Can you believe it? A software company is helping with energy conservation - all jokes aside. During a keynote presentation at VMworld 2006 in Los Angeles, VMware's President, Diane Green talked about power management and how VMware fits into the puzzle. To help validate this notion of "green" virtualization, Diane Green brought Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) director Roland Risser out to explain. PG&E announce Can you believe it? A software company is helping with energy conservation – all jokes aside. During a keynote presentation at VMworld 2006 in Los Angeles, VMware’s President, Diane Green talked about power management and how VMware fits into the puzzle.To help validate this notion of “green” virtualization, Diane Green brought Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) director Roland Risser out to explain. PG&E announced a utility financial incentive program that supports virtualization projects in the data center. Virtualization enables customers to consolidate their data centers and remove a large portion of their existing servers.“We’ll give our customers a check for every server they unplug,” said Risser. PG&E customers who are interested in earning financial incentives for virtualization projects must apply for the rebate prior to beginning their consolidation project. These businesses can then receive a credit from PG&E for $750 – $1350 for every server removed. The program has a cap where businesses can earn up to a maximum rebate amount of $4 million per project site. Risser explained to the audience that it is cheaper for PG&E to reduce the energy demand of its customers than it is to invest in new energy technologies or build new generator capacity. For more information on PG&E’s virtualization technology rebate program, visit their Web site. Software Development