Peer-to-Peer Q2 In-Person Meeting SUMMARY NOTES August 22, 2018 11:00am – 2:00pm Invitees: Eastern Sierra Energy Initiative Pam Bold (Phone) North Orange County ELP & Westside ELP Ivana Dorin Laurel Rothschild Jake Anderson San Bernardino Regional EP Nicole Soto Malisa Lieng
San Gabriel Valley ELP Marissa Creter Katie Ward Valley Innovative Energy Watch & High Desert Regional ELP Samantha Dodero Courtney Kalashian South Bay ELP Marilyn Lyon Kim Fuentes
So. Co. Partnership April Price Western Riverside ELP Barbara Spoonhour Tyler Masters Anthony Segura Ventura County REA Alejandra Tellez Kelly Cattanach Heather Allen
SCE Michael Ellison Kimberly Rodriguez Robert Carbajal Scot Mann SCG Becky Estrella Paulo Morais Chauncy Tou Jennifer Vaughn
Agenda: Topic Welcome • Safety message, site logistics • Review agenda discuss expected outcomes Operations Issues o Budgeting and Goal Setting o Open discussion on the process for 2019 and moving forward For 2019 planning, the process wasn’t clear and certain cost data that was provided to LGP’s in spreadsheet was missing. Per SCE, that spreadsheet in previous years had too much information and for future budgets that will be toned down to include less information. For 2019 budget, there may not have been enough information to utilize. If LGP’s would like to receive the data that was missing (TA Budget), then they can reach out to their Program Manager at SCE for that item. Overall, LGP’s appreciated the budget process work that both SCE & SCG undertook. This was the first year that SCG did a budgeting process / outreach with LGP’s and it really was beneficial for all. o
Contracting Terms Moving Forward A lot of people had issues with using “Pay for Performance” contracts. Pay for Performance contracts are usually in 3-year increments because if they are 5-years or more requires CPUC approval. Got tied up by SB350 using Pay for Performance LPP’s stated that there is an inequity in an IOU having to use Pay for Performance contracts because a Local Government will be at a disadvantage if they bid on those contracts. Specific services might not be offered to local governments because of the pay for performance contracts Paulo stated: if commission outsourced 60% of their portfolio they would have to meet a 1.25 TRC, which doesn’t help much. Kim stated that there is a section of the decision which says if IOU’s make a strong business case that they could do “something”. Loophole can be utilized so that LGP’s can make a case. The Business Plan has a CSU study which shows EUL’s. We already have data on EUL projects that occurred Action: LGP’s to get together (if interested) on how to assist with the TRC
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Benchmarking Jake: no more info on cost will be included in ESPM through AB 802; there’s no language in there requiring cost data to be shared. Courtney: for years prior, the IOU’s were including all data in ESPM until the recent change. Jake: the only types of structures/buildings we can’t get data on are streetlights and domestic accounts (residential, etc.). Basically, any structure without a meter will not have data on ESPM. SCE is receiving 24 months of data, but they are removing the “deed” requirement. An issue with ESPM is that the gas IOU’s changed their meter ID’s so now they must go back to previous year’s information to get match info with old ID and new ID to see meter data. Lots of data helped to benchmark how many
buildings/structures met AB 802 requirements. Case studies on cities meeting those same requirements would be helpful to benchmark them. o
LGP Meeting Minutes No, the LGP meeting minutes / note would not be made public.
LUNCH Working lunch Implementer Highlights • Westside Partnerships Mentor program Cities take a Value City under their wing to show them various energy savings and energy efficient projects that the Value City could implement. This a great approach to providing energy efficiency best practices and aiding new / low tier cities with meeting their jurisdictional / Partnership EE goals. South Bay COG: 15 cities within Partnership that are very competitive since SBCOG tries to incorporate friendly competition at their Board Meetings on energy savings goals / projects that have been achieved by their members. The result of this is that many cities are continuing to implement energy savings even after they’ve reached Platinum status due to the friendly competition encourages ongoing efforts for success in the field of energy efficiency. Western Riverside: WRCOG is doing BOC Training for many of our jurisdictions and we’ve partnered with the COG from San Bernardino, County of San Bernardino, and other regional agencies. Our SCE/SCG partnership helped to fund this training. Other Business 1. Did we miss anything? SB 8305 Ventura County on renewable energy and GHG Emissions Inventory requirements on cannabis nurseries. Issue of having more stringent requirements than the State or to be on par with them. Also, there may be a can of worms opened if Ventura County decides on more stringent requirements because then all the nurseries will be contacting them asking for certain data on GHG emissions. SCE Streetlight Market Study This item is on track to be released in Q4, goal is to see the savings on a blend of LPS/HPS/LED streetlights. a. An issue with incentives and capturing savings because if all streetlights were LED then by next year there would be Zero savings. For 2018, SCE will claim savings but in 2019 will have zero savings. b. 10-year forecast of streetlights shows $11.3 million budget, but that’s $45 million overall, and must include LS-1 Option E lights that are eligible for that incentive money. Central California Workshop in San Luis Obispo at the Veterans Hall on October 18, 2018. Additional details to be provided. Concluded at 2:00 p.m. • Next Meeting: November 29, 2018 in-person meeting.