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Ramping Up Home
Energy Efficiency Programs:
“Smart” Retrofit Financing
Program Innovations
Originally presented on
December
10, 2009
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Traditionally-designed rebate programs
encourage a home and business owner to take action only
if they already have upfront funding for the
improvements. But the installed costs for “whole house”
energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements may
range from $5,000 to more than $50,000. As a way to
reduce this upfront cost barrier coupled with tightening
credit markets,
energy efficiency program designers are getting more
innovative. Several utilities, municipalities, and
statewide organizations are sponsoring a comprehensive
package of below-market interest rate finance options.
Discover three creative financing approaches – loan
payments on property tax bill, customized tariff on
utility bill, and rebate bundled with interest rate buy
down option. Hear how a Colorado municipality, a Kansas
gas and electric cooperative, and a third-party program
administrator have designed and are implementing
innovative programs that give homeowners options in ways
that can immediately pay for themselves by ensuring that
energy cost savings will more than pay for the financed
improvement investment.
Event
Presenters:
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Ann Livingston,
Sustainability Coordinator, Boulder County, CO |
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 This
year, Boulder County launched its
nationally-groundbreaking ClimateSmart Loan Program,
establishing $40 million in loans for residential
energy efficiency and renewable energy measures. The
ClimateSmart Loan Program provides a voluntary
mechanism for commercial and residential property
owners to obtain financing for renewable energy
and/or energy efficiency improvements to properties
in Boulder County. This innovative program is the
first countywide financing mechanism for renewable
energy and energy efficiency in the United States
with multi-jurisdictional support from ten
municipalities. The ClimateSmart Loan Program not
only offers affordable financing for county
residents and business owners wishing to implement
energy improvements to their properties, but it will
also help reduce Boulder County's overall greenhouse
gas emissions, a major goal of Boulder County's
Sustainable Energy Plan and long-term goal of carbon
neutrality.
Ann Livingston serves as Boulder County's first
sustainability coordinator. She works to increase
the sustainable practices of the county as an
organization and on efforts to improve the
sustainability of the county as a whole. Ann
received a bachelor's degree in English from the
University of Florida (1995) as well as a Juris
Doctorate and interdisciplinary graduate certificate
in environmental policy (2000) from the University
of Colorado. |
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Michael Volker, Director of
Regulatory and Energy Services, Midwest Energy, Inc |
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 Midwest
Energy, a regulated rural cooperative utility with
over 48,000 electric and 41,000 gas customers in western
Kansas, offers its members an innovative way in
which to bypass barriers to energy efficiency
improvements, including in the rental market. The How$mart Program ties investments in energy
efficiency to basic utility service with no upfront
capital required by the building owner. Efficiency
improvements are paid for through a surcharge on the
utility bill that is projected to be less than the
amount of savings. The surcharge is tied (by tariff)
to the location, not to the customer. How$mart is
the first voluntary application of the Pay-As-You-Save®
concept developed by PAYS®,
a product of
Energy
Efficiency Institute, Inc. of Colchester, VT.
Michael Volker is responsible for managing regulated
electric and gas utility rates, energy service
activities, market and load research, and
forecasting at Midwest Energy. Michael
has been a member of the Kansas Energy Council – the
Governor’s energy advisory group - as the Energy
Economist since its inception in 2002 until it was
discontinued in 2009. He began his career in
1984 as an Economic Analyst with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. Michael holds a Bachelor of
Science degree in Mineral Economics from Penn State
University and a Master of Economics from North
Carolina State University. |
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Bruce Matulich, Executive
Director, Electric & Gas Industries Association (EGIA) |
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 Discover
key success factors among leading finance programs
offered by Southern California Edison, Roseville (Calif
Municipal) Electric and others. Learn methods to
“work around” traditional financing sources to help
homeowners make improvements that will “pay back”
more than the cost of the loan payment… including a
way to offer rebate incentive payments with the
option to apportion part of the rebate to help buy
down a loan interest rate and use the rebate
remainder as a loan down payment.
Bruce Matulich is the CEO & Executive Director at
EGIA and has extensive experience in developing and
implementing utility and third-party energy
efficiency programs. Prior to EGIA, Bruce spent 18
years at Pacific Gas & Electric Company, leading its
energy efficiency and load management activities as
Director of Energy Efficiency Services and Director
of Products and Services. At PG&E, Bruce managed the
development and delivery of over 80 residential,
commercial, residential and agricultural energy
efficiency, and demand response programs. |
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