HomeMy WebLinkAbout7/15/2025 Item 4a, Hermann & Purrington - Staff Agenda CorrespondenceCity of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum
City of San Luis Obispo
Council Agenda Correspondence
DATE: July 15, 2025
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Greg Hermann, Deputy City Manager
Prepared By: Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
VIA: Whitney McDonald, City Manager
SUBJECT: ITEM # 4a – 2025 Central Coast Community Energy Presentation
Attached is the PowerPoint presentation for tomorrow night’s 2025 Central Coast
Community Energy (3CE) Annual Update Presentation. The following staff from 3CE will
be presenting and available for questions: Das Williams, Senior Advisor for Policy and
Legislative Affairs; Spencer Brandt, Community Relations Manager, and Judi Young,
Senior Customer Accounts Manager.
ATTACHMENT
A – 3CE Powerpoint Presentation
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3CE Annual Update
City of San Luis Obispo
July 15, 2025
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Together, Power for Good
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2024 Energy Highlights
Sourced 409 Megawatts
of clean & renewable energy in 2024, enough to power
350,850 households with renewable energy.
Sourcing Renewable Energy
avoided more than 445,000 metric tons of CO2,the
equivalent of taking 105,911 gasoline-powered passenger
vehicles off the road for a year.
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•Balances intermittent renewables
•Supports stability
•Reduces reliance on fossil fuels
•Drives affordability
•Empowers customers
Battery Energy Storage Systems
Support the Renewable Transition
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Supply Trend September 2022
•Labor Day Weekend
2022
•Flex Alert
•Text message from
Governor's Office
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Supply Trend July 2024
•Independence Day
holiday weekend
2024
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Utility Scale Battery Safety
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Willow Rock Energy Storage Center
•Storage is essential for CA's transition to carbon-free energy
•Utilizes compressed air to generate power on demand
•Largest compressed air energy storage project in the world
•200 megawatts for 3CE customers
Energy Storage Innovation
Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A -CAES)
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Our Energy Future
New Renewable Energy Projects
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Aratina Solar + Storage
●120 MW to power 90,000 homes
Atlas Solar
●150 MW to power 105,100 homes
Victory Pass Solar + Storage –ONLINE
●100 MW to power 68,000 homes
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Community Engagement
•Ongoing outreach through events, webinars, and
workshops
•Added bilingual staff and expanded translated
materials
•Adopted Underserved Communities Action Plan
•Increased access with interpreters and bilingual
promotion
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Community Programs
$1,000-4,000$150,000
Electrify Your Ride Electrify Your Home*
$17,385$2,500 per unit
New Construction Electrification Program
$5,000 ADU$250,000
Agricultural Electrification Program
$75,000
Residential Battery Rebate
Program
$13,000
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*Electrify Your Home Program on temporary pause until October 2025.
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Public Agency Programs
Fleet &Charging
Infrastructure Plans
Plan Your
Fleet
Electric Bus Program
$400,000
Charge Your
Fleet
Up to $150,000
Electrify
Your Fleet
Up to$150,000
Reach Codes
Program
Assistance for development and
adoption
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Making a Difference Community Investment
Snapshot of Rebates & Incentives:
●2,843 electric vehicles
●2,085 EV chargers
●1,663 projects for EV readiness
●38 electric buses
●746 all-electric water heaters & HVAC systems
●1,458 all-electric affordable housing units
●93 all-electric agriculture equipment projects
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Community Investment
Rebates & Incentives
City of San Luis Obispo 3CE Investment:
•$ 46,932 –Charge Your Fleet
•$ 90,000 –Electrify Your Fleet
•$37,087 –Plan Your Fleet
•$105,631 –Reach Code Technical Assistance
•$ 58,697 –Agriculture Electrification Program
•$ 200,000 –Electric Bus Program
•$398,302 –Electrify Your Home
•$ 2,019,427 –Electrify Your Ride
•$604,750 –New Construction Electrification Program
•$24,900 –Residential Battery Rebate Program
City of Santa Cruz 3CE Investment:
•$ 201,324 –Charge Your Fleet
•$269,000 –Electrify Your Fleet
•$ 67,175–REACH Codes technical assistance
•$8,000 –Agriculture Electrification Program
•$ 500,520–Electric Bus Program
•$424,400 –Electrify Your Home
•$1,381,246 –Electrify Your Ride
•$172,500–New Construction Electrification Program
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Legislative Update
•EV and Home Energy Tax Credits
•Federal Taxes and & Tax Credits
•Resource Adequacy Slice of Day
•Pathways Initiative (SB 540)
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Thank You!
Contact Us:
•Southern Region: Spencer Brandt (sbrandt@3ce.org)
•Senior Advisor for Policy and Legislative Affairs: Das Williams
(dwilliams@3ce.org)
Learn more & apply for programs at 3Cenergy.org
facebook.com/3CEnergy centralcoastcommunityenergy @3Cenergy
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