Clean Power Alliance Pilot Offers Free Daytime Electricity to 4,000 Customers
A new pilot program launched by L.A.-based Clean Power Alliance is offering free electricity during daytime hours to 4,000 customers for two years. The initiative aims to study whether this incentive will change people's energy consumption behavior, encouraging them to…
Los Angeles, CA, October 15, 2026 —
L.A.-based Clean Power Alliance has launched a two-year pilot program offering free electricity during daytime hours to 4,000 customers. The initiative is designed to test whether the pricing incentive changes how participants use energy.
The program’s stated aim is to encourage customers to use more electricity when solar power is abundant and inexpensive. Clean Power Alliance also intends to study whether shifting use toward those hours can reduce stress on the electricity grid.
The pilot centers on a question about customer behavior: whether making daytime electricity free leads participants to adjust when they use power. The summary of the initiative does not specify which daytime hours qualify, how the offer is administered, or what types of customer accounts are included.
Further details about the program were not provided, including when it began, where the participating customers are located, and how the results will be measured. The information provided also does not say whether customers must take any steps to enroll or change their energy use.
The two-year period gives the initiative a defined timeframe for examining the effect of the offer, but no interim findings or expected publication date for results were provided. For now, the program’s purpose is to assess whether a free daytime electricity incentive can encourage greater use of solar power when it is available and help ease pressure on the grid.
Story summarized from the original created by Erin Stone on laist.com, see more information here.
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