June 24, 2025
Renewable Energy, Street and
Sports Lighting, and Water
Efficiencies in Your Community
SIMPLIFYING AND ACCELERATING YOUR ENERGY TRANSITION
Agenda
Introduction
Potential Project Cashflow
Solar/Sports Lighting
AMI
PV Solar
Water Production
Next Steps
01 02
03 04
05 06
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Introduction
City of Fullerton key considerations
• Reviewed current city utility bills
• Performed site walks with city personnel at multiple site locations
• Engaged with staff on critical needs and considerations • Investigated available ITC Incentives and rebates
Guaranteed Energy Savings Approach
Baseline
Energy
Total Electric Cost: $2,033,730
Total Electric kWh: 17,448,573
Total Electric Accounts: 189
SCE-Owned Maintained
Street & Outdoor Lights (LS-1
& OL-1), $93,588 , 5%
City-Owned &
Maintained Outdoor
Lights (LS-2 & LS-3),
$515,335 , 25%
City Traffic Lights (TC-
1), $97,188 , 5%
City Site TOU
Accounts, $722,443 ,
36%
City Pumping Electric,
$596,503 , 29%
City Wide EV, $8,673
, 0%
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Preliminary Estimates – Implementation Cost
RECOMMENDATIONS PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES
All Measure Upgrades $19.5M-22.5M
Solar Street*/Sports LED Lighting $7.5M-8.5M
PV Solar $10M-11M
Water Production $2M-3M
Implementation Savings
20yr Total Savings
(5% escalation + ITC) $33M
RECOMMENDATIONS PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES
AMI Upgrades $42M
Badger Meters w/ Cellular
PPA Style Financing
Implementation Savings
20yr Total Savings
(3% escalation) $90M
* 35% of Solar Streetlighting
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Solar Streetlighting and Sports LED Lighting
Current Lighting Conditions
• Fullerton has inefficient HID and incandescent lighting at the numerous parks, sports fields as well as City-owned street lights throughout the City.
Proposed Lighting Solution
• Solar Streetlighting: Where applicable, existing
ornamental pole fixtures will be replaced with new Solar Streetlighting LED fixtures.
• Sports lighting: Existing sports lighting at Lions Field and Fullerton Sports Complex that are not currently LED will be replaced with new LED fixtures or retrofitted with LED lamps
Potential Benefits
✓ Instant illumination vs. slow start-up of HID
✓ Brighter, improved color temperature for night safety ✓ 5x life of existing lamps, reduced outages and
maintenance
✓ Short payback measure that will help pay for
infrastructure improvement
PROCESS
Fullerton AMI Development
Determining the
Scope
Billing Software
Database
Operational Savings
Cashflow
Model
Consumption
Baseline
Utility Rates
Propagation
Study/ Asset
Collection
Customer
Requirements
Project
Material
& Labor Pricing
Meter Test
List
Meter Account
List
Consumption
History
Large Meter
Audit
Test a Sample
of Existing
Meters
# of Meters: 32,210
Meter: Badger
AMI: Badger NaaS Cellular
Customer Portal: Badger EyeOnWater
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Funding Incentives
• Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program • Competitive grant process for next four years.
• $700M available in 2024 for two separate funding programs • National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure on Alternative Fueling Corridors • Community Fueling and Infrastructure Program
• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Investment Tax Credits
• $100,000 incentive for EV infrastructure in rural or underserved communities. • Direct pay tax credit available to non-taxable entities that purchase zero emission vehicles. • $7,500 for vehicles with Gross Vehicle Weight Ratings (GVWR) of 14,000 lbs. or less. • $40,000 for vehicles with GVWR over 14,000 lbs.
• Direct pay applications can be submitted the following year of vehicle delivery.
SIMPLIFYING AND ACCELERATING YOUR ENERGY TRANSITION
PV Scenarios
• Standard NEM 3.0 Interconnections
➢ Total Estimated System Size 2,057 kW-DC
➢ Total Solar Production: 3,150,406 kWh
➢ Utility Rate switch to TOUO-GS-2E for better energy savings ➢ Based on 7 Site Locations
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
City Hall
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
303 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 306 kW-DC
• Production – 477,691 kWh
• Acct # - 700636567796
303 W COMMONWEALTH AVE
Allocated Capacity – 306 kW
• Offset 59%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Water Irrigation
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
303 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 460 kW-DC
• Production – 663,022 kWh
• Acct # - 700636594169
1500 N ACACIA AVE
Allocated Capacity – 460 kW
• Offset 51%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Public Works
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
1580 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 283 kW-DC
• Production – 446,081 kWh
• Generating Acct # – 700636570123
1580 W COMMONWEALTH AVE
Allocated Capacity – 283 kW
• Offset 66%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Independence Park
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
801 W Valencia Dr, Fullerton, CA 92832
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 410 kW -DC
• Production – 624,903 kWh
• Generating Acct # – 700636650147
801 W VALENCIA DR
Allocated Capacity – 410 kW
• Offset 63%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Community Center Pool
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
340 W Commonwealth Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 452 kW-DC
• Production – 710,281 kWh
• Acct # - 700800871046
340 W COMMONWEALTH AVE
Allocated Capacity – 452 kW
• Offset 65%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Culture Centre
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
1201 W Malvern Ave, Fullerton, CA 92833
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 73 kW-DC
• Production – 114,803 kWh
• Generating Acct # -700636713502
1201 W MALVERN AVE
Allocated Capacity – 73 kW
• Offset 63%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
Lions Field
Solar Layout
City of Fullerton
1440 N Brea Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92832
Date: 11 – June -
2025
• 73 kW-DC
• Production –113,625 KWh
• Generating Acct # – 700800871046
1440 BREA BLVD A
Allocated Capacity – 73 kW
• Offset 65%
• Standard NEM 3.0 interconnection
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Water Production
Potential Benefits
✓ Pump energy efficient operation and energy savings
✓ Extends life the pump and motor
✓ Motor soft start and stop
Well Sites
Currently, there are about one dozen water
production wells at the City of Fullerton. During
the site visit, only Airport Well 9, Kimberly Well 1
and Well 3A were in operation while the other
wells were off-line under repair or being
upgraded with water treatment systems.
Proposed Solutions
Pump replacement: This measure proposes to replace
old inefficient well pump with high-efficient pump.
Pump VFDs: Throughout the life the wells, pump
operations will change leading them to operate at
inefficient points. Variable speed controls (VFD) allow adjustment of the pump speeds to operate at its optimal point in the efficiency curve reducing its hp per gpm.
Optimal pump schedule: Pumping during on-peak
electric periods can cost over twice as much as pumping during other periods. This measure will program the
SCADA to avoid on-peak pumping.
Next Steps
Thank You, Any Questions?
Jaime Casal
Sr. Project Developer
907-251-9202
[email protected]
Appendix
• A - Meter Technology Overview
• B - Endpoint Types
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Meter Technology Overview
• Mechanical (positive displacement, multijet, turbine, propeller, compound, etc.) • Pros: Lower first cost, no meter battery, registers may have battery. • Cons: Limited 98.5% accuracy flow range, accuracy tends to decline with age/”mileage” , limited register resolution (100’s or 1000’s gallons or cubic feet),
• Typical ¾” PD disc meter: 98.5% accuracy from 0.75 gpm to 35 gpm, Accuracy warranty for 5 years or 750,000 gallons. • Electronic
• Pros: No moving parts, higher maintained accuracy across wider flow range, high accuracy at extend low flow, longer warranty (10 to 20-years), high register resolution (0.1 to 1 gallons), alarms (no flow, reverse flow, empty pipe, tamper, etc.).
• Cons: Higher cost, meter & register require battery.
• Technologies
• Electromagnetic
• Uses voltage created by conductor (water) flow through a magnetic field to measure velocity and calculate water flow.
• Typical ¾” meter: 98.5% accuracy from 0.18 gpm to 35 gpm. 97% accuracy at 0.11 gpm. • Ultrasonic
• Sends ultrasonic signals are sent consecutively in forward and reverse direction of water flow. Water velocity (and flow) is calculated based on the time difference between the forward and reverse signals. The greater the water flow, the greater the time difference.
• Typical ¾” meter: 98.5% accuracy from 0.10 gpm to 35 gpm. 95% to 97% accuracy at 0.05 gpm.
WATER METER OVERVIEW
VEREGY: INTERNAL DISCUSSION
EndPoints
Neptune R900 Sensus 510M Smartpoint Itron 500W Gen5 Aclara Water MTU Badger Orion LTE-M