Earn rewards with your water heater!
By enrolling in WatterSaver, your home helps keep energy dependable during busy times. It’s easy and comes with real rewards: $50 for enrolling, and $5 every month you participate.
WatterSaver and its Benefits
WatterSaver is a program available to electric customers of PG&E or partnering Community Choice Aggregators that pays you to use energy when demand and costs are lower. With WatterSaver:
You can avoid paying the highest electricity prices to heat your water when you combine WatterSaver with a Time of Use rate.
You earn a $50 enrollment award, and additional rewards for every month you participate.
You help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve grid reliability, and support cleaner electricity for everyone.
How It Works
When demand for energy is high at certain times of the day, electricity is more expensive. WatterSaver sends an automatic signal to heat your water at times of the day when demand for energy and electricity rates are lower, and keeps your water hot for whenever you need it.
WatterSaver is easy to enroll in and easy to use. You’ll find step-by-step instructions to help. And don’t worry, the controls will make sure you have enough hot water when you need it. For peace of mind, you can pause participation at any time, like when you have family or friends visiting.
Want to learn more about WatterSaver? Download the Program Manual for helpful details.
Am I Eligible?
Any customer of PG&E or a partnering Community Choice Aggregator in PG&E’s service territory can enroll and earn rewards in WatterSaver, if:
Load Shifting and Demand Response
Load shifting is when you shift some of your electricity use to times when electricity demand on the grid is lower and renewable energy is more plentiful, such as during the daytime, to help reduce pressure on the power grid. WatterSaver is a daily load shifting program that helps balance demand on our power grid, which can help avoid power outages and take advantage of abundant clean, renewable energy that’s available every day.
How do I enroll?
Signing up is easy!
Complete the online application to get started.