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Staff Report for Presentation by ZipPower LLC: California Energy Commission Grant to Develop a San Leandro Distributed Renewable Energy Micro Grid
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
In February 2016, Olidata Smart Cities (now ZipPower LLC) entered into a partnership with the City of San Leandro, OSIsoft, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, GELI, PG&E and California ISO to apply for a $1.5 million California Energy Commission ("CEC") grant under its EPIC Challenge: Accelerating the Deployment of Advanced Energy Communities. The CEC announced in late March that ZipPower had been awarded $1.5m, scoring the second highest number of points in the state-wide competition.
The CEC grant provides San Leandro the opportunity to be the pilot city in this public/private collaboration to design a citywide local energy program that can be rapidly scaled to other communities. The ZipPower platform proposes economies of scale for deploying solar, battery storage and other energy-related hardware; connecting renewable energy assets through PG&E and fiber optic infrastructure into a local, San Leandro-based micro grid that provides grid resilience and security; and proposes substantial economic benefits through new local jobs and entrepreneurship attracted to the growing energy/hardware/software/internet of things innovation ecosystem.
Representatives of ZipPower LLC will be presenting the ZipPower program and platform to the City Council. This is an informational report only.
BACKGROUND
In 2009, the City of San Leandro adopted its Climate Action Plan: Vision of a Sustainable San Leandro. The City'sclimate strategy is based on the Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) 5-Milestone process:
1. Conduct an inventory of city-wide greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions - completed 2005
2. Set a reduction target/goal - 25% below 2005 level by 2020 adopted June 2006
3. Establish a Climate Action Plan - adopted December 2009
4. Implement a Climate Act...
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