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REPORT 6.2C Page 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Ci Mana er February 22,2010 SUBJECT Association of Bay Area Governments State Energy Program Resolution RECOMMENDATION Adopt Association of Bay Area Governments State Energy Program Grant Application Resolution BACKGROUND In July of 2009, the San Mateo County Manager's Office identified the opportunity to develop a residential energy assistance program (REAP) for San Mateo County that would leverage resources coming to the county and cities through Federal Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block grants. In response, the County Manager's Office convened a city/county workgroup to research program options and develop consensus on the design and implementation of a countywide residential energy efficiency program. Beth Ross, Redwood City's Environmental Initiatives Manager, has been participating on the workgroup. As part of this effort, San Mateo County and cities within San Mateo County, are partnering with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) on a state energy program grant application. The grant application is specifically for the Retrofit Bay Area program. The program if funded will promote residential energy efficiency and develop the capacity of local contractors to per form energy efficiency home retrofits. The attached resolution authorizes the City of Redwood City to participate in the program. This application is separate from, but complementary to the CaliforniaFIRST program. State Energy Program The California Energy Commission's (CEC) $95 million in State Energy Program (SEP) funds and Department of Energy's (DOE) $390 million in Retrofit Ramp-Up funds provide an unprecedented opportunity to develop and implement a regional community- scale building retrofit program. The Association of Bay Area Governments in partnership with the eight counties and a total of 104 local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area are working together to present an innovative proposal - Retrofit Bay Area - to establish the infrastructure for a market-driven residential retrofit program. This self sustaining program will stimulate the economy and create jobs while transforming energy markets in California. Designed for scalability and transferability this program will create a model that can be replicated statewide and nationally. Regional Scope of Work ABAG is applying for a $10.75 million grant from the California Energy Commission to fund Retrofit Bay Area, a region-wide energy efficiency program that will retrofit 17,000 homes (single family and multifamily) to achieve reduction in home energy consumption, while creating 1,739 home energy retrofit jobs. The grant, if awarded, would include regional program development, local program development and implementation, evaluation, measurement, administration, and reporting.