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SR-100-000-06 (4) EPWM: CC: CP; SM:/EPWM/EPDSTAFFRPT/CEP City Council Meeting: June 22, 2004 Santa Monica, California To: Mayor and City Council From: City Staff Subject: Adopt Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Energy Coalition to Commence the Community Energy Partnership Introduction This report recommends that City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Energy Coalition as the first formal step to commence the Community Energy Partnership. Background In 2002, the California Energy Coalition submitted and won a $3.2 million proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission for the creation of the Six Cities Project (comprised of Santa Monica, Irvine, Palm Desert, Moreno Valley, Brea, and West Hollywood) in partnership with Southern California Edison (SCE) for the delivery of energy efficiency programs tailored to the needs of each city. Over the past two years, the Six Cities Project has delivered innovative energy efficiency programs focusing on “underserved” utility customers, notably hard-to- reach low-income customers in multi-family housing, low to moderate income 1 owner-occupied households, students and school districts, municipal facilities, and small businesses in each of the six communities. The California Energy Coalition administered all of the funding from the grant on behalf of Santa Monica and the other cities. Approximately $700,000 of the $3.2 million total was allocated to efficiency programs in Santa Monica. A total of 15 million kilowatt-hours of annual electricity savings were created in all six cities; approximately 4 million kilowatt-hours of which were created in Santa Monica. The 4 million kilowatt-hours in annual savings will result in over 20 million kilowatt-hours of savings over the life of the products installed, or $3 million in electricity savings that will now remain in the community. Discussion The Energy Coalition has recently been awarded a $5.2 million contract for the next two year (2004-2005) funding cycle by the California Public Utilities Commission. The Six Cities Project has been expanded to include ten cities, adding Cathedral City, Corona, San Bernardino, and Santa Clarita. Now known as the Community Energy Partnership, the endeavor will include the Gas Company in addition to SCE. The Energy Coalition will continue to coordinate program activities and administer funding on behalf of all the cities. Santa Monica has been allocated $500,000 of the $5.2 million total grant for the current funding cycle. The reduced allocation ($700,000 to $500,000) reflects 2 Santa Monica’s longer participation and higher level of energy efficiency already achieved. The cities that received a smaller allocation during the last funding cycle will now receive an increased percentage of the funds. City staff is currently working with the Coalition to finalize the palette of efficiency programs that will be offered in Santa Monica during 2004-2005. It is likely that the finalized set of program initiatives will continue to concentrate resources on the Pico Neighborhood Energy District, offering support for affordable housing energy efficiency, other residential energy efficiency through the Community Energy Efficiency Tune Up Program, and the Small Business Energy Efficiency Tune Up Program. In addition to the $500,000 in efficiency programs, the PEAK Program, an innovative energy education program tied into the science curriculum at John th Adams Middle School, will continue to be offered to all 7 grade science students with important information on electricity generation, environmental impacts of energy use, and the benefits of energy efficiency in both their school and homes. Community outreach, efficiency campaign coordination, program measurement and evaluation, and project administration by the California Energy Coalition. are also funded by the project. Budget/Financial Impact There is no budget impact to Santa Monica from entering into the proposed Memorandum of Understanding and becoming a member of the Community Energy Partnership. All of the project funding agreements are held and will be managed by the California Energy Coalition. The Coalition will also be 3 responsible for project administration, measurement and evaluation reporting, and all fiscal accounting. Recommendation It is recommended that City Council adopt the attached resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Energy Coalition and approve Santa Monica’s participation in the Community Energy Partnership as described in this report. Prepared by: Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental and Public Works Management Susan Munves, Energy/Green Building Administrator Attachments: Resolution – See Adopted Resolution No. 9960 (CCS). 4