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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 18, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />EXTEND TWO FUNDING AGREEMENTS <br />WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON: <br />THE SANTA ANA ENERGY LEADER <br />PARTNERSHIP AND THE STRATEGIC <br />PLAN STRATEGIES <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendments to <br />agreements with Southern California Edison, subject to non-substantive changes approved by <br />the City Manager and City Attorney, to extend the Santa Ana Energy Leader Partnership and <br />Strategic Plan Strategies funding agreements. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized Southern California Edison (SCE), <br />in partnership with cities, to deliver energy efficiency programs to utility customers in SCE's <br />service area. The City was awarded a partnership with Edison for 2010-2012 to jointly deliver <br />energy efficiency information, training, and materials that would benefit Santa Ana customers. <br />The partnership also optimizes the City's opportunities for achieving short- and long-term energy <br />savings and reduced utility bills, and assists City residents and businesses in understanding, <br />managing, and reducing energy use and costs. The term of the Santa Ana Leader Partnership <br />agreement ended December 31, 2012. <br />The CPUC also authorized SCE to provide funding for energy efficiency strategic plan activities in <br />support of the California Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan. Only those cities that have a <br />partnership with SCE to deliver energy efficiency programs were eligible. The City was awarded <br />Strategic Plan Strategies funding July 18, 2011, to perform a Green House Gas baseline inventory <br />and energy analysis, an energy chapter for a Climate Action Plan, California Green Building and <br />LEED certification training, and an Energy and Sustainability Consultant to coordinate and assist in <br />implementation of these tasks. The term of the Strategic Plan Strategies agreement also ended <br />December 31, 2012. <br />The CPUC recently authorized SCE to extend the Santa Ana Leader Partnership agreement to <br />June 30, 2015, and to extend the Strategic Plan Strategies Funding agreement to December 31, <br />2014. This will enable ongoing energy efficiency programming through the partnership and <br />provide additional time to complete the scope of work in the Strategic Plan Strategies agreement. <br />For both agreements, this is an extension of time only. <br />25B-1