# Presentation: 022768

## OVERVIEW

## Who We Are 

- Non-profit established in California with a network of supporters throughout the U.S. and China (governments, businesses, and non-governmental organizations)
- Mission is to help China harness efficiency as a viable energy resource, lessening its reliance on coal and improving the global environment
- Building on successful energy and environmental initiatives of the Natural Resources Defense Council

## The Challenge

- China is the world’s fastest-growing consumer of power
- In 2004 alone, it added enough power plants to equal all of California’s power generation
- Unless action is taken, China’s plans include:
- 	 -	Adding generation capacity 		equaling 22 Three Gorges Dams
- 	 -	Building 150 gigawatts in new coal-	fired capacity in the next five years 	(*two-thirds of the world’s total)*

## Worldwide Impacts

- China is likely to become the world’s leading emitter of global warming gases in the near future
- China’s air pollution is transported across the Pacific Ocean
- Mercury from Chinese power plants contaminates U.S. fish and soils
- According to the NY Times, by 2010 one-third of the smog-forming ozone in California will originate from Asia
- China's needs exert tremendous pressure on world markets for oil and natural gas, raising energy prices and global tensions

## The Solution

-  Energy Efficiency:
- 		- Improve energy efficiency through the implementation 	 	  of demand side management policies and programs
- 		- China’s goal is to use energy efficiency to cut 		  	  demand by 800 million tons of coal equivalent by 2020
-  Alliance Support:
- 		- China has requested Alliance assistance, and 	   	 	  the Alliance has established relationships with key 	  	  Chinese officials
- 		- The Alliance is also the first organization to identify 	  	  opportunities in China for efficiency through proven 		  demand-side management programs

## What is Demand-Side Management (DSM)?

- Utility-sponsored programs providing incentives to customers helping them to use and afford energy efficiency technologies, e.g,:

- Industrial equipment and motors
- Residential and commercial air conditioners

- DSM policies make energy efficiency economically viable for utilities
- Over the last 20 years, utility DSM programs in California helped to avoid the need to build 20 large power plants

## Benefits of Demand-Side Management (DSM)

- 	Over the next decade, implementation of DSM policies in China could mean a reduction of:

- Peak power demand
- 	220,000 megawatts per year - equal to 300 large coal-fired power plants
- Emissions
- 	213 million metric tons of carbon
- 	11 million tons of sulfur dioxide
- 	371,000 tons of nitrogen oxides

## Potential CO2 Reductions

**Potential Annual CO****2 ****Reductions from DSM Programs in China (cumulative)**

## Role of China/U.S. Energy Efficiency Alliance

- Partner with Chinese government to help them meet energy efficiency goals
- Focus on practical projects that will provide tangible results
- Pool financial and technical resources to help China develop and implement DSM programs
- Leverage broad network to maximize results from Alliance funding

## Activities of the Alliance (2005)

- Facilitated energy efficiency cooperation agreement between California and China;  Alliance designated as an implementing partner
- Established Alliance Leadership Council of key U.S. and China energy efficiency experts to support the work of the Alliance
- Provided guidance on development of Chinese national DSM policies
- Signed groundbreaking MOUs with Jiangsu and Shanghai for long-term DSM partnerships
- Assisted with implementation of a DSM 10-year strategic plan in Jiangsu

## Alliance Team

| Leadership Council Members (U.S.) | Susan Kennedy,  Chief of Staff for the Governor of California

Dian Grueneich, California
    Public Utilities Commission

Mark Levine,   Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 | Arthur Rosenfeld, California Energy Commission

Doug Ogden,  Energy Foundation

Gene Rodrigues, Southern
    California Edison Co.
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|  | Steven McCarty, PG&E | Ashok Gupta,  Natural Resources Defense Council  |

| Corporate Partners | PG&E Corporation | Southern California Gas Co. |
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|  | Southern California Edison Co. | San Diego Gas & Electric |

## Alliance Team

| Board of Directors  | 

Bryant Tong (Chair), Nth Power

Peter Liu (Vice-Chair), New Resource Bank (in organization)
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|  | Barbara Finamore (President), NRDC China Program

Peter Carson, Bingham McCutchen

Steven Kline, PG&E Corporation

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## Why Join the Alliance?

- Support improvements in climate change and other important environmental issues
- Cooperate with corporate, government and NGO leaders to address global concerns
- Facilitate the opening of markets for energy efficient technologies, appliances, and products in China and worldwide
- Help China put the right policies in place ahead of its huge wave of growth and building
- Gain understanding of energy efficiency-related issues and develop relationships with China and U.S. experts
- Help support meaningful results with modest funding

## Becoming An Alliance Member

**What We Ask:**
- An annual tax deductible donation.   Membership levels are as follows:
- Corporate Partner:   $25,000 and above (for two years)
- 	(includes invitation to participate in Alliance Technical Advisory Group)
- Executive Partner:   $10,000 and above
- Partner:   $ 2,000 and above
**What We Offer:**
- Regular updates on program progress and relevant developments in China
- Invitations to Alliance special events
- The opportunity to network with visiting Chinese delegations and other business and professional leaders interested in China energy issues

## Contact the Alliance

**China-US Energy Efficiency Alliance**
**50 California St., Suite 840**
**San Francisco, CA 94111**
**Phone: (415) 951-8975**
**Fax: (415) 983-9984**
**info@chinauseealliance.org**
**www.chinauseealliance.org**