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Proposition 39: California Clean Energy Jobs Act – 2013

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• Changed corporate income tax code

• Allocates projected revenue to the General Fund and the Clean Energy Job Creation Fund for 5 years • Energy Commission lead agency for 1 K-12 program

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Eligibility Overview

• Eligible Applicants: Public School Districts, Charter Schools, County Offices of Education, and State Special Schools • Eligible Projects: Energy efficiency measures and/ or clean energy installations at a school site • All facilities within a school site including: classrooms, office facilities, auditoriums, multipurpose rooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, kitchens, pools, and special purposes areas

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Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Program for Existing Buildings (AB 758, Skinner, Chapter 470, Statutes 2009) • Program Objective: Improve energy efficiency in California’s existing buildings, particularly those built before the first Building Energy Efficiency Standards were published in 1978.

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Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Program for Existing Buildings, Continued

• Energy Commission staff presented the Draft Action Plan in June 2013 and received over 50 comments from stakeholders.

• Staff are revising the action plan to incorporate the comments and include focused and realistic goals and strategies.

• A workshop to present the revised plan is scheduled for fall 2014.

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Home Energy Rating System (HERS) • New mandatory requirements for 2013 Energy Standards – New forms and data registry requirements that require registration of residential forms.

– Energy Commission has approved 1 provider and is reviewing the applications of other providers.

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Acceptance Testing Technician Certification Program (ATTCP) • New requirements for 2013 Energy Standards for Lighting and Mechanical Acceptance Testing for Nonresidential Buildings • Industry Certification Threshold Report for Lighting submitted by the California Advanced Lighting Control Training Program (CALCTP) and is under review by the Energy Commission

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Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Standards) Development • 2016 Standards Pre-Rulemaking Phase ends December 2014 • Holding Staff Workshops on proposed measures June-August 2014 • Formal Rulemaking Phase expected to begin January 2015

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2016 Standards Development • Energy Commission Adoption of Standards Language Anticipated in May 2015 • Effective date January 1, 2017 • For more information: http:// www.energy.ca.gov/ title24/2016standards/

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AB1103 – The Statute Utilities • Provide aggregated energy use data on request from building owners to their ENERGY STAR Portfolio Accounts.

Building Owners • Provide the AB 1103 Disclosure Report via ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager for qualifying transactions.

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