City Energy Project: California Investor-Owned Utility On-Bill Financing Program
This case study describes on-bill financing programs managed by California investor-owned utilities.
Public Utility Commissions
Public utility commissions (PUCs) oversee utility activities, including rates, programs, and plans, all of which have direct impacts on commercial and residential energy use in our cities. Below is a collection of IMT resources that can be used to learn more about PUCs and how we’re engaging with them to bring effective energy efficiency projects to local governments.
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Using City-Utility Partnership Agreements to Achieve Climate and Energy Goals
The report helps cities and utilities evaluate partnership agreements to meet climate and energy goals.
The PUC Perspective on a New Era for Local Governments and Public Utilities Commissions
Diversity in perspective is key to robust decision-making. Bringing together a robust set of stakeholders to workshop a problem can uncover new solutions that might have not been otherwise identified. This holds true in many areas, but especially in regulatory environments, where affordability, environmental concerns, resilience, public health and safety, and equity of access may … Continued
Local Government Engagement with Public Utility Commissions Mini Guide
Growing numbers of local governments, such as cities and counties, have identified benefits from working with public utility commissions (PUCs or commissions) to further their goals around clean energy, resilience, and affordability. For local government staff, elected officials, and the communities they serve, this document identifies the opportunities and benefits of working with commissions on … Continued
A New Era for Local Governments and Public Utility Commissions: The City Perspective
Why should cities add engaging with their state public utilities commission (PUC) to their list of responsibilities?
Creating Alignment between Cities and Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
Cities are increasingly acting as market catalysts to encourage and require building owners to improve energy performance. However, cities implementing building performance policies that require actions like audits or re-tuning may experience conflicts with their regulated utilities’ efficiency programs, which depend on energy savings being additional—not attributable to market adoption or preexisting laws. These utility … Continued
Setting Your City Up for Success at the Public Utilities Commission
This post is the third in a three-part series that helps local governments understand why working with utility regulators matters, what they can achieve, and how to set themselves up for success. Read part one here and part two here. In my last post, I talked about Montgomery County, Maryland, which engages at Maryland Public … Continued
Catalyzing Market Transformation: Kelly Crandall
IMT’s experts catalyze collective and permanent market change. Get to know Kelly Crandall, IMT Manager of Utility Engagement.
Putting Data to Work: Emerging Uses for Building Energy Data for Utilities
Emerging Uses for Building Energy Data for Utilities Across the U.S., an increasing number of cities, counties, and states are examining building performance benchmarking and transparency as a critical step in addressing building energy and water use. These energy benchmarking and transparency requirements generate new and robust building-level datasets. This report describes the opportunities that … Continued
Overview of Utility Engagement Issues
This report was produced by IMT for the Pacific Coast Collaborative, which sets a cooperative direction in key policy areas of mutual interest among North America’s West Coast jurisdictions including California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.