Utility Helper

Welcome to CALED's Utility-Helper resource page.  Utilities are natural partners in economic development.  Not only do they work hard to help their business customers be energy efficient and make the most of their resources, they are in the field meeting with some of California's largest engery users and can be a valuable link between these businesses and information and resources that can help them be more successful.  Providing this information to the business, helps them grow, and it promotes the image of utility representatives as partners, vested in the success of their clients.

Below are some helpful resources for utility representatives and their businesses:

Economic Development 

• What is Economic Development and what does it mean to business?
• Common Economic Development terms
• Find your local Economic Developer for more assistance

Business Financing Resource

• Special Manufacturing Financing
• Non Profit Financing
• Database of Financing Resources

Incentives

• California Business Investment Guide
• Enterprise Zone Program
• Enterprise Zone Locations
• Enterprise Zone Map and Street Locations
  
• Enterprise Zone Benefit Calculator for Palmdale
  Not all enterprise zones have a calculator.  This is only a sample to show what benefits could be available to a business that locates to an enterprise zone.
• Employment Training Resources

Additional Resources

• CALED's online resource library
• Business & Individual Taxes
• California's Economic Regions
• County Profiles & Demographic Data (check out the "data tables link)
• Labor Market Information 
• Permitting
  
• Red Flags for Retention
  

State Resources

• California Business Investment Services 
• California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency 
• California Labor & Workforce Development Agency