HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - May 16, 2001 E-18AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide funding in the amount of $125,000 to
fund the Public Benefits Program Grant — Lodi Appliance Rebate Program (EUD)
MEETING DATE: May 16, 2001
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to
provide funding in the amount of $125,000 to fund the Public Benefits
Program Grant — Lodi Appliance Rebate Program, a component of the City
of Lodi Public Benefits Program.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Funds for the most recent appliance rebate program (the Lodi Residential
Appliance Rebate 2000 Program) are now exhausted. The request for
$125,000 from the City of Lodi Public Benefits fund will create a new
program, offering Lodi residents and businesses a rebate of $50 to $100 on designated appliances. Those
appliances, which are all energy efficient and can reduce energy costs up to 5% (or more depending upon how many
energy efficient appliances are utilized) annually, include:
➢ refrigerators- any refrigerator that displays the EnergyStar (copyrighted) logo, or that consumes 750 kWh (kilowatt
hours) of electricity or less annually ($100 rebate); refrigerators that consume from 751 to 1000 kWh of electricity
annually ($50 rebate);
➢ front loading clothes washers ($100 rebate);
➢ dishwashers- any dishwasher that displays the EnergyStar (copyrighted) logo ($100 rebate);
➢ manual defrost freezers- ($100 rebate); and
➢ single -room air conditioners- ($100 rebate)
Other program guidelines include:
➢ you must be a City of Lodi electric utility customer to participate in the program;
➢ rebates are good from May 18, 2001 until funds are depleted;
➢ total rebate could be $500 per eligible customer (based upon service address); and
➢ appliances must be purchased from participating Lodi dealers/stores (including: Anderson Maytag, Ben's
Appliance, FILCO of Lodi, Kundert & Bauer, Les' Appliance, Reo's Appliance Center, and Wal-Mart of Lodi)
FUNDING: 164605 — Public B,,enefiits Program Fund (Category — Demand-side Management)
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Vicky WAthie, Finance Director
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Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
APPROVED: i -
H. Dixon Flynn City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-116
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROGRAM GRANT - LODI APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM
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 $1 M 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 is the fifth in a series of projects specifically designed for Lodi residential
electric customers. The Lodi Residential Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate 2000 project allows residential
customers to receive cash rebates of up to $400 per service address, by replacing specified older, less
energy efficient appliances with more energy efficient models; and
WHEREAS, to participate in the program, residential customers may purchase any or all of
the following appliances from the participating dealers and receive a $100.00 rebate for each:
• Energy efficient refrigerator;
• Upright manual defrost freezer;
• Front loading clothes washer;
• Single -room air conditioner with 9.0 or higher SEER);
WHEREAS, the total rebate could be $400 per qualified residential customer, and the rebate
program will run from June 1, 2000 until funds are depleted; and
WHEREAS, funds for the appliance rebate program are now exhausted, and staff requests that the
City Manager provide a Public Benefits Program Grant in the amount of $125,000.00 for the Lodi Appliance
Rebate Program.
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to provide a
Public Benefits Program grant in the amount of $125,000.00 to fund the Lodi Appliance Rebate Program,
specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
Dated: May 16, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-116 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a
regular meeting held May 16, 2001 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 — None
SUSAN J. BLACRSTON
City Clerk
2001-116