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W A I= R h N h R L Y I. l F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES .T- = 69& P U BLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JANUARY 23, 2017 ITEM NO: 8 SUBJECT: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS UPDATE ISSUES: Receive an update on the Riverside Public Utilities' Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Programs. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities receive and file this report. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: Electric - Assembly Bill (AB) 1890 (Brulte, 1996) requires that 2.85% of electric revenue be utilized to fund public benefits programming and must be used in at least one of four areas: demand side management (energy efficiency), renewable energy, low-income assistance, or research, development, and demonstration. Senate Bill (SB) 1037 (Kehoe, 2005) sets ambitious energy conservation policies and goals requiring publicly owned utilities (POU's) to report annually kilowatt hour (kWh) savings to the California Energy Commission (CEC) and to its customers. AB 2021 (Levine, 2006) requires all California POU's beginning in 2007, and every three years thereafter, to identify all potentially achievable cost-effective energy efficient savings and establish annual targets for energy savings and demand reduction over a ten-year period. AB 2227 (Bradford, 2012) changed the frequency of the energy efficiency ten-year target setting requirements of AB 2021 from once every three years to once every four years. SB 350 (De Leon, 2015) establishes annual targets for statewide energy efficiency savings and demand reduction that will achieve a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas by January 1, 2030. The bill requires local POU's to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction consistent with this goal. Water: Senate Bill (SB) X7 -7 (2009) requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. The state is required to make incremental progress towards this goal by reducing per capita water use by at least 10% on or before December 31, 2015. Executive Order B-29-15 (2014) — The State Water Resources Control Board imposed restrictions to achieve a statewide 25% reduction in potable urban water usage. Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) was mandated, by the State, to reduce its potable water consumption by 28%.