San Joaquin Valley Partnership Program May 2013 Focus: San Joaquin Valley kWh and peak kW reductions This Month’s Major Accomplishments: A marketing taskforce meeting was held on May 6th at the Tulare County RMA building. Partners discussed how best to utilize marketing dollars and tie efforts into Strategic Planning efforts. Ideas included minimizing the use of the expensive Mobile Education Unit, utilizing community members to assist with outreach, implementing a green building challenge for community and municipal facilities in 2013, and having an educational Roadshow in 2014. The big picture is to tie outreach efforts into the efforts that are being directed by the CPUC and the Program Implementation Plan. The partnership had a booth at the County of Kings Employee Recognition BBQ on May 7th. About 900 employees were expected to be in attendance and it’s estimated that direct contact was made with at least 300 of these individuals. The partnership had a booth at the Porterville Prospect Education Center Earth Day on May 10th. About 1,000 students, parents, and teachers were in attendance and it’s estimated that direct contact was made with at least 600 of these individuals. Children were very engaged and enthusiastic when asked how they could save energy at home and school and were given tips on how else they could save. The monthly partnership meeting was held on May 16th at the Visalia Chamber of Commerce. Barbara Spoonhour presented on the Home Energy Renovation Opportunity (HERO) program which offers low cost financing for energy efficiency and renewable projects. There was also a presentation on the Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCal REN) offerings from David Cohen and Doug O’Brien of The Energy Coalition and David Myer of Build It Green. Implementing partner held a tier advancement strategy call with Mark Okino and Michael DeSousa in order to prioritize activities to help jurisdictions move through the SCE ELP tier model. 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 In lieu of the June monthly partnership meeting, implementing partner will attend, and encourages local government partners to attend, the SEEC Best Practices Forum in Sacramento June 19th through 20th.
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