This directory identifies official water-heater incentive research starting points. It does not identify a property's electricity provider or community choice aggregator. It does not determine program availability, funding, eligibility, amounts, deadlines, stacking, tax treatment, qualifying equipment, contractor eligibility, permit or electrical scope, or Avila service coverage. It does not recommend a product or project, replace program instructions, or promise an incentive.
Confirm the property and energy account without guessing
Start with the service address, current electricity bill, and official account information. The utility that delivers electricity and a community choice aggregator that supplies generation can both appear on one bill. A city name, ZIP code, neighboring offer, or search result does not establish which program applies.
Keep account numbers, bills, income records, tax records, and resident information out of the website request. Record only the confirmed organization names and use each organization's own private account or application channel when it asks for protected information.
Separate property, customer, and project paths
Choose the path that matches the current first-party source. Single-family, multifamily, commercial, income-qualified, emergency-replacement, replacement, new-construction, and other paths can have different administrators, steps, documents, equipment rules, and funding status.
Do not transfer a requirement or opportunity from one path to another. If the property or customer category is unclear, ask the program administrator to identify the correct current path before relying on a summary or beginning an application.
Record the research path
- Property and customer category used
- Program administrator and exact program name
- Official landing-page URL and date checked
- Application or reservation stage shown by the source
- Unresolved questions for the program administrator
Check current status before a purchase or project
A program can open, pause, close, exhaust funds, change an amount, revise an eligible product list, require a reservation, or set a project window. Open the current official page and confirm the applicable status before buying equipment, signing a contract, scheduling work, or relying on an expected payment.
A page in this directory may report that reservations are closed or funding is fully reserved. Its inclusion means the source is useful for a current status check; it does not mean an incentive is available.
Ask the administrator about eligibility and combinations
Direct questions about eligibility, reservations, funding, deadlines, amounts, income categories, tax treatment, stacking, qualifying equipment, approved contractors, required documents, permits, inspections, electrical work, and payment timing to the program administrator. Preserve the answer and the date it was received.
Do not use a search snippet, an old flyer, a contractor summary, or another territory's rule as the controlling source. The program's current terms and written response for the specific application path control the research record.
Keep incentive research and service decisions separate
An incentive listing does not select a water heater, determine whether a project fits the property, define plumbing or electrical scope, establish permit requirements, approve a contractor, or confirm Avila service coverage. Program approval and service fit are separate decisions made by the responsible parties.
Ask the program administrator about its rules and application. Ask the plumbing service provider separately whether the observable water-heater condition and requested work fit its current scope. Neither conversation promises the other organization's approval, availability, coverage, price, or outcome.
Preserve a dated private source record
For each source, save the official URL, access date, program name, property and customer path, contact, reference number, questions, response, application status, and next step in the approved private record. Keep bills, applications, income or tax material, equipment documents, contracts, invoices, permits, and resident data out of the website and public repository.
The sources below were reviewed on the date shown. They are starting points, not a complete list or a record of availability. Recheck the official page and the property-specific path before every material decision.
First-party water-heater incentive starting points
Confirm the current electricity provider, community choice aggregator, property type, and customer path first. Then open the applicable program administrator's current page before reserving funds, buying equipment, signing a contract, or starting work.
Bay Area regional program finder
Bay Area Regional Energy Network
Current BayREN program hub for residential, multifamily, commercial, and public-sector offerings; follow its current program and administrator links.
California single-family programs
TECH Clean California
State program page for checking the current single-family incentive and reservation status, pathways, and administrator contacts.
PG&E customer accounts
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Provider account tool for researching current home energy options and incentives associated with the customer's confirmed account path.
Peninsula Clean Energy customers
WestLight Energy (formerly Peninsula Clean Energy)
Current English program page for checking the Peninsula-area water-heating upgrade path, customer terms, and contact route.
MCE customers
MCE
Community choice aggregator program directory for checking current customer offers, water-heating paths, and program contacts.
City of Santa Clara electric customers
Silicon Valley Power
Municipal electric utility's current residential rebate page with program categories, application sources, and customer contacts.
Silicon Valley Clean Energy customers
Silicon Valley Clean Energy
Community choice aggregator page for checking current home-rebate status, property paths, program documents, and application timing.
CleanPowerSF customers
CleanPowerSF
San Francisco community choice program page for checking its current home-electrification paths, rules, and application source.
Ava Community Energy customers
Ava Community Energy
Community choice aggregator incentive finder for researching current property and customer paths without relying on a copied offer summary.
Sonoma Clean Power customers
Sonoma Clean Power
Community choice aggregator page for checking current water-heating program status, application requirements, source documents, and contacts.