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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the Public Benefits Program — Lodi
Appliance Rebate Program in the amount of $75,000 (EUD)
MEETING DATE: November 21, 2001
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to
extend the Public Benefits Program- Lodi Appliance Rebate Program in the
amount of $75,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: For the past three years, the City of Lodi has offered rebates for the purchase
of designated appliances (including: energy efficient refrigerators, manual
defrost freezers, dishwashers, front -load clothes washers/EnergyStar
approved clothes washers, and single -room air conditioners). Since late May of this year, over 1,100 energy efficient
appliances have been purchased and installed in Lodi homes and businesses.
By way of this resolution, the Lodi Appliance Rebate Program will be extended until these funds are exhausted.
Specific criteria for this program includes:
➢ designated energy efficient appliances must be purchased at one of the six participating Lodi retailers (including:
Anderson Maytag, Ben's Appliance, FILCO of Lodi, Kundert & Bauer, Les' Appliance, and Reo's Appliance);
➢ customers may receive a rebate for up to five (5) appliances (one rebate per different appliance type- refrigerator,
dishwasher, etc.);
➢ customer must be a City of Lodi Electric Utility customer;
➢ rebates will be as follows: $75 for anylall EnergyStar-rated refrigerator; $75 for manual defrost freezer; $100 for
front -load or EnergyStar-rated clothes washer; $50 for any EnergyStar-rated dishwasher; and, $25 for any single -
room air conditioner with an energy efficiency rating of 9.5 or better.
The purchase and installation of designated energy efficient appliances can reduce monthly electric utility costs by as
much as five percent, and considered one of the best energy conservation methods available to consumers today.
FUNDING: 164605 — Public Benefits Program (Category- Demand-side Management)
Funding Approval: 0.a .
Vicky McAthie, Pinance Director
Alan N. Vallow
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
ANV/RUlst
C: City Attorney
APPROVED:
H. Dixon Flinn - City
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-267
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFITS
PROGRAM GRANT - LODI APPLIANCE REBATE 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 $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;
• Dishwashers
• Front loading clothes washer/EnergyStar approved clothes washers;
• 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 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 $75,000.00 for the Lodi Appliance
Rebate Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby authorizes the City
Manager to provide a Public Benefits Program grant in the amount of $75,000.00 to fund the Lodi
Appliance Rebate Program, specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
Dated: November 21, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-267 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a
regular meeting held November 21, 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
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