Climate Smart San José Plan
Semi-Annual Update
City Council Meeting
October 29, 2024
Presented by:
Julie Benabente, Deputy Director – Environmental Services Department Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager– Energy Department Ramses Madou, Division Manager – Department of Transportation
• Background
• Updates
• Core Activities
• Community
Engagement
• Programs and
Policies
• Looking Forward
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• City Council approved the Climate Smart San José plan (2018) and adopted a carbon neutrality by 2030 goal (2021)
• City Council declared a Climate Emergency (2019)
• City Council adopted a carbon neutrality goal by 2030 (2021) and associated 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
San Jose’s
Climate
Leadership
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Core Activities
• Funding and Resources: Continue to seek and acquire external resources:
• Additional Activities
• Held inaugural Climate Advisory Commission meeting
• Shifted Climate Smart position in Environmental Services to the Energy Department
• Aligning with funding and topic coverage by the Energy Department
• Per City Council direction will continue to support Climate Smart priorities
4 Total Received in
Reporting Period
(Mar. – Aug. 2024)
Total Received in
FY 2024-2025
(through Aug. 2024)
Total Direct
Funding $6,375,000 $1,175,000
Climate Smart San José
Community
Outreach and
Engagement
5 Highlights
• Implementing Climate Art Program (Office of Cultural Affairs):
• Hired a Culture Strategist and started the Carbon Neutral Creative Network
• Recruited fifteen San José artists
• Sponsored EV Ride and Drive Event (Energy Department) • Launched EV Shopping Tool (Energy Department)
• Hosted five building electrification webinars (Environmental Services)
• Held two in Spanish and Vietnamese with viewing parties Climate Smart San José
6 Reduction in
Vehicle Miles
Traveled
Highlights
• Secured $5.2 for the East San José
Equity Mobility Project with SOMOS
Mayfair
• Secured $1 million to
expand bikeshare along the King/Story
corridor
• Planning to add 37 new bikeshare
stations and 575 new e-bikes
• Co-developed two micro-mobility hub
design concepts for East San Fernando
Street
• Launched the North San José Multi-
modal Transportation Improvement
Plan for key transit, bike and
pedestrian upgrades
Climate Smart San José
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Highlights
• California EV Infrastructure
Project (CALeVIP)
• 140 Level 2 and 29 Direct
Current Fast Chargers are
operational (from Dec.
2020 – present)
• All projects installed by
2025
• EV Education and Outreach
• Ride and drive
• EV shopping tool
• Transportation needs
assessment
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8 100% Carbon-neutral Power
Highlights
• Default GreenSource service: 60%
renewable
• ~1,700 customers upgraded to
TotalGreen (100% renewable)
• Contracted for 850+ megawatts of
new renewable energy and reliability
resources
• Programs
• Peak Rewards (demand response)
• Expanded to residential
customers
• Residential super off-peak rate
pilot
• Launched to ~1,800
customers
Climate Smart San José
9 Building Electrification
Highlights
• Energy Department
• Energy Efficiency Programs
• Residential (income-qualified)
• 230 appliances
• 140 smart plugs
• 312 smart thermostats
• 172 showerheads
• 290 portable induction cooktops
• Commercial: 775 businesses served
• Workforce development
• Heat pump incentive program and on-bill
financing pilot
• Selected Sacramento Municipal
Utility District to implement heat
pump program
Climate Smart San José
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Highlights
• Environmental Services Department
• Launched Electric Homes San José on
April 22, 2024, Earth Day
• 50% of funds designated for equity
communities
• Fully reserved funding as of May
2024
• Implementing second year of Beyond
Benchmarking requirements
• Close out compliance in November
2024
• 15 municipal buildings out of
compliance
• Public Works intends to
continue to submit budget
requests to cover compliance
activities
Climate Smart San José
Looking Ahead
(Sept. 2024 – Feb. 2025)
Anticipated Initiative Milestones:
• Develop a fleet electrification master plan for the City of San José; • Host the Climate Art Symposium October 11 and 12, 2024 at the San José Museum of Art and the Environmental Innovation Center;
• Launch a heat pump incentive program and on-bill financing pilot for SJCE residential customers;
• Launch a telematics-based managed charging program for SJCE residential customers with EVs;
• Execute consultant agreement for development of a transportation decision support system;
• Launch a Curb Management Pilot in Downtown San José
• Finalize the new Climate Smart Zero Waste Element; and • Launch inaugural Climate Smart e-newsletter.
Anticipated City Council Items:
• Climate Smart Plan Administrative Update (Winter 2025) and • SJCE Workforce Development Programs (Winter 2025).
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The End
Julie Benabente, Deputy Director –Environmental Services Department Kate Ziemba, Senior Environmental Program Manager– Energy Department Ramses Madou, Division Manager – Department of Transportation