Partners Meeting SUMMARY NOTES February 18th, 2016, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. Attendees: Kimball Loeb, City of Visalia Lee Johnson, City of Visalia Diane Hull, County of Tulare Courtney Kalashian, SJVCEO
Jarred Olsen, SJVCEO Samantha Dodero, SJVCEO Dave Christensen, PG&E Omar Faris, SCE Michael DeSousa, SCE
Frank Yanes, SCE Gustavo Sevilla, SCG
Action Items: Assigned Action Frank Check on Tulare well #31& #41 Courtney Circulate new WWTP baseline study to partners Jarred Provide the City of Visalia with historic project listing Courtney Send summary of AB 802 to Lee Johnson Courtney Check with Jeremy Battes for IOU survey information Courtney To email information on Public Sector business plan as it becomes available Michael To send VIEW the DI dates for 2016 Omar To check with the City of Hanford on projects Courtney To email all Porterville contacts regarding projects Omar To send Courtney a numbers breakdown on incentives collected to date for the City of Porterville Courtney To follow-up on Savings By Design contact in SJV Courtney Set-up meeting with Kim, Frank and public works director in Visalia Gustavo Check on residential pool cover rebates Courtney To email out ideas to ALL VIEW partners for planning purposes Frank To get Charge Ready Program information to the City of Visalia Frank, Determine a better way to work with Joe Carlini Courtney, Jarred
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SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION Welcome & Introductions Courtney Kalashian, SJVCEO, welcomed the group and introductions were made. CK introduced the newest addition to the VIEW Partnership Gustavo Sevilla from SoCal Gas. GS is taking over for Bob Decker as program manager. Action items from the November meeting were reviewed and discussed. Partnership Business Review Action Items and Summary Notes CK reviewed the action items from November’s Partnership meeting. The first item was to see if Frank Yanes, SCE, has worked on getting the City of Tulare’s well #31 processed. FY stated that he is still waiting on Joe Carlini to get things going. The next item up was for CK to circulate the WWTP baseline study from PG&E. She stated that the baseline study has yet to be published, but as soon as it is published it will be circulated. The final action item was for Michael DeSousa, SCE, to check CRM on well #41 for the City of Tulare. MD reported that he does not see it in the system so he will need to touch base with JC from the City of Tulare. Feedback from Partners on the VIEW the Success! Luncheon CK asked the partners and the IOU partners how they liked this year’s luncheon. She asked what some of the pluses and minuses were. The group agreed that the food and dessert were really good, but the dessert came too late. They also all liked the size of the room and how the awards were short and sweet. FY made one recommendation for next year’s luncheon. He thought that it would be a good idea to have printed programs that spell out who is who and who will be receiving the awards. He also stated that it might be nice to send that out in an email prior to the luncheon with all of that information as well.
Regulatory Update on EE Programs CK wanted to share any regulatory or IOU updates for 2016 and forward with the partners. She asked the IOU’s to go first and then she would sum up the public sector business plan. Dave Christensen, PG&E, was the first to go. DC stated that starting in 2017 DI will be regional and that PG&E will be going out to bid most likely mid-2016. He also stated that there has been some movement within the managerial roles at PG&E and that all program managers have a new boss, Mike Foster. Once DC was finished MD from SCE went ahead and gave his update. He stated that pump retrofits and pump testing will be sun setting on March 11th. So if a partner wants to get a pump project done and incentivized then it will have be in by that date. Also he informed the group that incentives for compressed air will be going away in 2016 as well. MD also stated that there are new lighting options within the 2016 solutions directory and it looks as if LED lighting will be going midstream. MD also brought up how SCE uses surveys for third party programs. They will call customers who have used the program in the past. MD stated that removing the pump program could have been a result of an unfavorable result of a survey. Omar Faris, SCE, stressed to the partners that all projects need to be submitted within 60 days of invoicing to be honored. It is a new rule that SCE is implementing this year. MD continued on stating that SCE is currently looking at how AB 802 will play a role in incentives and what that means for the customer. Kim Loeb, City of Visalia stated that he thinks AB802 will play a major role on moving projects forward. Next up was GS from SCG and he went on to give a brief update for 2016. He started with handing out the newest version of the solutions directory and gave some possible good news for 2017. GS stated that SCG is working on the numbers to get a DI program rolled out in the next year. GS also continued on with good news stating that all projects will get a kicker of .50 cents additional per kWh saved. There was one stipulation to that, which was the kicker is first come first serve until funds are depleted. CK then went on to cover the public sector business plan update for the group. She stated that all of the CA IOU’s have to provide a business plan to the CPUC for all five business sectors. CK stated that she is heading up a working group that will help to shape the public sector business plan and would like the involvement of the partners. She stressed the importance of having the partner’s voice within the plan and stated that she will continuously update the group on the goings on of the working group moving forward. Project Review and Updates PG&E Staples Report January 2016 DC reviewed the January Staples report and noted that there were no projects to report. He covered that the budget was at $426,000 and that the Partnership has kWh goals of 1.5 kWh for the 2016 program cycle. He also noted that the reason for the lack of projects so far was the waiting on the decision on the ‘hard to reach’ language that was going to be used in the DI process. The ‘hard to reach’ definition is important to the DI program, since those that fall into that category will receive a HTR kicker. DC also mentioned that he is aware of a few projects that are in the pipeline now for Kings County. SCE Project Update CK wanted to go through the listing quickly and address those projects that are high priority and or the representatives are present. MD did mention to the group that DI will be back in the SJV in beginning in December. Farmersville No projects to update partners on. Hanford: Omar and Courtney will need to speak with Lou Camara to make sure projects will be coming through. Lindsay: No updates on project listing. Porterville CK to check on the public safety building with savings by design. Tulare Well #31 & well #41 need to be discussed with Joe Carlini.
Tulare County SCE awarding County Museum an award for Black History Month. Visalia 911 communication center is in the works as well as the water conservation plant. The energy audit completed on the new administrative building by the TEN has brought up two projects that the city would like to move on. Mostly occupancy sensors and outdoor lighting. The lighting would be from T8’s to LED. SCG Project Updates GS let the group know that there is not OBF this year when it comes to financing. There will however be package finance, 70% of the cost is an EE project and 30% is related to structural or visual items beginning in 2017. It will low interest but not 0% interest and will be launching in the beginning of 2017. This type of financing it meant for projects when you do not qualify for OBF or CEC loans. Monthly Feature: What do we want to accomplish in 2016? CK stated that the group was short on time so she asked which items they would like to touch upon. Kimball Loeb, City of Visalia, stated that he would like to touch on the water energy nexus item. He believes there is a lot of potential in that item that people are missing. He also mentioned that some cities have certain ordinances for energy and or water. CK asked KL if it would be a good idea to have the partnership measure campaigns somewhat centered around those ordinances and what not. KL stated that he would have to think about that, but would also like to hear from the other partners. With that being said CK tabled the discussion until the March meeting. In between the meetings she will be emailing partners about planning items for 2016 so that she gets a well-rounded picture of the direction for 2016. Other Business Upcoming Events Not discussed and will be carried over. Water/Energy Nexus Placeholder CK stated that the Partnership will continue to have a water/energy nexus placeholder on each agenda that follows. Next Regular Meeting will be held on March 17th. Adjourn Meeting 11:30 a.m.