July
28-31 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. California Energy Commission staff will conduct workshops to discuss the preliminary guidelines for three specific program areas to be funded by the American Recovery and Retirement Act (ARRA) State Energy Program (SEP). The specific program areas are:
1. Municipal Financing District Program (AB-811-type programs)
2. California Comprehensive Residential Building Retrofit Program
3. Municipal and Commercial Building Targeted Measure Retrofit Program.
Up to $96 million will be made available through a solicitation process for these three programs. The same agenda and topics will be covered at all three workshops. All workshops will also be available by WebEx. For more information about these workshops visit: http://www.energy.ca.gov/recovery.
Workshop Locations:
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
San Joaquin Council of Governments
555 E. Weber Avenue
Board Conference Room
Stockton, California
Register for this event online.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
Auditorium
San Francisco, California
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FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2009
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
City of San Diego, Environmental Services Department
9601 Ridgehaven Court
First Floor, Auditorium
San Diego, CA
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August
6 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The California Integrated Waste Management Board will hold the second of two informational Workshops to discuss the development and implementation of the Mandatory Commercial Recycling Measure as required by the AB 32 Scoping Plan. The second workshop will be held at the South Coast Air Quality Management District Office, 21865 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar. For more information, please contact Tracey Harper at (916) 341-6531, or via email at: tharper@ciwmb.ca.gov. For more background information, please visit CIWMB’s Mandatory Commercial Recycling Web site.
10 American Recover and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Changed Application Deadline. The U.S. Department of Energy just announced that the filing deadline for applying for formula grants under the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program has been extended until 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday, August 10, 2009. (The previous deadline was June 25.) If you still plan to file your application today and are having trouble using the electronic filing system through FedConnect, please remember that DOE will accept EECBG applications via email. To utilize this option, send your application to EECBG@NETL.DOE.GOV, and include this message in email subject line -- EECBG Application (Unique Identification Code). To develop your city’s Unique Identification Code for the subject line of the email, simply follow this format:
1. (State code) 2. (Type of Local Government) 3. (Name of Local Government). As an example, OH-CITY-COLUMBUS is the Code for Columbus, Ohio.
11 1:00 p.m. - EPA’s ENERGY STAR program hosts regular webcasts. State and local officials and staff, facility managers, and energy managers will learn how government officials can leverage EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool to assess the energy use of buildings and identify best improvement opportunities. Please register for ENERGY STAR webcasts on their Web site.
28 Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report bills to the Floor
Upcoming League Events
September
16-19 League of California Cities’ Annual Conference and Expo, San Jose (Registration Opens Early May)
