HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - December 20, 2000 E-19AGENDA TITLE: Public Benefits Program — Lodi Small Business Better Lighting Project ($50,000)
MEETING DATE: December 20, 2000
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve a new Public Benefits Program known as the
Lodi Small Business Better Lighting Project.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In order to provide the Lodi small business community with a unique and
targeted energy efficiency improvement program, the City of Lodi Electric
Utility has created the Lodi Small Business Better Lighting Project. In this
new program, small business owners/managers will receive a 25% rebate from the Public Benefits fund if they install
highly efficient lighting products and related materials, including:
• compact fluorescent lamps;
• T-8 fluorescent lamps;
• electronic ballast;
• motion sensors, photo cells & time clocks;
The total proposed budget for the Lodi Small Business Better Lighting Project is $50,000. There are approximately
2,000 commercial customers in Lodi identified as small businesses (they are currently on a G-1, G-11, G-11+, G-13,
or G-13+ electric utility rate), and thus would be eligible to participate in this rebate program. With the assistance of
Planergy International (formerly Energy Masters International- EMI), the city's chosen energy services partner, the City
of Lodi Electric Utility will review and approve all customer developed and proposed lighting retrofits (included will be
pre- and post -inspections of the customer's facility). The 25% rebate is applied to the entire cost of the customer's
lighting retrofit project, which would include materials and labor. The percentage amount of the rebate is consistent
with all other commercial & industrial Public Benefit grants awarded to date.
Due to the fact that lighting is static (a customer generally turns the lights on at their facility/shop and leaves the lights
on during their entire business hours, five to seven days per week), one of the most significant energy conservation
measures a customer may invest in, is lighting. By removing an inefficient lighting system, and replacing it with some
or all of the products identified above, the average small business owner can reduce their monthly electric utility costs
in excess of 15 percent.
FUNDING: Public Benefits Program Fund —164605 (Category: Demand-side Management Services)
Funding Approval: 4' a flLQr� r�
Vicky McAthie, Finance Director
Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
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APPROVED:
H. Dixo Flynn - City M nager
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-231
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC BENEFITS GRANT PROGRAM IN THE
AMOUNT OF $50,000.00 TO FUND THE LODI SMALL BUSINESS BETTER
LIGHTING PROJECT
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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 a
historical electric revenue requirement; and
WHEREAS, the requirement amounts to approximately $1M 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 City of Lodi's Public Benefits Program is comprised of four segments or
customer groups: commercial/industrial, residential, community/non-profit, and municipal; and
WHEREAS, this project will assist small business owners/managers by receiving a 25%
rebate from the Public Benefits fund if they install highly efficient lighting products and related
materials, including:
• Compact fluorescent lamps;
• T-8 fluorescent lamps;
• Electronic ballast;
• Motion sensors, photo cells & time clocks.
WHEREAS, there are approximately 2,000 commercial customers in Lodi identified as
small business, and thus would be eligible to participate in this rebate program. With the
assistance of Planergy International (formerly Energy Masters International -EMI), the City's
chosen energy services partner, the City of Lodi Electric Utility will review and approve all
customer developed and proposed lighting retrofits; and
WHEREAS, the 25% rebate is applied to the entire cost of the customer's lighting retrofit
project, which would include materials and labor. The percentage amount of the rebate is
consistent with all other commercial and industrial Public Benefit grants awarded to date; and
WHEREAS, by removing an inefficient lighting system, and replacing it with some or all
of the products identified above, the average small business owner can reduce their monthly
electric utility costs in excess of 15 percent.
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 $50,000.00 to
fund the Lodi Small Business Better Lighting Project.
Dated: December 20, 2000
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2000-231 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held December 20, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Howard, Land, Pennino and Mayor
Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Non
SUSAN J. BLACIZ`sTON
City Clerk
2000-231