Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: ● Reduce wildfire risk related to the tree mortality crisis; ● Provide a financial model for funding and scaling proactive forestry management and wildfire remediation; ● Produce renewable bioenergy to spur uptake of tariffs in support of Senate Bill 1122 Bio Market Agreement Tariff (BioMat) for renewable bioenergy projects, and to meet California’s other statutory energy goals; ● Create clean energy jobs throughout the state; ● Reduce energy costs by generating cheap net-metered energy; ● Accelerate the deployment of distributed biomass gasification in California; and ● Mitigate climate change through the avoidance of conventional energy generation and the sequestration of fixed carbon from biomass waste. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by creating a strong market demand for forestry biomass waste and generating cheap energy. This demand will increase safety by creating an economic driver to support forest thinning, thus reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfire and the associated damage to investor-owned utility (IOU) infrastructure, such as transmission lines and remote substations. Preventing this damage to or destruction of ratepayer-supported infrastructure lowers costs for ratepayers. Additionally, the ability of IOUs to use a higher- capacity Powertainer provides a much larger offset against the yearly billion-dollar vegetation management costs borne by IOUs (and hence by ratepayers). The PT+’s significant increase in waste processing capacity also significantly speeds up and improves the economics of wildfire risk reduction, magnifying the benefits listed above. The PT+ will directly increase PG&E’s grid reliability by reducing peak loading by up to 250 kilowatt (kW), and has the potential to increase grid reliability significantly when deployed at scale. The technology will provide on-demand, non- weather dependent, renewable energy. The uniquely flexible nature of this energy will offer grid managers new tools to enhance grid stability and reliability. The technology can be used to provide local capacity in hard-to-serve areas, while reducing peak demand. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:3 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of California’s statutory energy goals by substantially reducing the LCOE of distributed g...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goal of this Agreement is to advance the current state for imaging subsurface flow paths, barriers and heterogeneity, and delineating steam and water saturated zones in operating geothermal reservoirs through an integrated approach that combines time-lapse acquisition and advanced processing of magnetotelluric and passive seismic data. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefit of lowering the cost of geothermal energy, a non-greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting source of clean energy. This reduction in cost is realized by this technology providing improved accuracy in the location of productive areas for siting xxxxx and by avoiding drilling hazards. Technological Advancement and Breakthroughs:3 This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of the State of California’s statutory energy goals by assisting the continued growth of California’s broad portfolio of renewable energy, including geothermal, as required to achieve the goals of SB 350. This growth can be accelerated through the development of innovative technologies and by narrowing the gap of these technologies to commercialization. This project will demonstrate the advantages of concurrently acquiring magnetotelluric and passive seismic data over a 2 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) requires projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to result in ratepayer benefits. The California Public Utilities Commission, which established the EPIC in 2011, defines ratepayer benefits as greater reliability, lower costs, and increased safety (See CPUC “Phase 2” Decision 00-00-000 at page 19, May 24, 2012, xxxx://xxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). producing geothermal reservoir in a time-lapse sense, jointly inverting these time-lapse data for images of resistivity and seismic velocities using workflows and algorithms that enforce structural similarity constraints between the different physical properties, and subsequently correlating the spatio-temporal information in the joint-inversion geophysical images to working reservoir models to update these models and to adjust injection and production rates.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Help transition the California new home construction market to ZNE. • Demonstrate and investigate the economic feasibility of ZNE for new construction. • Evaluate interactions between occupants and technologies within ZNE homes. • Monitor and develop better understanding of the role of occupant behavior, plug loads, and appliance efficiency of ZNE homes. • Evaluate understanding, valuation, and integration of ZNE as a new home feature within consumer and real estate market-actor decision processes. • Understand consumer energy costs and homebuilder construction costs related to various packages of efficiency features, fuel mixes, and utility rate structures. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety to ratepayers who benefit from the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) program. Increased grid reliability will be achieved through the development of 45 to 50 new homes with several efficiency measures being deployed to demonstrate substantial reductions to (and in some cases elimination of) peak demand. Deployment of envelope measures including wall and attic/roof deck insulation, installation of above code seasonal energy efficiency ratio and energy efficiency ratio ducted heat-pump air conditioners and substantially reducing attic temperatures through high performance attics will reduce the impact of new residential homes on the electric grid at peak periods in turn improves grid reliability. Lower costs will be achieved by investigating the differences between the abstract, time- dependent valuation (TDV)-based definition of ZNE and actual consumer costs that would be incurred by residents of ZNE homes under various rate structures, which can help close the gap between policy-based TDV ZNE and real utility costs for consumers. Costs will be lowered by 2 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) requires projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to result in ratepayer benefits. The California Public Utilities Commission, which established the EPIC in 2011, defines ratepayer benefits as greater reliability, lower costs, and increased safety (See CPUC “Phase 2” Decision 00-00-000 at page 19, May 24, 2012, xxxx://xxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). implementing phased development, working through construction-site challenges, allowing for the identific...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption by implementing energy efficient upgrades at the biofuels and animal food production facility.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Develop an optimized approach for the deployment of APMD technology on a large scale in the educational environment that encompasses outreach, education, site identification, technology installation, measurement and verification, and end-user satisfaction analysis. • Generate a large, complex and diverse dataset and analysis that accurately demonstrates the energy efficiency potential of successful APMD technology deployment on a large scale in the educational environment. and ability to achieve approximately 10 GWh/year of savings for all deployment sites. • Accelerate broad market adoption of APMD technology by providing a comprehensive dataset and study that will identify energy savings, cost effectiveness, and other benefits to be incorporated into promotional materials and outreach activities targeting IOUs, technology vendors and property owners in educational, institutional, and commercial buildings in California. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability and lower costs, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This will be achieved by reducing plug-load electricity consumption at community college campuses in the State of California. by approximately 10,000,000 kWh/yr by the end of the project. By reducing demand, this project will directly increase the reliability of the State’s electric grid. Reducing demand on the State’s grid will lessen the requirement for utilities to add both generation and distribution capacity, and increase electric system reliability. These savings will ultimately translate to ratepayer savings, and a reduction of over 3,000 metric tons per year in GHG emissions.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to reduce GHG emissions and energy consumption by implementing refrigeration system upgrades and installing a new industrial fryer with heat recovery components.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to reduce GHG emissions and grid electrical consumption at the raisin production facility by implementing a renewable energy microgrid.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goals of this Agreement are to: • Accelerate commercialization of low-cost and energy-dense EV batteries, advancing Recipient’s lithium-metal battery product from TRL 4 to 6, in support of California’s clean energy goals including 100% EV sales by 2035 and 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 • Build a production readiness plan that de-risks commercial scale up of low-cost and energy-dense lithium battery manufacturing in California This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefit of relaxed range anxiety and reduced up-front cost of electric vehicles (EVs) while paving the way to greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by accelerating a 100% decarbonized electricity grid. Electrified public transit and consumer owned plug-in EVs can be employed as grid-stabilizing agents connected by smart charging systems. This implementation of vehicle-to-grid controlled charging, both single- and bi-directional, can improve electricity grid efficiency by optimizing charging times to level out peak ramping and reduce the need for more conventional baseload generation. Additionally, “spent” EV battery packs are emerging as promising low-cost, second-life grid- storage assets. An estimated $12 billion needed by 2025 to finance construction of >7 GW of new natural gas plants for mitigating renewable intermittency (e.g., the Duck Curve) could be saved by integrating 1.5M EVs into California’s grid, preventing unnecessary burden to ratepayers. By lowering the cost of battery storage below $100/kWh, Recipient’s lithium-battery product will lower barriers to EV adoption, helping California reach milestones of the Zero Emission Vehicle program and reducing consumer energy bills by broadening the base of ratepayers to include large EV 2 California Public Resources Code, Section 25711.5(a) requires projects funded by the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) to result in ratepayer benefits. The California Public Utilities Commission, which established the EPIC in 2011, defines ratepayer benefits as greater reliability, lower costs, and increased safety (See CPUC “Phase 2” Decision 00-00-000 at page 19, May 24, 2012, xxxx://xxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). fleets. Lowered financial burden from utility bills will ensure that all Californians can enjoy the same access to renewable and efficient energy and the commensurate health and safety benefits. As renewable energy generation increases across the electric g...
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goal of this Agreement is to improve understanding of potential seabird and wind farm interactions in waters offshore California to support decision-making for project siting, wind farm design, and environmental permitting. Ratepayer Benefits:2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of lower costs and environmental benefits. Offshore wind energy has great potential to contribute to California's SB 100 goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2045. To succeed, concerns about environmental impact, including the possibility of bird and bat deaths, must be addressed. By creating a 3D model to identify offshore wind farm siting and design characteristics that minimize impact on birds and bats, this project can help support environmentally responsible development of this needed renewable energy resource. The specific benefits are listed below: • Lower costs: By enabling environmentally responsible offshore wind farm design and siting, the outputs from this model can help reduce environmental permitting costs. • Environmental benefits: This project will provide environmental benefits by identifying strategies to develop offshore wind farms that result in fewer bird deaths. This provides two types of environmental benefit. First, it will help enable development of a substantial renewable energy resource, thereby helping California meet its clean energy and climate mitigation goals. Second, it will help reduce environmental impacts to birds associated with offshore wind farm development.
Goals and Objectives of the Agreement Agreement Goals. The goal of this agreement is to convene a two-day workshop in Washington, DC to discuss state and local planning for climate resilience and share updated science from California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment. This workshop will describe a broad set of climate assessment activities that evaluate community, infrastructure, and natural resource vulnerabilities in California; and some of the mitigation, adaption, and resiliency strategies that can be implemented to address these vulnerabilities. Participants will disseminate findings of the Fourth California Climate Assessment to a broad audience including other state and local government actors as well as representatives from the private sector, non-governmental organizations, and organizations across the federal government. The workshop will also include discussion of weather-related risks.
