SCE XXXX - 4th Quarter 2010 - LGEAR_San Joaquin

2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative

Program Name: LGEAR: San Joaquin Program Number: SCEXXXX Quarter: Fourth Quarter 2010 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 Implementer and both utilities made strides to be up to date with all payments. At the end of November, both utilities agreed to provide the implementer with a $55,950 reserve fund from the partnership budget to prevent future cash flow issues. Presently both utilities are current with their payments, but this was seen as an incredibly significant gesture.

3. Marketing Activities: The San Joaquin Valley: o The Partnership had a booth at the October 14 th ‘Piensa Verde’ event at SCE’s AgTAC. The event was a celebration of Hispanic Heritage and had information on how to save energy, money, and the environment. o The Partnership had a booth at the October 15 th Lindsay Friday Night Farmer’s Market. o A quarterly Marketing and Outreach meeting was held on December 2nd where partners discussed planning and implementation for 2011.

Implementer will work on developing an inter-jurisdiction competition.

4. Direct Implementation Activities: The San Joaquin Valley: o A monthly Partnership meeting was held on October 7 th where SCE’s Direct Install (DI) program was highlighted. Preparations and planning for the program began in October and continued through December with a scheduled return of the program to the area February 2011. o Implementing Partner attended the October 13-14 Statewide Energy Efficiency Best Practices Forum in Burbank.

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2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative o The 2010 LED Holiday Light Exchange began in November with the delivery of lights to partners and continued through December. A press release sent out the week of Thanksgiving was picked up by several local papers and drew quite a bit of attention making this year’s exchange a huge success. By the afternoon of December 2nd, four of the ten exchange locations had run out of lights. o A monthly Partnership meeting was held on November 4th. Guest Glenn Morris from the Visalia Chamber of Commerce discussed Visalia’s Green Building Program. SCE’s Javier Mariscal and SCG’s Ron Gorman discussed Reach Codes. o A monthly Partnership meeting was held on December 2nd where the Direct Install program outreach efforts were discussed at length. The meeting also included a presentation on the Institute for Local Government’s Beacon Award.

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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. The marketing and outreach plan for 2011 will have a greater focus on municipal savings.

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Program Achievements (non-resource programs only): The San Joaquin Valley o Continued work on a partnership website to highlight marketing efforts. o Implementer continued work with jurisdiction partners to update and finalize the Detailed Partnership Plan. The DPP has been under review and revision over the 2010 summer months, as it had not been updated since the 2009 bridge funding period.

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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.).

The program focus is moving from such a community-heavy focus to more attention and efforts paid to Government facilities and staff.

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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.)

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2010-2012 Energy Efficiency Portfolio Quarterly Report Narrative

San Joaquin Valley: o Continual updates to Partnership website to highlight marketing events o Strategic planning implementation will continue.

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Changes to staffing and staff responsibilities, if any: Mark Okino replaced Chris Coronel as the Southern California Edison account analyst.

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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