January 31, 2017 Meeting Materials

Agenda

DCEO Programs & Recommendations to Utilities– Molly Lunn, Deputy Director, Office of Energy & Recycling, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity

Low Income Statutory Review:

• Electric and Gas Utility Low Income, Public Sector Provisions – Karen Lusson, Assistant Bureau Chief, Public Utilities Bureau, Illinois Attorney General’s Office​​
• Interpreting and Implementing the Low Income Vendor Selection Provision Of Electric and Gas Utility Energy Efficiency Programs– Karen Lusson, Assistant Bureau Chief, Public Utilities Bureau, Illinois Attorney General’s Office​​

Low-Income Panel Presentations:

• Illinois Home Weatherization Assistance Program – Mick Prince & Leslie DeVore, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
• Efficient Living: Illinois Public Housing Authority Energy Program – Kate Brown, Building Research Council, University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign
• Illinois Energy Efficient Affordable Housing Construction Program – Paul Knight, Domus PLUS
• Energy Efficiency in Affordable Housing: Experiences, Opportunities and Need – Peter Ludwig, Elevate Energy
• Energy Savers Grant – Mary Ellen Guest, Chicago Bungalow Association

Public Sector Panel Presentations:

• Advancing Public Sector Energy Efficiency in Illinois – Karen Winter-Nelson – Smart Energy Design Assistance Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ashley Harrington – 360 Energy Group; Stefano Galiasso – Energy Resources Center, University of Illinois at Chicago
• Importance of Public Sector Energy Efficiency in Illinois – Amanda M. La Brier, Director of Energy Management, City of Chicago, Department of Fleet and Facility Management (2FM) Bureau of Procurement and Energy Management

Follow-Up Documents

• Attendees and Action Items (2/6/2017)
• Illinois Public Sector and Low Income Housing Energy Efficiency Potential Study (Energy Resources Center, May, 2016)
• Low Income Resources:
  • Policy, Administration and Implementation Options for addressing Cost Effectiveness of the DCEO Low Income Programs and Possible new Low Income program Opportunities (Interoffice memorandum RE: IL DCEO, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March, 2016)
  • Energy Efficiency Programs in Multifamily Affordable Housing(Energy Efficiency for All, May, 2015)
  • Mobilizing Energy Efficiency in the Manufactured Housing Sector(ACEEE, July, 2012)
  • Lifting the High Energy Burden  in America’s Largest Cities:  How Energy Efficiency Can Improve Low Income and Underserved Communities(Energy Efficiency for All and ACEEE, April, 2016)
  • Building Better Energy Efficiency Programs for Low-Income Households (ACEEE, March, 2016)
  • Best Practices in Developing Energy Efficiency Programs for Low-Income Communities and Considerations for Clean Power Plan Compliance (ACEEE, April, 2016)
  • Lending for Energy Efficiency Upgrades in  Low- to Moderate-Income Communities:  Bank of America’s Energy Efficiency Finance Program (ACEEE, July, 2016)
• Market Transformation Resources:
  • Feedback on Illinois Market Transformation Programs (Technical memorandum RE: IL DCEO, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, March, 2016)
  • ​​A Scoping Study on Energy-Efficiency market Transformation by California Utility DSM Programs (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, July 1996)