Tower District business 1st to receive grant to save on energy costs

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A tiny concern successful Fresno's Tower District volition go the archetypal recipient of a assistance from the metropolis successful collaboration with PG&E to marque vigor improvements and prevention wealth connected electricity.

Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and Councilmember Annalisa Perea volition grant the archetypal assistance from the Energy Efficiency Grant Program to Tower Tea. The assistance is portion of an inaugural betwixt metropolis officials and PG&E to assistance locally-owned restaurants go much energy-efficient and prevention wealth connected energy bills.

On March 10, YourCentralValley.com reported that PG&E gave $500,000 to the City of Fresno - $400,000 from those funds went to the Energy Efficient Grant Program, which aims to enactment tiny businesses amid the "escalating vigor costs, coupled with wage and lease complaint increases" that interaction the nett margins of tiny businesses operating wrong metropolis limits.

The programme is supported by $700,000 successful funds from the metropolis and PG&E. Months aft its announcement, Tower Tea volition beryllium the archetypal concern to person the assistance funds, which shall beryllium utilized for energy-related improvements specified arsenic room instrumentality upgrades, retrofits, HVAC, lighting and different energy-saving measures.

Businesses tin person up to $15,000. The assistance is lone disposable for brick-and-mortar restaurants astatine this time, meaning that mobile nutrient trucks volition not qualify. There is besides nary circumstantial deadline for this program, fixed that involvement forms volition beryllium accepted until backing has been exhausted.

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