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too"RD NATURAL RESOURCES DEFEW E-COUNCIL <br /> YHA EAN TRI a111 MIINil <br /> April 30, 2010 <br /> Via: Email and US Afail <br /> Riverside Public Utilities <br /> David Wright and Board of Public Utilities <br /> 3901 Orange Street <br /> Riverside, CA 92501 <br /> dwright@riversideca.gov <br /> rpuboard@riversideca.gov <br /> RE: Ten-year energy efficiency targets pursuant to AB 2021 <br /> Dear Mr. Wright and Governing Board Members, <br /> On behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), we write to urge you to be as <br /> aggressive as possible in adopting your ten-year targets to capture all cost-effective energy <br /> efficiency, pursuant to AB 2021 (Levine, 2006). Energy efficiency is the cheapest, cleanest, and <br /> fastest energy resource available to meet your customers' needs. Every $1 invested in energy <br /> efficiency yields more than $3 in benefits, on average, for customers-' Expanded efficiency <br /> programs can immediately lower your customers' bills and help reinvigorate the economy while <br /> contributing to the state's air quality and greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives. <br /> We write to you as one of the sixteen largest publicly-owned utilities (POU) in California, to <br /> provide our perspective on the draft energy efficiency targets reported in the recent Energy <br /> Efficiency in California's Public Power Sector:A Status Report(Status Report) issued by the <br /> California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) on March 15, 2010. NRDC plans to issue a <br /> report that will provide more extensive analysis of the POU targets in the coining months; <br /> however, since the targets will be finalized in the coming weeks, we offer the following <br /> information in the hope that it will provide insight into opportunities to be as aggressive as <br /> possible in capturing all cost-effective energy efficiency savings. NRDC's objective is to help <br /> each and every POU in California maximize savings for its customers and become a nationwide <br /> leader on energy efficiency. We welcome the opportunity to work with you to maximize your <br /> energy saving targets. <br /> In 2009,POUs reported$116 million in total energy efficiency investments. We estimate the savings provided <br /> POU customers$517 million in total benefits. (These aggregate benefits are calculated from individual utility TRC <br /> ratios and investments because TRC benefits were not provided in the Status Report.) Status Report,p, 31. <br /> nv.nrdc.org 111 Sutter Street NEW YORK • WASHINGTON,DC - Los ANGELES• CHICAGO BEIJING <br /> 20th Floor <br /> San Francisco,CA 94104 <br /> TEL 415 875-6106 FAX 415 875-6161 <br />