Denver Regional Council Of Governments MONA NEWTON CENTRAL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE COLORADO GOVERNOR S ENERGY OFFICE JANUARY 21, 2009

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1 Denver Regional Council Of Governments MONA NEWTON CENTRAL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE COLORADO GOVERNOR S ENERGY OFFICE JANUARY 21, 2009

2 Can you relate?

3 Governor s Energy Office Programs Governor s Energy Office (GEO) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Programs: Electric & Gas Utilities Commercial & Public Buildings Residential Buildings Income-Based Energy Services Renewable Energy & Local Fuels Greening Government Colorado Carbon Fund Energy Policy, Legislation, Resources & Funding.

4 Working in all 64 Colorado Counties Helping communities Identify energy and conservation resources Remove barriers to appropriate installations of renewable energy and conservation projects and practices Meet their goals to reduce energy consumption and costs and to increase local generation of clean power Create new, green-collar jobs supporting the New Energy Economy

5 The New Energy Economy and Green Jobs What makes a New Energy Economy? What is a green job What will drive this investment in green? Where is Colorado in this process?

6 Where is this? What made this possible?

7 RECOGNIZE THIS? Green Jobs and Renewable Energy

8 Lessons From Amendment 37 & 1281 Renewable Portfolio Standard 20% by 2020 renewable with a carve out for solar Solar Contractors in CO prior to Amendment 37 Companies- 46 Employees Manufacturers- 0 Investment of 48M to date

9 What Happened? 1069 MW of wind power installed in Colorado Vestas Wind, Siemens, AVA Solar, Conoco Phillips and a numerous other companies setting up shop 180 solar companies 3,600 employees working in solar not including manufacture or R&D Approaching 80 Megawatts of installed PV from less than one in 2004 Manufacturers in Colorado Ascent Solar, AVA

10 The New Investments Several pieces of legislation Increased local building codes new homes will be more energy efficient helping state public buildings become more energy efficient through a process called performance contracting, Requires that state buildings and those buildings constructed with state funds meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards set by the United States Green Building Council.

11 The New Investments HB Directs the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to require jurisdictional electric utilities and gas local distribution companies to develop and substantially expand energy efficiency programs. Requires investor-owned utilities to provide cost- effect (DSM)energy efficiency programs to their customers.

12 The New Investments HB Raises the baseline for local building codes to the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code. This will ensure buildings in our communities will be more energy efficient and help us reach our goal of 20% efficiency statewide by Sets a statewide energy code only for counties that already have a building code.

13 The New Investments HB GEO has been helping state public buildings become more energy efficient through a process called performance contracting, generally done in concert with Energy Service Companies. This bill earmarks funds to be committed to achieving similar energy efficiency gains throughout our K-12 school system. SB Requires that state buildings and those buildings constructed with state funds meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards set by the United States Green Building Council.

14 The New Investments SB Authorizes state spending on the Collaboratory, a partnership among NREL, Colorado University, Colorado State University, and the Colorado School of Mines. SB The Clean Energy Fund will provide a steady stream of revenue to the Governor s Energy Office (GEO) for the purposes of advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy throughout the state. GEO will be using the fund to target investments in emerging technologies and attract New Energy Economy investment to Colorado.

15 The New Investments HB This comprehensive bill restructures the funds and funding processes for public school capital construction projects. The green building standards and energy efficiency guidelines shall be based on Greening of State Government Executive Order, as well as additional Executive Orders and GEO policy directives. HB Local governments and the Colorado Clean Energy Development Authority (CEDA) may issue bonds to finance capital improvements for energy efficiency retrofits and the installation of renewable energy fixtures for private residences and commercial property.

16 The New Investments HB Allocates $2 Million to the Clean Energy Fund, managed by the Governor s Energy Office, to support investment in new energy technologies. SB Adds low-income housing projects and facilities constructed with severance tax revenue to existing energy efficiency requirements for state-assisted facilities. SB Creates the Colorado Clean Energy Finance Program within GEO to provide loans to home owners for clean energy improvements: any repair of or addition or improvement to residential real property that improves the energy efficiency of the property or replaces all or a portion of the energy from nonrenewable sources with energy from renewable sources.

17 The New Drivers Federal Carbon Cap and Trade? Federal Investment in Green Jobs? Federal Investment in Efficiency?

18 Colorado Carbon Fund Online

19 The New Drivers Energy Prices $ per million BTUs Coal Natural Gas ' Year

20 The Green Jobs Studies Agree It s about efficiency- it s about buildings Building Better New Buildings ENERGY STAR LEED GREEN GLOBES GREEN ADVANTAGE Retrofitting Existing Buildings Performance Contracting Residential Buildings Income Qualified Efficiency

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25 COLORADO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN What s the goal? our challenge

26 50% of utility sector CO2 reductions will be from efficiency

27 Residential program Current Program Divided Into 4 Areas: New Construction ENERGY STAR New Homes New Construction Energy Codes Existing Homes Insulate Colorado PILOTS

28 ENERGY STAR Supporting (and funding) Advancements in the Energy Efficiency of CO s Residential NC Sector is a Top Priority of Governor Ritter s Plan for a New Energy Economy. ENERGY STAR Provides A Common (Statewide) Platform For All 329 CO Jurisdictions & 56 Utilities to Build On program 5 ENERGY STAR Offers CO Homebuilders a thoroughly Tested & Voluntary Construction Template to Follow, and a Proven Brand Name to Market Homes to Homebuyers.

29 ENERGY STAR RESULTS YTD For Colorado: 2004 = 4.2% of all new homes completions were ENERGY STAR certified, (1,615 of 38,145 homes) = 5.7%, (2,124 of 37,571 homes) 2006 = 7.8% (2,210 of 28,422 homes) 2007 = 8.9% (1,702 of 19,203 homes) 2008 YTD (thru 9/30) = 15.8% (1,505 of 9,530 homes).

30 ENERGY STAR 2009 GEO Continuing Matching Grants For Regional Efforts: HERS Rater Trainings Homebuilder Trainings Trades & Contractor Trainings Realtor Trainings Consumer Awareness Campaigns GEO Launching Statewide Marketing Effort All Major Colorado Markets & Homebuyers Will Receive GEO Sponsored ENERGY STAR Messaging by Print, Radio, etc. GEO Partnering with Utilities to Offer ENERGY STAR New Home Incentives to Builders Statewide.

31 CO s 2008 ENERGY STAR Partners 31 Aspen Berthoud Boulder Boulder County Breckenridge Buena Vista Carbondale Chaffee County Colorado Springs Crested Butte Denver Eagle County Fort Collins Frisco Glenwood Springs Grand Junction Larimer County Longmont Power & Communications Mesa County Mountain Village Mt. Crested Butte Parker Pitkin County Platte River Power Authority Poncha Springs Poudre Valley REA Rifle Salida San Miguel County Severance Steamboat Springs Summit County Telluride United Power Windsor Xcel Energy

32 2009 GEO DRAFT Legislative Agenda Energy Information disclosure act Require that upon contract for sale of a home, the homeowner provide previous year s utility usage information to the new homeowner (this is currently available to the homeowner, but not the prospective buyer). Change hybrid tax credit to a tax credit for AT-PZEV (Advanced Technology, Partially Zero Emitting Vehicles) or 75% of cost of a plug in hybrid conversion. This would restrict tax credit to high efficiency hybrids (not Tahoes, but priuses) and low emission vehicles like Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles while expanding to cover a portion of the costs of a plug-in hybrid conversion which typically double the mileage of a standard hybrid vehicle.

33 2009 GEO DRAFT Legislative Agenda Biodiesel clean up language: Right now, tax exempt entities like agricultural operations, municipalities, etc have to buy their fuel at distribution terminals (before the fuel is put in a truck) to qualify for purchase without paying taxes on the fuel. This clean up would allow a truck to distribute the fuel to the entities and allow them to keep their tax exempt purchasing status when the fuel is blended outside of the terminal. We are working on a funding mechanism through the State Treasurer to finance a solar schools initiative this may need some legislative authority, but currently that is unclear. We are considering an additional measure to significantly increase the size of the solar market over the coming decade. We are considering policy that would require homebuilders to offer solar (PV and SHW) as an option on new homes.

34 2009 GEO DRAFT Legislative Agenda Clean up language on the statutory authority of CEDA to engage in bonding for transmission and clean energy projects. Others?

35 Thank You MONA NEWTON CENTRAL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE WIND PROGRAM MANAGER GOVERNOR S ENERGY OFFICE MONA.NEWTON@STATE.CO.US