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Organizer: San Diego Energy District
Co-Hosts: Center for Community Energy & UCSD Center for Energy Research
Title: Decarbonize and Take Control of Your Community's Energy Needs
Date: June 5, 2020
Keynote Speaker: Congressman Mike Levin, California's 49th Congressional District
Program Manager: Dr Jose Torre-Bueno, jose.torrebueno@cc-energy.org
Sponsors: Contact Andrea Salas andrea.salas@sandiegoenergydistrict.org
Co-Hosts: Center for Community Energy & UCSD Center for Energy Research
Title: Decarbonize and Take Control of Your Community's Energy Needs
Date: June 5, 2020
Keynote Speaker: Congressman Mike Levin, California's 49th Congressional District
Program Manager: Dr Jose Torre-Bueno, jose.torrebueno@cc-energy.org
Sponsors: Contact Andrea Salas andrea.salas@sandiegoenergydistrict.org
Summary
In 2019, an unprecedented number of California communities started forming Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs). In light of the climate emergency, it is encouraging that most of them will offer plans with a higher ratio of renewable energy than the state-mandated minimums. This means that procuring enough renewable energy to serve all the utilities in California may be more difficult in the future. In particular, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) has said that the Resource Adequacy requirement for 115% of projected demand will be very hard to procure. After many years of advocacy for the formation of CCAs, the San Diego Energy District (SDED) has shifted its focus from advocacy to education, beginning with our 2019 webinar series. The webinar series had 725 attendees from 235 organizations.
The next major SDED public event was held in cooperation with the UCSD Center for Energy Research and the Center for Community Energy. On June 5, 2020, the SDED held a 1-day virtual Community Energy Symposium * to inform elected officials, government personnel, CCA staff, and concerned citizens about the issues, regulations, and resources they will need to be familiar with as they form CCA agencies in San Diego County and other areas in California. The symposium emphasized areas of significant importance, including Distributed Energy Resources and other programs such as microgrids and Demand Response that allow CCAs to speed decarbonization and avoid Resource Adequacy risk and high-cost energy purchases.
The SDED 2020 Community Energy Virtual Symposium was held June 5th. The symposium showed how CCAs can become operationally successful – technically and financially – as quickly as possible.
*This event was originally scheduled as an in-person symposium to be held in San Diego. In early March, due to the COVID-19 health concerns, it was changed to a virtual symposium.
The next major SDED public event was held in cooperation with the UCSD Center for Energy Research and the Center for Community Energy. On June 5, 2020, the SDED held a 1-day virtual Community Energy Symposium * to inform elected officials, government personnel, CCA staff, and concerned citizens about the issues, regulations, and resources they will need to be familiar with as they form CCA agencies in San Diego County and other areas in California. The symposium emphasized areas of significant importance, including Distributed Energy Resources and other programs such as microgrids and Demand Response that allow CCAs to speed decarbonization and avoid Resource Adequacy risk and high-cost energy purchases.
The SDED 2020 Community Energy Virtual Symposium was held June 5th. The symposium showed how CCAs can become operationally successful – technically and financially – as quickly as possible.
*This event was originally scheduled as an in-person symposium to be held in San Diego. In early March, due to the COVID-19 health concerns, it was changed to a virtual symposium.
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North County Climate Change Alliance
Empowering People and Organizations in North San Diego County to take action on Climate Change |
Virtual Poster Sessions
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Use this page to see the presentations from the 2020 Symposium held June 5, 2020
Speakers
Session 1: Regulatory Compliance, Legal Structure & Operations
Randal Kaufman, Sales Director, Black & Veatch
TOPIC: Clean Resilient Energy Infrastructure for Zero Emission Transportation and Facility Power
Jan Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, Peninsula Clean Energy
TOPIC: Leveraging Funds to Expand the Reach of CCA Programs
Brian Rahman, P.E., Executive Director of Engineering, ZGlobal
TOPIC: Renewable Distributed Generation
Howard Choy, General Manager, County Office of Sustainability (retired),
County of Los Angeles
TOPIC: Program Opportunities for CCAs, Local Governments
Session 2: Procurement
Angelina Galiteva, Board of Governors, CAISO (California Independent System Operator)
TOPIC: The role of the grid in ensuring successful decarbonization
Gerald W. Braun, Chair, IRSEN (Integrated Renewable Energy Systems Network)
TOPIC: Pathways to Least-Cost Clean Energy
Christine Vangelatos, Executive Director of Market Analytics, ZGlobal
TOPIC: Managing an effective procurement evaluation process
Carl Stills, Vice President, Imperial Valley Development & Storage Integration, 8minute Solar Energy
TOPIC: Hybrid Solar + Storage - Affordable Clean Energy Is Here To Stay
Michael Griswold, Owner, Ansergy WECC
TOPIC: The Art of the Hedge
Session 3: Distributed Energy Resources
Lorenzo Kristov, Consultant on Electric System Policy, Structure, and Market Design
TOPIC: Local Energy Planning for Decarbonization, Resilience and Equity
John Starter, Founder, Microgrid Development Group, SF Bay Area
TOPIC: Taming the Duck; Aggregation of stationary and mobile energy storage systems - Virtual Power Plants
JP Ross, Senior Director, Local Development, Electrification and Innovation, East Bay Community Energy
TOPIC: Developing Local Resilience
David Burdick, Executive Vice President of Business Development, TerraVerde Energy
TOPIC: Best Practices in DER Program Design & Implementation
Brian Jones, Director of Distributed Energy Resources Incentive Programs, Center for Sustainable Energy
TOPIC: PV, EVs and Energy Storage – How to Leverage Existing Incentive Programs for CCA Customers
Session 4: Programs
Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director, Clean Coalition
TOPIC: Unleashing solar on rooftops, parking lots, and parking structures throughout San Diego
Chris Sentieri, Senior Manager, EcoShift Consulting
TOPIC: Transformative Local Programming: Emerging Perspectives and Opportunities for CCAs
Jessie Denver, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources Program, East Bay Community Energy
TOPIC: Electrifying Local Government Fleets: The Role of CCAs
Stephen Gunther, Distributed Energy Resources Policy Manager, Center for Sustainable Energy
TOPIC: Optimizing Local Efforts: Opportunities to Align CCA Programs with Local Government Initiatives
Woody Hastings, Energy Program Manager, The Climate Center
TOPIC: How CCA Programs are Responding to Community Needs
Michael Hetz
Owner/Creative Director
michael@noodleshopdesign.com
noodleshopdesign.com
619.787.3355
Use this page to see the presentations from the 2020 Symposium held June 5, 2020
Speakers
Session 1: Regulatory Compliance, Legal Structure & Operations
Randal Kaufman, Sales Director, Black & Veatch
TOPIC: Clean Resilient Energy Infrastructure for Zero Emission Transportation and Facility Power
Jan Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, Peninsula Clean Energy
TOPIC: Leveraging Funds to Expand the Reach of CCA Programs
Brian Rahman, P.E., Executive Director of Engineering, ZGlobal
TOPIC: Renewable Distributed Generation
Howard Choy, General Manager, County Office of Sustainability (retired),
County of Los Angeles
TOPIC: Program Opportunities for CCAs, Local Governments
Session 2: Procurement
Angelina Galiteva, Board of Governors, CAISO (California Independent System Operator)
TOPIC: The role of the grid in ensuring successful decarbonization
Gerald W. Braun, Chair, IRSEN (Integrated Renewable Energy Systems Network)
TOPIC: Pathways to Least-Cost Clean Energy
Christine Vangelatos, Executive Director of Market Analytics, ZGlobal
TOPIC: Managing an effective procurement evaluation process
Carl Stills, Vice President, Imperial Valley Development & Storage Integration, 8minute Solar Energy
TOPIC: Hybrid Solar + Storage - Affordable Clean Energy Is Here To Stay
Michael Griswold, Owner, Ansergy WECC
TOPIC: The Art of the Hedge
Session 3: Distributed Energy Resources
Lorenzo Kristov, Consultant on Electric System Policy, Structure, and Market Design
TOPIC: Local Energy Planning for Decarbonization, Resilience and Equity
John Starter, Founder, Microgrid Development Group, SF Bay Area
TOPIC: Taming the Duck; Aggregation of stationary and mobile energy storage systems - Virtual Power Plants
JP Ross, Senior Director, Local Development, Electrification and Innovation, East Bay Community Energy
TOPIC: Developing Local Resilience
David Burdick, Executive Vice President of Business Development, TerraVerde Energy
TOPIC: Best Practices in DER Program Design & Implementation
Brian Jones, Director of Distributed Energy Resources Incentive Programs, Center for Sustainable Energy
TOPIC: PV, EVs and Energy Storage – How to Leverage Existing Incentive Programs for CCA Customers
Session 4: Programs
Craig Lewis, Founder and Executive Director, Clean Coalition
TOPIC: Unleashing solar on rooftops, parking lots, and parking structures throughout San Diego
Chris Sentieri, Senior Manager, EcoShift Consulting
TOPIC: Transformative Local Programming: Emerging Perspectives and Opportunities for CCAs
Jessie Denver, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources Program, East Bay Community Energy
TOPIC: Electrifying Local Government Fleets: The Role of CCAs
Stephen Gunther, Distributed Energy Resources Policy Manager, Center for Sustainable Energy
TOPIC: Optimizing Local Efforts: Opportunities to Align CCA Programs with Local Government Initiatives
Woody Hastings, Energy Program Manager, The Climate Center
TOPIC: How CCA Programs are Responding to Community Needs
Michael Hetz
Owner/Creative Director
michael@noodleshopdesign.com
noodleshopdesign.com
619.787.3355
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