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Energy Efficiency Research Objectives <br /> The research undertaken by the MRW team to inform the potential for energy efficiency within <br /> the Alameda County CCA feasibility study, and associated REMI model, include the following <br /> objectives: <br /> 1. Provide a brief overview of key legislative, regulatory, and local market initiatives <br /> influencing the potential for energy efficiency. <br /> 2. Provide an assessment of the technical, economic, and market potential for energy efficiency <br /> based on tools used by the CPUC to assess potential within PG&Es service territory. <br /> 3. Provide general guidance on where CCA energy efficiency initiatives might achieve energy <br /> efficiency that are incremental to current PG&E goals. <br /> 4. Assess the current funding environment and potential costs for CCA administered energy <br /> efficiency initiatives. <br /> 5. Define the economic inputs for energy efficiency for the REMI model. <br /> Legislative, Regulatory, and Local Market Environment for <br /> Energy Efficiency <br /> The potential for any administrators of energy efficiency programs to deliver savings is <br /> influenced by underlying regulatory factors along with the ability of a community to deliver <br /> energy efficiency products and services. The following discussion provides a brief summary of <br /> the regulatory and service delivery environment in which energy efficiency programs <br /> administered by an Alameda County CCA would likely begin operating. <br /> Legislative Environment <br /> Recent legislation that is now defining the regulatory landscape under which CCA administered <br /> energy efficiency programs would operate include; <br /> SB 350. Signed by the Governor on October 7, 2015, Senate Bill (SB) 350, the Clean Energy <br /> and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and <br /> Development Commission to establish annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings and <br /> demand reduction that will achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings <br /> in electricity and natural gas final end uses of retail customers by January 1, 2030. SB 350 allows <br /> CCA energy efficiency programs to count towards statewide energy efficiency targets, and will <br /> likely have a significant impact on funding levels available for energy efficiency, and on <br /> administrative and goal setting requirements for energy efficiency program administrators, <br /> including CCA's. <br /> AB 802. Effective September 1, 2016,the CPUC will authorize electrical and gas corporations <br /> to provide incentives, rebates, technical assistance, and support to their customers to increase the <br /> energy efficiency of existing buildings. This legislation may provide for new measure acceptance <br /> and cost effectiveness criteria that could expand opportunities for energy efficiency, including <br /> new High Opportunity Program Designs (HOPPS) currently under design. <br /> F-15 <br />