HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 5, 2001 E-12U
CITY OF LODI OUNCIL COMMUNICATION
AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Public Benefits Program Lodi
Cooling Cash Rebate Program in the amount of $75,000 (EUD)
MEETING DATE: September 5, 2001
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to
extend the Lodi Cooling Cash Rebate Program in the amount of $75,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Since mid -1999, the City of Lodi Electric Utility has been providing a rebate
to residential customers that install high efficiency central air conditioning
systems in their home.
The rebate, funded through the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program, works as follows:
• $100 rebate per ton for the installation of a 12.0 SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating) air conditioning
unit;
• $150 rebate per ton for the installation of a 13.0 SEER air conditioning unit; and
• $200 rebate per ton for the installation of a 14.0 SEER air conditioning unit
NOTE: all rebates are capped at 6 tons per residential service address.
Currently, this is one of the most popular rebate programs offered by the City of Lodi, with hundreds of residential
customers having participated to date. By removing an aging, inefficient central air conditioning unit, and replacing it
with a 12.0 SEER or better -rated system, a residential customer will reduce energy usage (when operating the central
air conditioner) by an average of 15 percent.
By way of this Council action, the Lodi Cooling Cash Rebate Program will be funded at $75,000, and extended until
these funds are exhausted.
FUNDING: 164605 — Public Benefits Program — (Category: Demand-side Management)
Funding Approval:L; �1 � , tit Cr_—k �a
Vicky MCAthie, Finance Director
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Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
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C: City Attorney
APPROVED:
H. Dixon Flynn - C anager
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-210
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE
FUNDING TO RENEW THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM
— LODI COOLING CASH REBATE PROGRAM ($75,000)
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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 is specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
The Lodi Cooling Cash Rebate Program will provide 1) a rebate of $100 per ton for the
installation of a 12.0 Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) air conditioning unit, (up to six
tons only; 2) a $150 rebate per ton for the installation of a 13.0 SEER air conditioning unit, (up to
six tons only); and 3) a $200 rebate per ton for the installation of a 14.0 or better SEER air
conditioning unit; (up to six tons only).
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to
provide funding in the amount of $75,000.00 to renew the Public Benefits Program — Lodi
Cooling Cash Rebate Program, specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
Dated: September 5, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-210 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City
Council in a regular meeting held September 5, 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. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2001-210