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68℉Energy: Household Energy Use
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Why is this a Climate Smart indicator?
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San José Clean Energy is working towards delivering 100 percent carbon-neutral electricity to all customers by 2030. Until that happens, reducing household electricity use will contribute to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions.
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Burning natural gas in water heaters, space heaters, clothes dryers, and other household appliances generates carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Natural gas that leaks out of distribution pipelines and during the production process is an even stronger greenhouse gas. We must reduce, and eventually eliminate, natural gas use in our homes and buildings to stop climate change.
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Reducing household electricity use, especially at peak times, helps make our electricity grid more resilient and can help lower energy bills.
What is the City doing to make progress on this indicator?
Completed
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Reach code (adopted 9/17/19)
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Natural Gas Infrastructure Prohibition for low-rise residential new construction (adopted 11/19/19)
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Updated Natural Gas Prohibition Ordinance for all new construction (adopted by City Council 12/1/20)
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Zero net carbon building demonstration project and video
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Bay Area Home Electrification Expo (October 2019)
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Silicon Valley Energy Watch energy efficiency programs (2004-2020)
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DIY Energy Saving Toolkits in all San José libraries
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Electrify San José heat pump water heater rebate program (2019-2021)
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Electrify San José: Framework for Existing Building Electrification (adopted 6/14/22)
In Progress / Ongoing
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San José Clean Energy provides the Home Appliance Savings Program, providing incentives for the purchase of energy efficient appliances.
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Climate Smart Challenge and GoGreen Teams programs for San José residents, which include actions for reducing energy use
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As of 2023, the Building Performance Ordinance’s Beyond Benchmarking component requires covered multifamily buildings that do not meet energy efficiency standards to perform an audit, undertake retrocommissioning, or make energy efficiency upgrades
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The Induction Cooktop Checkout Program is available to all San José residents interested in learning about the benefits of induction cooking
Planned
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The Electric Homes San José program will support single-family and multifamily building-owners throughout San José seeking to complete all-electric upgrades on their building as well as electrification workforce development for local contractors. The program is currently funded to support the electrification of 250 buildings in San José and to train 50 contractors.
About the data
Sources
Data on electricity and natural gas use by residential customers in San Jose were provided by PG&E and San José Clean Energy.
Data on numbers of households in San José are from the California Department of Finance’s Demographics Unit (Table E-5).
Limitations
Households are included by PG&E based on service address. Due to the complex nature of San José’s incorporated boundary and its ZIP codes that overlap with other cities, there may be inaccuracies in the data. For instance, this data includes properties with a San José service address that are located outside the incorporated city boundary.Household energy use may have been unusually high in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shelter-in-place orders.
Last updated
August 2023