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Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: ● Reduce wildfire risk related to the tree mortality crisis; ● Provide a financial model for funding and scaling proactive forestry management and wildfire remediation; ● Produce renewable bioenergy to spur uptake of tariffs in support of Senate Bill 1122 Bio Market Agreement Tariff (BioMat) for renewable bioenergy projects, and to meet California’s other statutory energy goals; ● Create clean energy jobs throughout the state; ● Reduce energy costs by generating cheap net-metered energy; ● Accelerate the deployment of distributed biomass gasification in California; and ● Mitigate climate change through the avoidance of conventional energy generation and the sequestration of fixed carbon from biomass waste. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by creating a strong market demand for forestry biomass waste and generating cheap energy. This demand will increase safety by creating an economic driver to support forest thinning, thus reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire and the associated damage to investor-owned utility (IOU) infrastructure, such as transmission lines and remote substations. Preventing this damage to or destruction of ratepayer-supported infrastructure lowers costs for ratepayers. Additionally, the ability of IOUs to use a higher- capacity Powertainer provides a much larger offset against the yearly billion-dollar vegetation management costs borne by IOUs (and hence by ratepayers). The PT+’s significant increase in waste processing capacity also significantly speeds up and improves the economics of wildfire risk reduction, magnifying the benefits listed above. The PT+ will directly increase PG&E’s grid reliability by reducing peak loading by up to 250 kilowatt (kW), and has the potential to increase grid reliability significantly when deployed at scale. The technology will provide on-demand, non- weather dependent, renewable energy. The uniquely flexible nature of this energy will offer grid managers new tools to enhance grid stability and reliability. The technology can be used to provide local capacity in hard-to-serve areas, while reducing peak demand. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:3 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of California’s statutory energy goals by substantially reducing the LCOE of distributed g...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Develop an integrated hardware and software design solution for a solar plus storage residential use product offering that is Title 24 JA12 compliant; • Demonstrate the solar plus storage system at a minimum of fifteen residential grid- connected sites in Investor Owned Utility service territory, in a minimum of three different climate zones; including at least one in a coastal, central valley, and northern California climate zone as defined by the CEC’s California Building Climate Zone Areas map2; demonstrations shall also include sites Area that has been designated as having a high fire threat as defined by the CPUC at ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/FireThreatMaps/; and • Evaluate the systems’ performance and cost effectiveness over a minimum one-year pilot demonstration to validate competitive advantage of the system in terms of customer savings, grid harmonization potential, and greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. 2 See ▇▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/maps/renewable/building_climate_zones.html. Ratepayer Benefits:3 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower and predictable costs, increased safety and resilience during future public safety power shutoffs (PSPS). Driven by time of use tariffs, the batteries will shift solar photovoltaic generation from the late morning and early afternoon to the evening peak. The hardware and software innovations to be developed in this project, in conjunction with smart financing, will create a product offering with the capability to reduce customer electricity bills and harmonize utility interconnection. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:4 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of the State of California’s statutory energy goals by applying a distributed software approach to a proven and scalable solar plus storage platform. The combination of these two technologies will be developed into a standardized modular system and demonstrated at a minimum of 15 residential sites to validate full Title 24 JA12 compatibility.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Analyze different compliance pathways, with and without energy storage, to achieve the energy and efficiency requirements and goals of new residential construction under Title 24; • Quantify the impact coordinated operation of localized energy storage can provide to mitigate demand surges and benefit the utility and the grid, at the distribution level; • Report on potential areas of improvement of the current building code; and • Suggest a prioritization to further develop control and optimization strategies, as needed to improve grid harmonization of the building code. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability and lower costs by providing T24 and Joint Appendix 12 (JA12) recommendations that promote future solar and storage combinations optimized to provide reliable back-up power during outages and lower costs through programed discharge of the battery during times of peak energy rates. Storage provides back-up power for essential needs during outages at the installation site. For customers with critical loads like medical or communication equipment, having battery energy storage to provide backup power can be lifesaving. Integrating solar with battery energy storage can also protect customers during extended public safety power shutoff (PSPS) events. In October 2019, these events impacted nearly two million Californian customers during two separate weekends. If programmed properly, the energy storage device is also capable of charging during the day and discharging according to higher-priced time of use (TOU) rates established by the local utility, saving the customer money at the meter. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:3 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of the State of California’s statutory energy goals by providing expert recommendations derived from field demonstrations to enhance current T24 building code and JA12 to better suit California plans for decarbonization through renewable generation. The expected deployment of more than 3,500 MW of residential and non-residential energy storage in five years in California could yield a CO2 emission reduction of over 390,000 metric tons of CO2, based on the Energy Storage Association's estimates of CO2 emission reductions from U.S. energy storage deployment (2019)4. Potential new homes built in alignment with a bet...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Help transition the California new home construction market to ZNE. • Demonstrate and investigate the economic feasibility of ZNE for new construction. • Evaluate interactions between occupants and technologies within ZNE homes. • Monitor and develop better understanding of the role of occupant behavior, plug loads, and appliance efficiency of ZNE homes. • Evaluate understanding, valuation, and integration of ZNE as a new home feature within consumer and real estate market-actor decision processes. • Understand consumer energy costs and homebuilder construction costs related to various packages of efficiency features, fuel mixes, and utility rate structures. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety to ratepayers who benefit from the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program. Increased grid reliability will be achieved through the development of 45 to 50 new homes with several efficiency measures being deployed to demonstrate substantial reductions to (and in some cases elimination of) peak demand. Deployment of envelope measures including wall and attic/roof deck insulation, installation of above code seasonal energy efficiency ratio and energy efficiency ratio ducted heat-pump air conditioners and substantially reducing attic temperatures through high performance attics will reduce the impact of new residential homes on the electric grid at peak periods in turn improves grid reliability. Lower costs will be achieved by investigating the differences between the abstract, time- dependent valuation (TDV)-based definition of ZNE and actual consumer costs that would be incurred by residents of ZNE homes under various rate structures, which can help close the gap between policy-based TDV ZNE and real utility costs for consumers. Costs will be lowered by 2 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) requires projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to result in ratepayer benefits. The California Public Utilities Commission, which established the EPIC in 2011, defines ratepayer benefits as greater reliability, lower costs, and increased safety (See CPUC “Phase 2” Decision ▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇ at page 19, May 24, 2012, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). implementing phased development, working through construction-site challenges, allowing for the identific...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption by implementing energy efficiency upgrades at an animal food production facility.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Develop an optimized approach for the deployment of APMD technology on a large scale in the educational environment that encompasses outreach, education, site identification, technology installation, measurement and verification, and end-user satisfaction analysis. • Generate a large, complex and diverse dataset and analysis that accurately demonstrates the energy efficiency potential of successful APMD technology deployment on a large scale in the educational environment. and ability to achieve approximately 10 GWh/year of savings for all deployment sites. • Accelerate broad market adoption of APMD technology by providing a comprehensive dataset and study that will identify energy savings, cost effectiveness, and other benefits to be incorporated into promotional materials and outreach activities targeting IOUs, technology vendors and property owners in educational, institutional, and commercial buildings in California. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability and lower costs, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This will be achieved by reducing plug-load electricity consumption at community college campuses in the State of California. by approximately 10,000,000 kWh/yr by the end of the project. By reducing demand, this project will directly increase the reliability of the State’s electric grid. Reducing demand on the State’s grid will lessen the requirement for utilities to add both generation and distribution capacity, and increase electric system reliability. These savings will ultimately translate to ratepayer savings, and a reduction of over 3,000 metric tons per year in GHG emissions.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption by implementing an emerging microgrid system at the Recipient’s food processing facility.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goal of this agreement is to convene a two-day workshop in Washington, DC to discuss state and local planning for climate resilience and share updated science from California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. This workshop will describe a broad set of climate assessment activities that evaluate community, infrastructure, and natural resource vulnerabilities in California; and some of the mitigation, adaption, and resiliency strategies that can be implemented to address these vulnerabilities. Participants will disseminate findings of the Fourth California Climate Assessment to a broad audience including other state and local government actors as well as representatives from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and organizations across the federal government. The workshop will also include discussion of weather-related risks.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goal of this Agreement is to improve understanding of potential seabird and wind farm interactions in waters offshore California to support decision-making for project siting, wind farm design, and environmental permitting. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of lower costs and environmental benefits. Offshore wind energy has great potential to contribute to California's SB 100 goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2045. To succeed, concerns about environmental impact, including the possibility of bird and bat deaths, must be addressed. By creating a 3D model to identify offshore wind farm siting and design characteristics that minimize impact on birds and bats, this project can help support environmentally responsible development of this needed renewable energy resource. The specific benefits are listed below: • Lower costs: By enabling environmentally responsible offshore wind farm design and siting, the outputs from this model can help reduce environmental permitting costs. • Environmental benefits: This project will provide environmental benefits by identifying strategies to develop offshore wind farms that result in fewer bird deaths. This provides two types of environmental benefit. First, it will help enable development of a substantial renewable energy resource, thereby helping California meet its clean energy and climate mitigation goals. Second, it will help reduce environmental impacts to birds associated with offshore wind farm development.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Support overcoming one of the largest technology barriers to smart shutoff systems by improving the interoperability and acceptance of safety devices. • Reduce the threat imposed on the natural gas infrastructure due to the occurrence of hazardous events such as high temperature or natural gas leak detection. • Enhance the adoption of smart shutoff systems.