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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9 Conservation Committee Agenda Item # TRUCKEE DONNER PUblic Utility District owl, Workshop To: Board of Directors From: Doug Grandy, Chair Date: February 20, 2008 Subject: Conservation Committee Monthly Report 1. Committee meetings a. Minutes of Jan 8 meeting 2. Future meetings set: Tues March 4th, Thur April 3rd, Tues May 6th, Thur June 5th, and Tues July 1 st 3. Water and Power Conservation Plan progress a. Outline b. Plan to circulate draft sections as completed Conservation Committee Monday January 8, 2008 I. Call to Order- Doug Grandy calls meeting to order 6:15pm II. Roll Call- Attendance sheet was passed around for sign-in. In attendance were Anna Demm, Gerald Herrick, John Hillstrom, Rolf Godon, Doug Grandy, Joanna Walters, Christa Finn, and Scott Terrell. III. Approval of Minutes- Minor changes were made to the December 6th minutes regarding solar power estimates that were not verified. Rolf made a motion to accept the December minutes with changes discussed. Joanna seconded. Minutes were passed unanimously. IV. Public Input- no public input V. Report on Board meeting- Due to an honest miscommunication Doug missed the December board meeting and with no large issues pending he and Barbara Cahill decided topics would be pushed to January meeting. VI. Subcommittee Meetings- The state of the committee and progress made to date was discussed. No speaker was booked for the January meeting so the committee could move forward working on the report recommending measures and policies. A list of recommendations will be generated and has already begun to take shape. This is when members need to get ideas, information, etc on paper. The document will be circulated and fleshed out, so even contributing a paragraph is important for the document to start to take shape. Committee was referred to a rough report outline Doug Grandy created based on committee discussions to date. 1. Introduction 2. Background and History 3. Policy Environment 4. Conservation Potential 5. Analysis Methodology 6. TDPUD's Unique Load Profile 7. Measures that Work in Truckee 8. Programs from Other Jurisdictions 9. Application of Potential Programs to TDPUD 10.Rates and Rate Design 11.Outreach, Marketing Partnerships and Promotion 12.Results 13.Recommendations 14.Impact of Recommendations 15.Acknowledgements The group discussed the outline and made the following changes. It will be sent via email to the group to review further and to add additional detail. It is important for everyone involved to remember that until the document is complete anything and everything is subject to change. The following sections were deleted from the list and merged under another heading. Programs from other jurisdictions- should be merged with Recommendations to provide support for the suggestions and recommendations made in the report. Applications of Potential Programs to TDPUD- delete and move under Recommendation Add a section on Organizational Dynamics. Results- delete, merge into Recommendations and Impact of Recommendations Include a section for Energy Production Options (i.e. distributed solar). There were further suggestions to rework sections and their titles. Doug volunteered to redraft the outline and send it around for comments, additions, deletions, etc. It was opened to anyone to volunteer to write various sections of the document with Doug Grandy volunteering to be the editor of the document as a whole. It was suggested that in the creation of the report an additional document, such as appendices with supporting data be created. This document would include data provided in the E3 document and other sources used during the investigative process. Following is a list of the sections that have been assigned: Policy Environment (Doug and Joanna) Conservation Potential (Scott) Analysis Methodology — this would be where E3 and KEMA reports would be used (Doug) TDPUD's Unique Load Profile (Tom Gorin) Rates and Rate Design (Joanna and Tom and John) Partnership (other utilities and other organizations) (Rolf) Marketing and Outreach (Christa and Anna) All others should feel free to edit all parts, whether they initially authored it or not, including Committee Members not in attendance tonight. This initial round will get the ball rolling. It was suggested that the new GM be invited to the next meeting. Additionally the committee has heard from all the departments except Alan so he should also be invited to a future meeting. The LED light program was a success. The last string of lights was distributed on the 17th. The budget has doubled for lights next year. It was requested that Scott generate some data for a press release on the Holiday Light Program. All the collected lights will be sent to Haute Trash — an organization that recycles trash into unique clothing that they use in consciousness-raising fashion shows. The 2008 conservation plan was adopted in December. A document was distributed to the group to cover what was included in the budget and what was pushed to 2009. The $500 green building allocation is not enough to run a program, but could be used to develop a program for 2009. VII. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m. Truckee Donner Public Utility District Water and Energy Conservation Citizens Advisory Committee Water and Power Conservation Plan Draft 2.1 2/15/08 I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Background and History IV. Policy and Legal Environment V. Conservation Potential VI. Analysis Methodology VII. TDPUD's Unique Load Profile VIII. Measures that Work in Truckee IX. Existing Programs and Their Effectiveness X. Conservation Measures Considered XI. Rates and Rate Design XII. Outreach, Marketing, Partnerships, and Promotion XIII. Energy Production XIV. Organizational Dynamics XV. Recommendations XVI. Impact of Recommendations XVII. Acknowledgements Appendices a. Details of Recommended Measures b. KEMA Report c. Resolution 2007-03