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Thank you for attending the HVAC/HP Action Group August 4th Meeting
If you missed the meeting, please see the highlights below.
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MEETING RECAP, AUGUST 4.2022 | VIDEO LINK • PPT PRESENTATION
For Manufacturer, Distributor, & Stakeholders
| Debrief Heat Pump (Electrification) Rebate ProgramPresentation on July 21st
Speakers, Program Managers
- Lee Valenzuela, CASR Administrator - Community Energy Programs
- Jeff Tyrel, CASR Renewable Heating & Cooling Manager
ACTION ITEM Invite Your HP/HVAC Contractor/Dealers to Attend the Next Open Feedback Session
September 1 @ 3 pm | REGISTER TO ATTEND
HIGHLIGHTS
286 Installs completed from April 22 to June 24, 2022
EBBC members had 4 recommendations prior to the Rebate Program release. They were;
- Expand the program by adjusting the rebate amounts, to keep the rebates in the market longer.
- Take out the risk to the contractor. Have the customer be responsible for requesting the rebate reimbursement.
- Move the rebate up the supply chain for incentives to Distributors. Then it would trickle down to the consumer.
- Hybrid vs ALL Electric. Gas is not going to go away - why are we insisting people go all-electric?
• Determine the rebate value based on the gas reduction.
• Tailor the rebate amount to building sizes and types of installations. The temperature switch is at X.
• 2-Tier Program. Less money for HP on top of furnace vs all Heat Pumps.
Lee & Jeff, from the City of Denver, will be back in September to meet with the HVAC/HP Contractor/Dealers. Looking for an open/collaborative exchange of ideas meeting to improve on the next HP Rebate Program release, to get the biggest bang for the buck. To participate in the conversation with Lee & Jeff, EEBC will be sending out invitations. Membership in EEBC is required to participate in the meeting discussion. Membership Application | DATE TBD
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| “Hiring Pipeline" Program For EEBC Contractor Members | September Launch!
EEBC’s “Good Green Jobs” 3-Year Program with the City of Denver
- Invite and sign-up your Hiring & Production Managers to Plug-in to EEBC’s "Hiring Pipeline“
HIGHLIGHTS
- EEBC is working with Julius Education & iCAST on this program. Targeting GED students.
- EEBC spent the months of April & May, talking with EEBC members about what they are looking for in a curriculum for new hires and how they want to go about connecting with them.
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Orientation modules: lighting, insulation/air-sealing, HVAC- Heat Pump, general understanding of building science, — Do you want a career in this industry?
- After the orientation, if they want to continue, a 12-week online program; with mentorship on their 1st job.
- Focused training on Heat Pumps. EEBC Contractors are advising on the curriculum.
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Contractors of EEBC Action Groups get the first crack at the graduates. We want you to get involved while the student is participating in the program through informational interviews – it has been found that this motivates the students to complete the program knowing there is potential for a job. Your Hiring and Production Manager need to get involved!
- If your contractor has a new hire they can get them into the program.
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| Heat Pump Forecast Group • Ad Hoc Working Group & RMI Report Out
ACTION ITEM Join HVAC/HP Action Group Meeting [A full group with Manufacturers, Distributors, and Stakeholders] on September 1 @ 3 pm | REGISTER TO ATTEND
HIGHLIGHTS
- Next HP Forecast Group meeting the invitations will be emailed out.
- EEBC will be advocating for the next 2 years in 2022 & 2023 – Demand-Side Management [DSM] Rebate Programs
- 2023 Docket & Strategic Issues – setting the goals for the next 5 years
- 2024-2025 Docket — include plans from 2023 & Strategic Issues
- Adding Beneficial Electrification Rebates, Demand Response, & Gas Rebate changes
- Patricia: The problem we see is if the DSM - Greenhouse Gas, Clean Heat legislation, Denver Codes change in 2024 & 2027, and Xcel Energy 85% Clean Energy Grid — Goal Date is 2030 - can we deliver?
- EEBC’s Ad Hoc HP Forecast Group wants to look at this goal-making process and determine how many HPs will be needed. The Ad Hoc HP seeing estimates between 300,000 to 690,000 to date.
- Pete: To get the end goal by [2030], the biggest challenge is having enough people to do the workforce. Data pulled is from CA, NY, and New England states. 150% increase in HP sales in the last 2 years. HP installs have jumped furnaces in 2020, then dropped in 2021 some.
- The problem with meeting the goal is that amount of people who have been in the industry are retiring. Not enough young people to replace them. Employee shortage: For every 4 aging retired workers, only 1 new young generation worker comes in. RMI will be working with the HP Forecast Group to assist with the forecasting.
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Eric Wilson, NREL has a paper for the ACEEE Conference - calculations for Carbon savings ‘Long Run’. Available from NREL data set CAMBRIA, suggests the right values to come up with the correct equations for EE & Carbon. Carbon savings goals – need the data? Carbon factors for future electric grid scenarios https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/183
- Mark Thomson, LG | I can add to the installer issue: From our experience in the Northeast, states like Mass, Conn, and NY all have worked hard to grow the trained installer networks-so the young people are out there and coming into the business, at least in this part of the country.
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September 15th Quarterly Membership Meeting will address the workforce issue, changes coming into the workforce, and turnover rate. | REGISTER
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| Regulatory Update • Inform, Advocate, & Influence
- HP/HVAC Policy Action Began July!
- How to Give Input to Xcel Energy’s New Beneficial Electrification HP Rebate Levels and Savings Goals
- EEBC is rasking members to help raise $50,000 by August 31st to cover legal costs, etc.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Regulatory Affairs | 2 - Xcel Energy Dockets — Challenges on the front line for Contractors
- Member's suggestions on new products, changes in process, training $$
- Considering a Demand Response/Load Shifting/Technology Trends Action Group. Would we need/want to start this group – talking about the significant issues of Beneficial Electrification – may be part of the Policy Action Committee [PAC]
- 2003 DSM Rebate Plan – is being highlighted/flagged by Howard Geller, for industry concerns for you to look at and decide what we want to inform and influence in the next plan.
- EEBC Request for member funding for the proceeding process.
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| MEETING CHAT BOX
From Christine Brinker, SWEEP
NEED GOOD APPLICANTS for the Energy Code Board, especially contractors, builders, and engineers
https://energyoffice.colorado.gov/climate-energy/energy-policy/building-energy-codes/energy-code-board
One member represents professional engineers with experience working on systems for buildings; two members represent affordable housing operations; two members who hold an electrical license, plumbing license, or a professional credential in the mechanical trades, at least one of whom is a member of a labor organization; one member who is a contractor who provides mechanical, electrical, or plumbing services or represents a statewide association that represents mechanical, electrical, or plumbing contractors; one member with building operation expertise; one member representing professional engineers with experience working on systems for buildings
NEED SOME SUPPORTIVE FOLKS at Erie's upcoming info and feedback session on their proposed codes
Aug 23.2022 @ 1-3 pm at Erie Town Hall Board Room, in person with virtual option.
EEBC Membership Application | DOWNLOAD
EEBC Quarterly Member Meeting | September 15th @ 7:30 AM | REGISTER
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