Here
are your wEEkly updates:
1.
Prop 39 Proposed Changes Webinar 7/6: Get the word out to your schools and
local educational agencies (LEAs): The California Energy Commission has
initiated a substantive changes cycle for the Proposition 39: California Clean
Energy Jobs Act – 2016 K-12 Program Implementation Guidelines. Learn
more, review the changes and sign up for a CEC webinar to review.
2.
Smart Cities Webinar 7/14: This free
1-hour webinar sponsored by DNV GL will feature two contrasting cities
– Cambridge, Mass., and San Diego, Calif. – to explore on-going “smart city”
initiatives that intersect with climate resiliency, clean and renewable
distributed energy, microgrids and zero net energy concepts.
3.
SEEC Forum Plenaries online: Miss this year’s SEEC Forum? You can hear from
the CEC, CPUC, SGC, OPR, environmental justice leaders, and energy and climate
specialists in recordings of the SEEC Forum plenary sessions. Visit the
EECoordinator.info main page for
descriptions and Youtube links.
4.
New Energy Efficiency 101 resources: As Coordinator I hear about the need
for 101 resources from beginner and veteran local government energy leaders
alike. Whether its due to staff turnover or transfers, or the wealth of rapidly
evolving information on energy best practices in California, it helps to have
some introductory resources in one place. Check out a new (and
growing) page of
Energy Efficiency 101 resources and presentations on the EECoordinator
site – and feel free to request additional information.
5.
Low-Income EE resources expansion: SoCal Gas announced
a significant expansion of its Energy Savings Assistance Program. As many
as 500,000 additional low-income families may now be eligible to receive
no-cost energy efficient home upgrades.
6.
PACE Savings through HERO: A press
release from the residential PACE HERO Program released this week announced
that Californians Are Saving 10 Billion Kilowatt-Hours Through the
HERO Program - roughly equivalent to taking almost a million Americans off the
grid for a year or closing two coal-fired power plants for a
year. For more on financing, click here.
7.
Commercial EE opportunities: We learned in the SEEC plenary on the State of
Local Climate Action that a number of California local governments are seeing
high savings in the commercial sector. New
coverage from ACEEE shows commercial sector savings, but also a number
of remaining opportunities.
8.
Motivating Commercial EE: Something to share with your commercial sector
partners: stakeholder requests for EE and sustainability information are
changing trends in business activities and reporting. A new
report shows that 81% of S&P companies produced Sustainability
Reports in 2015.
9.
Clarifications on heat pump water heater compliance: the CEC’s Advisor
Patrick Saxton spoke to requirements for residential heat pump water heaters in
the Q&A of the Forum’s opening plenary session. Some additional residential
heat pump water heater compliance guidance from follow up with the CEC is
available here.
10.
New water efficiency standards in effect TODAY: With all the excitement
around the new building energy efficiency standards becoming open for cities
and counties to adopt by January 1, 2017, we can’t forget about new water
efficiency standards! Read an excerpt from the California Energy Commission
(CEC)’s blog, and get links for more information here.
11.
New EIA study projects the effect of energy policies: Projecting the effect
of policies is a challenging but critical part of energy planning and
governance. See how the U.S. Energy Information Administration has analyzed
U.S. energy policies and released its findings of an estimated 30%
increase in clean power from Clean Power Plan implementation.
12.
Time-of-Use Service for Residential: A new “time of savings” service
offered through a partnership between Nest and SolarCity offers residential
customers deeper demand response and EE savings. Learn more here.
13.
Procurement templates for energy storage: Clean Energy Group and the Clean
Energy States Alliance, with support from Bright Power, Sandia National
Laboratories, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity, and the Barr
Foundation, have drafted
and released a series of energy storage procurement guidance documents for
municipalities.
14.
Job announcement: Marin County is hiring for a Sustainability Program
Planner! For more information click here.
15.
Job announcement: MCE is hiring for several positions, including a Customer
Programs Specialist and Customer Programs Manager! For more information,
click here.