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Finance Workshop: Party review, input and feedback workshop on OBF proposals

Finance Workshop: Party review, input and feedback workshop on OBF proposals. Parminder Sandhu Vistera Consulting Group Inc. Through a contract with the California Institute for Energy Efficiency for the CPUC Downey, CA June 15, 2009. OBF workshop objectives.

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Finance Workshop: Party review, input and feedback workshop on OBF proposals

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  1. Finance Workshop: Party review, input and feedback workshop on OBF proposals Parminder Sandhu Vistera Consulting Group Inc. Through a contract with the California Institute for Energy Efficiency for the CPUC Downey, CA June 15, 2009

  2. OBF workshop objectives • Understand the financing mechanisms the investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have proposed for 2009-2011. • Explore how IOUs and their ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs should best interface with the financing of energy efficiency retrofits in residential, commercial & institutional buildings. • Develop recommendations for consideration related to the IOU proposed OBF program for commercial and institutional sectors.

  3. IOU OBF program review • Sempra: Frank Spasaro • SCE: Gary Levingston, David Jacot • PG&E: Brian DiGiorgio

  4. Overall context questions • How to increase market penetration of EE programs? • How to lower administrative costs through leverage created by financing?

  5. Institutional OBF questions • For those government agencies that can borrow funds and incur debt: what characteristics does an on-bill financing program need to have for government agencies (state, regional, local) to be able to use it? How much financing is needed for government buildings in the next cycle? • Are financed measures described in IOU proposals comprehensive enough? • Should on-bill financing programs be aligned statewide with the same terms and conditions? • How do we ensure the cost of funds is as low as possible? • Where is the ratepayer subsidy best placed across alternative expenditures: • Incentives tied to specific EE measures • Interest subsidy on the loan (e.g. to a low- or zero percent interest), • Administrative costs for processing loan payments? • How could ratepayer funds be combined with, or used to leverage private capital to support a viable on-bill financing program for institutional (city, county, schools, hospitals, state buildings) customers? • How effective is current marketing of IOU OBF programs? What improvements are recommended?

  6. Commercial OBF questions • How could ratepayer funds be combined with, or used to leverage private capital to support a viable on-bill financing program for the commercial sector? • Should on-bill financing programs be aligned statewide with the same terms and conditions? • Are financed measures described in IOU proposals comprehensive enough? • How do we ensure the cost of funds is as low as possible? • How do we insure loan terms are attractive to needy borrowers? • Where is the ratepayer subsidy best placed across alternative expenditures: • Incentives tied to specific EE measures • Interest subsidy on the loan (e.g. to a low- or zero percent interest), • Administrative costs for processing loan payments? • How effective is current IOU OBF marketing? What improvements are recommended?

  7. CPUC URL http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/ Click on EE program Click on workshops

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