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Description
The Ithaca CCA team gives an update on progress towards a CCA 3.0 model for the County.
B
A
A
So
just
as
a
review
and
a
reminder,
it
was
a
year
ago,
last
march
that
I
worked
with
nine
municipalities
and
we
submitted
a
grant
proposal
to
the
park
foundation
to
hire
someone
who
would
tell
us
what
our
options
are
sort
of
around
a
cca,
2.0
version
trying
to
design
for
an
eventual
3.0
and
by
the
time
we
won
that
grant
in
july.
By
then
luis
had
been
hired
and
let
us
know
he
was
already
working
with
paul
and
that
they
were
going
to
go
straight
to
the
3.0
version
of
a
cca.
A
The
way
the
system
works,
just
you
know,
add
in
more
municipalities
once
the
infrastructure
is
built,
so
we're
just
acting.
Sustainable
tompkins
is
just
acting
as
a
pass-through
for
those
funds
to
get
through
the
first
phase,
and
then
the
city
of
ithaca
will
take
over
for
supporting
paul
and
his
crew
to
get
us
to
the
to
the
endpoint.
To
the
launching
point,
I
I
know
that
I
and
many
other
people
in
the
sustainability
and
climate
action
movement
are
really
glad
that
we're
working
on
this.
It's
it's
really
complex.
A
It's
not
the
easy
thing
of
just
changing
to
a
different
esco.
You
know
it's
it's
a
lot
more
than
that,
but
I
think
it's
going
to
be
really
worth
our
effort.
In
terms
of
protecting
our
communities
in
the
future
and
getting
through
all
these
climate
and
energy
market
problems,
so
paul's
going
to
go
next
and
walk
us
through.
A
C
So
the
first
question
is
just
what
what
cca
is,
and
it's
understood
in
different
ways,
as
you
know,
as
as
as
you
just
heard,
it
can
just
be
signing
up
with
an
esco,
but
it
could
be
a
number.
It's.
It's
evolved
over
a
25-year
period,
but
what
it
really
is
is
a
structural
transfer
of
control
from
energy
suppliers
to
to
demand
the
demand
side
and
specifically,
customers,
but
also
municipalities.
C
Those
who
need
energy
are
able
to
control
the
the
nature
of
the
of
the
supply
for
utility
service,
broadly
construed
as
including
on
an
opt
out
basis,
enrolled
on
an
opt-out
basis,
the
small
and
medium
electric
and
gas
accounts
and
then
having
the
larger
accounts
enrollable
on
an
opt-in
basis.
So
you
basically
have
the
whole
residential
and
small
to
medium
commercial
businesses
that
will
be
enrolled
on
an
opt-out
basis
and
but
large
businesses-
and
you
know
the
the
campuses
can
be
up-
can
be
included
on
opt-in
basis.
C
So
it
can
be
an
inclusive
community
energy
supply,
not
merely
a
kind
of
segment.
I
guess
of
the
supply.
The
cca,
very
importantly,
has
rate
design
and
rate
setting
authority,
which
is
really
quite
unique
in
many
ways,
because
again
that's
something
usually
that
that
the
utility
has
with
regulatory
oversight.
In
this
case,
the
cca
can
decide
within
state
law
how
it
wants
to
to
design
rates.
Therefore,
it
can
innovate
around
different
kinds
of
services.
It
doesn't
have
to
use
the
sort
of
cookie
cutter
approach
based
on
a
conventional
utility
rate
design.
C
It
has
unique
access
to
customer
energy
usage
data.
This
is
very
important
because
that
data
unlocks
the
knowledge
base
for
what
kinds
of
measures
make
sense
for
a
community
for
individual
residents
and
businesses
based
on
their
use
of
energy,
which
varies
enormously
in
terms
of
the
time
of
day
the
amount
of
it
whether
it's
during
the
day
or
during
the
night.
C
It's
all
very
different,
whether
it's
on
the
weekends
during
the
week
so
being
able
to
know
that
and
tailor
renewable
energy
technologies
that
fit
the
way
that
someone
uses
energy
is
very,
very
powerful.
There's
the
ability
to
recover
administrative
costs,
which
sounds
small,
but
for
a
lot
of
municipalities,
a
huge
problem
for
trying
to
implement
any
sort
of
significant
local
programs
that
they
just
don't
have
the
funding
for
them.
And
if
it's
a
new
category
program
it
takes
years
to
fund
them
through
general
funds.
This
doesn't
require
any
any
non-recoverable
expenses.
C
There
are
expenses
along
the
way
to
implement,
but
you
can
recover
them
through
the
adopted
public
service
commission
cca
order
and
the
approach
that
we're
taking
to
cca,
specifically
so-called
3.0
is,
is
supported
by
local
government.
So
it's
not
merely
an
outsourced
service
to
an
esco
which
is
pretty
much
what
you've
had
so
far
in
new
york.
C
It's
something
that
involves
the
local
municipal
government
in
the
process,
both
for
making
investments
on
public
properties
I'll
get
into
that
a
bit,
but
also
assisting
with
the
enrollment
engagement,
education
of
residents
and
businesses,
so
that
they
understand
what
this
is
something
different
from
what
they've
been
offered
in
the
past
and
that's
a
big
challenge
in
some
ways.
So
today
ccas
serve
1800
municipalities,
36
million
americans
receivers
from
them.
C
C
So
it's
been
on
around
for
a
long
time
has
been
very
successful,
economically
and
environmentally,
but
it's
evolved
and
it
started
in
the
mid
90s
with
a
very
simple
idea
of
buying
greener
power.
Cheaper,
not
you
can.
If
you
aggregate
your
demand,
could
you
get
greener
power
supply
and
that's
that's,
you
know,
would
be
served
from
the
grid,
but
usually
would
be
served
from
renewable
energy
certificate
purchasing
with
grid
power.
So
it
kind
of
stayed
in
that
fairly
narrow
definition
that
you
still
have
in
new
york.
Mostly
2.0
was
developed
more
recently
in
california.
C
I
was
in
and
that
involved
building
greener
power
portfolios
at
comparative
rates,
and
this
resulted
in
the
past
year,
five
years
and
in
10
gigawatts
have
been
grew,
so
billions
of
dollars
of
investment
have
been
leveraged
in
california
by
these
ccas
there.
It's
a
total
of
13
million
customers
and
200
municipalities
and
18
ccas.
That
did
that,
but
10
gigawatts
has
really
changed
things
in
california
in
terms
of
greenhouse
gas
reductions
and
it's
it's
way
beyond
what
the
state
required
and
it's
actually
lowered
emissions
for
the
utilities
for
everyone.
C
It's
been
very
successful,
but
3.0
was
kind
of
what
we
took
from
the
the
take
back.
I
guess
should
take
away
from
from
all
that
work
which
is
really
centered
on
decarbonization,
like
so
instead
of
just
green
power,
instead
of
just
green
supply
or
building
solar
plants
or
wind
plants,
decarbonizing
as
a
specific
goal
is
really
the
kind
of
the
paradigm.
C
If
you
look
at
united
nations
guidelines
on
this,
it
depends
on
where
you
live,
but
it's
generally,
these
kind
of
they
cut
fairly
evenly.
These
categories
of
carbon
heating
and
cooling
in
hot
water
would
be
a
second
category.
So
that's
how
you
reduce
natural
gas
pipeline
imports
and
that's
where
the
the
aggregation
of
gas
comes
in,
that
you
want
to
take
over
heating
fuel
accounts
in
order
to
electrify
those
accounts
and
in
order
to
install
on-site
renewables
for
those
electrifications
and
to
implement
energy
efficiency
to
reduce
needs
in
those
buildings.
C
Then.
Thirdly,
with
vehicles
to
reduce
gasoline
and
diesel
imports
into
into
the
community
and
that's
through
electrification
of
vehicles
and
then
finally,
the
kind
of
outlier
here
is
waste,
which
is
the
third
actually
the
third
largest
cause
of
greenhouse
gas
emissions
in
your
community.
That's
it's
not
the
smallest
and
it's
ignored
by
most
communities,
so
you
have
communities
that
are
100
renewable,
that
have
completely
unreformed
waste
policies
and
so
we're
looking
to
bring
waste
into
that
discussion.
That
includes
both
the
non-recyclable
post-consumer
waste.
C
That's
going
into
power
plants
and
landfills
often
exported
to
poor
communities
and
sewage
exports,
which
are
are
no
less
a
problem
with
pfa
contamination
and
rivers.
It's
a
it's
a
real
disaster
so
trying
to
bring
the
four
addressable
source
of
carbon
into
the
program
definition
and
then
over
come
a
lot
of
the
barriers
to
to
distribute
energy
resource
and
local,
solar
and
efficiency
and
electrification
choice
decisions
by
consumers.
C
We
get
around
through
a
non-x
non-exporting
strategy
that
integrates
heat
power
and
automobiles
in
order
to
increase
self-consumption
and
not
need
to
export
power
back
onto
the
grid
to
pay
for
the
system.
In
a
nutshell,
and
finally,
around
restrictive
billing,
we
developed
a
municipal
loan
administration
program
to
have
a
portal
on
which
the
decision
to
invest
and
the
payment
of
bills
each
month
are
monitored
under
local
government
administration.
C
Obviously,
so
you've
got
a
share
system
that
is
flexible
and
any
individual
can
sign
up
for,
or
you
have
on,
building
micro
grids
that
involve
more
cooperation
between
the
owner
and
the
neighbors.
So
there
are
these
two
different
I'm
going
to
get
into
the
details,
so
I
made
black
slides
to
indicate
complexity.
C
These
two
products,
one,
is
a
shares,
so-called
shares
product
and
that's
for
any
customer,
because
it's
really
designed
for
the
the
neglected
class
of
customers,
the
majority
who
don't
qualify
under
the
current
system.
It
allows
for
financial
participation
only
so
it
wouldn't
be.
It
could
be
for
a
renter
who
can't
put
it
on
their
own
roof.
It
would
be
shares
in
the
system
down
the
street
right.
C
It
would,
through
a
simple
check
box
choice
to
enroll
in
that
service
and
then
being
referred
to
to
an
energy
loan
portal,
where
loan
options
that
have
been
pre-qualified
and
vetted
are
linked,
so
that
that's
the
general
share
strategy,
then
there's
a
micro
grid
strategy
or
a
thermal
loop
strategy.
Usually
it
will
be
both.
It
involves
concentrations
of
buildings
which
are
opportunities
for
cooperatives
where
people
neighbors
can
and
businesses
can
physically
share
on-site,
renewable
heating
systems,
on-site,
renewable
power
and
automobiles.
C
I'm
going
to
try
to
keep
it
a
good
clip.
I
don't
want
to
take
too
much
time
here.
We
can
go
back
to
that.
If
you
have
questions,
but
in
terms
of
the
authority,
this
is
the
cca,
assisting
customers,
involuntary
investment
through
an
agreement
with
each
municipality,
so
it
would
be
a
through
essentially
a
transaction
between
the
cca
itself,
as
of
which
municipalities,
a
member
and
the
municipal
government
was
just
sort
of
keeping
track
of
what
people
are
doing
and
what
they're
getting
for
it.
C
And
having
a
neutral
place
where
the
the
reports
are
recorded,
so
the
customer
can
see
whether
it's
paying
off
like
it
was
supposed
to,
and
the
cca
can
see
if
contractors
are
causing
lots
of
complaints
and
that
sort
of
thing,
so
the
cc
administrator
would
then
audit
bills
using
the
data
to
look
at
that
under
that
energy
wallet
for
payback
projections
and
then
would
come
up
with
optimal
options
for
each
customer.
You
know
if
you're,
a
renter
in
an
apartment
or
in
a
house
or
a
farm
or
a
business.
C
These
factors
affect
what
you
would
be
offered
based
on.
What
fits
you
whether
there
would
be
a
good
return
on
investment
for
you
as
a
borrower,
then
the
cca
would
would
once
a
customer
selects
affirms
the
desire
to
to
to
receive
bids
from
qualified
bidders.
The
cca
would
then
solicit
bids
from
those
bidders,
and
the
customers
would
select
the
both
the
source
of
financing
and
the
and
the
vendor
or
vendors
in
the
project,
and
then
the
the
cca
then
would
would
place
the
product
on
opt
out.
C
C
So
as
far
as
like
what
are
the
roles
of
the
cca
administrator,
we
are
pursuing
a
lead
agency
approach,
in
which
the
the
city
of
ithaca
will
serve
to
facilitate
this
more
robust
form
of
cca.
First
with
administration,
which
includes
procurement,
reporting,
primitive
power,
reporting
to
the
public
service,
commission
and
municipality,
giving
sending
out
opt-out
notifications
to
customers
and
providing
billing
support
each
month
to
to
provide
billing
for
these
voluntary
investment
customers
and
then
under
management.
There
would
be
ongoing
rfps
from
these,
the
the
continuing
solicitation
of
vendors
to
install
systems.
C
You'd
have
the
collection
and
management
of
data
for
that
to
support
that
process,
and
then
there
would
be
coordination
and
management
directly
with
with
each
municipality
to
to
keep
their
their
energy
loan
portals
current
and
and
to
enroll
customers
as
they
come
in
and
then
finally,
implementation.
There's
the
ongoing
work
right.
The
idea
is,
it
is
a
20
30
schedule
for
decarbonization
in
the
city
of
ithaca.
C
Each
municipality
has
its
own
targets,
but
so
it
varies
by
town
and
and
ultimately,
each
town
is
going
to
make
decisions
that
affect
how
much
and
how
fast
you're
going
on
all
these
scores.
But
there's
distributed
energy
resource
development.
There's
site
acquisition,
there's
customer
development,
that's
like
getting
people
to
sign
up,
offering
them
products
tailoring
those
products.
There's
the
customer
data
hub,
which
is
managing
and
using
all
the
data.
There
is
a
customer
service
which
is
a
an
800
number
complaint
service
that
feeds
into
a
customer
relations
management
database.
C
Finally,
there's
the
questions
I
know
there
have
been
questions
about.
How
does
this
differ
from
community
distributed
generation,
cdg
and
I'll
quickly
go
through
it.
Just
to
start
the
conversation
when
this
ends,
but
the
first
thing
is
that
cdg
is
based
on
rolling
customers
in
in
investments
without
permission
right.
They
they
will
enroll
based
on
an
opt-out
basis.
The
way
a
cca
would
but
not
in
in
a
power
service
instead
in
an
investment,
the
cca
program
would
enroll
each
volunteer
each
customer
voluntarily
and
it
would
require
two
affirmative
choices
to
enroll.
C
So
it's
sort
of
the
opposite
end
of
opt
out.
It's
it's.
It's
engaging
people
very
deliberately
in
voluntary
investment
in
which
they
are
they're,
buying,
something
and
and-
and
so
it's
it's
setting
them
up.
First
to
set
up
the
payment
system
with
the
cca
and
secondly,
to
set
up
the
loan
repayment
system
that
the
cca
itself
will
process
each
month
based
on
their
paying
the
monthly
bill
premium.
Second,
cdg
costs
more
than
market
power,
so
the
the
ability
to
provide
the
service
depends
upon
a
statewide
subsidy
pool.
C
C
It's
very
important
to
understand
that,
with
subsidized
programs,
subsidies
limit
the
ability,
the
amount
that
you
can
actually
develop.
If
the
subsidy
runs
out,
then
they
stop
that
there's!
No,
it's
not
an
unlimited
fund
but
cca
3.0.
The
distributed
energy
resources
cost
less
than
market
power
in
terms
of
the
customer's
investment
in
the
power
of
their
their
money,
saving
as
as
investments,
and
they
don't
require
subsidies.
They
do
not
access
subsidies
and
are
not
limited
by
the
absence
of
subsidies.
C
C
The
the
the
program
we're
setting
up
here
is
is
true:
equity
right,
you're,
you're,
making
a
loan
based
voluntary
investment,
with
a
return
on
based
on
a
projected
return
on
investment
similar
to
buying
solar
and
putting
on
your
roof
where
you're
buying
it
it's
going
on
your
roof
and
your
you
hope
you
hope
to
save
money
once
it
pays
back.
It's
the
very
same
structure
as
opposed
to
a
sort
of
virtual
form
of
commuter
community
distributed
generation.
C
C
This
is
this
here
is
an
image
of
the
interconnect:
q
for
the
for
ithaca,
there's
already
a
queue
today
with
very
little
renewable
energy
development
going
on
very
low
levels
are
going
on
and
you
have
a
queue
of
systems
that
can't
get
connected
because
there's
no
capacity
on
the
transmission.
There's
a
list
like
this
in
every
town
in
new
york,
the
the
list
is
a
traffic
jam
and
so,
to
the
extent
that
you,
your
systems
and
cdg
systems
need
to
export
power
onto
the
grid.
The
grid
doesn't
have
capacity.
C
It
sets
up
systems
of
self-consumption
using
on-site
heat
and
electric
vehicles,
they
don't
export
energy
back
onto
the
grid
and
they
have
no
interconnection
limit.
There
is
no.
There
is
no
waiting
line
for
that.
So
in
some
it's
really
an
issue
of
scale
that
cdg
gives
you
a
tiny
fragment
of
just
plug
power
mitigations.
In
terms
of
carbon,
a
tiny
fragment
of
one
quarter
of
addressable
carbon,
so
you're
talking
about
1,
20th,
1,
50th
3.0
addresses
all
of
your
electricity.
C
D
And
I
will
wrap
it
up
to
communicate.
Is
that
our
interest
in
cca
is
because
it's
going
to
help
us
meet
our
green
new
deals.
New
new
deal
goals
that
we
set
and
it
potentially
is
connected
to
other
things.
Louise
might
certainly
mention
the
electrification
initiative
in
the
city.
Yesterday,
t-cog's
energy
committee
started
a
discussion
about
what
are
the
impacts
as
we
continue
to
electrify
in
terms
of
the
current
infrastructure
meeting
those
needs.
So
it's
it
ties
into
other
ongoing
strands
of
discussion
as
well.
B
B
You
know,
I
think,
for
all
of
our
towns
and
municipalities,
buildings,
transportation
and
where
is
energy
coming
from
like
three
major
sources
of
carbon
emissions,
as
paul
already
mentioned,
and
the
ccav
has
huge
potential
to
reduce
emissions
in
all
of
these
areas.
I
won't
go
into
details.
We've
heard
a
lot
about
this,
but
it
is
exciting.
B
D
B
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
that,
so
we
went
through
a
lot
of
information
just
now.
There
are
a
lot
of
details
to
work
out
so
one
of
the
next
deliverables
from
this
project
right
now
we're
working
through
the
local
ordinances
to
enable
the
cca
program,
there's
going
to
be
a
detailed
implementation
plan
which
goes
into
more
detail
on
the
various
components.
B
B
B
You
know
we
really
want
to
ensure
affordable
access
to
clean
electric
supply,
fossil
free
energy.
Can
we
offer
that
an
affordable
rate
to
all
who
are
interested?
It's
just
a
of
course
a
overarching
concern
so
just
to
highlight
that
there's
there's
still
a
lot
to
be
worked
out,
but
we've
come
a
long
way
since
the
beginning,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
luis
here
who's
going
to
talk
about
the
cities.
E
I
I
think
the
you
know
there
nick
made.
You
know
several
points
right
now
about
what
will
happen
when
we
start
working
on
the
implementation
plan.
So
I
I
think
at
this
point
the
way
I
would
try
to
summarize
everything
that
has
been
said
here
is.
The
intention
is
to
do
to
provide
the
opportunity
for
all
municipalities
in
tompkins
county
to
be
part
of
a
community
choice.
Aggregation
program.
E
E
There
is
a
number
of
things
that
need
to
combine,
so
I
would
also
invite
you
to
look
at
cca,
not
in
isolation,
not
as
a
new
program
but
as
part
of
an
overall
strategy
to
decarbonize
dunkin's
county,
and
what
we
are
proposing
is
something
that
can
be
very
useful
is
definitely
not
the
only
way
of
doing
this.
I
believe
it
is
something
that
we
understand
well
and
that
can
be
very
useful
for
all
of
us
to
meet
our
goals,
so
I
think
I'm
going
to
stop
there,
because
I
think
everything
has
been
covered.
Yeah.
D
Louise,
maybe
yes,
or
maybe
paul,
just
update
us
on
the
timeline.
You
know.
Obviously
this
is
complex.
You
know
things
always
take
you
longer
than
you
think.
You're
going
to
take.
You
set
up
a
timeline
like
okay
by
this
march.
We're
going
to
be
here
we're
a
little
bit
behind
schedule,
but
louise
or
paul,
maybe
you
can
just
remind
us
on
sort
of
our
new
timeline
and
when
we
would
expect
to
start
working
on
reaching
out
to
other
municipalities
and
interim
municipal
agreement,
all
that
we
have
some
other
steps
to
get
through.
C
C
At
now,
second
deliverable
is
finishing
up
the
cca
ordinance
for
the
city
in
town
and
a
research
report
which
explains
the
the
the
the
contextualizes
those
two
documents
based
on.
I
think
it
was
20
individuals
interviewed
in
the
city
and
the
town
within
the
within
the
administration
of
each
in
may
to
june.
We're
anticipating,
hoping
we'll
get
a
vote
on
the
local
law.
C
And
then
this
is
what
follows
once
we
get
through
that
and
that's
as
gay
mentioned,
that
that's
when
we
changed
from
being
funded
by
park
foundation,
sustainable
tompkins
as
it
passed
through
to
the
city
of
ithaca,
and
that
will
include
the
the
data
protection
plan,
which
is
all
about
how
to
protect
the
data.
I
was
talking
about
under
the
public
service
commission
order
and
there
are
a
bunch
of
rules
about
how
to
do
that.
A
finance
plan.
C
That's
when
the
the
details
of
the
financing
approach
that
I
described
will
be
fully
articulated,
and
that
has
been
it
will
be
mentioned.
It
is
mentioned
in
the
local
law,
but
it's
in
that
finance
plan
that
the
local
government
really
sorts
out,
how
it
would
how
it's
going
to
to
do
that
and
then
the
customer
engagement
plan
there's
also
a
lot
about
engagement,
the
presentation,
but
there
is
a
required
plan
under
the
cca
order.
That
is
really
just
looking
at
you
know.
How
are
you
informed,
educating
people?
C
How
are
you
engaging
them?
How
are
you
are
you?
Are
you
engaging
the
underserved
population
in
particular?
How
are
you
engaging
in
our
case
we're
unusual
and
actually
being
particularly
focused
on
underserved
populations
and
then
finally,
the
implementation
plan
that
goes
to
the
public
service
commission
for
approval,
and
so
you
know
that
is
going
to
be
another.
C
Now
this
is
anticipating
march
2023,
we'll
be
then
negotiating
with
suppliers
both
with
the
grid
power
supplier,
the
esco
and
with
distributed
energy
resource,
vendors
and
and
and
lenders
as
we
described
in
in
both
of
the
local
laws
and
then
once
those
responses
are
complete.
We'll
give
recommendations
just
evaluating
the
bid
responses
and
the
the
town
councils
and
common
councils
will
individually
make
a
decision
on
on
whether
to
to
select
those
suppliers.
C
Now,
as
I
said,
the
the
distributed
energy
resource
development
is
ongoing
and
so
you're
selecting
an
esco
supplier
with
the
ders
you're,
putting
out
rfps
that
are
part
of
a
job
order
system
of
sorts
with
multiple
suppliers.
So
it's
not
as
though
you're
selecting
developers
as
municipalities,
but
you
are.
C
We
are
administering
the
the
pre-qualification
processes
within
which
rfps
will
many
rfps
will
be
issued
for
many
projects
with
the
customers
themselves.
Deciding
whether
which
vendor
to
select
from
from
the
bidding
process
is
all
right.
Well
I'll,
have
it
back
to
you.
That's
that's
the
end
of
this.
Thank.