Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Appropriation Transfer Request for grant agreements between County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability and Peninsula Clean Energy
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request recognizing $165,000 in grant funds from Peninsula Clean Energy for the development of building and vehicle electrification initiatives.
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BACKGROUND:
Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), the Community Choice Energy provider in San Mateo County was launched in October 2016 and now serves all of San Mateo County with clean electricity. PCE's goal is to provide 100 percent greenhouse-gas-free (GHG-free) electricity by 2021. The advent of PCE's provision of GHG-free electricity achieved significant reductions in the generation of GHG emissions in San Mateo County, from all existing use of electricity. However, access to GHG-free electricity provides additional opportunity across San Mateo County to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beyond that already achieved.
Electricity is only one source of energy use in San Mateo County. The larger portion of current energy use, as measured in BTUs, is from local burning of fossil fuels, especially natural gas to heat water and buildings, and from gasoline, which is burned in the majority of vehicles in San Mateo County. It has become clear that, in order to meet State greenhouse gas reduction goals, vehicles and existing buildings need to transition to cleaner sources of energy.
DISCUSSION:
PCE released a Community Pilot Grant solicitation for up to $75,000 on June 21, 2018. The County of San Mateo Office of Sustainability responded with three proposals for PCE's consideration. One proposal was awarded in that grant solicitation: development of tools to support municipal fleet transition to electric vehicles. The resulting contract includes: development of ...
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