PEAR California. Get paid to use less Electricity!

Peak Energy Agricultural Rewards (PEAR) is an electricity demand response program for agricultural irrigators in California.

PEAR offers California growers incentive payments for curtailing electricity usage during times of peak demand.

By agreeing to shift your energy usage, you can receive significant
cash payments.

PEAR was specifically designed for agricultural irrigators. Today there are over 5,000 pumps using the field-proven Lodestar control system.

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    PG&E notifies M2M of an upcoming energy curtailment event due to an energy shortage or high energy prices.
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    The grower is notified by 5:00 p.m. on the business day before the event.
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    On the day of the event, the Lodestar load control system automatically shuts
    off irrigation pumps for between one to four hours.
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    At the end of the program season, the grower is paid for participation.