Were promoting it to other utilities and we hope that they will use our model and follow our lead, says Bramfitt, explaining that PG&E spearheads the coalition. We have a collaborative Web site and were about to have our second face-to-face meeting.
3PAR, which already has a carbon offset program, is also looking to emulate the PG&E deal with other U.S. utilities, according to Hough.
The talks are just beginning, but we have begun some conversations with folks in New York and Texas, he says.
One user that has already received a PG&E 3PAR rebate is Jonathon Taylor, systems engineer at California State University East Bay.
"I cant say how much it is [but] it was enough of an amount that it got the awareness of our management," he says, explaining that CSU East Bay has implemented one of 3PAR's S400 systems "The fact that they are working with PG&E shows that they are committed to the same goals as we are."
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