California utility expands rebates for power efficiency

NetworkWorld.com (Aug 14 2009) Power and Cooling

1. PG&E, which serves much of Northern and Central California, including Silicon Valley, has set aside US$50 million to spend on a set of rebates and incentives between now and 2011. Those rebates will go to customers who employ energy-saving technologies such as virtualization, fresh-air cooling and high-efficiency power supplies in their data centers. Enterprise System Management Challenges in Big Organizations with Eli Almog: Download now That's up from the $7 million PG&E doled out in 2008, and the utility can increase the money available if enough customers are interested, said Mark Bramfitt, the head of PG&E's customer energy efficiency program, in a presentation at the Next Generation Data Center conference on Thursday. (Read Full Article)

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