HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - December 15, 2004 E-10AGENDA ITEM E010
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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to alllocate a Public Benefits
Program grant in the amount of $25,000-00 to Lowe's Companies,
Incorporated for a demand-side management project (IEUD)
MEETING DATE: December 1S, 2004
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City
Manager to allocate a Public Benefits Program grant in the amount
of $25,000.00 to Lowe's Companies, Incorporated for a demand-
side management project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The new Lodi Lowe's store, located at 1389 South Lower
Sacramento Road, purchased and installed a number of energy
efficient products/materials, that qualify for a rebate through the City
of Lodi Public Benefits Program. These eligible items include:
skylights (quantity- 114);
➢ high efficiency, T-8 32- watt fluorescent lamps, with electronic ballasts (quantity- 4,170);
➢ light -emitting diode (LED) exit signage (quantity- 40);
➢ high efficiency, 10 -ton heating & air conditioning units (quantity- 3);
A cool roof/roofing insulation product (approximately 120,000 square feet of roof coverage area).
For the aforementioned energy efficient products and materials, Lowe's Companies, Incorporated
expended a total of $248,524.37. A fifteen (15) percent rebate is made available to large retail and
industrial customers who participate in the City of Lodi's Public Benefits Program. However, there is cap
of $25,000.00 for any individual large retail or industrial customer (hence the maximum rebate for Lowe's
Companies, Incorporated and this particular project is $25,000.00) that makes the investment in energy
efficient products and materials.
Compared to standard products available on the market today, the energy efficient products installed at
the new Lowe's store will reduce energy consumption by roughly 25 percent to 35 percent per month (for
example the cool roof product alone reduces inside heat gain- the sun's rays- by an average of 15
degrees, while the LED exit signs use 75 percent less electricity than exit signs that utilize standard,
incandescent lamps).
Electric Utility staff respectfully recommends approval of this Public Benefits Program grant as a
qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program, under the category of demand-side
management.
APPROVED:
Janet . Keeter, rim City Manager
Adopt a neolution autit ftrig the City Manager to albcate a Pubic Bente Program
grant in the amount of $25,000 to Lowe's Companies, Incorporated for a demand-side
mansgwrmW project. (EUD)
December 15, 2004
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FUNDING: 1 — iublic Benefits P m (Category: Demand-side Management)
Funding Approval:
ueger, Finance Director
Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lochner, Mgr, Customer Service & Programs
ANWRUrndw
RESOLUTION NO. 2004-277
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC
BENEFITS PROGRAM GRANT TO LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.
FOR A DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the state has mandated that beginning January 1, 1998, the City of
Lodi is obligated to fund various programs through a Public Benefits Charge (PBC)
based on an historical electric revenue requirement; and
WHEREAS, the requirement amounts to approximately $1 million per year that
must be dedicated to qualifying programs such as energy efficiency. A further stipulation
is that these efforts must be done on the customer's side of the meter in order to qualify;
and
WHEREAS, the new Lodi Lowe's store, located at 1389 South Lower
Sacramento Road, purchased and installed a number of energy efficient
products/materials that qualify for a rebate through the City of Lodi Public Benefits
Program. These eligible items include:
➢ skylights (quantity: 114);
➢ high -efficiency, T-8 32 -watt fluorescent lamps, with electronic ballasts
(quantity: 4,170);
➢ light -emitting diode (LED) exit signage (quantity: 40);
➢ high -efficiency, 10 -ton heating & air conditioning units (quantity: 3);
➢ cool roof/roofing insulation product (approximately 120,000 square feet of roof
coverage area).
WHEREAS, Lowe's Companies, Inc. expended a total of $248,524.37, and a
fifteen (15) percent rebate is made available to large retail and industrial customers who
participate in the City of Lodi's Public Benefits Program; and
WHEREAS, the program places a cap of $25,000 for any individual large -retail or
industrial customer that makes the investment in energy efficient products and materials;
and
WHEREAS, Electric Utility staff respectfully recommends approval of this Public
Benefits Program grant as a qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits
Program, under the category of demand-side management in the amount of $25,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby
authorizes the City Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program Grant in the amount of
$25,000 to the Lowe's Companies, Inc. for a demand-side management project.
Dated: December 15, 2004
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2004-277 was passed and adopted by the
Lodi City Council in a regular meeting held December 15, 2004, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hansen, Hitchcock, Johnson, Mounce,.
and Mayor Beckman
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS --- None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2004-277