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energize HAMDEN

energize HAMDEN. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Clean Energy Investment and Finance Authority Local Gas and Electric Utilities April 2013. General Information.

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energize HAMDEN

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  1. energizeHAMDEN Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Clean Energy Investment and Finance Authority Local Gas and Electric Utilities April 2013

  2. General Information • Connecticut has been a leader in delivering nationally recognized efficiency and renewable energy programs for over two decades • Historically, these have been stand alone efforts, targeting individual measures delivered through traditional channels • Energize Hamdenwill build on that experience, combing multiple individual programs into a single, comprehensive delivery mechanism for Hamden’s homeowners. Energize Hamden will provide access to Home Performance professionals and utility staff who will provide: • Immediate improvement in each home’s performance and comfort through the direct installation of efficiency measures; • Resources to achieve deeper savings, e.g., improve the level of insulation; • Information about fuel choices, e.g., natural gas, efficient electric or fuel oil equipment options; • Information about ways to improve the health and safety of their home; and, • Resources necessary to finance the investment in efficiency • The information collected through this pilot will allow us to better deliver these services going forward.

  3. Resources & Partnerships • Local Community Task Force • Local Home Performance Professionals • Local Contractors • Local Lending Institutions • State Agencies: DEEP, CEFIA • Energy Efficiency Board • United Illuminating • Southern Connecticut Gas • Marketing Agent

  4. Program Objectives • Make it easier and cheaper for homeowners to convert to natural gas and make their homes more energy efficient • Provide bulk pricing for heating equipment and insulation by pooling customer demand • Lower the information and trust barriers to making upgrades through community-based marketing • Provide easy access to low-cost financing for heating equipment and insulation through CEFIA and CHIF programs • Lower the costs to ratepayers of expanding natural gas access • Coordinate paving schedule with gas conversion work to reduce/share paving costs • Aggregate off-main customers to share the cost of main extensions • Reduce marketing and installation costs of converting new customers

  5. Program Objectives, cont’d • Ensure that “deep” efficiency measures are installed at the time of conversion • Ensure that homeowners who cannot cost-effectively convert to gas can easily invest in efficiency upgrades instead • Increase awareness about the benefits of Home Performance and Healthy Home initiatives • Market these products and services as investments that “pay dividends” • Introduce Home Energy Score labels to help homeowners assess and value their efficiency investments 5

  6. Tentative Program Schedule • Monday, April 29 – Release RFP for HVAC and insulation contractors • Week of May 6 – Bidders conference hosted by UI, SCG (date tbd) • Friday, May 17 – Responses to RFP due • Friday, May 31 – Announce selected installers • Starting June 3 – Joint Town/Installer partnership kickoff meetings • Week of June 3 – Town meetings with Clean Energy Task Forces • Week of June 3 – Establish bi-weekly calls and kickoff workshops • Week of June 10 & 17 – Efficiency/Conversion public workshops • August 15 – Deadline for public enrollment in the program 6

  7. Town Commitments • Conduct a competitive bidding process in May 2013 for HVAC and insulation contractors at different tiers of customer participation • Electric and gas utilities will provide a template RFP and conduct a bidder’s conference • Conduct marketing campaign between June-August 2013 to recruit participants • DEEP, CEFIA, EEB, and utilities will fund a Marketing Agent to provide support to town and Clean Energy Communities program to recruit “energy ambassadors” and organize public meetings • Electric utilities will develop and provide collateral materials for campaign • Work with CEFIA to recruit community banks to provide low-cost financing • CEFIA is talking with Quinnipiac Bank about offering CEFIA’s Smart-E loan product • Work with gas utility to harmonize paving schedule and other infrastructure repairs/upgrades with gas main construction

  8. Town Selection Criteria • Town has signed the Clean Energy Community Pledge • Town has a Clean Energy Task Force willing to dedicate resources to this Pilot • Town has a mix of homes located on-main, near-main, and, off main. • Town did not participate in SolarizeCT • Towns displays economic diversity • Town can communicate a paving and road work schedule to Program Administrators

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