San Diego Building Electrification Coalition

03/15/2026

📅 Save the Date: Home Electrification Fair 2026! ⚡

After the success of our Encinitas event last year, CCL San Diego Chapters are excited to partner with the City of Chula Vista for another Home Electrification Fair.

🗓 May 16, 2026
📍 Norman Park Senior Center, Chula Vista, CA

Interested in helping plan the event? We’re looking for volunteers to support exhibitor outreach, content, promotion, and day-of logistics. Email [email protected] to get involved!

01/31/2026

Thank you for hosting!

Curious about ditching gas and making your home cleaner, safer, and more energy-efficient? Come hang out with us for a free, engaging talk at the Coronado Spreckels Center’s Activity Room (1019 7th St.)!

Kathy Nicholson from the San Diego Building Electrification Coalition (SDBEC) will break down what home electrification actually looks like—no jargon, no pressure—plus real-world tips you can use. Stick around after for a live Q&A to get your questions answered.

We’ll cover things like:

⚡ Why electrification matters (for your health, safety, and wallet)
🔍 Busting common myths about cost, reliability, and complexity
🏡 Smart home upgrades like heat pumps, induction cooktops, and heat pump dryers
📈 Which changes make the biggest impact (and which can wait)

Whether you’re electrification-curious or already planning upgrades, this is a great place to start. REGISTER TODAY: https://tinyurl.com/3txazakf

09/24/2025

If you know anyone who might be interested, please pass this along:

Did you recently 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲’𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹? You may qualify for a new study and earn a modest thank you gift.

This research study is looking for 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 who have made this kind of replacement and are willing to share information about their home’s equipment, appliances, and energy use.

Click here to learn more and sign up:

Complete this enrollment form to sign-up for the California Decision Tool to Electrify Homes Research Study

05/18/2025

Energy-efficient appliances lower energy bills, strengthen grid reliability & cut pollution. Yet Trump’s DOE rolling back standards & labeling rules that help families save money. Why? To prop up inefficient, outdated tech. More from Sierra Club:

Efficiency is a buzz word in the federal government lately for all the wrong reasons. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a metaphorical chainsaw (and in one case wielding a literal chainsaw) to agencies and programs that serve, in many cases, as the lifeblood of our country,...

04/23/2025

A new report from Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law reveals that rebuilding all-electric after the LA wildfires is faster, healthier, safer, and more cost-effective than rebuilding with gas.

The Los Angeles wildfires in January 2025 resulted in significant infrastructure losses, highlighting the need for an urgent, cost-effective, and sustainable recovery effort in the fire-impacted communities of the Pacific […]

03/19/2025

San Diego City Council has a historic opportunity to advance equitable building decarb by including SB 1221 pilots in its SDG&E ECA. Councilmember Joe LaCava Councilmember Sean Elo-Rivera Councilmember Henry L. Foster III Councilmember Kent Lee Councilmember Jennifer Campbell Councilmember Stephen Whitburn Councilmember Marni von Wilpert Councilmember Raul Campillo Vivian Moreno Read more from San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition‘s Tanisha Jean-Martin:

San Diego City Council has a historic opportunity to upgrade entire neighborhoods with clean energy and pollution-free appliances when it amends its Energy Cooperation Agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) next week. City Council must update this agreement and require that SDG&E submit at....

02/15/2025

This is a great self-guided tour for folks thinking about electrifying their homes, hope to see you there!

Green Homes Tour 2025: Scripps Ranch, & 4S Ranch, , February 22, 2 pm, February 23, 10 am: https://buff.ly/4aQdZBI

02/13/2025

Considering electrifying your home? Stop by the Home Electrification Fair in Encinitas on Saturday Feb 22 10-1:30.

Meet homeowners who've electrified and talk to the exhibitors Alliance Green Builders, San Diego County Solar, QuitCarbon, Jamar Power Systems, Nicholson Energy Consulting, Surf Bros HVAC, Sol Home, San Diego Gas & Electric, The Switch Is On, Rewiring America, San Diego Community Power, USGBC California, Build It Green, Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego, Evaosd, Climate Action Campaign, Third Act SoCal and hear from Spencer Rosen at Home Energy Academy

Brought to you by Citizens' Climate Lobby San Diego United and City of Encinitas. Sponsored by San Diego LEARN

https://www.electrificationwg.org

02/02/2025

Check out these local homes that are electrifying - self-guided tours coming up Feb 22-23

Join us for self-guided home tours featuring a remodel, all electrified home, low water landscaping, rainwater capture and more!

01/25/2025

Great article from Nick Brown at Build Smart. If you like numbers, you’ll love this story!

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