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CITY OF LODI COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Public Benefits Program — Amendments to the existing 'City of Lodi Small Business Energy
Services Partnership Program'
MEETING DATE: November 15, 2000
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council amend the existing City of Lodi Small Business Energy
Services Partnership Program, to extend this program through the calendar
year 2001, or until appropriated funds are exhausted, and to eliminate one
existing element of the program as of January 1, 2001.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In May of 1999, the City Council approved the City of Lodi Small Business
Energy Services Partnership. The program, as originally approved, provides
commercial customers on a G-1 electric utility rate, a dollar -for -dollar rebate
of up to $500 for the purchase and installation of various energy conservation measures. Those specific measures
include: lighting retrofits, shade screens & awning covers, window tinting, ceiling fans & attic ventilators, insulation &
weather-stripping, special projects (such as major HVAC system replacements or upgrades), and HVAC/refrigeration
diagnostic & preventative maintenance service. In addition, as approved in May of 1999, the program has a sunset
date of December 31, 2000.
It is recommended by Electric Utility staff, that the City of Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership be
extended beyond December 31, 2000, into the new calendar year 2001, and be available to the eligible commercial
customers (those customers on a G-1 electric utility rate) until funds are exhausted.
Additionally, Electric Utility staff recommends eliminating one (1) energy conservation measure from the current
program: lighting retrofits. By January 2001, a new program (funded through the city's Public Benefits Program) will
be presented to the City Council for approval. This new program will be specifically designed for small business
customers in Lodi that are desirous of implementing energy efficient lighting technology. Due mostly to the fact that
lighting constitutes 40 percent or more of a small business customer's annual utility bill, Electric Utility staff is
developing a program solely devoted to energy efficient lighting.
After reviewing the existing City of Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership Program at length, Electric Utility
respectfully recommends approval of these amendments.
FUNDING: Not Applicable ZN.Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
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C: City Attorney
APPROVED: y = 4..v
H. Dixon Flynn - City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2000-198
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE
CITY OF LODI SMALL BUSINESS ENERGY SERVICES
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM BY EXTENDING THIS PROGRAM
THROUGH CALENDAR YEAR 2001 OR UNTIL APPROPRIATED
FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, AND ELIMINATING LIGHTING
RETROFITS FROM THIS PROGRAM
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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, in May 1999, the City Council approved the City of Lodi Small Business
Energy Services Partnership, which provides commercial customers on a G-1 electric utility rate,
a dollar -for -dollar rebate of up to $500 for the purchase and installation of various energy
conservation measures. Those specific measures include lighting retrofits, shade screens and
awning covers, window tinting, ceiling fans and attic ventilators, insulation and weather-stripping,
special projects such as major HVAC system replacements or upgrades, and HVAC/refrigeration
diagnostic and preventative maintenance service; and
WHEREAS, this program has a sunset date of December 31, 2000, and the Electric
Utility staff recommends that the City of Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership be
extended through calendar year 2001 or until appropriated funds are exhausted; and
WHEREAS, staff is currently developing a program solely devoted to energy efficient
lighting which will be presented to the City Council for approval by January 2001, and therefore
Electric Utility staff recommends that one energy conservation measure, lighting retrofits, be
eliminated from the City of Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby amends the
City of Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership Program by extending this program
through calendar year 2001 or until appropriated funds are exhausted; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that lighting retrofits be eliminated from the City of Lodi
Small Business Energy Services Partnership program.
Dated: November 15, 2000
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hereby certify that Resolution No. 2000-198 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held November 15, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Land, Nakanishi, Pennino and Mayor
Mann
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2000-198