REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Note and File Ten-Year Goals for Silicon Valley Power's Energy Efficiency Program
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote Sustainability and Environmental Protection
BACKGROUND
State law (AB 2021) requires local publicly owned electric utilities to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective electricity efficiency savings and to set annual targets for energy savings and demand reduction over 10 years. The first targets were due on June 1, 2007 and must be updated every 4 years. Publicly Owned Utilities (POUs) must also report those targets to the California Energy Commission (CEC) within 60 days of adoption.
SVP contracts with the firm GDS Associates, through its membership in the California Municipal Utility Association, to develop the targets for energy efficiency. GDS Associates reviewed historical and proposed sales by customer class, energy efficiency technical and cost potential, and the feasible goals that could be set by SVP for the next 10 years to meet this potential. A summary of the market potential by customer class is attached for both gross and net energy savings goals. The incremental market potential goals represent the feasible energy efficiency savings that can be achieved by the City and that are proposed for adoption by the City. Historically, net energy savings goals have been adopted, but some utilities are moving toward the adoption of gross energy goals, so SVP is providing both. For program tracking purposes, SVP will use net goals so that they can be compared to historic net goals and energy savings results.
DISCUSSION
The results indicate in 2022 that SVP has a feasible net market potential for energy efficiency of 11,584 MWh or approximately 0.29% of total sales. The market potential is higher in non-residential customer with a feasible goal representing 0.31% of non-residential annual sales, while the annual energy efficiency goal for residential energy efficiency was only 0.06% of total ...
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