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AGENDA TITLE: Adopt resolution authorizing the City Manager to provide funding in the amount of $70,000 to
extend the Public Benefits Program Grant Lodi Appliance Rebate Program
MEETING DATE: November 20, 2002
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to extend the
Lodi Appliance Rebate Program, and appropriate $70,000 from the Public Benefits
Program to fund this program extension.
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/EnergyStar-approved clothes washers, and single -room air conditioners). Since June of this year, over 1,250
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;
rebate amounts: $50 for any/all EnergyStar-rated refrigerator; $50 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 10.0 or better.
The purchase and installation of designated energy efficient appliances can reduce monthly electric utility costs by as
much as five percent, and are considered to be one of the best energy conservation methods available to consumers
today.
The City of Lodi Electric Utility respectfully recommends approval of the Lodi Appliance Rebate Program as a
qualifying component of the City of Lodi Public Benefits Program.
FUNDING: 164605 — Public Benefits Program (Category — Demand-side Management)
FUNDING AVAILABLE:
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Alan N.A
Electric Utility Director
PREPARED BY: Rob Lechner, Manager of Customer Programs
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C: City Attorney
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-233
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 $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, for the past three years, this project has offered rebates for the purchase of designated
appliances, including Energy efficient refrigerators, manual defrost freezers, dishwashers, front-load/EnergyStar-
approved clothes washers, and single -room air conditioners; and
WHEREAS, since June of this year, over 1,250 energy efficient appliances have been purchased and
installed in Lodi homes and businesses.
WHEREAS, the rebate program will be extended until funds are exhausted; and
WHEREAS, specific criteria for this program include:
• 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 Utility Customer; and
• Rebate amounts: $50.00 for any/all EnergyStar-rated refrigerator; $50.00 for manual defrost
freezer; $100.00 for front -load or EnergyStar-rated clothes washer; $50.00 for any EnergyStar-
rated dishwasher; and $25.00 for any single -room air conditioner with an energy efficiency
rating of 10.0 or better.
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 $70,000.00 to fund the Lodi Appliance Rebate
Program, specifically designed for Lodi residential electric customers.
Dated: November 20, 2002
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2002-233 was passed and adopted by the Lodi City Council in a
regular meeting held November 20, 2002 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Howard, Land, Nakanishi, and Mayor Pennino
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
2002-233