Resilience Hub Initiative
Technical Assistance
Executive Committee 11/6/2024
Agenda
2 • Review Resilience Hub Initiative
• Provide recommendation for vendor selection for the Program Management and Technical Assistance • Review timeline of key milestones
Resilience Hub Initiative
3 Objective: Understand the unique needs of community sites and provide them with resources, technical assistance, and potential incentives to provide energy resilience at local Resilience Hubs.
Community Outreach and Site
Identification
• Evaluate community needs via at least
3 public workshops
• Expand upon case study work on the
types of site control, and
organizations that are currently
operating resilience hubs
• Help define site ownership
requirements and eligibility criteria
• Identify at least 90-100 sites
interested in becoming resilience
hubs through community-based
outreach
Technical Assistance
• Provide technical support to
community-based sites, helping
them transition from resilience
concept plans to identification of
key parameters needed for solar and
storage project development
• $2M has been approved for this
phase. The goal of this phase is to
provide technical assistance to up to
200 sites
Solar + Storage Incentives
● Provide incentives for community
resilience hubs to install solar and
storage and connect with Ava’s
managed battery program
• 40% of the 23/24 excess revenues
have been allocated to this
Program with half allocated to
upfront incentives for Resilience
Hubs and CARE/FERA customers.
Program Development, Management and Technical Assistance Needs 4 • Received 7 conforming bids from vendors for the following services:
• Program Development: Collaborate across all three pillars of the Resilience Hub Initiative to develop a comprehensive customer journey, ensure a positive customer experience and encouraging participation across the Resilience Hub Initiative.
• Technical Assistance: Provide technical assistance for qualified applicants with the following services:
• Solar and storage feasibility study
• Third-party bid reviews
• Database of relevant grants and incentives
• Program Management: Review technical assistance applications and guide sites through the technical assistance program
Recommendation
• Select NV5 to provide Program Management and Technical Assistance for the Resilience Hub Initiative • Contract Term: 3 years
• Budget: NTE $2M ($2M previously allocated in FY23/24 budget) Ava Vendor Recommendation
5 Why NV5?
• NV5 is an industry leading renewable energy resiliency consultant based in San Rafael, CA • Extensive experience supporting a diverse range of clients, including municipalities, schools, and utilities, on projects of varying scales.
• NV5 stood out for the following reasons:
▪ Deep knowledge and experience working with the solar PV and battery storage/microgrid projects ▪ Dedicated resources with experience in process development and customer experience ▪ Flexible scope of services that can adapt as we understand needs of sites, which could include site visits, contracting support, financial analysis and compliance monitoring
• Ava has an existing contract with NV5, with a positive working experience.
Base Resilience Hub Technical Assistance
~200 sites
• Solar PV and BESS Feasibility Study (conceptual system designs, project milestones, cost estimates) • Third-Party Bid Review
• Grant tracking database
2024 2025
Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Technical
Assistance
Community
Grant
Solar and Storage
Incentive
RFP/ Contracting
Initiative Development
Resilience Hub Study
session with BOD
Technical Assistance Available
Program Design
RH participation agreement
RFP/ Contracting
Workshops
Site Outreach