housing to low-income Californians in deed restricted, government and owned multi-family buildings, as described in this Decision, subject to a cap of $80 million of unspent funds by each utility…(similar language in Decision p. 196) 5. PROGRAM ALIGNMENT. CHPC provided evidence of the lack of coordination among various energy efficiency programs administered by the utilities and the California Department of Community Services & Development (CSD). CHPC demonstrated how the failure to coordinate undermines achievement of energy savings and discourages participation in ESAP. CHPC provided guidance for methods to improve program coordination, and integrating multiple programs to achieve better results. PROGRAM ALIGNMENT (page 2 of 5) Jan 12 Protest p. 12: We urge the Commission to require IOUs to provide sufficient detail on their proposals to coordinate ESAP with MFEER, EUC, programs offered by the Department of Community Services & Development (CSD), and others, in order to comply with the mandates of D.14-08-030 to coordinate among multifamily programs, including providing proposals to pool funds. Prehearing Conference Statement filed by NRDC/NCLC/CHPC on March 2, 2015 (“March 2 PHC”) p. 4: “We agree that the Commission should examine the IOU coordination efforts, but ask the Commission to explicitly state that coordination efforts also include coordination with the general Energy Efficiency programs, such as Energy Upgrade and the Multifamily Energy Efficiency Rebate program.” April 27 Stamas-01 p.25-26: “Layering programs that still have varying timelines, unique eligibility and enrollment rules, unique administrators, and incentives that cut against participation in multiple programs, does not provide for true coordination… Furthermore, program budgets and timelines are incongruent with providing integrated offerings, see Table 5: Utility Program Budgets Based on Historic 2013 ESA Expenditures and Average of 2013 and 2014 Non-ESA Budgets” p. 33: “As Table 5 illustrates, utilities’ budgets in other multifamily
ON BILL FINANCING (page 3 of 3) terms, which sheds further light on the dramatic costs associated with retrofitting the multifamily market sector. D.16-11-022 p. 205: Specifically, these OBF implementation plans should revise the program to: (1) better integrate OBF with the ESA Program SPOC model that has been further established and empowered in this Decision; and (2) propose modified loan terms that are more accessible to the multifamily market by increasing the financing limits to $250,000 with the terms expanded to ten-years for multifamily properties that meet our criteria specified in this Section. These plans should identify strategies, update program design, and include detailed marketing plans to reach the multifamily sector, including the low-income occupied multifamily housing sector. COL 81: The OBF/OBR plans should aim to: (1) better integrate OBF with the ESA Program SPOC model that has been further established and empowered in this Decision; and (2) consider and, if warranted, propose modified loan terms that are more accessible to the multifamily market, and the plans should identify strategies, update program design, and include detailed marketing plans to reach the multifamily sector, including the low-income occupied multifamily housing sector. (similar language in OP 51.) LEVERAGING LIWP. CHPC recommended programmatic and funding integration of ESAP with the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD) Low Income Jan 12 Protest p. 12: We urge the Commission to require IOUs to provide sufficient detail on their proposals to coordinate ESAP with MFEER, EUC, programs offered by the Department of Community Services & Development (CSD- Low Income Weatherization Program), and others,
H.15, beginning March 25, 2017, the 75th day after the filing of California Housing Partnership Corporation’s request, and continuing until full payment is made. The comment period for today’s decision is waived. This decision is effective today. Dated March 23, 2017, at San Francisco, California. MICHAEL PICKER President CARLA J. PETERMAN LIANE M. RANDOLPH MARTHA GUZMAN ACEVES CLIFFORD RECHTSCHAFFEN Commissioners