1 / 6

City of Palm Springs Citywide Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Project The Business Case For Project Approval

City of Palm Springs Citywide Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Project The Business Case For Project Approval . Larry Baebler Chevron Energy Solutions October 4, 2013. Chevron Energy Solutions. What is an Energy Services Company? How do they develop projects?

mihaly
Download Presentation

City of Palm Springs Citywide Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Project The Business Case For Project Approval

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. City of Palm SpringsCitywide Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Project The Business Case For Project Approval Larry Baebler Chevron Energy Solutions October 4, 2013

  2. Chevron Energy Solutions • What is an Energy Services Company? • How do they develop projects? • What are their guiding principles? • What services do they provide?

  3. Lighting Technology Upgrades • We have identified almost $270K/yr. of energy savings by upgrading city lighting systems • Some existing florescent lamps no longer manufactured Palm Canyon Lighting T-12 Lighting Fixture New LED Lighting

  4. Energy Management/Water Controls • Many City facilities currently consume lighting, heating/cooling on a 7/24 basis but occupancy of facility is currently 4/8 • Upgrading energy management and water controls saves City over $190k per year • We have identified over 100 million gallons of water saved annually by upgrading controls Baristo Park Ruth Hardy Park

  5. We Fixed These Problems at No Cost to the City • Currently estimating general fund expenditure of $21 million needed over next 20 years to fix these problems • We have identified over $1.3 million in annual energy and O&M savings plus incentives that can be used to implement needed infrastructure upgrades now • Using this $1.3 million we can install needed upgrades without using any general funds

  6. Why Was The Project Approved? • Equipment upgrades were needed • Project funded through energy savings • Favorable cost of money and gas pricing • Incentives were available • Improved air quality • Reduced annual O&M expenses • Avoid equipment cost escalations • Satisfied City’s sustainability goals • Energy savings guaranteed

More Related