San Joaquin Valley Partnership Program April 2010 Focus: San Joaquin Valley kWh and peak kW reductions This Month’s Major Accomplishments: Pete Zanzot, of the SCE Cool Center program presented in person to the Partners at the April meeting. The cities of Lindsay and Tulare are applying to have SCE Cool Centers in 2010; the City of Porterville intends to apply for 2010 as well; the County of Tulare will apply for 2010 if they can find a suitable location, otherwise they will wait until 2011. Tara Becnel, of SCE, presented in person to the Partners at the April meeting on Demand Response in the Energy Leader Model. Partners were asked to create demand response awareness based on their current tier level. In order to maintain their tier levels, jurisdictions were required to take action; at the very least, this would be signing up for Flex Alerts. At the request if the utilities, the implementing partner researched and brought to the partners information on the CEC Clean Energy Business Financing Project. Applications became available early April and the implementing partner provided email alerts to the jurisdictions and they in turn forwarded the information out through their local EDCs and Chambers of Commerce. The Jurisdiction Needs Assessment that was developed in March was provided to all Partners. Face to face meetings with the City of Hanford, the County of Tulare, and the City of Porterville have been scheduled for early May. The Partnership, through the implementing partner, continued to edit the marketing plan based on feedback from the ME&O Task Force meetings. This will be treated as a living document and further developed with jurisdiction input at the each month. The City of Lindsay held the first self-staffed partnership event at the City of Lindsay Earth Day event on Saturday, April 3. There was a VIEW booth with volunteers from the City (both English and Spanish speaking). The partnership loaned the banner, and provided promotional materials to the City for the booth. The City of Lindsay and AgTAC held an AgTAC in the Community event at the McDermott Field House on April 14, 2010 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The MEU 2nd unit and Jurisdiction volunteers had a booth at the Visalia Earth Day Celebration on April 17, 2010. Three of the eight Partner jurisdictions participated and exhibited fleet vehicles at the SCE AgTAC Earth Day event on April 30, 2010 from 3:30-6:30 p.m. On the same day the implementing partner was awarded a 2010 Environmental Hero of the Year award at SCE GO headquarters, in Rosemead. Key Issues or Emerging Concerns: An issue arose with the City of Visalia and not having satisfactory information for approval of the city’s Airport LED Runway Light project. Due to what appears to be a lack of communication, though still unclear whether it was the city, utility, or third party contractor--the project was not accepted and is in the process of resubmission. Much time in April was spent in conversation with the Gas Company on acceptance of reimbursement requests. Through many calls and emails between all parties an amicable resolution was reached, and the implementer is in the process of revising all 2010 invoices for resubmission.
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