalGas
Headquartered in Los Angeles, SoCalGas® is
the largest gas distribution utility in the
United States. SoCalGas delivers
affordable, reliable, clean and increasingly renewable gas service
to 21.8 million customers across 24,000 square miles of
Central and Southern California, where more than 90 percent of
residents use natural gas for heating, hot water, cooking, drying
clothes or other uses. Gas delivered through the company's
pipelines also plays a key role in providing electricity to
Californians— about 45 percent of electric power
generated in the state comes from gas-fired power
plants.
SoCalGas' vision is to be the cleanest gas utility in
North America, delivering
affordable and increasingly renewable energy to its customers. In
support of that vision, SoCalGas is committed to replacing 20
percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable
natural gas (RNG) by 2030. Renewable natural gas is made from
waste created by dairy farms, landfills and wastewater treatment
plants. SoCalGas is also committed to investing in its gas delivery
infrastructure while keeping bills affordable for our customers.
From 2014 through 2018, the company invested nearly $6.5
billion to upgrade and modernize its pipeline system to
enhance safety and reliability. SoCalGas is a subsidiary
of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), an energy services holding
company based in San Diego. For more information
visit socalgas.com/newsroom or connect with SoCalGas
on Twitter (@SoCalGas), Instagram (@SoCalGas)
and Facebook.
About LADWP
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is the nation's
largest municipal utility, with an 8,000 megawatt (MW) electric
capacity and serving an average of 436 million gallons of water per
day to the more than 4 million residents of the City of Los Angeles, its businesses and
visitors. For more than 100 years, LADWP has provided the city with
reliable water and power service in a cost effective and
environmentally responsible manner.
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