Ready for 100 Kick-Off Meeting Wednesday, December 20, 2017 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Robert L. Taylor Community Complex Welcome from Stevie Freeman-Montes, Sustainability Director, 6:00 pm. Present: City Commissioner Jennifer Ahearn-Koch and Jeffrey Vredenburg, Sustainability Program Director; Lee Hayes with Sarasota County. Thirty plus guests present also. Strategy for the meeting: Large Post-its around the room. Participants invited to write on these. #1 is a "Wish List" - knowing we can't do it all now but wish we could. #2 List community focused strategies like: Solar Co-op Implement P.A.C.E Explore solar endorsements from non-profits and the like #3 Utility Focused Strategies (geared towards ways residents and City can collaborate with FPL on renewable energy and energy efficiency) #4 City Operations Focused Strategies geared towards helping City become more energy efficient, conduct solar, and plan for storage feasibility assessment for City facilities. #5 Transportation Strategies (geared towards transforming gas and diesel vehicles to renewable sources and planning for walkability/bike ability) More electric vehicle charging stations Improve public transportation and options Electric public and school businesses Bike sharing program Pedestrian/bike infrastructure in the Form Based Code This is first in a series of meeting on this topic. City Commission has approved this Resolution. Climate Justice Coalition will be partners. Working with FPL. Ms. Montes asked all: how can we reach 100% by 2045? Strategy laid out In Agenda attached (The Resolution, Guiding Principles, Planning Process, Greenhouse Gas Reduction, Our Energy Landscape, Navigating State Policies, Activity - Implementation Strategy Idea Session). Break out of the above Agenda items attached. Open discussion of what community and City can implement to reach 100% renewable energy by 2045. Brainstorm and don't consider costs = present every idea. For the next meeting, feasibility will be discussed. Next meeting will be February 21, 2018, 6 pm at the Robert L. Taylor facility. There will be an interactive exercise to evaluate strategies based on: Cost Equity Economic Development Potential Other Criteria Recommendations from participants: Develop a workable strategy. Need a meta-strategy with a disciplined plan, not scatter shot Need milestones Consider environmental impacts. Factor in sea level rise, increase or decrease green spaces, consider urban resilience Factor in air quality Public health impacts Notes submitted by: Jude Levy Admin Specialist II Power Point attachment Solar Policy Overview This document isr meant tos summarize state level policies and utility structurest that are relevant to Readyf for 100 implementation. State of Florida Description How does this impact Readyf for 100 implementation: strategies? Context This is a: State policy which allows customers who, generate electricity on: sitet tol be charged byt their utility only fori the Net' energy consumption. In Florida, if customers generate ane excess amount ofe energyi ina a month, it can carry over as a credit tot the next month's bill. At the end oft they year, FPLI willl buy back excess Net Metering energy generated att their wholesaler rate. Yes- Allowed Astate policyi isi inj placet that protects property owners' right tou use: solar. Government ordinances or deed restrictions/ covenants arer not allowedi ifthey Solar Rights prohibit ori impairt the effective operation ofs solar collectors. (FL Statute: 163.04) Yes- Allowed Various tax exemptions arei inj place in Florida toi incentivize solar byr reducing the tax burden. Residentials sales tax andt tangible personal propertyt tax are exempted. Solari is also not included in the value ofap property assessment, decreasing the Tax Exemptions impact on property taxes. Yes-A Allowed Af financing mechanism for energy efficiency, renewable energy and wind hardening projects for both residential and commercial properties. PACE allows a property owner tot fund theu upt front cost ofe energy or wind hardening improvements which are then paid back over timet through a non- adv valorem State Enabled; Local Property assessment on their propertyt taxes. Sarasota County passed a PACE ordinance in programp potentially Assessed Clean October 2017 andi is currentlyr reviewingi interlocal agreements. City of Sarasota availablei ins spring Energy Commission willh havet the opportunity toy votet to' 'opti in'i in ther near future. 2018 Renewable! Portfolio Standards require utilities tor meet a certain percentage of their electricity: sales through qualifying renewablee energy. Utilities ins states with AF Renewable an RPS have a mandatei to furtheri incorporate renewable energyi intot their Portfolio electricity supply and tend toi incentivize their customers' to do: so as well. The. State Standard ofF Florida does noth have a Renewable Portfolio Standard. None Allows a single customer to apply credits from excess generation from the site Aggregate Net where electricityi is generatedt toa another off-site account. It also allows customers Metering (or without: space for solar ont their building to purchase renewable energy through Virtual Net "community: solar" arrangements. This is not allowedi in the state ofFlorida and Metering) would require state-level action. Nota allowed This allows a. renewable energyi installation to be owned by multiple customers and Shared provides an optiont for renewable energy to customers who are unable to install Renewable on-site systems. This is not allowedint the state ofF Florida and would require state- Energy level action. Not allowed Policy that guarantees long- term contract for renewable energy producers to sell electricity. generated back to the grida at a1 fixed price over a: set time period. Net metering is subtractedi first from the customer'smonthlye energy consumption, but ai feed-int tariff fisas separate arrangement where utility pays for alle electricity generated. Usuallyi it'ss sufficient to recover costs plus a reasonable profit. There is currentlyr no policy in Florida that encourages or prohibits. Only one regional Feedi in Tariffs municipal utility! has everi implemented (Gainesville). No policy Community choice aggregation is a: state, policy that allows municipalities to aggregate electricity demand within their jurisdictions in ordert to procure alternative energys supplies while maintaining the existinge electricity provider for Community transmission and distribution: services. Not all CCA's incorporater renewable energy Choice but many do. Only 7: states allow. There is currentlyr no policy in Florida that would Aggregation allowt this andi ity would requires state-level action. Not allowed Allows a developer tol build, install, and operate ar renewable energy system on behalf ofa a host customer. Thel host (say a City) then purchases electricity generated by thes system usuallya at a rate less than what their utility bill would Third-party have been anda also avoiding upfront costs. Hosts can usually rent or lease system ownership from developer after PPA expires. The developer has access tof federal and state (power purchase tax credits and cant therefore leveraget this to achieves savings. Floridai is one of five agreements) states that prohibitt thirdp party ownership and would requires state-levela action. Not allowed Solar Policy Overview State of Florida Description How does thisi impact Ready for1 100i implementation: strategies? Context A customer's electricity bill is divided into two parts: 1)1 the cost ofc operating, maintaining, and deliveringt the electricity and: 2) the cost ofe electricity generation. Decoupling legislation removes the disincentivei involvedi in tyingau utility'sr revenue directly to electricity sales and instead ties the utility profits toi the transmission State requires and distribution portion of thel bill. Utilities in states with electric decoupling can electric have a betteri incentive structure inj place to collaborate one energys supply decoupling transformation. Thes state ofFlorida does not have electric decoupling. Not allowed AI Regulated VS. Meanst the state controls most aspects of the utilities rates and: services, including Unregulated incentives for renewable energy. Cities cang participate by commenting on: state Utility regulatory proceedings, buto do not have much direct control over utility policies. Regulated Utility customers have only one utility from which they purchase electricity. Means Vertically- the utility owns its power plants. Fore example, FPL owns plants, transmission, and Integrated VS. distribution! lines. In states with 'retail competition,' utilities arer notp permitted to Retail own ando operatet the power plants that generate electricity and retail customers Competition can generally purchase energyf from competitive power suppliers. Utilities in these Utility types of states arer more ofat transmission and distribution service provider. Vertirally-lntegrated a e U - 2 de 9 a t E : : € - 3E2 m 4 4 D - - o: a - 0 > = 6 o - - 0 - 2 a 9 e T 5 F o 9 D m € - - 6 a P a m - oz - zm! a 5 G N A Photol Sherri Swanson 8 a I 1 & E 1 I S - - : 6 - - 2 0 a - 1 Energy ICost, $p per SqftLiving Area 6 S 8 s 3 - 4 3 > - * - #S Solar Interconnections 0 8 & 8 0 8 3 3 D 6 u 8 5 g 3 8 C g S 8 B 8 3 - T - d a a C e B - - - N Evaluation Form Ready for 100 Kick-Off Meeting - December 20, 2017 Are there any groups not present today that you think we should meet with ARASOR regarding this planning process? If sO, please list below. How informative would you rate today's S community meeting? Rate 1-5 1 = "I learned no new information"; 5 = "Extremely informative". How could we improve these meetings in the future? If the City created a "meeting in a box" for future Ready for 100 meetings would you use it? A "meeting in a box" provides pre-packaged resources (such as a worksheet, one-page summary, presentation, etc.) to individuals who then facilitate a Ready for 100 discussion with an existing group on their own time