San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW)
PARTNERS MEETING SUMMARY NOTES November 4, 2010 Attendees: Lou Camara, City of Hanford Barbara Marty, City of Hanford Lew Nelson, City of Tulare Leslie Caviglia, City of Visalia Nathan Garza, City of Visalia Cruz Dominguez, City of Woodlake Gail Henry, County of Tulare
Frank Lauro, So Cal Gas Courtney Kalashian, SJVCEO Mark Okino, SCE Jesse Langley, SCE Cal Rossi, SCE
Ron Gorman, So Cal Gas Javier Mariscal, SCE Glenn Morris, Visalia Chamber
Location: County of Tulare RMA, RMA Main Conference Room, 5961 South Mooney Boulevard, Visalia, CA 93277 Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Next Meeting: Thursday, December 2, 2010 Location: County of Tulare RMA, RMA Main Conference Room, 5961 South Mooney Boulevard, Visalia, CA 93277 Agenda Topics on November 4, 2010 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Welcome and Introductions Energy Savings Goals for 2010 Marketing and Outreach Report Visalia Green Building Program Direct Install Reach Codes Other Business Adjourn VIEW Partnership Meeting
Welcome and Introductions. Lew Nelson called the meeting to order and the group entered into introductions. Energy Savings Goals for 2010. Mark Okino reviewed the list of projects and energy savings for 2010. Mark reported that the first four projects listed for the City of Hanford will come in by the end of the 2010 and now the only thing left is for Hanford to turn in the invoices. Jesse Langley suggested Gail Henry and Mark meet to go over County of Tulare’s Floresco project. Courtney Kalashian asked Mike Nemeth be looped in on the discussion as it relates to 2010-11 Meeting Schedule: December 2, 2010; January 6, 2011; February 3, 2011; March 3, 2011; April 7, 2011; May 5, 2011; June 2, 2011; July 7, 2011.
San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW) Tulare’s EECBG funding. Jesse said that Gail should work with Mark to bring in technical assistance on the project. Marketing and Outreach Report. Courtney provided a brief recap of recent events, including the VIEW booth at the Piensa Verde AgTAC event and that it led to a contact with the Visalia Employment Development Department. Maureen sent the VIEW brochures and CARE applications for the office to display on their front counter. The 2010 Holiday Light Exchange is well underway. Courtney reported that she and Maureen delivered light allocations to all eight jurisdictions on November 2 and was pleased to report that the County of Kings had already exchanged ten strands! Visalia Green Building Program. Leslie Caviglia, City of Visalia, invited Glenn Morris of the Visalia Chamber of Commerce to discuss the Chambers’ Visalia Green Building Program. The Chamber manages the program, but it exists through a partnership of local businesses. The point in developing the program was that there are so many great program opportunities for small businesses to get involved with, but it can be daunting for the business owner to figure out. The Chamber serves as an intermediary between the business owner and the “green” opportunity, making participation more viable. Glenn explained that the first the first step is for the small business to do a self-assessment and then to submit that assessment to the Chamber. The Chamber coordinates with partners to provide initial feedback and each partner reviews the evaluation. It is then up to the business as to what they need to do next by weighing resources. Once they do decide the Chamber helps them get to the handshake agreement point with the partners. Lastly, there is a certification and review process, an on-site audit, and, if everything works out, there will then be recognition. The Visalia Times Delta has agreed to be an early adopter and participate in the program while writing a story on the experience. Lew mentioned that the City of Tulare is trying to get their Chamber involved as local government feel the need to be a part of this. Courtney asked about a relationship with Frank Ferral and REACON, and if there’s a plan to expand and cooperate with some of the smaller jurisdictions. It was noted that there is a funding issue, but they are looking at piggybacking on Frank Ferral’s grants. Glenn actually met with Frank to discuss REACON opportunities before coming to the VIEW meeting! Right now, there is a start on marketing and outreach, but there is no reason to not share with the other chambers.
Jesse asked what/who qualifies as a business and if it included any businesses outside of city limits. Glenn said that being a business inside the City was really the only qualifier. He said that the Chamber wants as many businesses to join as possible. The concept is that there will be a certification for a three-year period. Lew asked if there is a window sticker involved in this and it was answered that there will be something like that. 2010-11 Meeting Schedule: December 2, 2010; January 6, 2011; February 3, 2011; March 3, 2011; April 7, 2011; May 5, 2011; June 2, 2011; July 7, 2011.
San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW) Direct Install. Courtney explained where we stand on the promotion. Jesse cautioned that since SCE came through recently with the program, we should be cautious in our qualifiers. Gail asked if she is promoting in Terra Bella, Three Rivers, and other unincorporated places will Direct Install go there. Jesse replied yes and that is why we want to get the word out now. Courtney and Jesse will discuss if and how to distribute reply cards outside of the mayoral letters. Reach Codes - Javier Mariscal and Ron Gorman gave an overview and a back-story on reach codes and AB32. Javier began by asking, “Why does energy efficiency (EE) matter?” He explained that out of AB32, many things were set forth and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) became that clearinghouse. The scoping plan on CARB’s website gives a good roadmap. EE measures for both electricity and natural gas can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions significantly. And who better than the IOUs to start the reduction. Javier’s presentation showed that 1 kWh of electricity saved reduces about one pound of equivalent carbon dioxide (1kWh = 1 CO2e lb). The Cool California website (www.coolcalifornia.org) is a great clearinghouse and a partnership between CEC, CPUC, CARB, Universities, and nonprofits. The equation provided is only good for California. Javier said CARB is starting to drill down, the IOUs figured that they had been identified so they needed their own roadmap since they are so heavily regulated by CEC and CPUC. The four IOUs and regulatory bodies came up with the Energy Efficiency Long Term Strategic Plan as that roadmap. It’s valuable in that it starts to give a good reason for the why. Within the roadmap local governments are identified as leaders and the delivery mechanism. All new residential construction in California will be net zero by 2020 and all commercial by 2030. Rough definition, at the end of the year whatever the building took out you put back into the gird. This is easy in more open areas, but challenging as you get into cities. And so we have Reach Codes! Title 24 part six deals with EE measures and every three years it is updated; as it gets updated it gets more stringent. Even though we say 2008 it did not get in until 2010 so it is two years behind because of State delays. The IOUs work with the CEC who oversee EE, but Building Standards oversees the rest of Title 24. We’re now working on 2011 that will probably become effective in 2014. So, these delays really only give us three shots to get to net zero. Since we do not think there is enough opportunity to get there a local government has the option to implement reach codes and only local governments can issue reach codes. One of the key issues is that LEED and Green Point are voluntary and not code; however, many jurisdictions have adopted these for permitting. There are existing incentives programs depending on the percentage you exceed the base. There are exceptions for adopting reach codes and you don’t lose your IOU incentive qualifications. Reach codes can be customized to meet local needs depending on your local political climate. The State would love uniformity, but we all know that’s not the real world and there are reasons for why you want to customize. For the adoption process, the CEC wants to review an application where the first part is the ordinance and the second is the cost effectiveness report. If it’s not cost effective then you 2010-11 Meeting Schedule: December 2, 2010; January 6, 2011; February 3, 2011; March 3, 2011; April 7, 2011; May 5, 2011; June 2, 2011; July 7, 2011.
San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW) can’t adopt it, so what is cost effective? That’s in the eye of the beholder. Is it supposed to be cost effective to the city or the business? It should be cost effective to the consumer and the key is reasonableness. IOUs wanted to figure out what they can do and the Cost Effectiveness Study (CES) is where we can help. The IOUs got together and completed the CES in the 16 climate zones for all of California. As an example, Climate Zone 6 covers 80 jurisdictions! We did it and we’re offering it for free. Approximately 400 jurisdictions have access to the CES. The IOUs took five or so building types and took assumption. It was shared with State building folks, and it works for them. If a jurisdiction uses this as part of their ordinance then it speeds up the approval process. Any delay is not from the technical review, but getting an item on the CPUC agenda. Frank Lauro asked what they found for this region. Javier Mariscal found that playing with insulation, fenestration, and roofs are the best bets. The key in this region is to concentrate on the building envelope. We’re looking at a modest threshold of 15%. Solar was not looked at. 15% was chosen because it is the minimum threshold for incentive programs, and because CAL Green Title 24 part 11--which goes beyond--includes EE. CAL Green takes effect January 2011 and what was voluntary becomes mandatory and Part 11 just links you back to part six for EE. Javier said Jesse would provide the CES for this region electronically to all jurisdictions. What they now offer is technical assistance, which includes drafting the ordinance and talking about the details. The utilities work with Gable Associates and keep the firm on retainer to work with partners. In Santa Barbara, they have had four workshops with Gable answering technical questions and working with city attorneys. Goleta just ran with Reach Codes when they heard about it July, and Santa Barbra took a more workshop based approach. The idea is to give context and if you’re interested in pursuing they’ll come back with Gable to answer the questions. Please note that under section 10-106 of the Building Efficiency Standards only those local ordinances that have been approved by the CEC are legally enforceable. How are you going to comply with CARB AB32? CEQA changed in March asking now how you are going to comply with mitigating GHG emissions. By adopting a Reach Code, you effectively have a mitigation measure that is legally defensible. Gail noted that going beyond is a tough sale and asked why adopt the codes if what we have planned is already getting us to where we need to be? Javier explained reach codes are good business, and they will qualify a local government for incentives to help reach 15% or better. You can wait or you can be a leader and be a part of this. For a builder to get to 15% it is about a dollar a square foot. Codes and Standards can’t sell it, we can’t. Partners were encouraged to think holistically. Beyond reach codes there has to be training to building staff. The utilities can bring trainings to local building departments even if you do not enter into a reach code. This is pretty hands on training and there just needs to be a local host site per session.
2010-11 Meeting Schedule: December 2, 2010; January 6, 2011; February 3, 2011; March 3, 2011; April 7, 2011; May 5, 2011; June 2, 2011; July 7, 2011.
San Joaquin Valley Energy Leader Partnership (VIEW) You can’t get to zero net without onsite generation. We know, so do the best on reducing your load.
Adjourn VIEW Partnership Meeting. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned.
ACTION ITEMS: •
Gail Henry and Mark Okino need to go over County of Tulare’s Floresco project. They will be sure to include Mike Nemeth from SJVCEO in the discussion.
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Gail, with Mark will submit for Technical Assistance from the utility for the lighting project.
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Courtney and Jesse will discuss how to send out and get back Direct Install interest reply cards.
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Jesse will send the Cost Effectiveness Study for our region to Courtney who will then send it out electronically to all of the Partners.
2010-11 Meeting Schedule: December 2, 2010; January 6, 2011; February 3, 2011; March 3, 2011; April 7, 2011; May 5, 2011; June 2, 2011; July 7, 2011.