California Workforce Education & Training Needs Assessment for Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management

1. California Workforce Education & Training Needs Assessment for Energy Efficiency and Demand-Side Management (CWNA) Low Income Oversight Board Meeting San Diego, California June 2, 2010

2. CWNA Project Genesis • California’s Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan (p. 75) • In-depth statewide training & education resource inventory & needs assessment for strategic planning & program delivery • Produce short-, near-, and long-term workforce strategies to support each sector of EE Strategic Plan, including low income • Energy Efficiency Budget Decision (D. 09-09-027) • Detailed inventory of workforce training programs across the state • Identification of collaborative opportunities to make the three year portfolio of IOU training programs responsive to findings • Public dissemination of findings

3. CWNA Overview • Estimate future need for workforce preparation given expected growth in energy efficiency, and demand response • Identify and assess California’s workforce infrastructure • Workforce education and training programs • Employment information systems • Identify best practices for serving minority, low-income, and disadvantaged communities • Identify gaps and recommend workforce strategies for addressing gaps in California’s workforce infrastructure • Identify potential collaborative relationships and disseminate results

4. CWNA Project Management • CPUC Staff • Kelly Hymes, Advisor to Commissioner Grueneich • Lisa Paulo, Energy Division • Southern California Edison • Carlos Hernandez, Project Manager • Robin Walther, Study Manager • Consultant • Carol Zabin, Project Manager, Donald Vial Center for Employment and the Green Economy, University of California at Berkeley • Sub-contractors include Research Into Action, Centers of Excellence, and Public/Private Ventures

5. CWNA Tasks • Understanding California’s workplace and workforce • Task 1 – Forces Shaping the Workforce and Workplace in California • Task 2 - Comprehensive Review of California’s Labor Markets for Energy Efficiency, Demand Response, Smart Meters, and Distributed Generation • Assessing California’s assets, identifying gaps, and developing workforce development strategies • Task 3 – Interests, strengths, and plans of primary collaborators • Task 4 – Documentation and assessment of workforce development infrastructure (i.e., educational and job training programs, employment information systems) • Task 5 – Best practices to support participation of minority, low income, and disadvantaged communities • Task 6 – Gap analysis and development of workforce strategies to address needs • Disseminating results • Task 7 – Engagement of stakeholders; planning and holding public meeting(s)

6. CWNA Status • Market sectors for focused analysis refined • Development of job and skill projections for market sectors underway • Residential and commercial retrofit markets selected for case studies • Interviews with key collaborators completed • Inventories and assessment of workforce education and job training programs progressing • Inventories and assessment of employment information systems underway • Inventories and assessment of K-12 preparatory and fundamental education programs progressing • Preparing plans and budgets for one or more public meeting(s)

7. Coordination with Other Studies • California Energy Commission Efforts • Integrated Energy Policy Report Update (final report scheduled for December 2010) • Three-year project to evaluate ARRA-funded programs • Employment Development Department: Incorporation of detailed results from 2009 Green Business Survey • Other related studies • Next 10/Collaborative Economics “Shades of Green” • Employment Development Department’s occupation/skills analysis • Centers of Excellence environmental scans • O*NETS “Greening the World of Work”

8. CWNA Timeline