Climate Smart San José Plan
Semi-Annual Update
Transportation & Environment Committee
Item (d) 1
April 8, 2024
Presented by:
Kerrie Romanow, Director– Environmental Services Department (ESD) Anne Balis, Supervising Environmental Services Specialist– (ESD) Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager– Energy Department (ED) Andrea Arjona Amador, Associate Transportation Specialist– Department of Transportation (DOT) •
Background
• Updates • Core Activities • Community
Engagement
• Programs and
Policies
• Looking Forward
2 Climate Smart San José
• Council approved the Climate Smart San José plan (2018) and adopted a carbon neutrality by 2030 goal (2021)
• Council adopted Pathway to Carbon Neutrality by 2030 plan (2022) identifying 4 key strategies:
• zero-emission vehicles
• reduce vehicle miles traveled by 20%
• Switch our appliances from fossil fuels to electric
• carbon-neutral electricity
• Environmental Services Department staff lead, facilitate, and/or support climate mitigation initiatives across departments City-wide San Jose’s
Climate
Leadership
3 Climate Smart San José
Core Activities
• Funding and Resources: Continue to seek and acquire
external resources:
• Climate Advisory Commission
• New commissioners approved by City Council
4 Total Received in
Reporting Period
(Sept. 2023 – Feb. 2024)
Total Received in
FY 2023-2024
(through Feb. 2024)
Direct
Funding
$21,686,342 $23,257,324
In-Kind
Resources
$25,000 $25,000
Total $21,711,342 $23,282,324
Climate Smart San José
Highlights
• Completed Climate Smart Annual survey showing a
growing awareness of climate change and Climate Smart,
particularly in Spanish and Vietnamese communities.
• Worked with residents and community-based
organizations (CBOs) in East San José to co-develop emobility programs and services for grant-funded implementation
• Completed GoGreen Teams cohort (CBOs, City Hall
employees, school) resulting in 200+ climate actions
Community
Outreach and
Engagement
5 Climate Smart San José
6 Reduction in
Vehicle Miles
Traveled
Highlights
• Secured over $5.7 million in grant funding to install over 17 miles of bikeways • Secured $1.5 million in grant funding to expand the Bay Wheels bikeshare program into East San José
• Secured $25 million in grant funding for complete street, safety, and Better Bike implementation projects
• Kicked off the Reimagining Santa Clara St. & North San José Multi-modal Transportation Improvement Plans
Climate Smart San José
Highlights • California EV Infrastructure Project
(CALeVIP) - $14M for Level 2 and
fast charge • 140 Level 2 and 24 Direct Current
Fast Chargers are operational
(from Dec. 2020 – present)
• All projects installed by 2025
• EV Education underway • Ride & drive • Community dinner • Dept. of Energy learning cohort • City Council approved EV Reach Code for New Multifamily
Developments • Requires EV charging access in
100% of residential parking stalls
Zero-Emission Vehicles
7 Climate Smart San José
8 100% Carbon-neutral Power
Highlights
• Default GreenSource
service: 60% renewable. On
track for 100% in 2030
• Nearly 2,000 customers
upgraded to TotalGreen
(100% renewable)
• Since 2019 launch: invested
in more than 800 megawatts
of new renewable
energy and reliability
resources
• Solar, wind, geothermal,
battery storage
Climate Smart San José
9 Building Electrification
Highlights
• Energy Department
• Energy Efficiency Programs (9/2022-
12/2024)
• Residential: 140 smart plugs,
167 smart thermostats,
66 appliances
• Commercial: 640 businesses
served, 50-100 more
businesses/schools in process
• Focus on heat pump water
heaters for 2024
• Workforce development
• Consultant gap analysis; interviews
with IBEW, labor groups
Climate Smart San José
10 Building Electrification (cont’d)
Highlights
• Environmental Services
Department
• Targeting Electric Homes San
José launch on Earth Day 2024
• Drafted program design
• Drafted incentive
structure and associated
forms
• Focusing 50% of funds
for use by Equity
Communities
• Updated the BlocMaps
tool
Climate Smart San José
Looking Ahead (Mar – Aug 2024)
Anticipated Initiative Milestones:
• Initiate Climate Advisory Commission meetings
• Launch the Electric Homes San José program;
• Expand Peak Rewards, SJCE’s demand response program, to residential customers; • Launch a telematics-based managed charging program for residential customers with EVs; • Launch a super off-peak residential charging rate for residential customers with EVs; • Develop a preliminary fleet electrification master plan for the City of San José; • Launch SJCE’s online multilingual EV shopping tool;
• Select and contract with a consultant to provide Big Data to improve DOT’s Decision Support System and for other transportation analysis purposes; • Execute grant agreement for building electrification projects in Zero Emissions Neighborhood pilot area; and
• Finalize the new Climate Smart Zero Waste Element.
Anticipated City Council Items:
• SJCE Programs Roadmap (April 2024);
• Climate Smart Plan Administrative Update (Summer 2024); • Climate Smart Zero Waste Element (Fall 2024); and
• Overstay fee to increase utilization of the City’s downtown EV chargers (Spring 2025). 11 Climate Smart San José
The End
Kerrie Romanow, Director– ESD
Anne Balis, Supervising Environmental Services Specialist–ESD Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager– ED
Andrea Arjona Amador, Associate Transportation Specialist– DOT