Here are your wEEkly updates:
1.
EECC Stage 2 Update: Stage 2 Subcommittee meetings of the EE Coordinating
Committee are underway, offering stakeholders a great and unprecedented chance
to hear and get involved in the funds and offerings of future energy efficiency
programs. The Public
Sector Subcommittee Meeting will be held this Monday, May 2nd ,
and can be attended in San Diego, San Francisco, or by WebEx. Workforce Education
and Training, Codes and Standards, Emerging Technologies, and Industrial
Subcommittee Stage 2 meetings are all
being held this week as well. Commercial and residential Stage 2
meetings were held earlier this week. This process is moving very quickly and
will wrap up in a few months, and stakeholder feedback is critical – if you
have any questions on how to get involved visit caeecc.org
or contact me at any time.
2.
Millions of $ in Federal Funding: click here to
review the U.S. EPA’s local government newsletter, sharing $889M available for
local government and tribal energy efficiency and sustainability. ($500M closes
today – TIGER applicants, don’t forget to submit!)
3.
Post Earth Day Climate Action Updates: Earth Day resulted in the signing of
Paris Agreement by more than 150 countries – learn
more about national and local government action, and hear from global
businesses that are on board with limiting carbon emissions (and how they’ll
play a role for the next Conference of Parties meeting this November).
4.
On Climate and Business: An article
from GreenBiz covers how businesses can (and are motivated to) support
local government action on climate change
5.
Two EE Baselines Updates: The CPUC released a staff white paper last week, primarily in response
to the AB 802’s requirement that energy efficiency programs provide incentives
based on metered energy savings. Yesterday, a
correction to the white paper was released, resulting in the extension of
the deadline for comments.
6.
Monday Clarification Call: The CPUC also announced that a conference
call for clarifications will be held May 2nd.
7.
Successes and Challenges in National Local Government EE: In honor of Earth
Day last Friday, the ICMA has shared some key
findings from their national 2015 Local Government Sustainability
Practices Survey – including the two top motivating factors in local government
rollout of sustainability.
8.
Lowering the Energy Burden and Achieving EE in Low-Income: There’s been
lots of news lately highlighting the opportunity (and the need) for pairing
energy efficiency investments with low-income and underserved communities. Read
the latest on program best practices from ACEEE and EDF, and see resources
offered in California, here.
Information on an energy burden report shared last week featuring urban areas
across the nation (including 5 California cities) can be found here.
9.
On-site Title 24 trainings: Trainings on the upcoming energy code are being
held at no-cost at various sites in SCE territory. Click here for
more information. For more on training opportunities click here.
10.
Are companies responding to the market for green purchasing? Many
local governments are adopting green or sustainable purchasing policies, and
may be interested in a first
ever impact report on sustainability in global consumer goods supply
chains has been developed by The Sustainability Consortium.
11.
More on green purchasing: Hear from Environmental
Leader on opportunities for green purchasing in green cleaning.
12.
Residential EE Opportunity Graphic: For a nice graphic to inform the
community on typical home energy use and energy efficiency opportunities from
HomeSelfe, click here.
13.
SoCal Gas HOPPs Call: SoCal Gas has shared an
opportunity to join a planning call May 5th for
multifamily program offerings under the new High Opportunity Program or
Projects (HOPPs). (Click here for
language and the CPUC ruling on HOPPs.)
14.
New National Energy Bill: Take a look at the
latest (and opinions on both sides) on the Energy Policy Modernization
Act of 2016.
15.
Can’t “See” the Value of Demand Response? For data geeks, or maybe
just for those that want a great visual of aggregated energy use load curves
(812,000 of them) to visualize the power of demand response, click here.
16.
EE RTU Action: Rooftop units (RTUs) can consume a tremendous amount of
energy, and are therefore a great place to look for savings – through more
efficient compressors, controls, and more. The U.S. Dept. of Energy is
recognizing six companies for their retrofits and investments in
high-efficiency RTUs and RTU management. Learn how they are achieving
savings here.
17.
Building EE Opportunities for Efficient Cities: Click here to
review MIT analysis findings on how building energy efficiency can make cities
more efficient.
18.
Energy Management System Pilots: nine companies are joining the North
American Energy Management Pilot Program. Energy Management Systems (EMS) are a
powerful way to integrate energy management into existing building management
systems – learn more from
the U.S. DOE here.
19.
Why Energy Management Systems: Looking for ways to gain support for
investment in an energy management system? Take
a look at these tips from EnerNoc.
20.
Scoring Solar Performance: Considering solar photovoltaic (PV) investments?
DNV GL has a new solar PV scorecard report you may want to review. Click here
for more.
21.
EV Best Practices: For those engaged in EV planning, the CEC held a
workshop earlier this week to hear updates and best practices from electric
vehicle project and program leads. Presentations and background are
available here.
As
always, you can keep track of relevant events by connecting to the EE
Events Calendar, and find more resources being added daily on the EECoordinator website.
That is all for this week!