For small business owners purchasing or improving properties or investing in new
equipment, optimizing energy performance is a smart way to give your business a competitive advantage.
The Energy Advantage Program (EAP) provides no-cost energy-efficiency technical assistance to help small business owners make
smart energy choices that can pay dividends for years to come.
Boost Your Bottom Line
In today’s competitive market, capitalizing on every opportunity to reduce costs can be critical
to your business’s success. For business owners purchasing or improving properties or investing
in new equipment, optimizing energy efficiency is a smart way to give your business an advantage
to succeed.
Reduce Your Operating Costs
Energy costs can be a significant portion of
operating costs for small businesses. Investing
in energy efficiency technologies can be a costeffective
strategy for bolstering slim profit
margins.
Energy Efficiency Financing
Find out how energy efficiency can be
financed through your business loan
and provide you immediate returns.
Free Utility Program to Help Cut Costs
The program offers no-cost energy efficiency technical assistance to help business owners make
smart energy choices that can that can reduce operating expenses for years to come.
Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 Green Loans
Qualifying businesses include small and medium
commercial, industrial, and agricultural owners
financing facility retrofits, gut rehabs, equipment
upgrades, and new construction projects.
Program Services
Energy analysis of your project
Energy audits and technical assistance to identify
energy efficiency opportunities
Energy-efficiency measure (EEM) recommendations that
will reduce utility costs and increase asset value
Energy-efficiency measure cash flow analysis
Rebate and incentive support
Lender referrals for customers considering energy efficiency
projects and not working with a lender
Customers
The Energy Advantage Program is open to all LADWP®, SoCalGas®, and SDG&E
agricultural, commercial and industrial customers that also
qualify for a Small Business Administration loan or other
participating small business loan product.
Eligible segments include, but are not limited to:
Agriculture
Gas stations
Grocery
Hotels/Motels
Industrial manufacturers
Large office
Medical and assisted living facilities
Restaurants and food service
Retail
Small business
Eligibility
Qualifying businesses include small and medium
agricultural, commercial and industrial owners that are
financing facility retrofits, gut rehabs, equipment
upgrades, and new construction projects.
Must be a LADWP®, SoCalGas®, or SDG&E customer.
Must qualify for a Small Business Administration Loan
or other participating small business lending product.
Must be willing to consider energy-efficiency
enhancements to planned projects.