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Per the new CPUC guidelines, BayREN is seeking to reorganize the energy efficiency program buckets to include: Market Support, Resource Acquisition, and Equity. The goal of this process is to improve the way that we value energy savings and to have a proper way to measure the cost-effectiveness of portfolios with multi-benefit goals. We would love to hear your thoughts, issues and concerns on the new categorization of each BayREN program.

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The program's primary purpose is to serve hard-to-reach and underserved customers. Currently, the program is undertaking homeowner outreach in Spanish and Chinese, more languages to come. The program is offering sign-on bonuses to minority, women-owned businesses and contractors that offer services in another language.

Secondary Segment Elements - Market Support: Focus on bringing in new contractors into the program with a particular focus on non-English speakers.

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The program's primary purpose is to serve hard-to-reach and underserved customers. BAMBE prioritizes in-unit savings through core measure requirements and targeting criteria.

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The program's primary purpose is to serve hard-to-reach and underserved customers. The program prioritizes small, affordable (deed-restricted & naturally occurring), and SOWs that prioritize tenant savings through targeting criteria.

Secondary Elements of Market Support: Partnerships with CBOs and other public agencies working on public health; CCAs RA: projects must achieve a minimum of 15% energy savings.

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The program supports long-term success of the energy efficiency market through education for homeowners on energy efficiency scores and home improvements.

Secondary Elements of Equity: HES report makes recommendations for EE improvements and to the Home+ program.

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The program supports long-term success of the energy efficiency market through education for assessors on the importance of energy efficiency scores and accompanying home improvements.

A secondary element of the segment includes educating Real Estate professionals about the benefits of energy efficiency.

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The program supports long-term success of energy efficiency and water conservation by helping utilities and the public take on affordable energy efficiency improvements to reduce water use.

Secondary Elements of Equity: The program does not require an upfront cost, debt, credit check, or lien to participate. Participants begin saving right away and use 80% of their utility bill savings to pay for their water efficiency upgrades over time with an on-bill charge. The immediate savings reduce household costs and improve repayment. The program also serves renters as well as property owners.

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Programs with a primary purpose of serving hard-to-reach or underserved customers and disadvantaged communities in advancement of the Commission's Environmental and Social Justice Action Plan.

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Programs with a primary objective of supporting the long-term success of the energy efficiency market by educating customers, training contractors, building partnerships, or moving beneficial technologies towards greater cost-effectiveness​​.

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Programs with a primary purpose of, and a short-term ability to, deliver cost-effective avoided cost benefits to the energy system​.

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Improving communication around our TA, and how it has the potential to close knowlede and comfort gaps.  We've also been in discussion about being more intentional about serving those we we haven't done a good job reaching in the past, and increasing rebate amounts to improve the likelihood that they'll be able to participate.
Additionally, the new financing program is proposing a lower interest rate for tenant-savings measures - or scopes of work that are mostly comprised of tenant - savings measures.

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Expansion of outreach to contractors in other languages. Launch of moderate income tiered rebate. Outreach to landlords of moderate-income renters.

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The program is currently developing a customizable (by county) leave-behind. It will include info on TOU and in-unit offerings such as Rising Sun. Additionally, more support with reducing plug loads in rental units would be more equitable, since these are the things tenants have more control over.
All support must be multi-lingual.

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Transparency into EE features of a home can help provide homeowners or renters of single-family properties insight into comfort and utility bills (utility bills are a leading factor in applying for payday loans in the State).
Collateral translated into Spanish and Chinese.

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Provide regular energy efficiency training for members of the California Association of Real Estate Brokers, a realtors association formed in response to the National Association of Realtors not allowing POC to join. These realtors are more likely to be people of color and the training itself covers more issues related to affordability and equity in real estate. Integrating more accessible messaging into real estate trainings.

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Water Upgrades $ave is pursuing multi-lingual versions of marketing information. The Program is developing strategies to bundle the program offer with rebate programs to expand the number of eligible customers.

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BayREN Business takes on the primary purpose of, and has the short-term ability to deliver cost-effective avoided cost benefits to the energy system​ by providing rebates, financing, and technical assistance to ensure small and medium businesses can leverage all available energy-saving programs.

Secondary Elements of Equity: The BayREN Business program focuses on providing rebates for energy efficiency retrofits in micro, small and medium businesses. The program intends to recruit 20% of its projects from CalEnviroScreen certified Disadvantage Communities (DAC). To that end the program will deploy additional marketing and resources to reach DAC businesses.

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Market to and recruit contractors that are certified local business enterprises and/or women/minority-owned business enterprises.

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Market Support: Primary objective of supporting long-term success of energy efficiency and new technologies through workforce technologies.

Resource Acquisition: Reach code activity that helps with better compliance and more savings; Muni ZNE activities.

Elements of Equity: The program helps to create increased code compliance and help more people live in safe legal places. Energy efficiency work results in lower utility bills and better IAQ. Equity perspectives will also be incorporated into trainings that allow for building staff to take this into consideration when developing local policies.

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Providing permit guides and any materials aimed at the public or contractors in languages other than English; Regularly inviting people of color to share their knowledge as Forum speakers; Addressing equity as part of Forums and policy discussions.