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From YouTube: San Bruno City Council Meeting Feb. 28, 2012 10e.
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San Bruno City Council Meeting Feb. 28, 2012
10e. Energy Efficiency Retrofit and Renewable Energy Program
B
Mayor
members
of
the
City
Council
I
know
you've
had
a
lot
of
public
policy
tonight.
So
I
will
be
very
brief
in
my
remarks.
Although
I
have
a
full
presentation
plan,
so
please
ask
any
questions.
I'm
sure
I
have
the
answers.
The
the
resolution
before
you
tonight
is
to
increase
a
very
popular
and
effective
rebate
program
called
energy
upgrade
California,
which,
in
brief,
is
a
rebate
program,
available
statewide
to
homeowners,
who
own
single-family
homes
and
want
to
reduce
energy
consumption
of
those
homes.
The
rebates
are
based
on
how
much
energy
you
save.
B
So,
if
you
save
between
fifteen
and
forty
percent,
depending
on
the
type
of
improvements
that
you
do
on
your
home,
for
example,
attic
insulation
or
new
water
heater,
for
example,
you
can
get
rebates
and
match
sets
so
fifteen
hundred
to
four
thousand
dollars
in
energy
efficiency,
rebates
statewide
this
it's
administered
by
local,
you
utility
companies.
So
in
our
case
those
rebates
would
come
from
PG&E.
B
In
June
of
last
year,
the
City
Council
allocated
$80,000
of
energy
efficiency
and
conservation
block
grant
money
that
we
received
out
of
a
total
of
one
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
from
the
US
Department
of
Energy.
We
allocated
$80,000
of
that
to
provide
matching
rebates
for
residents
in
san
bruno
shortly
after
that
action
in
August,
San
Mateo
County
did
something
very
similar
what
they
also
provided:
a
matching
rebate
for
the
standard,
PG&E
rebate.
That
means
for
a
short
period
of
time,
folks
in
San
Bruno.
Let's
say
they
got
a
standard.
B
They
save
energy
of
forty
percent
energy
reduction
that
qualified
them
for
a
standard
rebate
of
four
thousand
dollars.
If
they
were
in
san
bruno,
that's
actually
turns
into
twelve
twelve
thousand
dollars.
So,
as
I
said,
is
a
very
popular
program
we
had
so
far.
We
have
20
residents
in
san
bruno
of
taking
advantage
of
it
their
average
rebate.
This
is
a
standard
view
beta
three
thousand
dollars,
so
that
means
they
got
about
nine
thousand
dollars
back
and
their
average
project
cost
was
around
fourteen
thousand
dollars.
B
So
they
had
a
very
significant
amount
of
savings
because
the
san
mateo
county
funds
were
limited.
There
was
a
big
influx
and
funds
in
the
end
of
december,
which,
which
resulted
in
a
sort
of
a
little
bit
of
a
late
transfer
of
information
from
the
county
to
the
city,
such
that
our
funding
ran
out
quicker
than
anticipated,
and
so
the
few
homeowners
were
sort
of
us
were
placed
on
a
waitlist.
B
However,
when
that
study
wasn't
originally
proposed
a
couple
years
ago
and
included
in
a
CIP
budget,
he
was
always
originally
funded
from
water
and
sewer
funds,
and
so
when
some
additional
grant
money
became
available,
you
know
we
slid
that
in
there.
So
the
twenty-thousand-dollar
transfer
from
the
utility
study
to
the
rebate
program
would
be
replaced
by
enterprise
funds
and
so
wouldn't
have
any
impact,
necessarily
on
that
plan
itself.
I
believe
I,
just
before
I
conclude
my
remarks.
B
I
just
want
to
say
that
even
though
so
the
additional
twenty
thousand
dollars
again
would
cover
those
folks
on
the
waitlist,
probably
a
few
others
who
also
are
interested
in
participating,
could
probably
still
squeeze
in,
but
for
those
homeowners
who
may
have
missed.
You
know
this
particular
wee
bit
opportunity.
The
state
right
rebate
is
still
available
until
the
end
of
December,
so
you
can
still
get
up
to
four
thousand
dollars
and
the
homeowners
in
san
bruno
that
I've
talked
to
have
been
really
excited
about
the
improvements
to
their
homes.