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Statewide LG EE Best Practices: Weekly Update

  1. Job Opportunity: Energy Planner - III, County of San Luis Obispo Energy Watch
    This exciting new position opened up for recruitment recently. Please check out and share the job opportunity and contact Jon Griesser at jgriesser@co.slo.ca.us if you have any questions.
  2. Request for Info: Chilled Water TES System
    A County of San Diego facility is looking to replace their chillers soon and is looking for some more information on installers to contact and steps to be taken to conduct a formal feasibility study. If you have any information to share, please contact Kaveen Patel at Kaveen.Patel@sdcounty.ca.gov.
  3. California's Latest Legislation is a Paradigm Shift for Energy Efficiency
    SB 350 fundamentally changes how energy efficiency is measured, taking a more holistic look at electricity and gas-use reductions, and AB 802 moves the state towards meter-based energy efficiency. Learn more here.
  4. $102M to Tackle Solar Challenges and Expand Access to Clean Energy
    The U.S. Energy Department announced programs that will lead to spending of more than $102 million. $52 million will be used in 22 projects to make solar more accessible and affordable, and $50 million will be used to reduce the cost of solar and promote advancement of photo voltaic technology.
  5. Verifying Energy Efficiency Job Creation: Current Practices and Recommendations
    The report identifies some of the issues that contribute to a lack of consistency in attempts to verify efficiency-related job creation, then proposes an analytically rigorous and tractable framework for program evaluators to use in future assessments.
  6. Energy Calendar
    The calendar of energy-related events is currently being developed and will be updated on a weekly basis. If you have any events you would like added to the calendar, please send details to statewideenergycoordinator@lgc.org.


And that is all for this week!