California Stimulus Toolkit

In This Toolkit   ·         California Web Resources ·         California Media  ·         California Energy Contacts ·     Select California Energy Projects ·         California Utilities . .  . . . . . . .. . .. CALIFORNIA WEB RESOURCES . California Recovery Website California Map of Stimulus Energy Funds California Employment Development Department Energy Policy Initiatives Center: Legislation Secretary of State / Business Programs  California Public Utilities Commission California energy funding breakdown in millions (pdf) California Energy-Related Stimulus Projects DSIRE: California Incentive for Renewables & Energy      CALIFORNIA MEDIA   San Diego Union-Tribune         ·       SDG&E to get federal smart-grid funding . KGET.com ·         $300 million clean power plant coming to Kern   San Francisco Business Times       ·         Nordic Windpower gets U.S. loan guarantee ·         Local green job corps funded by stimulus    Dow Jones ·         Energy Secretary: Calif To Receive $90 Million In DOE Efficiency Grant   Le Monde Diplomatique ·         California’s green dream . Imperial Valley News ·     Schwarzenegger supports higher cap on smart grid funding CNN.com       ·      California sees big costs to renewable power plan . Reuters         ·    California utility cuts new solar thermal deal . KPBS         ·     Clean Energy Investment Could Create Jobs . The Durango Herald      ·         Jobless seeking ‘green’training . Los Angeles Times      ·        Renewable energy sparks a probe of modern-day land rush . Desert Sun ·         California may get up to $578 million to conserve ·         Valley could be a crucible for green energy  . .  CALIFORNIA ENERGY CONTACTS   California Energy Commission 1516 Ninth Street, MS #39 Sacramento, CA 95814-5512 Phone: 916.654.5403 Fax: 916.654.4423 Website: www.energy.ca.gov   Jim Boyd Commissioner jboyd@energy.state.ca.us   Susan Brown Special Advisor to Commissioner Boyd 916.654.4741 fax: 916.654.4368 sbrown@energy.state.ca.us   Ted Dang tdang@energy.state.ca.us   Marlena Elliott Executive Assistant melliott@energy.state.ca.us   Andrea Gough 916.654.4928 agough@energy.state.ca.us   Valerie T. Hall Deputy Director, Efficiency and Renewable Energy 916.654.5109 vhall@energy.state.ca.us   Melissa Jones Executive Director 916.654.4996 mjones@energy.state.ca.us   Heather Raitt 916.654.4735 hraitt@energy.state.ca.us   John Sugar Manager, Public Programs Office 916.654.4563 jsugar@energy.state.ca.us   Claudia Chandler Chief Deputy Director cchandle@energy.state.ca.us   Pat Perez pperez@energy.state.ca.us   Panama Bartholomy Advisor to Commissioner Douglas (916) 654-4896 pbarthol@energy.state.ca.us   Peter Strait Appliance Efficiency Program Manager fax: 916.654.4368 Pstrait@energy.state.ca.us     SELECT CALIFORNIA ENERGY PROJECTS . State Energy Program  State allocation: $226,093,000 . The ARRA directs the states to focus SEP funding on energy efficiency and renewable energy programs.  Monies will be directed to energy efficiency retrofits of buildings and industrial facilities, and to support renewable energy projects.  The Energy Commission’s eligible energy programs will include: implementing building and industrial energy efficiency programs; establishing and expanding financial incentives or loans for energy efficiency; expanding renewable distributed generation programs; expanding renewable energy programs; promoting regional cooperation; facilitating sharing of best energy practices; increasing coordination with utilities including promulgation of measurement and verification methodologies. On June 3, the California Energy Commission established the “Ad Hoc Committee on the ARRA” to develop guidelines that will govern the administration and award of federal funds received for both the implementation of the State Energy Program (SEP) and the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program. Technical questions about the proceeding should be addressed to John Sugar at 916-654-4563 or via e-mail at jsugar@energy.state.ca.us. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant State allocation: $351.5 million     California was allocated $351.5 million for local governments to use for projects and programs to reduce total energy use. About $302 million goes directly to large cities and counties.  The remaining $49.6 million is distributed through the Energy Commission office to smaller cities and counties. Interested parties are encouraged to contact their local city or county directly for ways to partner for the Block grant funding and assist local governments meet these goals.  The Energy Commission will make 60 percent of these funds available to small cities and counties through a competitive grant program. The remaining 40 percent can be expended at the Energy Commission's discretion. Energy Commission staff is discussing this program with stakeholders and has started developing application materials and evaluation criteria. ListServers have been set up so that local governments and others can register to receive program updates and information.  For more information: http://www.energy.ca.gov/recovery/blockgrant.html        Contribution of Cost Share for Transportation Related Recovery Act RFPs Expected allocation to state: $176 million ·        California Energy Commission (CEC) requests proposals for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Cost Share. Through this RFP, the CEC will contribute cost share to applicants who are submitting proposals to the Federal government in response to a transportation-related Recovery Act funding opportunity announcement. All projects must be based in California. Eligible Recovery Act solicitations include, but are not limited to: Transportation Electrification, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Research-Electric Drive Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative, Clean Cities, and Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction.   Contact: Sarah Williams skawilli@energy.state.ca.us   Green Jobs Training   ·         Project is targeted for research, labor exchange, and job training projects to prepare workers for careers in energy efficiency and renewable energy as defined the the Green Jobs Act: energy efficient building, construction, and retrofitting; renewable electric power; energy efficient and advanced drive train vehicles; biofuels; energy efficiency assesments; and manufacturing of sustainable products using sustainable processes. DOL intends to post the RFPs no later than 6/30/09. For more information, go to www.grants.gov     CALIFORNIA UTILITIES   Regulatory Authority California Public Utilities Commission   Private companies Pacific Gas & Electric Co PacifiCorp San Diego Gas & Electric Co Sierra Pacific Power Co Southern California Edison Co   The California Utilities and Transportation Commission does not have ratemaking authority over these Cooperatives, Municipals or PUDs:   Municipals: City of Anaheim City of Burbank Water and Power City of Glendale City of Los Angeles   City of Palo Alto City of Pasadena City of Redding City of Riverside City of Roseville City of Santa Clara City of Vernon City & County of San Francisco   Turlock Irrigation District     Political Subdivisions: Imperial Irrigation District Modesto Irrigation District Sacramento Municipal Utility District