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Enhancing Community Resilience through Energy Efficiency

August 15, 2016

Housekeeping

Who We Are

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www.cleanegroup.org www.resilient-power.org

Resilient Power Project

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• Increase public/private investment in clean, resilient power systems
• Engage city officials to develop resilient power policies/programs
• Protect low-income and vulnerable communities
• Focus on affordable housing and critical public facilities
• Advocate for state and federal supportive policies and programs
• Technical assistance for pre-development costs to help agencies/project

developers get deals done

• See www.resilient-power.org for reports, newsletters, webinar recordings

www.resilient-power.org

Today’s Panelists

• David Ribeiro, Senior Analyst, Utilities, State,

and Local Policy Program, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

• Seth Mullendore, Project Director, Clean

Energy Group

Enhancing Community Resilience Through Energy Efficiency

Dave Ribeiro Senior Research Analyst, ACEEE Resilient Power Webinar August 15, 2016

American Council for an Energy- Efficient Economy (ACEEE)

• 35 year old, nonprofit dedicated to advancing energy

efficiency through research, policy, and technical assistance

• Focus on end-use efficiency in industry; buildings

and equipment; utilities & transportation; economic analysis; behavior; and finance

• Policy program working at national, state, and local

levels and some international work

• Local policy work focused on:
• City Energy Efficiency Scorecard & related Self-Scoring Tool
• Projects on energy efficiency in multifamily housing;

community resilience; and energy affordability

• Technical assistance to local governments and community
• rganizations
• Local Policy Toolkit, policy calculator, and best practice

research

• www.aceee.org/portal/local-policy

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Presentation outline

• Benefits of energy efficiency
• Efficiency’s role in increasing community

resilience

• Focus on energy-efficient buildings and
• ther efficiency activities
• Assessing the uptake of efficiency as a

resilience resource

• Overview of technical assistance
• pportunity for communities

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Why focus on cities?

• Where most energy is used –
• 80% of US consumption in cities, 66% globally
• Actions by cities are important –
• Cities have considerable influence over energy use,

especially in buildings and transportation

• Efficiency makes cities better –
• All aspects of city life can be improved through efficiency, but

it is currently underused for local economic and community development

Light Emissions. Richard Florida, “The World is Spiky” The Atlantic, Oct 2005 Tokyo, Japan

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London, UK

Why energy efficiency?

Energy efficiency…

• Is the cheapest, lowest risk energy resource
• Creates jobs and supports economic development
• Lowers customer energy bills and improves energy

affordability

• Reduces pollution and improves health

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Lowest cost, lowest risk energy resource for utilities

http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/practicing-risk-aware-electricity-regulation-2014-update

7 See our fact sheet, “How Does Efficiency Create Jobs”, available at http://aceee.org/files/pdf/fact-sheet/ee-job-creation.pdf

Energy efficiency is a job-creator

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0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14%

Memphis Birmingham Atlanta New Orleans Providence Pittsburgh Dallas Philadelphia Kansas City Cleveland Cincinnati

• St. Louis

Hartford Columbus Fort Worth Detroit Phoenix Charlotte San Antonio Indianapolis Jacksonville Louisville Orlando Virgina Beach Oklahoma City Tampa Baltimore Milwaukee Houston New York City Chicago Boston Denver Richmond Nashville Miami Las Vegas Washington, DC Riverside Austin Sacramento Portland Minneapolis Los Angeles Seattle San Diego San Jose San Francisco Energy burden

Median energy burden of low-income households compared to the overall median for each city

Low-income median energy burden Metro area median energy burden

http://aceee.org/research-report/u1602

http://www.aceee.org/research-report/e1401

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Approach to community resilience

• Community resilience = risk reduction in

communities

• Reducing vulnerability to acute hazards and

reducing chronic stressors that reduce capacity to cope

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Elements of risk Hazards Threats to a community. They can be natural (e.g. flooding, heat, fire), human-made (e.g. disruptions from human error), or some combination of both. Vulnerability The susceptibility of a community to the damaging effects of hazards. Capacity to cope Ability to respond to or bounce back from impacts in a way that decreases negative consequences to households, businesses, and communities.

http://aceee.org/research-report/u1508

Energy efficiency and community resilience

• Energy efficiency’s myriad

benefits means it has significant implications for community resilience

• Energy efficiency

strengthens energy systems and the communities those energy systems serve

• Opportunity for including

efficiency measures in resilience planning processes is significant

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http://aceee.org/blog/2015/10/many-ways- energy-efficiency-can-boost

Resilience benefits of energy efficiency

Benefit type Energy efficiency outcome Resilience benefit

Emergency response and recovery Reduced electric demand Increased reliability during times of stress on electric system and increased ability to respond to system emergencies Backup power supply from combined heat and power and microgrids Ability to maintain energy supply during emergency or disruption Efficient buildings that maintain temperatures Residents can shelter in place as long as buildings’ structural integrity is maintained. Multiple modes of transportation and efficient vehicles Several travel options that can be used during evacuations and disruptions Climate change mitigation and adaptation Reduced greenhouse gas emissions from power sector Mitigation of climate change Cost-effective efficiency investments More leeway to maximize investment in resilient redundancy measures, including adaptation measures

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http://aceee.org/research-report/u1508

Resilience benefits of energy efficiency (cont.)

Benefit type Energy efficiency outcome Resilience benefit Social and economic Local economic resources may stay in the community Stronger local economy that is less susceptible to hazards and disruptions Reduced exposure to energy price volatility Economy is better positioned to manage energy price increases, and households and businesses are better able to plan for future. Reduced spending on energy Ability to spend income on other needs, increasing disposable income (especially important for low- income families) Improved indoor air quality and emission of fewer local pollutants Fewer public health stressors

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http://aceee.org/research-report/u1508

Energy-efficient buildings

• Maintain interior temperatures

longer (response and recovery)

• Reduce annual spending

(socioeconomic)

• Reduce net emissions

(climate change)

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http://aceee.org/files/proceedings/2014/ data/papers/1-439.pdf http://urbangreencouncil.org/babyitscoldinside

Combined heat and power (CHP)

• Provides backup power

and allows facilities to double as shelter (response and recovery)

• Potentially increases cost

savings (socioeconomic)

• Reduces overall net

emissions (climate change)

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CHP facility at BCUA’s Little Ferry Water Pollution Control Facility.

Other energy efficiency technologies and activities that increase community resilience

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Planning opportunities for increasing resilience

• Local government-driven resilience

planning

• Leveraging federal programs
• Energy assurance planning
• Hazard mitigation plans
• Local government-utility partnerships

and utility planning

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Assessing resilience planning

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• Reviewed resilience planning materials from finalist

communities participating in National Disaster Resilience Competition

Energy saving activities considered by NDRC finalists

City/county EE in private buildings EE in public buildings Green infrastructure EE in water services Transit-system improvements Transportation efficiency CHP Chicago

• Cook County
• Dauphin County

Jefferson Parish

• Minot
• Moore

New Orleans

• New York City
• Shelby County
• Springfield
• St. Tammany

Parish

• Tuscaloosa
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Concluding thoughts

• Energy efficiency can strengthen energy

systems and provide more-reliable, affordable energy.

• By doing so, it can reduce vulnerability

to acute hazards, and increase communities’ capacity to cope with the impacts of those hazards.

• Because efficiency is a vital resilience

resource, it should be acknowledged as such in resilience planning.

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Technical assistance opportunity

Assistance is available to select communities interested in using energy efficiency to increase their community resilience Types of assistance we can provide:

• Participating in local convenings to discuss energy

efficiency’s role in increasing community resilience

• Reviewing draft resilience plans and suggesting

how energy efficiency can be incorporated

• Assisting in prioritizing policies or programs and

identifying relevant best practices

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Technical assistance opportunity

• ACEEE offering assistance in partnership

with the Clean Energy Group and the Public Technology Institute

• Partnerships streamline technical

assistance offerings, and by teaming efficiency, solar, storage, and assurance planning expertise, they can amplify the impact of opportunity

• Anyone interested in assistance should

contact me

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Resources and other research

• Enhancing Community Resilience through

Energy Efficiency (http://aceee.org/research-report/u1508)

• Harnessing Energy Efficiency in

Community Resilience Planning (forthcoming)

• The Role of Electric Utility Efficiency

Programs in Building Community Resilience (forthcoming)

• Community Resilience Indicators for the

Energy System (forthcoming)

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Any questions?

Dave Ribeiro Senior Analyst ACEEE 202-507-4750 dribeiro@aceee.org

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Solar+Storage for Resiliency

August 15, 2016 Seth Mullendore Project Director Clean Energy Group

How Resilient Solar+Storage Works

Value of Solar+Storage

• Emergency backup power
• Power quality
• Utility bill savings
• Electricity consumption
• Demand management
• Load shifting (time-of-use rates)
• Utility services
• Demand response
• Frequency regulation
• Reliability/resiliency

Value of Improved Resiliency

• Reliable backup power for critical loads
• Mobility and accessibility – elevators
• Water booster pumps
• Lighting
• Telecommunications
• Serves and computers
• Outlets/charging stations
• Refrigeration
• Extend life of existing generators
• Power quality protection
• Insulate sensitive equipment from power surges

and other potentially damaging power quality disruptions

Storage Demand Management

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Storage Peak Shaving

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Peak reduced from 100 kW to 65kW = 35 kW reducti ction

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@ $10/kW = $4,200 200 annual l saving ings @ $20/kW = $8,40 400 0 annual saving ngs

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Analysis: Solar+Storage in California

Seth Mullendore Project Director Clean Energy Group Email: seth@cleanegroup.org Phone: (802) 223-2554

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Contact Information

Thank you for attending our webinar

Seth Mullendore Project Director Clean Energy Group seth@cleanegroup.org Find us online: www.resilient-power.org www.cleanegroup.org www.facebook.com/clean.energy.group @cleanenergygrp on Twitter @Resilient_Power on Twitter