Celebrating 10 Years of a Remarkable Solar Partnership
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (PG&E) will celebrate their decade-long solar partnership by
hosting the Brown Bag Build on Tuesday, April 28 at Justin Herman Plaza
in San Francisco. Community members are invited to contribute 100
volunteer hours to Habitat for Humanity to safely construct 60 doors and
window frames in 30-minute shifts during their lunch breaks for the
Habitat Terrace development in San Francisco’s Ocean View neighborhood.
“Providing solar energy helps reduce a family’s overall housing costs
and is one of Habitat’s inventive solutions to our area’s expensive real
estate challenges. Thanks to our partnership with PG&E and the Solar
Habitat program, Habitat homeowners spend less on electricity and that
helps us keep the overall cost of homeownership low,” said Phillip
Kilbridge, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco. “This is a
critical piece of the overall affordability of Habitat homes.”
Habitat Greater San Francisco is a non-profit affordable housing
developer whose innovative model offers homeownership opportunities to
Bay Area residents. For 10 years, PG&E’s Solar Habitat Program has
provided $9.6 million to help respond to the housing needs of families
in Northern and Central California. As the exclusive solar partner of
Habitat for Humanity in the Bay Area, PG&E’s Solar Habitat Program has
funded the installation of solar on every new-construction Habitat for
Humanity home for both the Greater San Francisco and the East Bay and
Silicon Valley affiliates.
“Habitat for Humanity’s mission of making homeownership a reality for
deserving California families in is one that PG&E is proud to support.
Through our Solar Habitat program, PG&E and Habitat for Humanity are
bringing clean and affordable energy to homes throughout PG&E’s service
area, particularly in neighborhoods that have been historically
underserved and overlooked. Together, we’re building a brighter future
for the people of our state,” said Tony Earley, chairman, CEO and
president of PG&E Corporation.
In celebration of this remarkable solar partnership and ongoing effort
to bring renewable energy and affordable housing to the Bay Area,
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco and PG&E offer this free
Brown Bag Build event as a way to engage volunteers who may not be able
to volunteer for an entire day, but want to give back in a meaningful
way. The event is part of PG&E’s continuing commitment to the community
and the utility’s third-annual Month of Service volunteer campaign. PG&E
will supply both volunteer builders and volunteer event coordinators to
work along-side Habitat staff and volunteers at the event.
In addition to the Solar Habitat program, PG&E employees have provided
7,000 hours of volunteering to Habitat Greater San Francisco through the
years.
About Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco
Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco builds homes and community in
partnership with thousands of annual volunteers, hard-working families,
donors, civic leaders and other engaged community members in Marin, San
Francisco and on the Peninsula. Habitat Greater San Francisco provides a
critical path to financial security for families who live and work here
and strengthens neighborhoods across the Bay Area. Habitat Greater San
Francisco has built more than 200 affordable homes in the Bay Area and
is currently building Habitat Terrace, a development of 28 single-family
homes in San Francisco’s Ocean View neighborhood and Mt. Burdell Place,
a development of 10 homes in Novato. Those interested in supporting
Habitat’s work or volunteering can find more information at the website: www.habitatgsf.org;
on Facebook at facebook.com/habitatgsf or on Twitter @habitatgsf.
About PG&E
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a subsidiary of PG&E
Corporation (NYSE:PCG), and the PG&E Corporation Foundation strive to
power strong communities throughout Northern and Central California. In
2014, PG&E contributed more than $23 million to nearly 1,300 charitable
organizations, including matching the generosity of employees who
donated more than $7.3 million and volunteered more than 75,000 hours to
company-supported events. Community investments are funded entirely by
the company’s shareholders. For more information, visit www.pge.com/community.
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Source: Pacific Gas and Electric Company & Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco