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Pioneer supports commercial customers who want to power their business with electricity they generate. Through Pioneer’s GridGen program, commercial customers can install solar and storage to their business without taking on the costs of installation and maintenance.
Pioneer is partnering with Participate.Energy to install industry-leading rooftop solar and battery systems to qualifying customers. Those who participate in the program will receive a solar-plus-storage system or battery retrofit to a current system with no up-front cost and no credit underwriting.
Customers will pay for the energy the system produces and a monthly battery payment on their regular monthly utility bill. They will still have Pioneer Community Energy and receive one bill for their energy and their system. Participants in the program will benefit from predictable energy costs with a low-rate escalator and long-term program agreement, providing savings for customers throughout the life of the program.
Commercial customers that wish to enroll in the program can fill out the from below to be connected with Pioneer’s program partner, Participate.Energy. Participate.Energy will connect you with a participating contractor to review site information and begin the design of the system.
Buildings with rooftop solar use energy produced by the solar system during the day when the sun is shining. These buildings pull less energy from the electricity grid, which helps save money on energy bills.
Buildings with rooftop solar-plus-storage pull even less energy from the grid by using the solar generation to power the building during the day and charge the building’s battery for later use. Later in the evening when the sun is down and solar generation is not available, the building is powered by the energy stored in the battery.
Battery storage also supports a building’s power during power outages. The battery can continue to power essential loads (such as a fridge, lights, medical equipment, etc.) when the grid goes down.
Unlike other solar and storage programs, with Pioneer’s GridGen, solar-plus-storage system charges are added to the customer’s regular Pioneer/PG&E bill. This reduces the number of separate bills customers need to manage.
Those interested must be Pioneer customers, own the building their business resides in, or have the landlord sing-off on the system as well. Customers must also maintain participation in Pioneer for the length of the program.
Yes. When a customer enrolls in the GridGen program, they agree to buy the power produced and energy services provided by the system on a fixed long-term basis (25-year term), locking in increasing energy savings over time.
Yes, but if customers opt out of the program after the solar + battery has been installed, they will need to purchase the system at “fair market value”.
When a customer sells their business, the contract transfers to the new buyer without any additional credit score (FICO) review and customer underwriting of any kind. Additionally, if the new buyer wants to own the system themselves, they may purchase the system at “fair market value.”
For customers who rent, they can have their landlord reach out to support@participate.energy for Pioneer’s Renters Program.
The solar panels generate electricity that gets used by the home. At any given time, if the solar is generating more electricity than the house is using, then the excess electricity charges the battery for future consumption. Only if the batteries are fully charged and there isn’t enough load on site to consume the solar energy, then the excess energy will be sent back to the utility and credited to the customer under PG&E’s then-current Solar Billing Plan (SBP) program.
A fund was established to own the system for the benefit of you and Pioneer Community Energy, which is managed by our financial partner, Participate.Energy.
Customers can buy out the system at any time at “fair-market-value.”
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