View partnership monthly report april 2013

San Joaquin Valley Partnership Program April 2013 Focus: San Joaquin Valley kWh and peak kW reductions This Month’s Major Accomplishments:  Implementing partner, local government partners from Visalia and Kings County, and utility partners attended the Local Government Commission Central California partnership meeting at Harris Ranch in Coalinga on April 9th. Topics included regulatory and financing updates, the “5 Cities 5 Days” small business campaign, an overview of the Regional Energy Network, a presentation by Courtney Kalashian related to the Peer to Peer efforts, and partner led discussions on various topics.  The monthly partnership meeting was held on April 18th at the Visalia Chamber of Commerce.

Each utility presented on current program offerings.  SJVCEO Project Administrator, Maureen Hoff, participated in two webinars of a four webinar series presented by Mark Jewell from the Energy Efficiency Funding Group (EEFG) titled “Learning to S.E.E. (Sell Efficiency Effectively)”.  Implementing partner participated in the April 30th Statewide Energy Efficiency Collaborative (SEEC) webinar titled “Local Energy Efficiency Programs Achieving Results”. Local government staff and consultants from the City of Berkeley, City of Chula Vista, and Claremont presented on efforts implement successful energy efficiency programs and approaches to meet communitywide energy and GHG reduction goals.

Key Issues or Emerging Concerns:  There is still concern over the City of Visalia’s lighting project being approved. SCE upper management is currently reviewing the situation.

Upcoming Milestones  A marketing taskforce meeting will take place on Monday, May 6th.  The partnership will have a booth at the County of Kings Employee Recognition BBQ on May 7th.  The partnership will have a booth at the Porterville Prospect Education Center Earth Day on May 10th.