HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Report - September 5, 2001 E-13AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Public Benefits Program Lodi Air
Duct Testing and Attic Insulation Rebate Program in the amount of $125,000 (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 Air Duct Testing & Attic Insulation Rebate Program in the
amount of $125,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In late 1999, the City of Lodi Electric Utility began the Lodi Air Duct Testing &
Attic Insulation Rebate Program. To date, some 715 residential customers
have participated in this program, which provides up to $500 in rebates for
increasing attic insulation (to an R-38 energy efficiency standard), and/or repairing leaky air ducts.
Heating and cooling of a home accounts for 40 percent of a residential customers annual energy bill. By repairing
leaks in the air delivery system (air ducts), and /or by adding more attic insulation, a residential customer can trim, on
average, 10 percent off their annual energy consumption.
By way of this Council action, this highly successful program will be funded at $125,000, and be extended until these
new funds are exhausted (it is anticipated that another 700 to 750 customers will be assisted by extending this rebate
program). The City of Lodi Electric Utility respectfully recommends approval of this item as a qualifying component of
the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program.
FUNDING: 164605 — Public Benefits Program — (Category: Demand-side Management)
Funding Available: L L.C._',ia & 011_ -'� a
Vicky McAthie, Finance Director
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 - City anager
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-211
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO RENEW THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM - LODI AIR
DUCT TESTING & ATTIC INSULATION REBATE PROGRAM ($125,000)
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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 $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 fourth in a series of projects specifically designed for Lodi
residential electric customers. The Lodi Residential Air Duct Testing & Attic Insulation Rebate Project
will provide up to a $250 rebate for duct repair, and up to a $250 rebate for attic insulation (not to
exceed $600 per service address) when a customer chooses to strengthen existing duct work, and/or
enhance the amount of attic insulation in their home, thus, reducing annual heating and cooling costs
by a minimum of 15%; and
WHEREAS, other specifics or guidelines of the project include:
• Rebate is only for City of Lodi electric utility customers;
• Rebates are available from September 5, 2001 and until such time as the funds are
exhausted;
• Rebates are good for single-family dwellings only (duplexes are acceptable; one per
customer service address); and
• Electric Utility staff will be responsible for providing rebates to residential customers.
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 to fund the Lodi Residential Air Duct Testing
& Attic Insulation Rebate Project, specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
Dated: September 5, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-211 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
2001-211