Multi-city Working Group Meeting December 16, 2014 RICAPS technical - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Multi-city Working Group Meeting December 16, 2014 RICAPS technical assistance is available through the San Mateo County Energy Watch program, which is funded by California utility customers, administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission and with matching funds provided by C/CAG. 1

Agenda • Introductions 1:00 – 1:10 PM • Federal and state updates 1:10 – 1:40 PM • County Office of Sustainability 1:40 – 2:10 PM • RICAPS program achievements 2:10 – 2:25 PM • 2015 RICAPS plan and outlook 2:25 – 2:40 PM • Wrap-up 2:40 – 3:00 PM 2

State Perspectives on Climate Progress Louise Bedsworth, Deputy Director Office of Planning and Research 3

County Office of Sustainability Jim Eggemeyer, Director 4

RICAPS Program Achievements Kim Springer and Susan Wright 5

CAP Template and Tools Development • Since 2010, C/CAG has supported county-wide climate planning • Climate Action Plan Template Project – Climate Action Plan Template (Word document) – GHG Forecast and Target (Excel tool) – Menu of Measures (Excel tool) – Template Users Guide (Word document) • Steering committee: Cities of Millbrae, Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Bruno, Cupertino 6

City Achievements across the County • Climate action planning curriculum launched in 2012, based on templates developed 25 20 15 In-progress Draft 10 Adopted 5 0 Pre-2012 RICAPS Program

Most Cities have Climate Action Plans Local Governments In-progress Draft Adopted Atherton X Belmont X Brisbane X Burlingame X Colma X Daly City East Palo Alto X Foster City X Half Moon Bay X Hillsborough X Menlo Park X Millbrae X Pacifica X Portola Valley X Redwood City X San Bruno X San Carlos X San Mateo X South San Francisco X Woodside X County X

2013-14 Celebrations • CAPs adopted by Council – Colma – Pacifica • CAP updates underway – East Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Carlos • San Carlos Platinum Beacon Spotlight Award (Best Practices in Sustainability) • Solar bulk buy program initiated by Foster City • Completion of 2010 community GHG inventory updates

Emissions Reduced by 8% Countywide 4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 2005 1,500,000 2010 1,000,000 500,000 0

RICAPS Support for CAP Implementation • Alignment of CAP measures across cities Rank Code Measure Name Example C/CAG initiative Participate in Energy Upgrade Program and similar Large Residential Resource residential rebate/incentive programs as they become 1 EC4 Conservation Collaborative available and promote existing rebates (PG&E, State, LR 2 C 2 Federal) 2 EC2 Residential green building ordinance Title 24 and CALGreen Updates (PG&E and BayREN) EC1 Commercial green building ordinance Environmentally Preferred WC1 Set higher diversion rate goal Purchasing EM4 Renewable energy installation on municipal property Solar Roadmap, EnergySage 3 BAWSCA and Adaptation EW2 Water conservation ordinance presentations BikeShare, Last Mile, Safe TL1 Smart growth development Routes to Schools 2014 RICAPS presentations available at http://www.smcenergywatch.com/

RICAPS Website

Initiatives Underway • Beacon Award Program recognition – 2 full participants, with additional 4 going to Council by February 2015 – C/CAG recognized as Beacon Champion • Energy Efficiency Outreach Campaigns • CivicSpark volunteers – Redwood City, Daly City • Solar Roadmap – Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City and Menlo Park

2015 RICAPS Plan and Outlook 14

Overview of 2015 RICAPS Plan • Monthly RICAPS meetings • Community GHG inventory updates • Municipal GHG inventory assistance • Technical assistance • Beacon Award and Reporting 15

Monthly RICAPS Meetings • Webinars plus quarterly in-person meetings – To support the Beacon Award data collection processes – Peer-to-peer learning – County-wide initiatives – Industry best practices and resources • To support CAP implementation • Continue with 4 th Tuesdays of the month 16

Community GHG inventory updates • For years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 • Draft results expected early fall 2015 • A summary workbook to be provided – Written reports will not be provided this time 17

Municipal GHG inventories • On as requested basis (for any year) • RICAPS will help with: – Setting up the data collection template – Review with you what was collected for any previous municipal operations inventory – Answer questions as you collect the data and perform analysis 18

Technical Assistance • Continue to help cities to bring CAPS for Council adoption • RICAPS will help with: – Answer questions related to finalizing your CAP documents – Attend City Council or other public hearings • Goal: All cities in San Mateo having completed their CAPs – 2015 will be the last year for CAP development 19

Beacon Program • Support and encourage cities to participate and be recognized for efforts • Andrea Pappajohn to compile data for cities, including energy efficiency summaries and best practices – DNV GL to provide community GHG emissions data and municipal operations data assistance – PG&E to provide municipal energy savings 20

Looking ahead to 2015 • What other successes to recognize to date? • What do cities need help with? – Specific funding mechanisms… – Technical assistance with… • What new, innovative ideas for San Mateo County climate and sustainability initiatives? 21

Thank you for your contributions to a successful 2013-2014 RICAPS !! Next meeting: January 27 th (webinar) 22

Contact info Louise Bedsworth Susan Wright Louise.bedsworth@opr.ca.gov swright@smcgov.org Jim Eggemeyer Kim Springer jeggemeyer@smcgov.org kspringer@smcgov.org Betty Seto, DNV GL Betty.Seto@dnvgl.com Andrea Pappajohn apappajohn888@gmail.com 23

Beacon Award: In a Nutshell Beacon Award Levels Source Status of Data Silver Gold Platinum Government GHG savings 5% reduction 10% 20% RICAPS As Operations in agency reduction reduction requested operations (DNV GL) Energy 5% savings 10% savings 20% savings PG&E Sapna Dixit savings in agency facilities Community GHG savings 5% reduction 10% 20% RICAPS DNV GL Level in community reduction reduction Energy 1 activity 2 activities 4 activities Andrea efficiency in Pappajohn community Best Practices 10 Best 1 activity in 2 activities in 3 activities SSMC & Andrea Practice each Best each Best in each Best Sierra Club Pappajohn Areas Practice Area Practice Area Practice (as Area available)