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"Minutes
CCP Task Force
Oct. 8, 2003 3-5 p.m.
Millennium Star House
· Present: Dan, Deanne, Dean, Theresa, Mike, Carin, Okey, Eric
· Deanne started by mentioning an opportunity to apply for MOEA grant money to help make
the new LSC facility more energy efficient. After looking at the building plans, it sounded like
applying the money to what is already being proposed might work. Deanne was looking for
suggestions from the committee as to any improvements that could be made.
· Budget update from Dan: The Energy Management Fund (EMF) has over $390,000
currently, with $328,000 available for spending. The remainder has already been encumbered
for contracts, projects, etc. for this year. We will need to set up some kind of system to report
monitored savings to the Auditors office in order to transfer funds between the Facilities
Mgmt. Fund and the EMF. Both funds are within the same department and under Dans
authority so it should not be too difficult. Tracking savings will clearly be very important as
projects are instituted, and Dan will look to Dean for some assistance as well as the new utility
management software. We of course need to keep ghg reduction in mind as we move forward
with projects, and to track savings ($$ and ghg) on an individual project basis. Dan reported
that projects such as the Water Heater Lease Program may be necessary to approve and more
forward with, even if they dont fit the majority of the criteria rankings established by the
committee. This is because the money we are receiving from the Home Energy Loan Fund
needs to keep some level of residential energy programs available. Carin will provide copies of
the state legislation changed in 2002 in order to free up these funds at the next meeting.
· Okey reported on the status of the CERTS development (Clean Energy Resource Teams):
CERTS received an LCMR grant for about $500,000 to hire a statewide coordinator for the
various regions and to provide some program funding. There will be about $40,000 available
for the NE region of the state, as well as perhaps other leveraging opportunities. The first
official NE CERTS region meeting will be held on Oct. 24th from 9 to noon at the Cloquet
Forestry Center off Hwy 210. Okey would like to see Carin and perhaps other CCP members
who might be interested/have time attend that initial meeting to explain what CCP is working
on and help shape the direction of CERTS in this region. We just want to be sure we are not
duplicating efforts, and that if our priorities line up we can work together on certain
issues/projects. Carin will forward Okeys message regarding the newly hired coordinator and
the goals for that first CERTS meeting to the group. If after seeing that message you are
interested in attending the meeting, please let Carin know and we can work out a carpool. (It
takes between 30-40 minutes to drive there.)
· Project updates: Eric, Dan, Dean, and Mike met before our meeting to go through a few
more details on the surge suppressors. We are moving ahead with plans to do a pilot project
at the Tech Village parking ramp instead of the library, mostly because the electrical use can
be more easily monitored there. Volt Tech will meet with MP engineers to get their opinion,
and Eric is looking up more info. Dan will verify the controls on different fixtures and well
hopefully be able to make a decision on this project before or at the next meeting. This new
location has a 21 mo. Payback (under their 2 year guarantee) and will be less of an investment
up front.
Dan has created a detailed spreadsheet to track and evaluate potential lighting retrofits.
Included at this point are over 45 sites where outdoor lighting could be modified. At this point,
there are less than a dozen with fast paybacks (under 5 years), but borderline projects around
a 10 year payback or so could be helped along with General Fund dollars that would already
have been spent on the project to help make the payback shorter. Rebates from MP will be
available next year to help with this too, however some new criteria may apply to Power
Grants so well have to wait and see. An example of a potential project is to reduce/enhance
the lighting around the Lakewalk/Sculpture Garden. The 80-ft towers are hard to maintain and
have 400 watt bulbs that could be changed out for 360s as well as taking out half the fuses to
decrease the overall lighting. We could suggest adding new task lighting instead of the over-lit
tall towers.
(Dean asked that Carin develop a pending projects list for our next meeting to keep a running
total/overview of where we are. This would include sections for estimated costs, payback,
emissions reductions, etc.)
Eric brought the committee up to speed on developments of the water heater lease program.
He will provide a list of acceptable water heaters at the next meeting, as well as answers to
some internal questions they have been asking such as how the EMF would be repaid and what
costs they would ask the EMF to bear? Erics concern is that returning a percentage of the
lease payments to the EMF would mean the program would need to come back to CCP for
funds for the following years. Eric also wants the committee to set up the requirements needed
to transfer funds from the EMF to a gas-related utility fund under Dick Larsons signing
authority to start administering the program. The plan would be to have the utility pick up the
costs for marketing and administration of the program, and CCP would pay for the cost of the
units and installation. The idea was brought up to offer a hybrid option for this pilot phase to
try to push the market to the most efficient option possible. Okey thought a variety of options
would be necessary to offer since some customers would have much greater or lesser needs for
hot water
.a once size-fits-all approach could be wasteful. We also talked about valueadded
options that could be included as incentives, such as heat recovery coils and an energy
fact sheet. Having a contractor/plumber already out there doing the installation would also
provide a good opportunity for surveying whats out there right now. Dean asked if the
program will target electric water heaters and if using CIP dollars for fuel switching will be
acceptable. Eric said the money is now coming from the EMF and is no longer considered CIP
money and he does not plan to claim any of the energy conservation measures that get paid for
from the EMF towards the gas utilitys CIP requirements.
· Carin will add Vending Miser and other plug load controllers to our project list and Dan will
have the list on the laptop at our next meeting for discussion.
· Priorities for the next meeting Oct. 29th 3-5 pm at the Millennium Star House will be to work
towards a reduction target and evaluate next projects. Eric would also like to talk about
mandates for energy conservation in federal facilities that might help direct us to a target goal.
· The brochure was not finished but City graphics promised to have it done by next week (Oct.
13-17) so Carin will either email it to the group for final approval or bring it to the next
meeting if its not in a format that can be easily emailed."
