Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the East Bay Municipal Utility District team up with Chevron Energy Solutions to implement program that will save the college $250,000 per year

SAN FRANCISCO – Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the East Bay Municipal Utility District will present Saint Mary's College of California with over $150,000 in rebates on April 21 as part of a utility conservation project managed by Chevron Energy Solutions. The project implemented various energy and water conservation measures that will save the college more than $250,000 per year in lower utility bills.

Saint Mary's College partnered with Chevron Energy Solutions, a subsidiary of ChevronTexaco (NYSE: CVX), to develop a self-funding utility conservation project that would effectively help the college reduce utility costs, replace old, inefficient equipment, and allow for future campus expansion. The project is funded through annual cost savings generated by the project installations, which included high-efficiency lighting, plumbing retrofits, window film, vending machine controllers, sewage flow meters, ventilation improvements, and boiler controllers.

“Saint Mary's College is honored to be part of this program,” said Peter Michell, the college's vice president for finance. “Environmental conservation is consistent with the college's social justice mission and reducing utility costs is a necessity for all large institutions.”

PG&E will present $102,000 in incentive money for energy efficient upgrades to lighting systems on campus. PG&E estimates the improvements will save Saint Mary's over 1 million kilowatt hours in electricity use each year, reduce power demand by over 300 kilowatts, and save the college $242,000 on its annual PG&E bill. The incentive is part of PG&E's Standard Performance Contract program which offers cash incentives for projects that replace inefficient equipment with new, energy efficient systems.

The East Bay Municipal Utility District estimates Saint Mary's will also save 4.3 million gallons of water each year from improvements made to toilets and urinals. The upgrade earned the college a $56,000 rebate from the East Bay Municipal Utility District and annual savings of over $14,000 on its water bill.

The utility conservation project will offer Saint Mary's several other benefits including:

• New fluorescent lighting systems that operate at a higher frequency, thereby eliminating the noticeable flicker common in older fluorescent lighting systems.
• New waterless, touch-less urinals that will provide increased sanitary conditions.
• Window films that will reduce heat load and improve comfort inside buildings.
• New high visibility exit signs that will increase safety and reduce maintenance requirements.

San Francisco-based Chevron Energy Solutions partners with institutions and businesses to improve facilities, increase efficiency, reduce energy consumption and costs, and ensure reliable, high quality power for critical operations. Its customers include schools, colleges and universities; federal, state, and local government agencies and other public institutions; and commercial and industrial businesses.

To find out more about Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Standard Performance Contract program and other energy efficiency programs, visit www.pge.com.

REPORTER'S NOTE:
The rebate check presentation will be held in front of Dante Hall at Saint Mary's College in Moraga on Thursday, April 21 at 4:15 PM.

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