Here are your wEEkly updates:
1.
Cap and trade news: On Tuesday, Governor Brown announced a plan led by the
California Air Resources Board (ARB) to extend cap-and-trade beyond its current
expiration in 2020, to 2050. Read
the plan, or get overviews from Utility Dive and
the Los Angeles Times.
2.
AB 802/Benchmarking Developments: California Energy Commission (CEC) staff
will conduct a public workshop to seek input on staff’s proposed draft
regulations to implement the building energy use data access, benchmarking, and
public disclosure provisions of Assembly Bill 802.
3.
AB 802 Background: A prior
CEC workshop on this was March 25th; a partial recap is
available here.
(Refresher on AB 802 available here.)
4.
NBI’s October ZNE Forum: the New Buildings Institute’s “Getting to Zero”
Zero Net Energy Forum this October 12th-14th. Click
to learn more about topics and speakers, and register.
5.
EE Coordinating Committee Updates: The CA EE Coordinating Committee
(CAEECC) had their 7th meeting this week. The agenda, meeting
documents, and how to participate in future meetings is available in this
CAEECC Update summary.
6.
$20M Available from Federal Agencies: Looking
for funding? More than $20 million is available to state, local and
tribal governments for climate change health impacts, coastal ecosystem
resiliency, clean diesel, and climate and agriculture projects.
7.
EE management motivators for business: Promoting energy management to your business
community? This Environmental
Leader article shares some leading reasons that the private
sector is deepening their engagement in energy management - including market
volatility, cost savings and public interest in sound climate and energy
policies.
8.
New technologies for ZNE: The California Energy Commission approved
six grants July 13th focused on energy efficiency with $8 million
awarded for technologies and measures designed to achieve zero net energy (ZNE)
in new affordable housing and multifamily and commercial buildings.
9.
More on zero net energy: At this year’s SEEC Forum, we asked California’s
cities and counties to share with us how they are using innovative technologies
to find deep energy savings in their buildings – and it turned out speakers wanted
to speak to using technology and design to push toward a zero net energy goal.
Learn more about their best practices shared in this CURRENTS article (and
get a link to watch their Forum presentations online!).
10.
Reaching the EJ Community: A number of cities are deepening their focus on
environmental justice issues through the use of target “green zone”
neighborhoods. Learn more about best practices in the use of green zones at
this Statewide
Green Zones Convening event July 28th in Los Angeles.
11.
More on environmental justice and EE: For more on environmental justice
best practices, see this recent CURRENTS article highlighting best
practices shared by California EJ leaders (including why EE is a foundational
EJ community engagement resource).
12.
Sonoma and Woodlake Solar: Congratulations to Sonoma County and Tulare
County’s Woodlake Unified School District for the approval
of California Energy Commission (CEC) loans to install solar
photovoltaics (PV) in their buildings.
13.
Benefits from DERs: A new
study overseen by the CEC in partnership with Southern California
Edison finds over $300 million in benefits from distributed energy resources
(DERs) in the San Joaquin Valley.
14.
Job announcement: The San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning &
Building is offering an exciting career opportunity for Senior Planner in the
Energy unit. Learn
more here.
15.
Job announcements: The City of Chula Vista is inviting applications for the
positions of Senior Conservation Specialist and Recycling Specialist I. Get
descriptions, and links to apply here.