SoCalGas, Oracle Home Energy Reports helped reduce natural gas use by 10M therms

SoCalGas and Oracle recently announced that the Home Energy Reports they provide SoCalGas customers each month have helped to reduce natural gas use by 10 million therms since the program started in 2013.

This reduction in natural gas use has resulted in customers saving more than $11 million on their bills and the elimination of more than 53,000 metric tons of carbon emissions.

The Home Energy Reports are included with most customer’s bills. They show how much energy each household is using compared to similar homes and provide recommendations for saving energy.

“This milestone is a testament that small changes to our energy consumption behavior can amount to significant energy savings,” Dan Rendler, director of customer programs and assistance at SoCalGas, said. “Considering the average household in Southern California uses just 447 therms of natural gas per year, reaching this level of savings shows the commitment our customers have made to use energy wisely. Former Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz recently citied, ‘energy efficiency…is likely to be the most cost-efficient approach to decarbonization, and one of the most effective options across all economic sectors.’ SoCalGas is pleased to provide our customers with the tools they need to use natural and increasingly renewable natural gas efficiently and to reduce environmental impacts.”

SoCalGas recently announced its vision to become the cleanest natural gas utility in North America and committed to replacing 20 percent of its traditional natural gas supply with renewable natural gas (RNG) by 2030.

“California has some of the most ambitious energy efficiency goals of any state and SoCalGas raises the bar for driving energy-efficiency programs that support a more sustainable future,” Scott Neuman, Opower group vice president at Oracle Utilities, said. “This milestone clearly shows the impact utilities can have on the environment when they empower their customers with information that can encourage and drive positive change.”