NASEO 2017 Northeast Meeting U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program Greg Davoren State Energy Program
Today s Topics WIP Mission WIP Budget State Energy Program Update SEP Northeast Update Partnerships & Technical Assistance Resources 2
WIP Mission & Structure WIP Mission WIP is part of EERE s all of the above national energy strategy to create greater energy affordability, security and resiliency. WIP s mission is to enable strategic investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and innovative practices across the U.S. by a wide range of government, community and business stakeholders, in partnership with state and local organizations. WIP supports DOE s strategic objective to lower energy costs while expanding energy choices for all American communities. WIP s near-term activities produce almost immediate results, saving taxpayer dollars, making full use of domestic energy resources, boosting local economic development and job creation, cutting energy waste, improving energy independence and security, and furthering the development of energy infrastructure. WIP Structure State Energy Program Weatherization Assistance Program Partnerships and Technical Assistance Strategic & Interagency Initiatives 3
WIP Budget Summary Breakdown FY 2015 Enacted FY 2016 Enacted FY 2017 Request FY 2017 Omnibus State Energy Program $50M $50M $70M $50M Weatherization Assistance Program $193M $215M $230M $228M Total, Weatherization and Intergovernmental $243M $265M $300M $278M 4
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SEP 2017 Formula & Competitive Funding FY 2017 Formula Grants FY17 Grant Guidance and Administrative Legal Requirements Document (ALRD) released on January 19, 2017. 2017 allocations based on $39M. SEP conducted a webinar for state on the guidance and ALRD on February 8, 2017. Issued ALRD in record time in 2017! FY 2017 Competitive Awards 6
SEP Program Outcome and Benefits Between 2010 and 2017, SEP formula and competitive funding implemented by the states and territories has resulted in many outcomes and benefits,* including the following: Reduced energy waste in more than 20,000 buildings (125 million square feet) through energy efficiency upgrades; Installed more than 60,000 renewable energy systems (8 million kilowatt hours); Educated more than 2 million people in energy efficiency and energy audits through workshops, training sessions and/or webinars; Executed Energy Savings Performance Contracts to undertake retrofit projects in public facilities, such as state and municipal buildings, correctional facilities, water districts, and educational institutions; Assisted industry partners to become more economically competitive by identifying barriers to industrial energy efficiency; Coordinated with local utilities to establish and implement complementary efficiency programs; Demonstration and piloting of innovative energy projects with the private sector, K-12 schools and universities; and Developed implementation models that serve as how-to guides for other states who wish to replicate the programs that are achieving energy efficiency savings. 7 * Based on state reporting in PAGE
Improved FOA/ALRD Process Formula ALRD FY17 ALRD released in record time! 100% of Formula Grants on time and without conditions for the past three years! Negotiation calls with states early in process Detailed guidance on budget justifications Changed project period from 5 years to 3 years. Competitive FOA FY16 FOA issued January instead of April FOA reduced in length Technical Merit Review Criteria reorganized and consolidated New AOI: Up to $750k for TA for states without a prior year comp. award Consistent timeline for application period and selections 8
FY16 SEP Competitive Awards Announced in August 2016; Awards kicked-off in January 2017 Area 1: State Energy Planning Facilitate interagency discussions concerning the future direction of electric power among other issues. States will pursue comprehensive energy planning to enhance energy reliability, energy efficiency, the integration of distributed renewable energy into the grid, and economic development and environmental policies. Awardees: HI, MN, NM Area 2: Opportunities for Innovative Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Practices Advance energy efficiency and renewable energy, including: working with utilities to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy generation goals; enabling financing mechanisms for public or private sector clean energy investment; deploying energy performance benchmarking and disclosure; standardizing evaluation, measurement and verification processes; and partnering with local governments. Awardees: AL, AR, CO (with MO), CT (with D.C., DE, NH, NY, RI, VT), IL, ME, NE, NY (with D.C., MD, MN), RI (with AR, MA, MO, OR), and VA (with D.C., MD) Area 3: Technical Assistance to Advance SEP Formula Grant Clean Energy Activities Awardees: FL, MT, WV Expand high priority ongoing programs; a new topic area to assist states to expand the scope and depth of existing work. Area Breakdown: No. of Awards Funding 1 3 $745,316 2 10 $4,029,684 3 3 $225,000 Total 16 $5,000,000 9
Status of SEP Revolving Loan Funds STATS: $690M in ARRA funding has been budgeted to 40 state-run financing programs $602M of available funds for RLF programs. 108% of available RLF funds have been loaned out to date. Agricultural 0% Transportation 1% Residential 8% Loan Recipient Sector, by loan value Commercial 17% Industrial 22% Institutional 4% Public 48% Sector breakout of loans : RLF Loans Given (#) RLF Loans Given ($) Loans Fully Repaid (#) Loans Fully Repaid ($) Agricultural 34 1,810,998 8 368,664 Commercial 302 111,141,086 96 21,127,666 Industrial 120 142,775,674 29 31,611,922 Institutional 26 27,409,480 2 1,267,765 Public 1,191 309,415,467 305 32,967,792 Residential 3,351 52,791,006 1,231 13,407,019 Transportation 2 2,817,430 1 2,334,430 Total 5,026 648.1M 1,672 103.1M 10
National SEP Successes since 2010 Reduced energy waste in 20,000+ buildings (125M square feet) through energy efficiency upgrades Installed 60,000+ renewable energy systems (8 million kilowatt hours) Educated >2 million people in performing energy audits and upgrades Implemented energy security, resiliency, and emergency preparedness plans; Developed state-led strategic energy initiatives; Invested in expanded use of energy resources abundant in states; Piloted innovative energy projects within the private sector, K-12 schools and universities; and Developed Implementation Models that serve as how-to guides for states who wish to replicate the programs achieving energy efficiency savings. 11
NASEO Northeast Region MP GU AS PR USVI 12
NASEO Northeast Region: FY16 Formula Market Titles Northeast Planned Formula Allocations PY16 Transportation 0% Buildings 6% Electric Power and Ren. Energy 13% Energy Education 4% Policy, Planning and Energy Sec. 74% Industry 3% 13
NASEO Northeast Region: Revolving Loan Funds STATS: $13.3M: Available funds for RLF programs $27.6M: Available funds for 6, state-run financing programs Residential 3% Public 8% Institutional 0% Loan Recipient Sector, by loan value Transportation 0% Industrial 0% Agricultural 3% Commercial 86% Sector breakout of loans : RLF Loans Loans Fully Loans Fully Repaid RLF Loans Given ($) Given (#) Repaid (#) ($) Agricultural 1 308,000 1 308,000 Commercial 50 8,747,834 9 2,326,583 Industrial - - - - Institutional - - - - Public 3 799,450 - - Residential 22 300,000 8 112,150 Transportation - - - - Total 76 10,155,284 18 2,746,733 14
NASEO Northeast Region: SEP Formula Accomplishments Since 2010, the 7 states in the NASEO Northeast Region have reported the following high-level accomplishments: Reduced energy waste in 5,000 buildings (10.7 million square feet) through energy efficiency upgrades. Conducted 2,100 workshops (45,000 attendees) on performing energy audits and energy efficiency upgrades. Installed 1.6 million kwh of renewable energy capacity, including wind and solar energy systems. 15
NASEO Northeast Region: SEP Competitive Awards (FY12-FY16) Focus & Areas of Interest Investment Awardees Commercial/Industrial Buildings FY12 Advancing EE in Public Buildings $2,105,000 3 States: MA, NY, RI Finance FY13 Driving Demand for Public Facility Retrofits Advancing State Planning, Policies and Programs $283,530 1 State: MA FY15 - State Energy Planning $876,705 2 States: ME, NY FY14, FY15, FY16 - Opportunities for Innovative EERE Practices $3,658,862 TOTAL $6,924,097 6 States: CT, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT 16
NASEO Northeast Region: Success Examples Rhode Island State Energy Plan: Energy 2035 (2016) Rhode Island s Energy 2035 lays out a path to an energy future consistent with existing policy at the state, regional, and federal levels and also offers additional visionary steps to enhance the economic, environmental, and human well-being of the state. New York s Utility Energy Registry (2016) New York and partners will advance development of the Utility Energy Registry, an online platform that provides public access to community-scale utility energy demographics to drive state and local government clean energy planning. The project will leverage New York s existing work with investorowned utilities to collect aggregated community-level energy data, resulting in a web-based platform that can enable the use of community-level data nationally by municipalities and other interested entities. Leading New Hampshire s Wastewater Treatment Facilities to Energy Efficiency (2015) New Hampshire partnered with the state s four largest electric utilities to reduce electric energy use by an average of 33% at more than 20 municipally-owned wastewater treatment facilities through the use of educational workshops, benchmarking facility-specific energy use data, and one-on-one technical assistance. These gains will save the local municipal facilities approximately $1.8 million per year in energy costs and will help New Hampshire achieve energy reduction goals. 17
Coming Soon: Massachusetts FY12 Implementation Model! Coming Soon to the State and Local Solution Center: energy.gov/eere/slsc MASSACHUSETTS GOAL: Achieve a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction of 25% by 2020, from a 1990 baseline, as well as an 80% reduction by 2050. BARRIER: Public housing developments and public schools lack access to capital and low-interest financing for energy efficiency and thermal renewable energy upgrade projects. SOLUTION: Massachusetts created the Schools and Public Housing Integrating Renewables and Efficiency (SAPHIRE) Program to provide technical assistance and funding to public housing developments and public schools to perform energy efficiency and renewable thermal projects. OUTCOMES: The SAPHIRE Program resulted in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in seven public schools and 14 multifamily public housing sites. These projects are expected to yield nearly $600,000 in energy cost savings annually. SAPHIRE projects were expected to yield GHG reductions of up to 85%. 18
Coming Soon: Rhode Island FY12 Implementation Model! Coming Soon to the State and Local Solution Center: energy.gov/eere/slsc RHODE ISLAND GOAL: To empower public entities to make smart energy decisions to achieve an average of 20% energy savings in at least 100 public facilities, to include state and local government, universities and K-12 public school facilities. BARRIER: Lack of public sector data infrastructure to accurately measure energy consumption, prioritize projects, and verify savings. SOLUTION: The state established the Rhode Island Public Energy Partnership, a collaboration of state and local governments, utilities, and university partners, whose mission was to create an inventory of energy performance data for public sector buildings to identify and prioritize EE upgrade projects. OUTCOMES: RI was able to use the inventory to rank energy use and prioritize and implement EE projects. The team s goal was to implement 100 EE projects with average energy savings of 20%. The team exceeded the goal by implementing 1243 EE projects in three years for an average portfolio-wide energy savings of 28.6% or 4,700 MMBTU. 19
SEP Resources: Operations Manual & Fact Sheets Available here: energy.gov/eere/wipo/state-energy-program Updates Coming Soon 20
SEP Project Map *New* SEP Project Map Launching in Spring 2017! 21 Energy.gov/EERE/WIPO
Sharing Your Successes! 22
Partnerships & Technical Assistance Team Develop an Energy Plan Design and Implement Energy Programs Pay for Energy Initiatives Access and Use Energy Data 23
Partnerships & Technical Assistance (P&TA) Team The Partnerships and Technical Assistance (P&TA) Team cultivates diverse partnerships, provides technical assistance and assists state and local governments to help them: Develop an Energy Plan Local Energy Planning State Energy Planning Design and Implement Energy Programs Low-Income Communities Wastewater Infrastructure Outdoor Lighting Energy Efficiency for K-12 Schools Public-Private Partnerships Pay for Energy Infrastructure EE Finance 101 ESPCs, QECBs, PACE, RLFs Access and Use Energy Data Benchmarking Data Disclosure & Transparency Evaluation, Measurement, & Verification (EM&V) The P&TA Team serves as the nexus of state and local governments to catalyze lead-by-example programs by: Developing tools and solutions to barriers facing state and local government utilization of efficiency and renewable energy; Convening and creating peer exchanges to showcase public-sector leadership and effective public-private partnerships; and Providing information from leading technical experts. Resulting Benefits: P&TA supports the energy priorities of state and local governments to save taxpayer dollars and make full use of domestic energy resources, boost economic development and job creation, cut energy waste, improve energy independence and security, and further develop energy infrastructure. 24
WIP Better Buildings Accelerators Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure of the Future Outdoor Lighting Currently Underway Launched May 2016 Clean Energy for Low Income Communities Toolkits Now Available! Ended December 2016 Energy Savings Performance Contracting SWIFt: 26 signatory partners representing 100+ water resource recovery committed to improve energy efficiency by 30% Northeast State Partners: CT, NH, RI CELICA: 39 partners have committed to leverage $300M to support integrated EE and RE to lower household utility bills Northeast State Partners: CT, MA, NY OLA: Garnered a commitment from 25 partners to upgrade 1.3 million street lights between 2014 and 2016 Northeast State Partner: RI ESPC: 25 partners catalyzed public-sector energy efficiency investments of more than $2 billion from Jan. 2013 to Dec. 2016 Northeast State Partners: CT, MA, NH Other Accelerators of Interest: Combined Heat and Power for Resiliency Zero Energy Schools 25 http://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov/accelerators
26 NEW Technical Assistance Resources New Toolkits: 1. Energy Savings Performance Contracting Accelerator catalyzed over $2B in ESPC Investment ESPC Virtual Assistant ESPC Champions Toolkit ESPC Networking Toolkit ESPC or Design-Bid-Build Comparison 2. Outdoor Lighting Accelerator achieved partner commitments to retrofit 1.3 million streetlights ($48M expected annual savings) Outdoor Lighting Decision Tree Tool Outdoor lighting Challenges and Solutions Pathways Report https://betterbuildingssolutioncenter.energy.gov Other Technical Assistance Resources: Best Practice Guidelines for Residential PACE Financing Programs Leveraging Federal Renewable Energy Tax Credits COMING SOON The One-Stop Commercial PACE Shop: A Straightforward Collection of Wisdom from the Field COMING SOON Energy Data Collection and Tracking in the Public Sector: Best Practices for Establishing a Robust and Sustainable Energy Data Management Program COMING SOON BBC State Showcase Projects from MA, MD, MN, NY, RI and BBC State IM from NC
State and Local Outreach State and Local Solution Center 6,000+ visits per month Over 300 tools, resources, and best practices for states and local governments as they plan for and implement energy projects Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources for State and Local Leaders- NEW this month! Disseminated at several events targeting State and Local government leaders State and Local Spotlight Monthly update with ~8,000 subscribers Subscribe: http://energy.gov/eere/slsc or Email Us: stateandlocal@ee.doe.gov 27
Items for Discussion 1. SEP FY17 Competitive FOA 2. Challenges for SEOs/DOE Technical Assistance Needed 3. Work in rural areas 4. What is the nature of your work with utilities? 28
THANK YOU! Questions? 29