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Multi-city Working Group Meeting December 16, 2014 RICAPS technical assistance is available through the San Mateo County Energy Watch program, which is funded by California utility customers, administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company

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Multi-city Working Group Meeting December 16, 2014

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RICAPS technical assistance is available through the San Mateo County Energy Watch program, which is funded by California utility customers, administered by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission and with matching funds provided by C/CAG.

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Agenda

  • Introductions

1:00 – 1:10 PM

  • Federal and state updates

1:10 – 1:40 PM

  • County Office of Sustainability

1:40 – 2:10 PM

  • RICAPS program achievements

2:10 – 2:25 PM

  • 2015 RICAPS plan and outlook

2:25 – 2:40 PM

  • Wrap-up

2:40 – 3:00 PM

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State Perspectives on Climate Progress

Louise Bedsworth, Deputy Director Office of Planning and Research

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County Office of Sustainability Jim Eggemeyer, Director

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RICAPS Program Achievements

Kim Springer and Susan Wright

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CAP Template and Tools Development

  • Since 2010, C/CAG has supported county-wide

climate planning

  • Climate Action Plan Template Project

– Climate Action Plan Template (Word document) – GHG Forecast and Target (Excel tool) – Menu of Measures (Excel tool) – Template Users Guide (Word document)

  • Steering committee: Cities of Millbrae,

Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Bruno, Cupertino

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City Achievements across the County

  • Climate action planning curriculum launched

in 2012, based on templates developed

5 10 15 20 25 Pre-2012 RICAPS Program In-progress Draft Adopted

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Most Cities have Climate Action Plans

Local Governments In-progress Draft Adopted Atherton X Belmont X Brisbane X Burlingame X Colma X Daly City East Palo Alto X Foster City X Half Moon Bay X Hillsborough X Menlo Park X Millbrae X Pacifica X Portola Valley X Redwood City X San Bruno X San Carlos X San Mateo X South San Francisco X Woodside X County X

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2013-14 Celebrations

  • CAPs adopted by Council

– Colma – Pacifica

  • CAP updates underway

– East Palo Alto, San Mateo, San Carlos

  • San Carlos Platinum Beacon Spotlight Award

(Best Practices in Sustainability)

  • Solar bulk buy program initiated by Foster City
  • Completion of 2010 community GHG

inventory updates

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Emissions Reduced by 8% Countywide

500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,500,000 4,000,000 2005 2010

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Rank Code Measure Name Example C/CAG initiative 1 EC4 Participate in Energy Upgrade Program and similar residential rebate/incentive programs as they become available and promote existing rebates (PG&E, State, Federal) Large Residential Resource Conservation Collaborative LR2C2 2 EC2 Residential green building ordinance Title 24 and CALGreen Updates (PG&E and BayREN) 3 EC1 Commercial green building ordinance WC1 Set higher diversion rate goal Environmentally Preferred Purchasing EM4 Renewable energy installation on municipal property Solar Roadmap, EnergySage EW2 Water conservation ordinance BAWSCA and Adaptation presentations TL1 Smart growth development BikeShare, Last Mile, Safe Routes to Schools

RICAPS Support for CAP Implementation

  • Alignment of CAP measures across cities

2014 RICAPS presentations available at http://www.smcenergywatch.com/

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RICAPS Website

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Initiatives Underway

  • Beacon Award Program recognition

– 2 full participants, with additional 4 going to Council by February 2015 – C/CAG recognized as Beacon Champion

  • Energy Efficiency Outreach Campaigns
  • CivicSpark volunteers

– Redwood City, Daly City

  • Solar Roadmap

– Daly City, San Mateo, Redwood City and Menlo Park

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2015 RICAPS Plan and Outlook

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Overview of 2015 RICAPS Plan

  • Monthly RICAPS meetings
  • Community GHG inventory updates
  • Municipal GHG inventory assistance
  • Technical assistance
  • Beacon Award and Reporting

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Monthly RICAPS Meetings

  • Webinars plus quarterly in-person meetings

– To support the Beacon Award data collection processes – Peer-to-peer learning – County-wide initiatives – Industry best practices and resources

  • To support CAP implementation
  • Continue with 4th Tuesdays of the month

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Community GHG inventory updates

  • For years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
  • Draft results expected early fall 2015
  • A summary workbook to be provided

– Written reports will not be provided this time

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Municipal GHG inventories

  • On as requested basis (for any

year)

  • RICAPS will help with:

– Setting up the data collection template – Review with you what was collected for any previous municipal

  • perations inventory

– Answer questions as you collect the data and perform analysis

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Technical Assistance

  • Continue to help cities to bring CAPS for

Council adoption

  • RICAPS will help with:

– Answer questions related to finalizing your CAP documents – Attend City Council or other public hearings

  • Goal: All cities in San Mateo having completed

their CAPs

– 2015 will be the last year for CAP development

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Beacon Program

  • Support and encourage cities to

participate and be recognized for efforts

  • Andrea Pappajohn to compile data for

cities, including energy efficiency summaries and best practices

– DNV GL to provide community GHG emissions data and municipal operations data assistance – PG&E to provide municipal energy savings

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Looking ahead to 2015

  • What other successes to recognize to date?
  • What do cities need help with?

– Specific funding mechanisms… – Technical assistance with…

  • What new, innovative ideas for San Mateo

County climate and sustainability initiatives?

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Thank you for your contributions to a successful 2013-2014 RICAPS !!

Next meeting: January 27th (webinar)

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Susan Wright swright@smcgov.org Kim Springer kspringer@smcgov.org Betty Seto, DNV GL Betty.Seto@dnvgl.com Andrea Pappajohn apappajohn888@gmail.com

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Louise Bedsworth Louise.bedsworth@opr.ca.gov Jim Eggemeyer jeggemeyer@smcgov.org

Contact info

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Beacon Award: In a Nutshell

Beacon Award Levels Source

  • f Data

Status Silver Gold Platinum Government Operations GHG savings in agency

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5% reduction 10% reduction 20% reduction RICAPS As requested (DNV GL) Energy savings in agency facilities 5% savings 10% savings 20% savings PG&E Sapna Dixit Community Level GHG savings in community 5% reduction 10% reduction 20% reduction RICAPS DNV GL Energy efficiency in community 1 activity 2 activities 4 activities Andrea Pappajohn Best Practices 10 Best Practice Areas 1 activity in each Best Practice Area 2 activities in each Best Practice Area 3 activities in each Best Practice Area SSMC & Sierra Club (as available) Andrea Pappajohn