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NASEO Annual Meeting

Weatherization & Intergovernmental

Programs Office

September 2015

AnnaMaria Garcia

Program Director

Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy eere.energy.gov

WIP is part of EERE’s balanced research, development, demonstration, and

deployment (RDD&D) approach to accelerate America’s transition to a clean

energy economy.

U.S. Department of Energy

Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable

Energy (EERE)

Weatherization & Intergovernmental Programs

(WIP)

Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP): State/local agencies carry out residential energy retrofits in low –income residences that reduce energy consumption while concurrently reducing energy costs for these families.

State Energy Program (SEP): State-led energy projects serve as an important foundation for reducing energy use and costs, developing environmentally conscious state economies, and increasing renewable energy generation.

Policy & Technical Assistance Team (P&TA): Assist in developing tools and solutions to barriers facing state and local government expansion of energy efficiency policies and programs and replicating successful efforts demonstrated by public sector leaders.

Weatherization & Intergovernmental

Programs Office


WIP Budget

Programs and SubprogramsFY 2015

Enacted

FY 2016

Request

FY 2016

House

FY 2016

Senate

Weatherization Assistance Grants 190,000 224,399 190,000 197,000

Training and Technical Assistance 3,000 4,000 3,000 3,000

NREL Site-Wide Facility Support 400 400 400 400

Total, Weatherization Assistance Program 193,000 228,399 193,400 200,400

State Energy Program 50,000 70,100 50,000 50,000

Local Energy Program 0 20,000 0 0

Total, Weatherization and Intergovernmental

Programs 243,000 318,499 243,400 250,400

Dollars in Thousands


SEP: $3.06B (99.8%) spent WAP: $4.96B (99%) spent EECBG: $3.063B spent (99.9%)

The figures below represent the most updated sums for the entire Recovery Act period through June 30, 2015; Data is subject to change daily, even after the reporting period ends.

WIP: American Recovery and Reinvestment

Act in Summary

Nearly 200,000 buildings retrofitted (>1.4B square feet) 40,000+ Renewable Energy Systems Installed (>866,000

kW) 500,000 energy efficient traffic signals and street lights

installed. 1 million+ people trained to perform audits, retrofits, etc. > 806,000+ homes weatherized

SPENDING

ACCOMPLISHMENTS


State Energy Program (SEP):

Update

• FY 2015 Formula Grants– July 1 Program Year start date (42) : Awards made to all 42 grantees – September 1 start date (1): Texas awarded– October 1 start date (13): Awards approved for AS, GU and USVI. Applications

from the remaining 10 states are being reviewed and negotiated.

• FY 2015 Competitive Awards – Announcing today!Next Steps: – New Cooperative Agreements will be signed and awarded.– Anticipated obligation of funds by November 16, 2015. – Selected Projects to begin in November, 2015.

• Other Program Activities – SEP National Evaluation Release– SEP ARRA Revolving Loan Funds: Update


SEP FY 2015 Competitive Awards

State Energy Planning: ME, NY, TN, VA

Innovative EE & RE : AK, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, TN, VT


NE

OK

IN

WA

UT

OR

CANV

IDMT

AZ

WY

CO

NM

TX

ND

SD

KS

MN

IA

MO

AR

LA

WI MI

IL

KY

TN

MS

AL

GA

FL

OH

WVVA

NC

SC

PA

NY

ME

DC

NH

HI

DEMD

VT

AS

PR

GU VIMP

CT

MA

RI

NJ

AK

SEP FY15 Competitive Award

National Distribution

Both

AOI 1 AOI 2

AOI 1 Partner

AOI 1

Partner

AOI 2 Partner


Breakdown of The Percentage of AOI2

Selections by Transformative Category

12.5%

75.0%

12.5%

Selections By Transformative Category

Development orExpansion of UtilityRelated Programs

Working with LocalGovernments

Financing Programs;EM&V; Benchmarking

Overview of SEP Competitive Awards/FOAs FY 11 – 15Focus & Areas of Interest Investment Awardees

Commercial/Industrial Buildings

FY 11 – Streamlined Standards & Policy Initiatives to Enhance

Commercial Building Retrofits $ 4,000,0005 States: CO, MA, NV, VT, VA

FY 12 – Advancing EE in Public Buildings $ 7,940,000 13 States: AZ, HI, IL, IA, MD, MA, MS, MO, NJ, NM, NY, RI, WI

FY 13 – Advancing Industrial EE $ 751,000 8 States: AL, IA, KY, MI, MS, OR, TX, WI

FY 13 – Clean Energy Economic Opportunity Roadmaps $ 1,060,000 3 States: MI, NC (w/SC, GA & VA as partners), WA

Subtotal $13,751,000

Finance

FY 12 – Deploying Fee-based Self-funded Public Facility

Programs$ 5,050,000

8 States: AK, CA, KY, MN, NC, NV, VA, WA

FY 13 – Driving Demand for Public Facility Retrofits $ 2,100,000 6 States: IA, MA, MD, SC, TN, WI

Subtotal $ 7,150,000

Stimulating Energy Efficiency Action

FY11-FY13 $1,853,000 4 States: AR, MS, NH and WA

Subtotal $1,853,000

Advancing State Planning, Policies and Programs

FY 14 & FY15 – State Energy Planning

$3,757,000

9 states: ID (w/ CA, CO, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA as partners), IL, ME,

MI, MN, NY (w/ME, MA and RI as partners), SC (w/NC); TN

(w/GA, MI, MN, OR and PA as partners) and VA

FY 14 & FY15 – Opportunities for Innovative EERE Practices

$6,203,000

14 states: AL, AR, AK, KY, MO, MN (2), NE, NH, NM (2), TN (w/AL

as partner)TX, VA (w/KY and GA as partners), VT (w/NH as

partner) (w/CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, and RI as partners) (3), and

WA (w/CA and OR as partners)

Subtotal $ 9,960,000

TOTAL $32,714,000


State Energy Planning - Awardees: ID, IL, MI, MN, SC

• Bolster state/regional energy planning by funding efforts to facilitate stakeholder and interagency discussions and related activities concerning the future direction of the energy sector in the region/state, with emphasis on the electric power sector and natural gas supply and transport and how energy efficiency and renewable energy fit into the vision for the future.

Opportunities for Innovative EE & RE Practices - Awardees: AL, AR, KY, MN, NM, TX, VT (2), VA, WA

• Assist states in advancing residential, commercial and/or industrial markets for energy efficiency and renewable energy through a set of policy and regulatory actions within a topical portfolio of three transformative categories: (1) developing or expanding utility-related programs; (2) working with local governments; and (3) developing or designing financing programs, EM&V strategies, or benchmarking & disclosure programs.

Highlights:• A roadmap for 8 Western states and 1 Canadian Province outlining pathways for greater energy efficiency and

renewable energy deployment in the region to meet reliability, resiliency and environmental regulatory objectives.

• First ever ESPC program for local governments resulting in 4.25 M sq. ft. of public buildings and savings of $3.3M.• Statewide wastewater energy efficiency/distributed energy resources program using ESPC and PACE methods to reduce

5 M Kwh/year, DER at 2-5 sites with anaerobic digesters, and use of DG.• Creation of benchmarking and disclosure programs in up to 6 Texas cities with potential reductions of 34 TBTUs of

energy over a 3 year period.• Development of a Home Energy Score label and implementation in 2 Southeast states (AL, AR) in 1500 homes resulting

in 450 retrofits in 2 years; estimate a 450 percent increase in homes labeled and associated retrofits by 2020 in both states.

SEP FY14 Competitive Awards


Sector Breakout

RLF Loans Given (#)

RLF Loans Given ($)

Loans Fully Repaid (#)

Loans Fully Repaid ($)

Agricultural 34 $1,810,998 1 $15,052

Commercial 247 $100,822,453 58 $8,149,526

Industrial 108 $134,591,218 10 $6,285,052

Institutional 27 $27,769,152 1 $1,170,000

Public 1,139 $185,832,671 225 $17,116,360

Residential 3,229 $50,217,626 700 $8,322,181

Transportation 2 $2,817,430 - -

Total 4,786 $503,861,547 995 $41,058,171

Summary of ARRA-funded State Financing

Programs: September 2015

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• $690 million ARRA funding has been budgeted to 40 state-run financing programs

• $607 million of available funds in Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Programs

• 84% of available RLF funds have been loaned out to date

All table data is grantee reported

Agricultural0%

Commercial20% Industrial

27%

Institutional5%

Public37%

Residential10%

Transportation1%

Loan Recipient Sector, by loan value


DC

OR

ID

NV

MT ND

SD

NE

WY

UT

NM

AR

VT

MS

HI

AZSC

OK

KS

ME

DE

WA

CACO

TX

MO

IL

IA

MN

WI MI

OH

KY

TN

AL GA

VA

NY

PA

LA

MDNC

IN

NH

SEP Grantees with ARRA Funded

Financing Programs: September 2015

AS

PR

GU

VI

MP $25m+; 7 Grantees

$15-25m; 9 Grantees

Final ARRA Funding Amounts

$5-15m; 12 Grantees

CT

RI

NJ

MA

<$5; 12 Grantees No Program; 16 Grantees

WV

FL


• FY 2015 Formula Grants• Formula Allocations package released January 2015.• All 15 of the grantee applications with an April 1 Program Year start date have been fully

awarded. Of the 36 grantees with a July 1 Program Year start date, 34 grantee plans have been fully awarded, 2 grantee state plans have been forwarded to FAO for final approval.

• National Evaluation Release (tentatively September 2015)

• WAP Quality Work Plan• Quality Control Inspector certifications are continuing; as of August 31st, nearly 1,400 (1,393)

staff received professional certifications. • By beginning of PY 2015, all production being reported must be inspected by a certified QCI.

• Other Program Activities • The NASCSP 2015 Annual Training Conference is being held this week (September 16-18) in

Sacramento. DOE is participating in a Federal Perspectives session. • National Weatherization Day October 30, 2015: Dr. Danielson to visit the Association for Energy

Affordability, Inc. (AEA) and the NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal. He will announce Weatherization Day at AEA’s Building Bridges to Net Zero conference in Brooklyn, NY.

Weatherization Assistance Program

(WAP): Update


Policy & Technical Assistance

Tools/Resources for State and Local Governments

Published Resources (Coming Fall 2015): • NASEO-PACE, Accelerated: Identifying and Optimizing State Involvement in Commercial Property

Assessed Clean Energy Financing. • Energy Efficiency Finance Guides on internal energy performance data collection, tracking and

analysis.• Financing Snapshot: Guide to existing financing programs and efforts.

Ongoing Activities • Provide state and local officials insight into the PACE program design across the country.• Co-selling EE and Solar will provide insight into an important component of EE finance marketing and

program design.• EE finance database will provide a public facing resource of programmatic level information on

finance programs.

State and Local Solution Center (http://energy.gov/eere/slsc/state-and-local-solution-center) • P&TA team is working to redesign the State and Local Solution Center with dynamic content that is

topically focused and tagged appropriately. This will allow content to serve multiple purposes for multiple topics and to show up in the appropriate webpages without duplicating content across the redesigned website. Content and resources will be tagged with the “resource type” and/or the “topic” that is applicable and will be tagged with multiple “topics.”

http://energy.gov/eere/slsc/state-and-local-solution-center


Accessing State and Local TA Offerings

• Technical Assistance Resources can be accessed at the State and Local Solution Center: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/solutioncenter/

• Training and peer exchange opportunities – including our webinar archive –can be accessed on the “Events” tab: www.eere.energy.gov/wip/solutioncenter/wip_events.html

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/wip/solutioncenter/

http://www.eere.energy.gov/wip/solutioncenter/wip_events.html


Supporting State and Local Governments in Energy Data Collection and Tracking Efforts for Strategic Energy Management:

• The Regional Energy Efficiency Organizations (REEOs) collectively partnered with 13 public sector entities to enhance energy consumption and management tracking.

Facilitating the Deployment of Energy Efficient Street and Outdoor Lighting

• NEEP released a report titled, LED Street Lighting Assessment & Strategies for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic

• MEEA working with local governments in IL, MI and IN to address project scoping, and implementation guidance.

• SWEEP completed an inventory of street and area lighting incentive programs offered by major electric; conducted webinar to showcase Las Vegas and other jurisdictions with successful projects.

• SPEER developed a guide on high efficiency street lighting after interviews with cities and utilities including highlighting the progress in El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio.

Increasing Investment in Clean Energy

• SPEER conduct targeted outreach and provided technical support to local governments on Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) including holding two webinars on the topic and a workshop in Austin, TX. Thus far, two local governments have officially adopted Commercial PACE programs in TX with at least two more expected by the end of 2015.

• SWEEP partnered with Utah Clean Energy to develop a statewide Commercial PACE financing model program titled, Utah’s Commercial PACE Model Program.

• SEEA supported Arkansas in establishing a loan loss reserve backing rural utility on-bill efforts, working directly with Electric Member Cooperatives (ECMs) in the state. Provided assistance to two ECMs, Roanoke, NC and Tennessee, that applied for USDA’s Rural Utilities Service Energy Efficiency and Conservation Loan Program.

Policy & Technical Assistance

http://www.neep.org/sites/default/files/resources/DOE_LED Street Lighting Assessment and Strategies for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic_1-27-15.pdf


Residential PACE Update

On August 24, 2015, HUD’s Federal Housing Authority announced a path forward for residential PACE:

• Properties with subordinated PACE loans can be purchased and refinanced with an FHA insured mortgage

• HUD has released preliminary statement with further guidance forthcoming addressing the following issues:

• Lien position

• PACE payment, structure and terms

• Eligible Properties

• Equity Requirement

• Record Keeping

• Additional Consumer Protections

Better Buildings Challenge

Goals: Make commercial, industrial buildings & multifamily housing 20%+ more efficient over 10 years. Save $80B+ annually for U.S. organizations after 10 years. Create American jobs, improve energy security, and mitigate impacts of climate change.

Outcomes to date: More than 190 partner organizations representing >3B square feet across the public and private sector. 47 State and Local Partners. 2.5% Annual Energy ($100M) Savings to date for Commercial, Education, Industrial, Multi-family, and

State & Local Partners. Four Public Sector partners reached portfolio 20% EUI reduction goal ahead of schedule:

Maryland (21% reduction) City of Beaverton, OR (20% reduction) City of West Palm Beach, FL (21% reduction) Camas School District in Washington (28% reduction).

2015 Better Buildings Summit Occurred May 27-29, 2015 in Washington D.C. and had more than 900 registrants. Of the 900 registrants, 168 were representatives from state and local

governments and K-12 school districts.

Better Buildings Challenge

Top 5 Most Viewed (in last month)

• Milwaukee, WI• Hillsboro, OR• Atlanta, GA• Pittsburgh, PA• Knoxville, TN

Implementation Models (IM)

70+ implementation models (playbooks)

• Overcome barriers: finance, data, energy management, staff training,

community and customer outreach, and more

• Multi-faceted and applicable across sectors

5 State BBC IMs to date: DE, MA, MD, MN, NC

15 Local Government Partners have completed IMs to date:

Lead by Example/Community

Engagement

• Atlanta, GA

• District of Columbia

• Fort Worth, TX

• Houston, TX

• Kitsap County, WA

• Los Angeles, CA

Building Occupant Education for Improved EE

• Cleveland, OH

• El Paso, TX

• Kitsap County, WA

• Will County, IL

Financing Clean Energy Programs

• Arlington County, VA

• Hillsboro, OR

• Knoxville, TN

• Milwaukee, WI

• Pittsburgh, PA

Tracking Energy Data in Buildings

• Beaverton, OR

• Gillette, WY

Better Buildings Accelerators

Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) Accelerator: Designed to expand the use of ESPC by state and local governments and K-12 schools, by catalyzing public-

sector energy efficiency investments of $2 billion from January 2013 to December 2016 through best-practice approaches to enhance ESPC programs.

21 Accelerator partners – 12 states, 2 commonwealths, 1 U.S. Territory, 5 cities, and 1 school district - have committed $767 million to new contracts in the first year of the program.

3 statesRhode Island

Tennessee

Washington

4 regional energy networksMid-America Regional Council

(Kansas City metro);

Southeast Michigan Regional

Energy Office (Detroit metro);

Southern California Regional Energy

Network (Los Angeles metro)

California Street Light Association

12 citiesAlbany, NY

Dearborn, MI

Detroit, MI

Flint, MI

Huntington Beach, CA

Little Rock, AR

Los Angeles, CA

Portland, ME

Racine, WI (USCM)

San Diego, CA

St. Petersburg, FL

West Palm Beach, FL

Outdoor Lighting Accelerator (OLA): Designed to provide state and local governments with

tools and framework to enable broad deployment of

energy efficient street and outdoor lighting systems

upgrades.

Replace > 500,000 poles in next two years.

Collaborate with municipalities to demonstrate best

practices for the adoption of high-efficiency outdoor

lighting.

Improve system-wide replacement processes for

outdoor lighting.

Current OLA Partners

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/betterbuildings/summit/

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/betterbuildings/summit/


WIP Next Directions & Priorities

• FY 2017 & Future Budgets

• FY 16 & Future Competitive Awards

• Technical Assistance Framework

• Replicating Implementation Models

• Connecting EERE R&D Offices to SEOs

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Thank You!

Anna Maria Garcia202-287-1399

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