The Statewide Gas Emerging Technologies Program (GET), is a collaboration between California’s investor owned utilities to advance promising energy-efficient technologies. The program aims to identify and evaluate currently commercially available technologies, and further market readiness of promising concepts that may be ready in three to five years. These proposals will be evaluated as potential measures for future energy-efficient programs.
Working with cross functional stakeholders, the GET program will source and screen technologies, gather necessary technical and savings potential data, identify key market barriers to adoption, and develop strategies to overcome these barriers.
Have an emerging technology you’d like to propose?
Visit the Propose an Idea page for more information and online submission form.
Please note that all funding has been fully committed until 2028. Your idea will be scored, but ineligible to be added to the potential projects list until that time.
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Concurrent with the adoption of new technologies, is the need to understand market barriers, including those that are the result of the new technology, as well as any that already exist for current similar technologies.
View the Technology Priority Map (TPM)
The TPM Includes the summary list, end use, sector, and technology sums, technology readiness levels (TRL) and opportunities.
Upcoming Events
| Month | Project Number | Project Name | Project Link CA-ETP | Registration Link | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | ET24SWG0003 | GAHP Performance Mapping 2 | https://ca-etp.com/node/13635 | Registration | This webinar discusses a study aimed to characterize the performance of a second Gas Absorption Heat Pump (GAHP) unit to populate model inputs in EnergyPlus. GTI Energy served as the contractor, developing the test plan, commissioning the unit, and conducting both static and transient performance mapping under manufacturer-specified conditions. After testing, GTI generated curve fits and incorporated them into the EnergyPlus GAHP model, expanding it with performance data from a different manufacturer’s unit. |
| June | ET23SWG0001 | Smart Pump, Multifamily Pilot Study | https://ca-etp.com/node/13482 | Registration | This webinar discusses a study that was designed to evaluate potential gas savings from replacing non-controlled domestic hot water circulator pumps with smart, controlled pumps. Smart pumps operated using timers, aquastats, combined controls, or on-demand sensors, and were installed at eight multifamily sites where water-heater gas use was monitored. Performance of both the baseline non-controlled pumps and the smart pumps was assessed, with findings documented in a final Emerging Technology report. |
| July | ET24SWG0008 | Adsorption Gas Heat Pump Lab Tests | https://ca-etp.com/node/13644 | Registration | This study aims to investigate a fuel-fired Thermal Heat Pump (THP) technology to assess its uniform efficiency factor (UEF) potential. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) Energy will serve as the subcontractor for this study. The THP concept is a gas-driven ammonia adsorption heat pump water heater concept in a packaged system. It incorporates a buffer tank and a sorption module that includes the reactor (thermal compressor) with a salt matrix sorbent and heat exchanger. The sorption module is a closed water system hermetically sealed with no moving parts, using ammonia as the refrigerant. The system size is anticipated to be similar to a typical residential 50-gallon gas storage water heater and is intended as a drop-in replacement for residential water heating. For this study, the "Beta" unit will be tested as recent improvements from the prior "Alpha" units have led to advancements designed to achieve a UEF greater than 1.2. |
| Aug | ET25SWG0005 ET26SWG0004 | Shower Star/DHW sizing | Shower Star https://ca-etp.com/node/13707 DHW Sizing https://ca-etp.com/node/13772 | Registration | This webinar will combine the Shower Star and Domestic Hot Water Heater Sizing agile projects. Shower Star There is a behavioral water and energy efficiency solution that will help reduce household carbon emissions and water use at scale. The device is an easy at-home DIY retrofit to promote water conservation and improve shower habits. The technology automatically detects when a shower starts and alerts the user at start, half-way, end, and overtime. When synced with the app, users can view behaviors, see water and energy saved translated into cost, and compare water/electric bills. The project will analyze behavior after install and again several months later. The measures will be deployed at approximately 50 single and multifamily properties. DHW This is an agile project idea to compare DHW sizing tools to actual site data for (9) multifamily sites. A comparison of data for (6) sites was done in ET23SWG0012 GAHP Sizing, Screening and Design. An additional (9) sites would further refine this analysis to support an eventual GAHP sizing tool. Lincus has worked with the customer for ET23SWG0002 GAHP Pilot Phase 2 Site #1 and ET25SWG0002 GAHP Pilot Phase 2 Site #3 on additional work outside the GET program. Lincus has site data for (9) sites and has permission to gather gas interval meter data for analysis. |
| Sept | ET24SWG0006 | Site 2 GAHP | https://ca-etp.com/node/13617 | Registration | This project is a field study of a Gas Absorption Heat Pump (GAHP) water heater. The GAHP is a gas-fired technology and its technology readiness level (TRL) is 9. This project falls into phase 2F (field study phase) of a multi-phase field study pilot project for GAHP water heaters and combination systems. Phase 1 addressed planning and data gathering. Phase 2F includes five sites total. This project is for Site #2 in phase 2F. Due to limited multifamily availability, this site is a hotel selected for high hot water usage and ease of integration. This study will determine the coefficient of performance (COP) of the baseline and post-installation DHW systems, evaluate greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts compared to electric heat pump water heaters, and provide lessons learned for SoCalGas and contractors. |
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