CA Residents Can Now Earn HUNDREDS By Using A Little Less Power In 2020— If They Enroll… Don Kennedy Follow Jan 5 · 2 min read

California is dead serious about staying green — so serious, they’re paying residents to improve their usage habits.

California residents who enroll for free in the new program will put themselves in a position to make some serious cash.

How’s $300 sound just for flipping off that 2nd TV for a couple hours, and you only have to do it if you’ve received a text saying usage is high in your area!

Actually, just enrolling earns you your first payment of $10!

Well, I told you they’re dead serious about this! The first $10 is as easy as enrolling, they’ll pay you $10 for the 5 minutes it takes.

“When we hit $1000 in less than three months, I couldn’t believe it… We didn’t even know about this a few weeks ago!” — Michael Edgerle (in a PG&E territory)

So… WHY?!

Well, CA is actually pretty ahead of the nation when it comes to renewable energy. But when usage is extra high, those old power plants get turned back on to make sure everyone can still receive power.

The OhmConnect program monitors this, and when one of those old dirty power plants is about to get turned back on, thousands of participants will receive a text message — the hope is, if those people all respond fast by lowering their usage, maybe those old dirty power plants won’t need to get turned on.

Do I qualify?

If your power bill comes from PG&E, SCE, or SDG&E — yes!

This is 99% of CA residents.

How do I start?

Sign up now at their website, follow instructions.

Give them 24hrs to verify you’re a CA resident and a customer of one the power company. Then you’ll get an email saying you’re all set!

After that just keep an eye out for any text messages about high power usage. When you get one, flip something off!