Title
Authorize Staff to apply for the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors: Authorize Staff to apply for the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP).
SUMMARY:
The California Public Utilities Commission Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) grant application is due May 12th, 2020. On April 21, 2020, Staff presented to the Board on a pilot project that would take the County Correctional facility complex located at 1410 Natividad Road or another facility to Net Zero carbon emissions with the help of SGIP funding. The Board expressed interest in this as a budget-neutral option to improve the facility's energy efficiency, modernize the facility, and move the county towards Net Zero in its buildings by 2030.
To apply for SGIP funding the County must work in conjunction with a developer. Staff has been researching and interviewing developers to determine which developers can complete a turnkey budget-neutral Net Zero project and has identified an appropriate vendor, Mynt Systems. Staff is requesting authorization to apply to the SGIP grant program with Mynt Systems. Mynt Systems has agreed to apply to this program on behalf of the County. Applying to this program does not commit the County to working with this vendor nor does it commit the County financially.
DISCUSSION:
The Self Generation Incentive Program is designed to incentivize new and existing distributed energy resources, including those that provide backup power in the event of a power outage, such as battery storage. The SGIP is administered locally through PG&E. According to the SGIP handbook:
"The purpose of the SGIP is to contribute to Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reductions, demand reductions and reduced customer electricity purchases, resulting in the electric system reliability through improved transmission and distribution system utilization; as well as market transformation for distributed energy resource (DER) te...
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