Board of Directors Special Board Retreat – Local Programs Monday, April 24, 2023
12:00 pm
In person:
The Lake Merritt Room
Cal State East Bay - the Oakland Center
In the Transpacific Centre
1000 Broadway, Suite 109
Oakland, CA 94607
Or from the following locations:
• Wells Fargo Building - 2140 Shattuck Avenue, Floor 6, Berkeley, CA 94704 • Dublin City Hall, 100 Civic Plz, Dublin, CA 94568
• County of Santa Clara, 130 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134 • Margaret K. Troke Branch Library - 502 W. Benjamin Holt Dr., Stockton, CA 95207
• Starbucks, 83073 Ave 48, Coachella, CA 92236
• 33349 9th Street (back office) Union City, CA 94587
• Ledding Library - 10660 SE 21st Ave St, Milwaukie, OR 97222 • 31411 Hagen Flat Road, Big Bend CA 96011
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1. Welcome & Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Public Comment
This item is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any EBCE-related matters that are not otherwise on this meeting agenda. Public comments on matters listed on the agenda shall be heard at the time the matter is called. As with all public comment, members of the public who wish to address the Board are customarily limited to two minutes per speaker and must complete an electronic speaker slip. The Board Chair may increase or decrease the time allotted to each speaker.
4. Local Programs Update (Informational Item)
Receive update on Local Programs activities.
5. Board Member and Staff Announcements including requests to place items on future Board agendas
6. Adjourn
EBCE Local Development
Update
APRIL 24, 2023
PRESENTED BY:
JP ROSS
VP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT, ELECTRIFICATION AND INNOVATION
2 Local Programs Team
Allison Lopez
Energy Efficiency
Program Analyst
Helen Mejia
Energy Efficiency
Program Analyst
Brett Wiley
Senior Associate,
Micromobility &
Passenger EV Adoption
Jessie Denver
Director, Transportation
Electrification - Market
Development
JP Ross
Vice President, Local
Development,
Electrification and
Innovation
Vanessa Gerber
Associate,
Transportation
Electrification
Zac Thompson
Senior Associate,
Transportation
Electrification
Feliz Ventura
Program Manager,
Resilience
Heidy Ramirez
Program Analyst,
Reporting
Local Development Business Plan
• The Local Development Business
Plan (LDBP) was developed through
multi-stakeholder process
• Local Programs have emerged from
the LDBP in the following categories
3 Developing new models to provide clean energy services to our customers • EBCE leading as “procurement agent” for cities to deliver Climate Action Plan goals – Solar + Storage for municipal facilities
– Public Fast Charging for passenger electric vehicles
– Municipal fleet electrification
• Innovating on ways to leverage EBCE capital
– Health-e Homes Low/Moderate Income electrification program – Forum Mobility zero-emission drayage truck fast charging plaza – Securing NEM 2.0 for Resilient Critical Facilities Program – Municipal Electrification loans
• Providing frontline communities with debt relief and bills savings – CAPP, AMP, Solar Discount / Community Solar Discount
Innovating on Delivery Models
4 Salesforce provides customer level tracking for program enrollments • Dashboards and reports will provide insights into enrollment rates • Allows EBCE to track CARE/Disadvantaged Community participation LDBP established metrics and a model (IMPLAN) to track program benefits • EBCE adapting the model to evaluate current programs
Metrics & Customer Impacts
5 Supporting Low Income Communities
6 • Targeted programs specifically on frontline communities - Health-e Homes LMI electrification and efficiency with BlocPower - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure incentives
- EBCEs EV fast charging infrastructure investment strategy - Zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty goods movement strategy - Medical Baseline backup battery program
• Tracking program enrollments in Salesforce to build a baseline of participation metrics
7 Transportation Electrification (TE)
TE: Setting the Stage
Light-Duty Passenger EVs & Micromobility
• 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
o Publicly accessible EV fast charging
o Municipal fleet electrification
• Encourage mode shift to safe, fun, economical electric mobility
• Accelerate EV adoption
Medium- and Heavy-Duty (M/HD) Goods Movement Vehicles
• Service area among 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
2. Develop EBCE owned DC fast charge network
3. Accelerate municipal fleet electrification via
TA & EBCE Charging-as-a-Service product
4. Launch Ride Electric E-bike incentive /
lending program
5. Establish service area as 1st mover market
for zero-emission M/HD Goods Movement
trucks & vans
Alameda County Incentive Project (CALeVIP)
Overview:
Incentives for public EV chargers Level 2 & Direct
Current Fast Chargers (DCFC)
Total budget: $17.3M
• CA Energy Commission: $14.5M (L2 & DCFC)
• EBCE: $3M (L2 & DCFC)
• 12/2021 (launch) - July 2023 (closeout)
Program priority: Equity
• 50% total budget for projects in DAC/LICs
• 50% total DCFC budget ($8.5M) for projects in
EBCE’s multifamily (MF) hotspots
• L2 incentive adder for affordable MF properties
– Free technical assistance
• 50 affordable MF properties
Alameda County Incentive Project: Results
# of total sites w/reserved funds: 132
• L2: 92
• DCFC: 40 (more on waitlist)
DAC/LIC projects
• 54% L2 funding
• 63% DCFC funding
# DCFCs to be installed: 140
• 44% increase from existing network
• MF Hotspot Requirement: 287% of target
# L2 to be installed: 170
• 49% increase from existing network
Every city in Alameda County (except
Piedmont) has EV chargers being installed
10 Workplace charging. Photo: Chargepoint
Affordable MF charging. Photo: Chargepoint
EBCE's Equitable EV Fast Charging Network
11 Scope
• 40-50 DCFC "hubs" by 2030
• Standard design: min. 10 DCFCs
• Site hosts: Phase I - municipal parking
lots/garages/ROW stalls
• Site priorities: In MF hotspots & adjacent
to driver amenities
• Contracting with private developers to
build and operate sites with availability
requirement
Funding
• EBCE BoD approved budget
o $30M 2023 - 2033
o external grant support
• EBCE will provide discounted customer
charging compared to private sector
Existing DCFCs + MF Hotspots: BIG gaps
DCFC Hub Example
EV Fast Charge Network: Results/Impact
12 EBCE Proprietary Siting tool to prioritize
Phase I Project Portfolio
(filling gaps!)
# of Site License Agreements w/cities
• 11 SLA/MSLAs across 8 cities (signed or
in-progress)
• Represents 1,000+ parking stalls
Phase I Project Portfolio
• 11 sites
• 114 DCFCs, 214 EV-only stalls
• PG&E Service Planning
o Conceptual design phase: 4 sites
o Assessment phase: 2 sites
o Design phase: 2 sites
o Contract signed: 1 site
First light-duty hub Operational Date: Q2 2024
EV Fast Charge Network: Project Example
Oakland City Center West Garage (CCWG)
(1,461 total parking stalls)
• 17 DCFCs
• 32 EV-only spaces (on 3-floors)
• Garage will be accessible 24/7
• No fee for entering parking garage
(validation up to 60 min.)
• Within 1-mile:
– 526 multifamily properties
– 18,474 multifamily units
13 • CCWG
• Multifamily
Properties
Municipal Fleet Electrification: Results
Cities leveraged plans/took action:
• Berkeley approved budget for fleet charging infrastructure • Oakland purchased some EVs & is using plan to request additional budget • Dublin applied for EBCE's CALeVIP incentives for charging infrastructure • Hayward approved $3M annual budget for vehicle replacement • Pleasanton making Council budget request (vehicle replacement & charging infrastructure) • Tracy is working plan into Council budget request
• Union City Transit placed order for electric buses, working w/EBCE on CaaS Agreement 14 Plans Completed
(1-transit bus fleet)
(12-light-duty fleets)
EVs
Recommended
Fleet
Facilities
Assessed
Level 2
Chargers
Recommended
DCFCs
Recommended
Annual kWh
Needed
Investment
Required
13 2,297 109 995 41 2,339,971 $84,617,197
EBCE provided free fleet electrification technical assistance to member jurisdictions Fleet Electrification Plan Example
15 Municipal Fleet Electrification: Next Steps
16 EBCE to support cities by offering a Charging-as-a-Service product • Agreement between EBCE/City
• EBCE responsible for upfront cost, procurement, installation, O&M of charging infrastructure
• City pays EBCE annual fee to recover costs over 10-year period • Enables cities to focus limited budget on vehicle transition Explore collaborative EV procurement options that enable rapid EV deployment Offer additional free technical assistance Fleet electrification plans for M/HD vehicles • Applies to jurisdictions that must comply with CARB's pending ACF regulation • 50+ M/HD on-road vehicles
• Alameda County, Berkeley, Oakland, Hayward, Fremont, Livermore, Tracy • Meet with Stockton
Zero-Emission (ZE) M/HD Goods Movement
Setting the Stage: Regulations
• Advanced Clean Trucks:
• Requires manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of ZE HD trucks into the market starting 2024.
• Advanced Clean Fleets:
• Fleet purchase requirements starting 2024:
Drayage, High Priority and Public w/50+
M/HD vehicles
• M/HD manufacturer 100% ZE vehicle sales starting
2036 (Class 2b-8)
Purpose
• Expand public health benefits
• Provide emission reductions to meet GHG/climate
targets
• Accelerate market for ZE trucks and vans
ZE M/HD Goods Movement: ZE Blueprint
What: CA Energy Commission grant
Purpose: Develop plan for EBCE's service area, informed by data and multi-agency/stakeholder consensus, that serves as the guide on how we support vehicle operators transition to ZE M/HD trucks & vans
Goals:
1. Establish baseline: ecosystem of vehicles/operators
– DMV data analysis: ~40K total M/HD vs ~16K goods movement vocations)
– Internal mapping
2. Assess solution readiness & forecast needs
– Vocations w/market ready vehicle options
• 2,800+ vehicle operators (1,595 single truck)
• ~9,000+ vehicles; establish priority Tiers
– + infrastructure, financing, workforce
3. Evaluate stakeholder & community benefits
4. Priority actions in 5 areas: vehicles (ex. Technical Assistance), infrastructure, financing (ex. Forum Mobility loan), workforce, community benefits
Outcomes:
• 1st mover market for ZE Class 3-6 (MD) by 2028
• 100% ZE drayage trucks (Class 7-8) by 2035
• 100% ZE for all other Class 7-8 by 2040
• Unlock funding opportunities
EBCE’s Ride Electric E-Bike Program
19 Increasing access to electric bikes with at least 40% of the benefits going to EBCE CARE customers
• Marketing, Education, & Outreach
• Short-term lending
• Ownership
3-year, $10 Million program
• $6M EBCE net revenue and $4M Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) • 20% for lending and 80% for ownership
Coordination and alignment with peer e-mobility programs: City of Oakland, City of Berkeley, CARB
Draft Timeline: Contracting in May, Soft Launch by September, & Full Launch by EOY 20 Ride Electric Interventions: Try and Buy
Short-Term Lending
• 5-7 Physical locations across our
service area
• 1-2 week experience
• Training (e-bike & road safety) and
helmet & lock provided
• 4,000 - 6,000 sessions/year
Ownership
• Point-of-sale incentive with higher
incentive for CARE customers
• Priority for local bike shop
purchasing and an on-line
marketplace to supplement.
• ~7,000+ expected bike purchases
21 Grid Services
Energy Efficiency
Advancing Grid Reliability via DR
Via existing programs +
pilots:
• OhmConnect Resource Adequacy
• Critical Municipal Facilities LMA
• Resilient Home LMK
• Smart EV Charging Pilot
By examining future
opportunities:
Working Group to:
• Interview DR providers
• Review other CCA programs
• Examine DR platform options
• Develop recommendations for a demand
response strategy
22 Energy Efficiency Program
23 23
Proportion of Funding
or Statewide /
Regional Programs
Three Year Program Goals
Energy Efficiency
Incentive budget $3 M
kWh Savings 29,000,000
Electrification
Incentive Budget $5 M
Net kWh savings 14,000,000
Therm savings 700,000
No. of projects 12-20
Program Design
• Strategic Energy Management (SEM)
• Targets 34 high usage C&I customers across
~100+ sites
• Technology agnostic (includes building
optimization + capital projects)
• Incentives paid directly to customers
Program Benefits
• High cost-effectiveness
• High customer touchpoint (brand recognition
and relationship development)
• Opportunity to test strategies for electrification
Program Objectives: 1) Deliver cost-effective energy savings, 2) Cross-promote demand response to maximize peak load reductions, and 3) Encourage electrification of existing gas end uses 24 Building Electrification / Grants
Induction Cooktop Lending Program
25 • Launched May 2022, over 590
applications have been submitted, with
261 completed lending sessions
• across all EBCE Cities
• 11 distribution locations throughout
• Working through longer lead times by
adding more kits and distribution hubs
• Developing parallel content development
campaign to generate awareness
• EBCE pre and post participation surveys
indicate strong increase in desire to
transition to induction technology
Induction Related Marketing and Outreach
• Videos featuring well-known
local chefs trying or
promoting induction
– More than 80,000 views
• Induction cooking classes and
demonstrations
• Social media campaigns to
boost brand awareness and
engagement while promoting
induction
– Clean Cooking Contest
26 Health-e Home Low/Moderate Income Program
27 • Partnership with BlocPower to
deliver electrification and
energy efficiency to Low (CARE)
and Moderate Income (<120% of
area median income) EBCE
customers
• EBCE providing incentives
($400k)and low-cost financing
($1M) to BlocPower to fund
project development and
increase customer eligibility for
financing
• Target of 60 homes by end of
2023, 30 sales by July
Community Investment Grants
- FY’23 budget approval for 3 year, $4.2M Community Grant fund - Board directed staff to consider fewer, larger grants that are multi-year, to invest in CBO engagement and capacity building ($100k/year) - Grants will be focused on promoting EBCE Programs and raising awareness
- Setting up community feedback session with CAC in June 28 29
Resilience
Resilient Home
Residential Solar and Storage
Partnership with Sunrun for 5MW of Load
Reduction via 2,000+ residential systems
in Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
• Single and multi-family residents
• All systems provide backup power
• Since 2020 launch:
– 1,600+ EBCE leads
– ~1,200 participating customers
– 1.8 MW/ac load reduction capability
– 7 MW solar PV installed
– 55 MWh to grid in 9/22 heat storm
– Additional sales to continue to build the
portfolio planned for 2023
Community Solar
Developing renewable energy in
underserved communities:
• CPUC-funded programs administered
by EBCE • Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff
(“DAC-GT”) @5.7MW / ~1,700 customers
• Community Solar Green
Tariff (“CSGT”) @1.6MW / ~450 customers
• Low-income customers in DACs receive 20%
discount on bill w/ 100% solar energy
• CSGT projects require a sponsor and site
within five miles of the community served
• RFO 12/22, offer review in progress
31 Resilient Critical Municipal Facilities I
Solar + Battery Energy Storage for
Public Services
All Cities contacted to participate in ongoing program
to provide clean energy for critical municipal facilities to advance energy resilience and climate action
• Phase I: Berkeley, Hayward, Fremont, San Leandro
– RFO: Summer 22, assessed Fall 22, vendor
selected Winter 22/23
– EBCE-paid NEM 2.0 applications + competed
for $2M in fed. Funds
– Contract by May 2023 for 3 MW solar + 6 MW
storage across 30 sites ranging from fire
stations to senior centers
– Largest procurement of its kind to date
– Microgrids will be complete in 1 year from
construction start
Resilient Critical Municipal Facilities II
Solar + Battery Energy Storage
for Public Services
Next phases build on proven approaches
to engineering, funding and procurement
and piloted in Phase 1.
• Phase II: Emeryville, Livermore, Oakland,
Pleasanton
– EBCE-paid applications for NEM 2.0 +
pursuing earmarks
• Phase III: Albany and Piedmont passed
participation resolutions; Stockton planning to
participate upon joining
– Open call for more participants!
• Aiming to scale up and out via EBCE pursuit of
$35M from DOE to support battery purchase,
facility repair, electrification and VPP as a part
of $10.5B in federal grid and community
resilience funding via 2022 IIJA
34 THANK YOU
APPENDIX
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
35 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM ACTIVITIES
M/HD Fleet Electrification Technical Assistance
Blueprint Actions: Vehicles, infrastructure, financing
2022 Pilot Project: EBCE 1st to offer comprehensive TA
• 3 private sector goods movement operators + 1 transit bus fleet (Union City)
– Fleet & charging assessments w/TCO analysis
– Transition Plan + ongoing incentive/grant application support • Union City Transit procured buses; working w/EBCE on
deploying fast charging through CaaS offer
• Other fleets working through current lease barriers / budget considerations
Next Steps: Scale Technical Assistance Pilot - 2023-2024 Program • Eligibility:
– Fleets (5+ vehicles) subject to ACF and have:
• Class 3-6 vehicles in vocations w/commercially available ZE vehicles today
• Class 7-8 vehicles running short-haul or regional drayage – And/or any Class 3-8 fleet w/commercially available ZE vehicle located in DAC/LIC/Justice 40
– No Fortune 500 companies that already have support
Outcomes
• 4 large fleets: 50-100 vehicles
• 10 medium sized fleets: 25-49 vehicles
• 9 small fleets (5-24 vehicles)
• 5 ACF compliance only
• At least 5 fleets apply for incentives/grants
• Secure 2 anchor tenants to potential EBCE fast
charging hub
• NOTE: EBCE to revisit Program scope per
pending PG&E TA program available Q2 2024;
aim to fill gaps
Heavy-Duty Drayage Truck Charging Loan
37 Related Blueprint Actions: Financing, Infrastructure, Vehicles Overview
• Forum Mobility (FM) will develop the Greenville Charging Depot (Livermore) • Capable of charging 100 HD drayage trucks/day
• Total cost: $14.3M; EBCE loan to FM: $4.5M
• Plans to include solar + battery storage after initial deployment • Construction will be completed with prevailing wage labor • Project will use RE100 as a zero-carbon intensity transportation fuel; reducing emissions / improving human health outcomes
• Forum earns revenue via leasing drivers' electric trucks and fee for recharging • Revenue will payback EBCE loan
Loan Details
• EBCE providing 10-year $4.5 million loan at 5% to Forum Mobility, generating $1.25M in interest income
• Loan will be funded after project completion and is secured by deed of trust and parent guarantee
Grid
Battery
Solar
Charge
Controller
EV
Chargers
Electric Vehicles
Heat Pump Water Heater Incentive for
Contractors
38 • Regional program provides incentives to contractors who replace gas water heaters with heat pump water heaters (HWPHs) in eligible customers’ homes in six of the nine Bay Area counties + Santa Clara and Tracy – Administered by StopWaste, funds for incentives from local energy providers/CCAs – $1000/HPWH to contractor (midstream incentive)
• 352 HPWH installations in EBCE territory (Sept 2020-March 2023) • Key lessons learned:
– High volume and emergency replacements are more challenging – Homeowner education/awareness of HPWHs is key to build demand – High contractor workload already, can be slow to respond to interested customers • Opportunity for workforce development
• Additional $300,000 in funding for a total of $660,000 – These funds to bridge gap until state funds from TECH initiative/SGIP become available late summer 2023
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
• Project Team: EBCE, Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), and Gridworks • EBCE’s Role:
– Inform evaluative criteria and actionable deployment plans based on community perspectives. – Gain insight on community specific input on propensity to electrify and understand specific community issues
– Refine recommendations for pilot selection criteria based on learning outcomes – Develop deployment plans for zonal electrification at three pilot locations – This research project positions EBCE well for pursuing funding from the CEC for deployment of this project at a later date 39
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
Next Steps: Video with battery and rebate recipient interviews