Ratepayer Benefits Sample Clauses

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety. Those benefits are achieved in the following ways:

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of lower costs and increased safety by reducing the cost of LIBs through decreasing the scrap rate of LIB electrodes. The final product of the agreement will have the capability of detecting defective battery electrodes at early stages of manufacturing, which will significantly reduce the number of defective LIBs that can cause unexpected fire and explosion. The final product also reduces the scrap rate of LIB manufacturing; thus, the production cost of LIBs. Cost reduction in LIB technology decreases the price of EVs. There are many initiatives and programs to spread the utilization of EVs in the state of California. The product can eventually result in a remarkable cost reduction in EV price. 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 developing an in-line QC unit for LIB manufacturing, which is currently an unmet need. Improvements in QC of LIB manufacturing would offer a major cost reduction by significantly decreasing the scrap rate, which is currently as high as 10% during manufacturing. Previous studies have investigated the very strong correlation between agglomerates, blisters, pinholes, divots, metal particle contaminants, and non-uniform coatings introduced during the LIB electrode manufacturing with the LIB electrochemical performance. Different conventional techniques based on X-rays and infrared imaging have been evaluated to be used for QC of LIB electrodes; however, none of them offered the desired performance by LIB manufacturers. This agreement will provide the opportunity to develop a unique terahertz technology that can offer a real solution to this problem, for the first time, and provide a high- throughput and high-resolution platform for QC of LIB electrodes 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 ▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇ at page 19, May 24, 2012, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF).‌ The objectives of this Agreement are: • Developing a terahertz scanner that can be installed in re...

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by leveraging the thermal energy storage inherent in buildings’ mass at no additional cost using a prefabricated multi-functional building system with integrated HTMR. Our proposed Net Zero Building Platform benefits ratepayers by enabling and controlling buildings’ thermal energy storage to reduce and shift electricity use during unfavorable conditions (e.g., high electricity prices, high GHGe electricity generation, and/or low HVAC efficiency), increasing overall HVAC energy efficiency, and reducing GHGe by minimizing operational and embodied carbon. 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 leveraging proven best-in-class TABS together with premium low embodied carbon building envelope solutions, into a cost-effective product. The precast radiant solution cuts the cost of a radiant installation by removing the radiant piping field assembly and moving the work to a safe and efficient factory-controlled environment.

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability and lower costs by reducing the energy demand for industrial cryogenic refrigeration, which is required for a variety of processes in the high tech manufacturing industry. Compression-based cryogenic refrigeration systems consume enormous amounts of electricity due to poor efficiencies. The recipient’s high efficiency cryogenic magnetic refrigeration system will reduce both the operating and capital costs of these systems and substantially reduce electricity consumption, especially in the high tech manufacturing industry, which will reduce the strain on the grid and lower costs for manufacturers.

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 The perovskite top cell will be deposited on textured silicon cells, increasing energy production by 30% when the sun is near the horizon, reducing the ramp rate necessary for other grid participants, and improving reliability at future high PV penetration that is under statutory mandate. Quantitative cost estimates using the Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technology Office’s LCOE analysis framework and their cost numbers for balance-of- system indicate that the proposed PoSiT modules will provide an LCOE 30% lower than Si PV 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 ▇▇-▇▇-▇▇▇ at page 19, May 24, 2012, ▇▇▇▇://▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇.▇▇▇/PublishedDocs/WORD_PDF/FINAL_DECISION/167664.PDF). when manufactured at scale, resulting in lower costs to ratepayers. The two-terminal tandem technology avoids fire risk upon partial shading that can occur in monolithically-integrated single- absorber or 4-terminal tandem thin-film modules due to heating from large reverse currents, increasing the safety margin of next-generation PV technology. This work will lower the cost to investor-owned utilities (IOUs) and electricity ratepayers of meeting California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard by reducing the high-efficiency PV module production costs and increasing their energy production over time.

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety by the use of privately owned PEVs as an energy resource.

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of greater electricity reliability and lower costs through the on-site generation and utilization of electricity produced through the AD of food waste. The project will evaluate the performance of a small-scale, on- site AD system installed at a large-scale Naval Facility cold-storage facility in Southern California, where the pilot unit will directly reduce the Navy Base’s cold storage facility’s demand for electricity from the regional grid, as well as avoid the longer term marginal costs of electricity supply expansion. These benefits have the potential to increase significantly should the results of the pilot project enable increased adoption and installation of the technology across the State.

Ratepayer Benefits. This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefits of increased renewable hydrogen demand and greenhouse gas emissions reduction by demonstrating a proof-of- concept technology that can stimulate broader commercial adoption of hydrogen fuel cells for heavy-duty trucks. The demonstration vehicle will displace an estimated 17,000 gallons of diesel, 127 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and 64.4 kg of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions over 12 months. Additional benefits include knowledge transfer and workforce development in under-resourced communities located around the planned demonstration. The objectives of this Agreement are to: • Design, build, and demonstrate for twelve months a hydrogen fuel cell, zero-emission regional haul Class 8 truck. • Operate the truck for 12 months, while collecting energy, performance, operational and maintenance data. • Demonstrate the ability to achieve 25,000 hours or 10 years / 1,000,000 miles fuel cell system lifetime. • Achieve a TCO reduction of 30 percent compared to current fuel cell vehicle technology. • Achieve an 8 percent storage system – hydrogen mass ratio to demonstrate the ability to have cargo capacity parity with diesel trucks. • Demonstrate energy consumption reductions using pre-production low rolling resistance in a zero-emission truck application.

Ratepayer Benefits. 2 This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefit of lower electricity costs by providing HVAC technology the delivers more efficient heating (70%) and cooling (33%) that translates to a California household electric ▇▇▇▇ annual savings of about $1143. It will also increase the penetration of heat pumps.