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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Public Benefits Program Lodi
Small Business Energy Services Partnership in the amount of $50,000 (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 Small Business Energy Services Partnership in the amount
of $50,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Two years ago, the City of Lodi Electric introduced the Lodi Small Business
Energy Services Partnership. This program provides a dollar -for -dollar
rebate (funded through the Public Benefits Program) to small business
owners and managers for the purchase/installation of designated energy conservation measures, including:
• weather-stripping and/or insulation;
• ceiling fans and/or attic ventilators;
• shade screens and/or awning covers;
• window tinting;
• HVAC/refrigeration (such as a one-time diagnostic and preventative maintenance service for each HVAC unit);
Special projects (such as mechanical system replacements or system upgrades).
To date, over 200 small businesses (designated by the G-1 electric utility rate) have participated in the program. On
average, these customers have reduced energy consumption from 5% to as much as 20% on a monthly basis.
By way of this Council action, the Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership would be funded at $50,000, and
be extended until these funds are exhausted. The City of Lodi Electric Utility respectfully recommends approval of
this program as a qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program.
FUNDING: 164605 - Public Benefits Program — (Category: Demand-side Management)
Funding Approval: u a k to r 0- 0, �
Vicky McAthie, Ilinance Director
Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
ANV/RUlst
C: City Attorney
APPROVED:
H. Dixon lynn - City Manager
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-212
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZNIG THE CITY
MANAGER TO RENEW THE PUBLIC BENEFITS PROGRAM - LODI
SMALL BUSINESS ENERGY SERVICES PARTNERSHIP GRANT
IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000
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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, 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, rebates will be available from September 5, 2001 and until such time as the funds
are exhausted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City
Manager to renew the Public Benefits Program - Lodi Small Business Energy Services Partnership
Grant in the amount of $50,000; and
Dated: September 5, 2001
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hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-212 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
2001-212