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ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES: END-USE EFFICIENCY
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CURRENT STATUS
AEA is continuing to coordinate multi-party technical assistance (TA) provided to
Community Energy Champions (CECs), the 64 communities that signed an energy efficiency
pledge in phase one of the Remote Alaska Communities Energy Efficiency (RACEE)
competition in winter 2016 and that now make up the RACEE Peer Network. TA includes a
monthly webinar series on a range of topics related to community-scale energy efficiency,
as well as project development and financing help CECs work toward the 15% by 2020
pledge made in Phase I of the initiative. Additionally, AEA is coordinating a “RACEE Day” to
be held the day prior to the start of the April 2018 Rural Energy Conference. This one-day
event is intended to be a peer networking opportunity with a focus on exploring best
practices in the delivery of community-scale energy efficiency in remote communities.
Grant paperwork for the $80,000 grant from USDA Rural Development to provide energy
audits to owners of non-residential buildings has been signed and a solicitation will be out
soon to contract with energy auditors for work to be completed throughout the winter. A
60-day participant application period will occur in the fall.
AEA continues to provide technical support and stakeholder coordination in efforts to start
Property Assessed Clean Energy in commercial buildings (C-PACE) programs in Alaska’s
largest communities. In partnership with the Governor’s office and with support from the
National Governor’s Association AEA cohosted a C-PACE implementation workshop in early
June. Participants included representatives from Fairbanks, Anchorage, Mat-Su, Kenai and
Juneau as well as local banks, building representatives, and advocacy groups. Outcomes of
the June workshop include consensus by the communities to work together toward
uniform program parameters and the creation of a statewide administrator. A C-PACE
Advisory Group was created, facilitated by AEA, which met recently and will continue to
meet approximately every two months for the foreseeable future.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
AEA’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) program is working to achieve the State’s
15 percent by 2020 energy efficiency goal through a variety of means. Initiatives include
the RACEE competition, C-PACE implementation coordination and technical assistance, the
Village Energy Efficiency Program, Commercial Building Energy Audits, industrial audit
toolkit, statewide outreach, and technical assistance with regional and community level
energy efficiency planning and implementation. AEA also manages the State Energy
Program (SEP) federal funds for Alaska, sharing revenue 50/50 with the Alaska Housing
Finance Corporation (AHFC).
ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS
Stakeholder engagement is managed through the Alaska Energy Efficiency Partnership. The
Partnership has more than 70 member organizations and creates opportunity for
collaboration and synergy among statewide stakeholders.
APRIL 2018