Commercial Energy Management in the Central Valley
Central Valley is PG&E territory, where competitive supply exists but is capped or routed through a public program rather than open bidding. We work every route that is genuinely available, alongside rate design and demand management.
How Energy Buying Works in Central Valley
The Central Valley runs on pumping. Agricultural load here is violently seasonal — near-zero in winter, enormous through the irrigation season — and PG&E maintains dedicated agricultural schedules precisely because a general commercial rate prices that shape badly. The mistake we see most often is a processing facility or packing house sitting on a general commercial schedule when an agricultural one fits, or the reverse after a facility diversified. Add the summer on-peak window, which collides directly with afternoon pumping and cold storage pull-down, and the demand component becomes the largest controllable line on a valley bill.
California opened to competition in 1998, but the terms are set territory by territory, not statewide. PG&E's distribution rates, its default supply price and its rate schedules are all set independently of the other utilities in California — which is why an offer that is genuinely competitive in one part of the state can be mediocre here. Everything on this page is scoped to PG&E specifically.
PG&E Commercial Rates
Which schedule you are on sets the shape of the bill before a single kilowatt-hour is priced.
| Schedule | Typically covers |
|---|---|
| B-10 | medium commercial accounts |
| B-19 | large commercial accounts |
| AG-C / AG-B | agricultural pumping and processing accounts |
| B-20 | very large industrial load |
Schedule names, demand thresholds and eligibility rules change with each rate case, and the schedule an account was originally placed on is frequently no longer the one that fits it. We verify yours against the actual bill rather than assuming — that check is free, and it is where a meaningful share of the savings on this page comes from.
Energy Management by Industry in Central Valley
Irrigated agriculture, food processing, oil production and inland distribution dominate commercial load here. Each sector carries a different load shape on PG&E, and the strategy changes with it.
Food Service · concentrated here
Food Service facilities in the Central Valley typically run 50,000-200,000 kWh/month on a meal period peaks with constant refrigeration baseload profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Food Service Energy in Central Valley →Warehouse & Logistics · concentrated here
Warehouse & Logistics facilities in the Central Valley typically run 400,000-1,500,000 kWh/month on a 24/7 operations with shift-based peaks profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Warehouse & Logistics Energy in Central Valley →Agriculture · concentrated here
Agriculture facilities in the Central Valley typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a highly seasonal with weather dependency profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Agriculture Energy in Central Valley →Manufacturing
Manufacturing facilities in the Central Valley typically run 500,000+ kWh/month on a 24/7 baseload with peak production hours profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Manufacturing Energy in Central Valley →Healthcare
Healthcare facilities in the Central Valley typically run 800,000+ kWh/month on a constant high load with minimal fluctuation profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Healthcare Energy in Central Valley →Retail
Retail facilities in the Central Valley typically run 100,000-500,000 kWh/month on a high during business hours, lower overnight profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Retail Energy in Central Valley →Hospitality
Hospitality facilities in the Central Valley typically run 200,000-700,000 kWh/month on a variable based on occupancy and season profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Hospitality Energy in Central Valley →Data Centers
Data Centers facilities in the Central Valley typically run 2,000,000+ kWh/month on a consistent extreme baseload profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Data Centers Energy in Central Valley →Education
Education facilities in the Central Valley typically run 300,000-1,000,000 kWh/month on a academic calendar-driven fluctuations profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Education Energy in Central Valley →Property Management
Property Management facilities in the Central Valley typically run 150,000-600,000 kWh/month on a business hours peak for commercial, evening for residential profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Property Management Energy in Central Valley →Automotive
Automotive facilities in the Central Valley typically run 80,000-300,000 kWh/month on a business hours concentration with some 24/7 operations profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Automotive Energy in Central Valley →Municipal & Government
Municipal & Government facilities in the Central Valley typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a varies widely by facility type profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Municipal & Government Energy in Central Valley →Technology
Technology facilities in the Central Valley typically run 200,000-800,000 kWh/month on a extended hours with always-on equipment profile, billed on PG&E commercial schedules.
Technology Energy in Central Valley →Cities in Central Valley
PG&E serves Fresno, Kern, Tulare, Kings Counties.
Fresno, CA
A PG&E agricultural and logistics market with heavy seasonal pumping load.
Fresno Energy Management →Bakersfield, CA
A PG&E market with oil, agriculture and heavy process load.
Bakersfield Energy Management →Other Utility Territories
Different utility, different rates. If your facilities span more than one of these, they need more than one strategy.
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Los Angeles Metro
LADWP · LADWP
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South Bay & Long Beach
Southern California Edison · CAISO SP15
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Orange County
Anaheim Public Utilities · Anaheim Public Utilities
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San Diego Metro
SDG&E · CAISO SP15
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Bay Area
PG&E · CAISO NP15
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Sacramento Metro
SMUD · SMUD
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