SCE XXXX_1st_Quarter_2012_ LGEAR_San Joaquin

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2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative

Program Name: LGEAR: San Joaquin Program Number: SCEXXXX Quarter: First Quarter 2012 1.

Program Description: LGEAR is a partnership program structure, which involves the creation of energy partnerships with cities and local governments to set energy efficiency goals and generate measurable, verifiable energy savings through identification of specific energy efficiency projects and community outreach activities. Projects are referred to Southern California Edison’s (SCE) and Southern California Gas Company’s (SoCalGas) core programs and can be residential or non-residential, including small, commercial and industrial businesses, municipal and other governmental agencies, and non-profit organizations. Low income and demand response programs will also be included.

2. Administrative Activities: The following activities took place in San Joaquin: o Completed all Partnership activity monthly and quarterly reports, as requested by the IOUs, and required by the CPUC, and submitted on time. o Maintained efforts toward document retention per the terms of Partnership implementation agreement. o Provided GAP services in accounting and bookkeeping. 3. Marketing Activities: The San Joaquin Valley: o

The Partnership had a booth at both the Visalia Springfest Home and Patio Show (February 10-12) and the Valley Go Green Summit (February 23). Each satisfied the Demand Response co-branded event requirement for the City of Visalia and City of Tulare respectively. The 2nd MEU was also present for both events.

4. Direct Implementation Activities: The San Joaquin Valley: o Monthly partnership meetings were held on January 5th, February 2nd, and March 1st. o Implementing partner attended the Local Government Sustainability statewide meeting on January 9th. o Implementing partner made ‘goodwill’ visits to the easternmost cities of the partnership that typically cannot attend monthly partnership meetings. o The City of Hanford successfully uploaded all of its facilities into the EPA Portfolio Manager system and initiated the automated benchmarking service to regularly update energy usage data.

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2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative o Implementer traveled to Irvine for the first quarter Peer to Peer small group meeting. Discussion focused on changes in communication from the last Peer meeting and SCE’s proposed community savings guidelines. Peer to Peer suggestions were gathered in response to the proposal and send to SCE for review on March 30th. o Implementer met with the cities of Lindsay and Porterville on March 15 th to gather facility/space type details for benchmarking in Portfolio Manager. o Implementer attended the Central California Local Government Partnership Meeting in San Luis Obispo on March 29th. 5.

Program Performance/Program Status:

 Program is on target  Program is exceeding expectations  Program is falling short of expectations Explanation: The San Joaquin Valley partnerships have been well received. SCE, SCG, and the partners are working on additional activities to customize existing energy efficiency programs. Great focuses for the first quarter of 2012 continued to be pushing to finish Strategic Planning activities, with an emphasis on Benchmarking as it is essential for completion of other activities.

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Program Achievements (non-resource programs only): The San Joaquin Valley o Implementer focused on all Strategic Planning activities, including 4.1.1 Energy Action Planning, 4.1.3 General Planning language, and 3.1.1 Benchmarking and will continue to do so to ensure completion by the second quarter of 2012.

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Changes in program emphasis, if any, from previous quarter (e.g., new program elements, less or more emphasis on a particular delivery strategy, program elements discontinued, measure discontinued, budget changes, etc.). No change in focus from last quarter. The program focus has continued to move from such a community-heavy focus to more attention and efforts paid to Government facilities and staff. The Partnership is focusing on raising the awareness of municipal employees and working with the jurisdictions to

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2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative

instill Energy Efficiency as a core value. Implementer will work with utility partners to develop a campaign to improve personal use of energy while at work, as well as incorporate core programs into solutions. In Partnership use of embedded Strategic Planning dollars, the implementer continues to work with each jurisdiction (excluding the City of Visalia who applied on the competitive solicitation) to gather and input data from the EPA Portfolio Manager and craft a narrative for insertion in to the SCE provided EAP template. The goal of the project is to assist jurisdictions as they develop living planning documents that will guide their plan for energy projects, use, and financing for the future. The effort will take each jurisdiction through completion of the plan.

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Discussion of near-term plans for program over the coming months (e.g., marketing and outreach efforts that are expected to significantly increase program participation, etc.) San Joaquin Valley: o Continual updates to Partnership website to highlight marketing events o Strategic planning implementation will continue. o Demand Response co-branded events to assist in tier level advancement

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Changes to staffing and staff responsibilities, if any: None

10. Changes to contracts, if any: None 11. Changes to contractors and contractor responsibilities, if any: None 12. Number of customer complaints received: None 13. Revisions to program theory and logic model, if any: None

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