Appliance Standards in California
Sponsor
California Energy Commission
Summary
The EPIC Energy Law and Policy Clinic conducted research for the CA Energy Commission (CEC) related to appliance standards for specific devices in California.
Deliverable/Product
Confidential final report and presentation to CEC legal staff.
City-based Climate Planning Tool
Sponsor
The San Diego Foundation
Summary
EPIC developed a model to develop business-as-usual projections, set targets, and set levels of mitigation measures for all the local jurisdictons in the San Diego region. The model is intended to help any parties interested in developing or evaluating climate plans.
This project was made possible by contributions from several funds at the San Diego Foundation, including the Hervey Family Fund, the Engel Fund, and the Blasker-Rose-Miah Fund.
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- Technical Documentation and Methodology (pdf)
- User Guide (pdf)
- General Overview (video)
- Background Calculations (video)
- Data (video)
Deliverable/Product
Excel-based City Climate Planning Tool, demonstration workshops, and technical support for local jurisdictions.
Climate Education Partners Phase II
Sponsor
National Science Foundation
Summary
EPIC is participating in the Climate Education Partners-San Diego Region, a project funded by a National Science Foundation grant to develop a climate science education plan for the San Diego region. Climate Education Partners is working with local civic, business, government and education leaders to study local perspectives regarding climate change and its impacts on the San Diego region. The goal of the project is to develop a strategic and implementation plan for increasing climate science awareness and knowledge in the region. EPIC Director Scott Anders is a co-principal investigator and director of the project. Nilmini Silva-Send is also a co-principal investigator on the project.
Deliverable/Product
Ongoing
San Diego Solar Cost of Service Study
Sponsor
SDG&E on behalf of the San Diego Solar Stakeholders Group
Summary
SDG&E has convened the San Diego Solar Stakeholder Collaboration Group (Stakeholder Group) to bring together interested stakeholders to explore possibilities that will make solar energy sustainable in the San Diego region. One of the main findings from initial meetings was the need for a detailed analysis of to identify and estimate the cost of the services associated with customer-owned distributed photovoltaics - those provided by the utility to the customer-generator and those provided by the customer-generator to the utlity. EPIC is managing the study for SDG&E on behalf of the Stakeholders and has engaged Black and Veatch and Clean Power Research as techincal consultants to conduct the analysis. Documents related to the study are provided below.
March 29, 2013 Webinar
Meeting Materials
- Presentation
- Methodology Document - presented during the meeting
- Methodology Document - Updated from feedback during meeting
Meeting Follow up
- Meeting Notes
- Meeting Participants
- View Webinar Recording (Recording ID: M7G26Z; Attendee Key: N+x.9*t)
February 7, 2013 Webinar #3: Customer Related Services
Meeting Materials
Meeting Follow up
- Meeting Notes
- Meeting Participants
- Webinar Recording
- View Recording
- Subject: San Diego PV Stakeholder Meeting
- Recording ID: 4PD39M
- Stakeholder Comments
February 1, 2013 Webinar #2: Distribution-Level Services
Meeting Materials
Meeting Follow up
January 25, 2013 Webinar #1: Transmission-Related Services
Meeting Materials
- Presentation (pdf)
January 14, 2013 Stakeholder Workshop
Meeting Materials
- Agenda (pdf)
- Presentation (pdf)
- List of Services (pdf)
- Revised Project Objectives (pdf)
Meeting Follow Up
- Glossary of Terms (pdf)
- Final Project Objectives (pdf)
- Meeting Notes (pdf)
November 29, 2012 Stakeholder Workshop
- Agenda (pdf)
- Presentation (pdf)
- Meeting Notes and Stakeholder Comments (pdf)
Request for Proposals
The deadline for submitting proposals was 5 p.m. on 5-21-12.
RFP Documents
- Request for Proposals (pdf)
- Respnoses to Bidder Questions (pdf)
Deliverable/Product
Ongoing
Southern California Rooftop Challenge Reports
Sponsor
California Center for Sustainable Energy
Summary
EPIC is supporting the California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE), which is leading a regional Southern California team that will focus on expanding financing options for residential and commercial customers, streamlining permitting processes, and standardizing net metering and interconnection standards across investor- and municipally-owned utilities in the region. The Southern California Rooftop Solar Challenge (SCRC) supports the goals of the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program and the SunShot Initiative, which seek to make solar electricity cost competitive without subsidies by the end of the decade by reducing the balance of system costs for photovoltaics (PV).
Deliverable/Product
EPIC developed a series of reports on permitting, net energy metering, interconnection, financing, and conducted assessments of 11 participating local jurisdictions and utilities to develop roadmaps to help achieve the overall goals of the Southern California Rooftop Solar Challenge (SCRC).
- Residential and Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing in California (March 2013) (PDF)
- Interconnection Processes Best Practices (Feb 2013)(PDF)
- Interconnection Standards Best Practices (Feb 2013)(PDF)
- Best Practices for Solar Permitting Processes (Feb 2013)(PDF)
