LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
UPDATE
PRESENTED BY: The Local Programs Team
DATE: March 16, 2022
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Developing new models to provide clean energy services to our customers • EBCE leading as “Procurement agent” for Cities to deliver Climate Action Plans – Solar + Storage for municipal facilities
– Public Fast Charging for electric vehicles
– Municipal fleet vehicle charging as a Service
• Innovating on ways to leverage EBCE capital
– Incentives + low cost project financing for BlocPower LMI EE/BE program • Providing frontline communities with debt relief and bills savings – CAPP, AMP, Solar Discount / Community Solar Discount
Innovating on Delivery Models
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Local Development Leverage
3 Local Development projects are saving
customers money and creating jobs in
Alameda County
- Local Programs utilizing public dollars
for incentives. Private capital
investments occur when customers fund
investments based on future savings
EBCE is focused on creating high road jobs
by requiring prevailing wage and
collaborating with local job training
organizations
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• Salesforce provides customer level tracking for program enrollments • New enrollments happening in Salesforce
• Dashboards and reports will provide insights into enrollment rates • Vendors can log into Salesforce and ‘work in the system’ with role restricted access to data
• Now using marketing automation tool (Pardot) and webform/survey tool (Formstack) to enable staff to leverage system capabilities Tracking Customer Participation
4 Salesforce incentive processing status bar
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Focusing on Equity
5 - Continuing to develop an equitable program portfolio - Targeted programs specifically on frontline communities, eg. - Low income EE pilot - LMI electrification and efficiency with BlocPower - TE charging infrastructure incentives - EBCEs EV fast charging infrastructure investment strategy - MF affordable housing TE assistance - M/H Duty TE strategy - MF affordable housing solar and storage via Resilient Home - Medical Baseline backup battery program - Connected Communities entirely focused on most vulnerable populations - Tracking enrollments in salesforce to build a baseline of participation metrics
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6 Background: Why Connected Communities?
The problem as we saw it in 2019: High disconnection rates and the CARE/FERA gap Staff Report Item 12
Connected Communities
7 Summary: EBCE launched its Connected Communities pilot program in 2019/2020 to learn about how to design and implement meaningful solutions to utility debt and disconnections. The initiative involves partnering with community-based organizations and others to develop innovative means of reducing utility disconnections through efforts that complement what is available through other channels such as the State or PG&E. 2021-2022 Initiatives:
• Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff/Community Solar Green Tariff implementation and program evaluation with UC Berkeley
• California Arrearage Payment Program implementation
• Arrearage Management Plan outreach and enrollment assistance grants • Percentage of Income Payment Plan design and implementation Key Outcomes in 2021/2022:
• $150,000 in outreach grants provided to 5 community-based organizations • 1,600 customers located in disadvantaged communities are receiving 20% bill discounts through EBCE’s Solar Discount program (aka DAC-GT)
• $8MM in debt relief delivered via statewide CAPP program Staff Report Item 12
New in 2022: Percentage of Income Payment Plan
Background:
PIPP establishes a bill cap for CARE-enrolled customers. There are two standardized bill caps, depending on income:
either $37 (for customers with incomes less than 100% of Federal Poverty Level thresholds) or $109 (for customers with incomes between 100% & 200% of FPL).
Eligibility: Enrolled in CARE, located in zip codes with highest disconnections or who have been disconnected two or more times in the year prior to the disconnections moratorium.
Benefits of EBCE participation:
• Absent EBCE’s participation, residents in our service area would not have the opportunity to enroll in the pilot.
Program structure and enrollment:
• EBCE has been given 703 program “spots.” • EBCE will take an application-based approach to PIPP enrollment. Since program space is limited, to ensure an equitable selection process, at the end of the application period, all applicants who meet eligibility criteria will be placed into a randomized lottery to select the final 703 PIPP participants. 8 Staff Report Item 12
Energy Efficiency Funding Request
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Proportion of Funding
or Statewide /
Regional Programs
Summary of Energy Efficiency
Program (Three Year)
Program Budget $13,463,049
kWh Savings
(lifetime)
30,327,839
kW Savings
(lifetime)
3,463
Portfolio TRC 1.06
Portfolio PAC 1.44
Commercial Pay for Performance
Program
● Incentives paid on measured, cost-effective savings
● Increased incentives during peak
periods
● Incentives paid to installers to
promote quality installation and focus
on peak reduction
● Program will target combined
demand response and energy
efficiency installations
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Results from Energy Efficiency Pilots
Low Income EE and Peak Management
• 388 customers participated
• 2% savings across the portfolio
Single Family Peak Management
• 122 projects enrolled
• No measurable impact on peak - likely due to short time frame of pilot Commercial Pay-for-Performance
• Three enrolled projects, fully subscribed
• 53 MWh projected savings, $356,000 reserved incentives • Measured savings will be available February 2023
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Municipal Electrification Assistance
Program
11 ● Cities asked to apply for one of three categories
● Reach Code Assistance
○ Emphasis on regional model code for consistency across jurisdictions ○ EBCE is currently planning to support at least eight jurisdictions as they pursue Reach codes
● Technical Assistance
○ Can support specific projects, incorporating electrification into capital improvement plans, support procurement plans
○ Example: City of Hayward
● Gap Funding
● Up to $10,000
● Can cover gap for incentive programs and on-bill financing Staff Report Item 12
Induction Cooktop Lending Program
12 Induction Cooktop Lending Program
(ICLP)
• Partnering with Acterra
• Targeting 200~250 loans in year 1
• Soft launch: April 4 - Public launch:
early May
• Engaged local suppliers for kit
procurement & for securing discount
deals for customers
• Developing parallel content
development campaign to generate
awareness
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Induction Related Marketing and
Outreach
• Videos featuring well known
local chefs trying or promoting
induction
– More than 40,000 views
• Induction cooking classes and
demonstrations
• Social media campaigns to
boost brand awareness and
engagement while promoting
induction
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Strategic Natural Gas Decommissioning
A key challenge facing CA: how to equitably
decarbonize buildings in a way that supports
and meets the needs of communities while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions?
One hypothesis: targeted electrification
combined with strategic decommissioning of
gas infrastructure can reduce gas system
costs and help mitigate future rate impacts
for remaining gas customers
This project: will develop critical data and
information to inform and evaluate the gas
decommissioning hypothesis and will
develop a deployment plan for three pilot
sites to test this hypothesis
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Strategic Natural Gas Decommissioning
15 EBCE’s Role
• Inform evaluative criteria and actionable deployment plans based on community perspectives.
– Gain insight on community specific input on propensity to electrify – Understand specific community issues
– Refine recommendations for pilot selection criteria based on learning outcomes
• Develop deployment plans for zonal electrification at three pilot locations
– ~25 buildings; rural / suburban, urban, DAC
– No funding to complete identified projects
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Resilient Home
Partnership with Sunrun to deliver 5MW of Load
Reduction and ~2000 residential solar + battery
energy storage systems
• Single and multi-family residents
• All systems provide backup power
Since launch (8/2020)
• 1,540 EBCE leads
1,000 customer agreement (sales)
• + Multifamily affordable housing
• 2.2 MW/ac load reduction (via battery)
• 6 MW solar PV
• Planning additional sales through 2023
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Critical Municipal Facility Resilience
Scope: Solar + Battery Energy Storage Systems
• 300+ facilities assessed - high level (2019-2020)
• EBCE issues industry RFI (2020)
– Takeaway: De-risk portfolio of sites upfront
– Feedback informed need to hire engineering consultants to conduct deeper level site assessments (2021-ongoing) – Structural, roof, electrical upgrades + cost
• Council resolutions passed committing cities to proceed with engineering assessments + EBCE procurement process (2021) – Phase I: Berkeley, Hayward, Fremont, San Leandro
Next Steps
• RFP for PPA vendor: mid-2022
– Success = no cost increase to cities for electricity; systems deployed at scale
• Phase II assessments & procurement
– Cities TBD
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Medical Baseline Pilot Program
Free Portable Backup Batteries
• 50 Goal Zero Yeti 3000X purchased by EBCE (retail $3,399) • Targeted outreach conducted to EBCE’s low-income MB customers • Partnered with CBO Community Resources for Independent Living (warehouse & delivery)
• All batteries distributed
• Battery recipients: Albany, Berkeley, Fremont, Hayward, Livermore, Oakland, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, Sunol, Union City
MB $1,000 Rebate (Goal Zero Yeti 3000X)
• Outreach ongoing to all MB customers in service area
• Specific outreach message to residents in High Fire Threat Districts – EBCE + PG&E rebates = $2K off cost
• 30 rebates paid to date; ~80 remaining
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Transportation Electrification
Setting the Stage
Light Duty Vehicles
• 50% of residents are renters in multifamily housing
• 90% of multifamily buildings 50+ yr old
• Little adoption of EVs by renters
• Significant gaps in access to charging
• Help cities lead by example
– Public fast charging hubs
– Municipal fleet
Medium and Heavy-Duty (M/HD) Vehicles
• Service area one of the most strategic trade locations in the U.S. • EBCE serves all commercial / industrial load outside of Port boundaries Strategic Priorities
1. Provide incentives for publicly available EV charging (CALeVIP)
2. Develop EBCE owned DC fast charge network (see map)
3. Provide municipal fleet electrification TA and offer EBCE Charging-as-a-Service product
4. Establish service area as 1st mover market for zero-emission M/HD Goods Movement
EBCE Multi-family Hotspots + existing DCFC
infrastructure (e.g., significant gaps in access)
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2021 Alameda County CALeVIP Program
Affordable housing overlap with DAC/LICs; a lot of
properties outside of boundaries
Incentives for publicly accessible EV chargers (Level 2 & DC Fast) • CEC investment: $14.5M
• EBCE co-funding (Board approved budget)
– $14.5M (over 4 years)
• $3M CALeVIP for Level 2 chargers (2021)
• Remainder allocated to standalone EBCE owned
charging infrastructure investments (next slide)
EBCE’s priority in developing program requirements: Equity • 50% of total budget ($17.3M) dedicated to DAC/LIC projects • 50% of DCFC budget ($8.5M) for projects in EBCE’s multifamily hotspots
• Incentive adder for all affordable multifamily properties – EBCE free technical assistance provided to ~ 50 properties and resulted 10 awarded incentive applications
Program launch: 12/1/21
• DCFC incentives oversubscribed in 4 minutes (in excess of ~$28M) • Level 2 incentives: ~ $3M available
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EBCE DC Fast Charge Hubs
21 Scope
• EBCE operating 40-50 hubs by 2030
• Standard design: min. 10 dual port DCFC (gas station model) • Site host: municipal parking lots and garages
• Site priorities: multifamily hotspots & adjacent to driver amenities Funding
• To date: Grants + EBCE BoD approved budget
• Scaling: Public-Public partnership with EBCE JPA members • Developing charging hubs at City lots and garages with revenue sharing opportunity with JPA member cities
• EBCE will provide discounted customer charging
• EBCE to recover revenue via electricity sales + LCFS credits Projects
Phase I: Oakland, Livermore, Piedmont
Phase II:
• Berkeley - Partnership term sheet approved by Council (2/8/22) • Hayward, San Leandro (EBCE CEC REACH grant submitted 2/2022)
1. Project design example
2. San Leandro Main Library overlap with MUD
Hotspot and nearby amenities
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Municipal Fleets
EBCE is providing free technical assistance to cities/county • Fleet electrification plans
• Consultant support contract
All work to be complete by 3/2023:
1. Assess city's inventory of fleet vehicles
2. Determine vehicle energy requirements and charging needs
3. Conduct financial cost/benefit analysis
4. Purchase/operating expenses of vehicles and charging infrastructure
– GHG reductions
5. Fleet transition plan over 10-year period
EBCE: Support fleet transition by offering Charging-as-a-Service product to municipal partners
22 Albany Completed
Alameda County Completed
Berkeley Completed
Dublin Completed
Emeryville Q2 2022
Fremont Completed*
Hayward Completed
Livermore Q3/4 2022
Newark Q3/4 2022
Oakland Completed
Piedmont Q3/4 2022
Pleasanton Q3/4 2022
San Leandro Q2 2022
Tracy TBD
Union City Q2 2022
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ZE M/HD Goods Movement
Goal: ZE Class 3-6 x 2030 and Class 7-8 x 2045
• ex. first/last mile delivery, regional delivery, drayage, long-haul Develop ZE M/HD Goods Movement Blueprint (10/2021-10/2023) • CEC grant + EBCE BoD Match (staff time)
• Strategic partner: CALSTART
• Project area: EBCE’s service territory
• Data analysis informing development of actions/strategies – vehicles, charging, workforce, financing, community benefit M/HD Technical Assistance Pilot (2021-2023)
• Strategic partner: CALSTART
• Fleet electrification assessments
• Prep pipeline for new M/HD incentive programs
EBCE Fast Charging Hub Development
• US EPA brownfields assessment grant: potential site identification • Collaboration with the City of Oakland, others
• Determine organizational strategy re: financing, O&M, partnerships, etc.
Vehicle Grid Integration
• PG&E’s Commercial V2G Pilot Partner
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APPENDIX
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Results from Energy Efficiency Pilots
Low Income Peak Management
• Rising Sun: Green House Calls and
thermostats
– 200 participants
– 1.9% electricity savings
– 12 MWh, 43 MMBTU
• OhmConnect: Peak management
and smart plugs
– 188 participants
– 2.7% electricity savings
– 15 MWh, 51 MMBTU
• Combined total savings: 2.2%
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Results from Energy Efficiency Pilots
Residential Energy Efficiency and Peak
Management
• Worked with CLEAResult to enroll
additional projects in BayREN Home+
• Tested if additional peak savings could be
achieved beyond estimated savings
• 122 projects enrolled
• Measured savings very close to estimated:
– 31.56 MWh, 2.92 therms
– 2.12 peak MWh reduction
• Short time frame of pilot launch likely
impeded ability to capture additional
peak
• Targeted marketing was tested but
ultimately unverified
26 Predicted load shape of savings (left) relative to
measured load shape of savings (right).
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Results from Energy Efficiency Pilots
Commercial Flexible Demand
Marketplace
• Incentives paid to installers
• Payments based on cost-effective savings
• 8 vendors enrolled to participate
• Fully subscribed with three projects
• Final savings results available
minimum 12 months post project
installation
27 Project Type Projected
kWh Savings
Projected
Incentive
Refrigeration 210,604 $149,133
Refrigeration 108,962 $50,730
Refrigeration 211,578 $156,200
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REGULATORY ENGAGEMENT
28 • CPUC DRIVE OIR Proceeding: Transportation Electrification Framework & Plans • CARB LCFS: CCA equal access to the incremental value of residential LCFS credits • Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI): New CCA reporting mandates starting 2022 • Self Generation Incentive Program: HPWH, energy storage, EV/VGI added: Under consideration by CPUC
• DAC Green Tariff
• CEC Load Modification for Resource Adequacy
• General Rate Case - input on PG&E’s proposed E-ELEC rate • Building Decarbonization Proceeding
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29 THANK YOU
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