Community Energy Plan
City of Anacortes for the Georgetown University Energy Prize
November 10, 2014
www.cityofanacortes.org
Anacortes City Council
John Archibald
Brad Adams
Eric Johnson
Matt Miller
Erica Pickett
Ryan Walters
Liz Lovelett
Anacortes Georgetown University Energy Prize Taskforce
City of Anacortes
Laurie Gere
Mayor
Erica Pickett
City Councilmember
Ryan Walters
City Councilmember
Fred Buckenmeyer
Public Works Director
Organization Representatives
Community Members
Cory Ertel
Laura Curley
Community Services Manager
Puget Sound Energy
Melody Kuschnereit
Community Energy Challenge
Sustainable Whidbey Coalition
Hope Dean
Jensen Lovelett
Eric Shen
Lisa Matthews
Director of Finance and Operations
Anacortes School District
Russ Pittis
Facilities Manager
Adopted by the Anacortes City Council by Resolution 19__ on __________, 2014
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Contents
Executive Summary .................................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 5
About the Georgetown University Energy Prize....................................................................................... 6
About the City of Anacortes ....................................................................................................................... 8
Community Energy Conservation Goals ................................................................................................ 10
1 Program Management and Partners................................................................................................... 12
Program Management .............................................................................................................................. 12
Municipal Commitment ............................................................................................................................. 13
Community Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 15
Partnerships ................................................................................................................................................... 15
2 Energy Savings Plan .............................................................................................................................. 18
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
Campaign Timeline ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Internal City Initiatives ................................................................................................................................. 21
Residential Initiatives ................................................................................................................................... 22
Community Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 24
Monitoring, Verification, and Adaptation .............................................................................................. 29
Long-term Components ............................................................................................................................. 29
3 Utility Data Reporting ............................................................................................................................. 30
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 30
Reporting....................................................................................................................................................... 30
4 Innovation ............................................................................................................................................... 32
5 Potential for Replication ........................................................................................................................ 33
6 Likely Future Performance .................................................................................................................... 35
7 Education & Outreach .......................................................................................................................... 36
The Local K-12 School System ................................................................................................................... 36
8 Prize Purse ............................................................................................................................................... 39
Appendix 1—Letters of Commitment ..................................................................................................... 40
Appendix 2—List of Municipal Accounts ............................................................................................... 41
Puget Sound Energy ................................................................................................................................... 41
Cascade Natural Gas ................................................................................................................................ 46
Appendix 3—Energy Data Collection Forms ......................................................................................... 47
Appendix 4—Streetlight Energy Data ..................................................................................................... 48
Appendix 5—Key Performance Measures ............................................................................................ 49
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Executive Summary
Each year, City of Anacortes residents spend millions of dollars on their utility bills for electricity
and gas. The City of Anacortes government itself spends more than $1.6 million annually.
This plan was developed as part of the City’s participation in the Georgetown University Energy
Prize (GUEP), a competition to reduce the nation's energy consumption with a $5 million
incentive. Whether or not Anacortes wins the Energy Prize, this plan represents a long-term
commitment of the City and a strategic investment in our community and its future.
This plan does not include the commercial sector or government entities other than K-12 schools
and the City of Anacortes, nor does it address energy used in transportation. It focuses heavily
on leveraging existing programs and resources, like the three-county Community Energy
Challenge and the Skagit Housing Authority’s Low-Income Weatherization Program, to complete
energy efficiency retrofits in the residential sector of Anacortes.
This plan also emphasizes innovative education and outreach programs to motivate residents to
participate in energy efficiency programs. The plan has a heavy focus on monitoring and
measurement, so that time and assets are spent wisely and with maximum effectiveness.
While the taskforce that will implement these programs is composed of volunteers, the City has
committed to devoting the resources necessary to fully commit to the Georgetown competition.
We are in it to win it!
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Introduction
This plan was developed as part of the City’s participation in the Georgetown University Energy
Prize (GUEP), a competition to reduce the nation's energy consumption. The winner of the
competition will receive $5 million for continued energy reduction projects. Whether or not
Anacortes wins the Energy Prize, this plan represents a long-term commitment of the City and a
strategic investment in our community and its future.
This plan targets the community’s residential energy use and energy used for all City operations.
It also includes energy consumed by K-12 schools within the City limits. The City of Anacortes
considers the community’s commercial sector and other government entities vital partners in this
effort even though their energy use cannot be included in the competition. Transportation
energy is also excluded from the competition and this plan.
The City has assembled a GUEP taskforce made up of City Council members, organizations,
industries and community members to develop short and long term goals to reduce energy
consumption in Anacortes. We are working closely with Puget Sound Energy, Cascade Natural
Gas and local energy efficiency experts to develop a strategic energy savings plan to submit to
the Georgetown University Energy Prize committee to qualify as a semifinalist and compete
against other communities nationwide in the two-year competition.
Importance of Planning for Energy
A 2009 McKinsey & Company study shows that the US economy has the potential to reduce
annual non-transportation energy consumption by roughly 23 percent by 2020, eliminating more
than $1.2 trillion in waste. 1 Energy efficiency offers a vast, low-cost resource for the community
and the economy.
Energy planning not only helps the City and its residents save money, it also leads to broader
community benefits:
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Job creation for the local economy
•
Greater energy security, and
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A cleaner environment and increased livability
Over the two years of the GUEP competition, we and our fellow participants have the potential
to save more than $1 billion in total energy costs and cut millions of tons of CO2 emissions.
1
“Unlocking energy efficiency in the US economy,” McKinsey & Company,
www.mckinsey.com/Client_Service/Electric_Power_and_Natural_Gas/Latest_thinking/Unlocking_energy_
efficiency_in_the_US_economy.
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Dr. Slakey, Executive Director of the Georgetown University Energy Prize remarked that, “the
communities we selected are leaders in energy efficiency who will develop innovative
approaches that will inspire and enable others to follow in their footsteps.”
About the Georgetown University Energy Prize
The Participants
Some 52 communities throughout the United States are participating in the Georgetown
University Energy Prize competition.
The Competition
During 2015 and 2016, competing communities will work to reduce their utility-supplied energy
consumption (electricity and gas) in a manner that is likely to yield continuing improvements
within their own community and is replicable to other communities. Consumption over the twoyear period will be compared with baseline consumption over the two preceding years (20132014).
In addition to the Overall Energy Score described below, communities will be judged in part on
their ability to:
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Spur innovative approaches for communities to decrease their per-capita energy usage;
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Highlight best practices for communities working with utilities, businesses, and their local
governments to create and implement inventive plans for sustained energy efficiency;
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Educate the public and engage students in energy efficiency issues including methods,
benefits, and the environmental costs of the full fuel cycle;
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Increase the visibility of Georgetown University and competition sponsors who are
working to facilitate new and creative approaches to energy efficiency.
Scoring
The basic GUEP figure of merit for tracking community energy use is the Adjusted Energy Use per
Residential Bill. The (non-adjusted) Energy Use per Residential Bill is summarized as:
𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒 (𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵) 𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡𝑡 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟/𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 (𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵𝐵)
+
𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛𝑛 𝑜𝑜𝑜𝑜 𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟 𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔𝑔 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖
The results are then adjusted to account for weather differences (heating/cooling demands)
using the methods of EPA’s Portfolio Manager tool, yielding the Adjusted Energy Use per
Residential Bill. Given the following:
AEUB = AEU averaged over the 24 months before the start of Stage 3, and
AEUC = AEU averaged over the 24 months of Stage 3,
the Overall Energy Score (OES) is defined as
OES = 100 x (AEUB - AEUC) / AEUB
Decreased energy use will result in a negative OES, and the more negative the better. Up to ten
finalists will be selected based primarily on energy-saving performance during 2015-2016. These
finalists will be invited to submit Final Reports covering relevant aspects of the community’s plan,
performance, and future prospects. The Judging Panel will score the final reports in specific,
weighted categories and select the winners based on a combination of these scores and the
Stage 3 energy-saving performance.
The Prize
The highest-scoring community will win $5 million to be spent to benefit the community at large
as described on page 38 of this plan. Second and third place prizes, possibly including cash
prizes, will also be awarded.
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About the City of Anacortes
Anacortes is a city of 16,000 on Fidalgo Island in northwest Washington State, connected to the
rest of Skagit County with two bridges. The community’s vision, as currently drafted for its
Comprehensive Plan to be adopted in 2016, is to be “a unique and friendly marine community
that supports cultural diversity and economic vitality, balances sustainable growth with respect
for our history, and protects the natural environment for now and the future generations.”
Experience in Energy Conservation
The City has significant experience in installing municipal projects to save energy:
Year
Project
Savings
2003-4
Installed new Thermal Solutions boiler at City Hall
2100 therms Jan-Mar; $1761
2004
Replaced 25 emergency/exit signs at City Hall and
Fidalgo Center with LED signs
17 watts per sign
2006
Replaced with metal halide lamps with T-5
fluorescent lamps installed in Council Chambers
PSE rebate of $3,832;
first-year savings of $1,511
2008
Installed T-8 lamps, Day Light Harvesting ballast, and
occupancy sensors at City Hall, Fidalgo Center,
WWTP, Fire Station 1 and Maintenance Shop
Cost was $103,748; PSE
rebate of $51,532. Projected
first year savings was $16,807.
2009
Installed odorous air ducts at Waste Water Treatment
Plant
PSE grant of $49,896; saving
$13,500/year.
2010
Lighting Project II included installing energy saving T-8
lamps, Day Light Harvesting ballast, and occupancy
sensors at Fidalgo Center, Museum, Public Safety
Building, Fire Stations 1 and 2, Whistle Lake Road
Reservoir and Public Library
Cost was $33,503; PSE rebate
of $16,807. Projected firstyear savings of $3,784.
2010
Replaced 101 existing PAR 30 90-watt lighting at
Museum and Heritage Center with PAR 30 12-watt
LED lamps. Lamp life expectancy is 50,000 hours,
lamps at Museum should last around 24+ years and
the lamps at the Heritage Center should last 43+
years.
NWCAA grant of $6,551;
projected yearly savings is
$1008
2011
Installed blower/aeration improvements at Waste
Water Treatment Plant.
PSE grant of $164,000;
Saves $56,000/year
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SWOT Analysis
The following analysis describes the internal and
Positive
Negative
external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to
Internal
Strengths
Weaknesses
the City’s objective in winning the Georgetown
External
Opportunities
Threats
University Energy Prize.
Strengths
characteristics of the project that give it an advantage over others
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Enthusiastic cooperation of the utilities that serve the city.
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Electricity and natural gas utilities offer significant monetary incentives for new energy
efficient appliances and retrofits.
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The City of Anacortes operates its own water utility, which it can leverage to offer
incentives for water conservation retrofits, and therefore reduce energy use.
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Washington State has a mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Strong community non-profits promote energy conservation and environmental
protection.
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City residents have a strong environmental ethic, having preserved through the purchase
of conservation easements nearly 1,700 acres of its 2,800 acres of community forestland.
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The local hardware stores are supportive and enthusiastic about the campaign.
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Strong support from the Community Energy Challenge, a well-established energy
efficiency retrofits program started in Bellingham, Washington.
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Strong support from local community group Transition Fidalgo and Friends
Weaknesses
characteristics of the project that place it at a disadvantage relative to others
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The City of Anacortes is on an island and lacks a large home store, such as Lowe’s or
Home Depot, for easy access to energy conservation retrofit supplies.
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The City of Anacortes lacks community outreach staff.
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Washington State enjoys some of the lowest electricity prices in the nation, reducing the
incentive to conserve.
Opportunities
elements that the project could exploit to its advantage
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Energy conservation efforts have been minimal in this somewhat affluent area.
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Renewable energy in the City of Anacortes (e.g. solar) is mostly untapped, and the state
offers generous productive incentives that reduces installation costs.
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Substantial amount of older housing stock (ranging from early 1900s to 1950s) offers
“low-hanging fruit” opportunities for energy conservation retrofits.
Threats
elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the project
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A large portion of the population is retired and affluent and therefore tend to be less
motivated to save money via energy conservation.
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Anacortes has many large houses, which consume a large amount of energy.
Community Energy Conservation Goals
Washington State GHG Reduction Goals
Washington State has long been a national and international leader on energy conservation
and environmental stewardship, including air quality protection, renewable energy
development and generation, emission standards for fossil-fuel based energy generation,
energy efficiency programs, natural resource conservation, vehicle emission standards, and the
use of biofuels. Washington is also unique among most states in that in addition to its
commitment to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, it has established goals to grow the
clean energy sector and reduce the state's expenditures on imported fuels. Below is the State’s
commitment to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, of which energy contributes a major
portion:
RCW 70.235.020
Greenhouse gas emissions reductions — Reporting requirements.
(1)(a) The state shall limit emissions of greenhouse gases to achieve the
following emission reductions for Washington state:
(i) By 2020, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to 1990
levels;
(ii) By 2035, reduce overall emissions of greenhouse gases in the state to
twenty-five percent below 1990 levels;
(iii) By 2050, the state will do its part to reach global climate stabilization levels
by reducing overall emissions to fifty percent below 1990 levels, or seventy
percent below the state's expected emissions that year.
Skagit County Conservation Goals
In 2008, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Resolution R20080304 committing the
County to a long-term goal consistent with the Cool Counties initiative—reducing regional
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greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 2000 levels by 2050. This goal is substantially similar to the
level of GHG reduction that the IPCC Fourth Assessment calculated necessary to stabilize GHG
emissions at the 450 ppm level. The County’s Climate Action Plan recognizes that while the
transportation sector is the largest contributor to regional GHG emissions (44%), residential
energy consumption is second largest (20%) and the most likely to be affected by local action.
Of residential countywide emissions, 62% arise from electricity consumption and 25% from natural
gas.
Anacortes Energy Conservation Goals
In 2006, the City of Anacortes completed a community-wide Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory
using ICLEI’s five milestones and emissions inventory software and developed a Climate Action
Plan to reduce GHG emissions by 15% below 1990 levels by 2020. The inventory showed that
excluding transportation, the main source of community-wide emissions was electricity and the
second source was natural gas.
This Plan adopts the following near-term goal for energy conservation within the City: reduce
electricity and natural gas usage to 10% below 2014 levels by 2020. This new goal reflects a
timeline well beyond the Georgetown University Energy Prize Competition’s two-year window
since energy efficiency/renewable energy efforts have been underway before the
announcement of the competition and will certainly continue after the competition is over
regardless of whether or not the City wins.
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1 Program Management and Partners
Program Management
Anacortes is committed to being a major contender in this competition. The City’s newlyelected mayor, Laurie Gere, has formed a GUEP taskforce consisting of City Council members,
staff, utility representatives, industry representatives, and community members. The goals of this
competition are in line with the city’s vision. We are in it to win it!
Community Leaders
Recruitment of community leaders is essential to the success of the projects described in this
plan. These leaders will be from service organization, nonprofit agencies, government, schools,
businesses, etc. who will enlist the aid of their colleagues and neighbors to assemble teams that
will implement the various projects. This approach has been successfully used in Anacortes to
complete projects in the past.
Staffing
The City’s GUEP effort is supported by the Mayor, City Council, staff, and the City’s GUEP
taskforce. The City’s Resource Conservation Manager and Public Works Facilities Manager, Russ
Pittis, is the lead staff member on the project.
Mayor Gere is currently evaluating additional staffing and consulting needs required for
Anacortes to be a competitive contender. Additional positions/consultants being considered
include a communications lead, a communications consultant to develop messaging and
strategies that engage public participation and a Utility Conservation Outreach Coordinator.
The mayor has committed to allocating additional staff time and resources as necessary to fully
support the effort.
Utility Conservation Outreach Coordinator
The City will consider hiring a conservation outreach coordinator position that could be funded
using utility revenue (water, sewer, garbage, and storm water). Considerable energy savings
can be realized by reducing use of city utilities. For example, residents can reduce water
consumption by using low-flow shower heads, faucet aerators, and energy efficient clothes
washers and dishwashers, each of which can be encouraged or facilitated by appropriate
outreach and city incentives. A resident that reduces water consumption will see lower City
water and sewer bills; a resident that reduces outdoor water use will also help lower the City’s
cost of managing storm water. The City and its residents expend significant energy pumping,
treating, and heating water, so every gallon saved also saves energy.
Funding
The City will dedicate its $8,700 Puget Sound Energy Resource Conservation Management grant,
and possibly its $1,500 rent payment from the library solar project, toward this initial phase of
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program development. The Transition Fidalgo and Friends organization has designated $1000
awarded to it in 2013 from the City’s AutoMagic Program to be added to the funding pool. The
City is also applying for funding from the Northwest Clean Air Agency’s Greenhouse Gas
Mitigation Fund for implementing its program. The agency has $500,000 available for funding
projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Northwest Clean Air has expressed its support for
Anacortes’s participation in this competition. The City will also pursue other revenue streams as
needed to meet the City’s goals.
Municipal Commitment
As described above, the City of Anacortes itself is managing this campaign.
Leading by Example in Energy Efficiency Retrofits
The City will model what can and is being accomplished. The City will actively advertise energy
efficiency retrofits that are either in progress or that have been previously completed (see
Experience in Energy Conservation on page 8). The campaign will develop signage for each
facility to describe to visitors what energy efficiency changes have occurred and what savings
have been realized from the project.
The City has existing plans to implement several energy projects during 2015. See Municipal
Energy Projects on page 21.
Energy Savings Account
The City will establish an internal fund called an “energy savings account” that will receive
deposits equal to the savings achieved by reduced energy consumption. These savings will
come from energy efficiency measures implemented during and after the competition and the
reduction in consumption from renewable energy projects, such as the community solar projects
being installed around the City. The funds that accumulate in the energy savings account will be
used to launch new energy efficiency projects around the City or provide funds to incentivize
projects in the community.
Energy Efficiency Property Tax Benefit
A coalition of organizations called the Energy Efficiency Roundtable, with leadership from the
Cascadia Law and the Northwest Energy Coalition, is developing a proposal to the state
Legislature that would provide cities in Washington with a revenue neutral way to stimulate the
local economy and encourage energy efficiency in the multifamily residential building sector.
The multifamily sector has been traditionally hard to reach because building owners don’t pay
the energy bills, and tenants don’t have authority or motivation to improve the buildings. The
approach under consideration is modeled on, but would be distinct from, the multifamily
building tax credit currently used to encourage multifamily construction in Anacortes’s
downtown core.
The approach would offer local governments an option to create a partial tax exemption for a
limited number of years for multifamily residential building owners who complete qualifying
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energy efficiency retrofits. By exempting part of the value of these buildings from the property
tax base, the implementation of this program would be revenue neutral to the participating
cities. The value of the exemption to the building owner would be correlated to the cost of the
project and the effectiveness of the energy efficiency improvements. A limit on the total value
of exemptions available in any one year in any taxing district is envisioned to minimize the
impact of any tax base shift effect. Initial legislation would probably create a limited term pilot
program to test the effectiveness and desirability of the credit.
The Anacortes City Council will consider offering its support for the legislation, and if it passes,
would consider enrolling in the pilot program.
Conservation Pricing
Although water usage is not calculated toward the Overall Energy Score, extraction, treatment,
delivery (via pumps), heating, and re-treatment of water consumes a substantial amount of
energy. Correspondingly, water conservation reduces energy use and is an appropriate focus of
this plan.
Like most cities, the City of Anacortes manages the provision of
Conservation
Pricing
increase rates in the next year to cover its unfunded
maintenance costs, as well as the retrofit of a 3-million gallon
storage tank on Whistle Lake Road.
Billed Cost
water to its residents. The City has already identified a need to
Current
Rate
Structure
Currently, Anacortes bills residents for water with a base charge
of about $10 plus a consumption charge of about a $1 for every
100 cu ft. The consumption rate is completely linear; while
Water Consumed
residents pay more as they use more water, they pay the same rate no matter how much
additional water they consume.
As it reevaluates rates during 2015, Anacortes will consider implementing conservation pricing,
where the rate increases as more water is consumed. 2 Conservation pricing, which has been
demonstrated to lower demand, 3 can be implemented in a variety of ways, including:
•
Increasing block rates. Increasing block rate pricing increases the per-gallon charges for
water as the amount used goes up. The first block of use is charged at one rate, the next
block is charged at a higher rate, and so forth.
•
High-use surcharges. A higher rate is imposed on “excessive” water use, as identified by
the water system owner. Generally, systems impose surcharges for water consumption
considered higher than average.
2
For more information, see Municipal Research Services Center, “Water Efficiency Measures,” at
www.mrsc.org/subjects/environment/wc-conserv.aspx#measures.
3
For example, see David Zetland, “Conservation Pricing” (October 3, 2008), at
www.aguanomics.com/2008/10/conservation-pricing.html.
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•
Seasonal rate. Prices rise and fall according to water demand and weather conditions.
Systems usually charge higher prices in the summer months when demand is highest and
water supplies are reduced. 4
A Friendly Competition
The City of Anacortes plans to engage a neighboring GUEP competitor, the City of Bellingham,
in a friendly energy savings competition. We will compare GUEP energy savings performance
between municipalities, and publish the results via local newspapers, Anacortes GUEP
announcements, storefront, and website. Bragging rights go to the city with the best results.
Bellingham and Anacortes City Councilmembers have suggested that the city that performs
better will have the pleasure of watching the other city’s councilmembers wear “I’d Rather Be in
Anacortes” shirts or buttons to a council meeting. The rivalry fosters a sense of community pride,
increases visibility, and makes a fun experience that residents will want to participate in.
Community Engagement
Messaging is critical to community engagement. Research shows that while the majority of
Americans support policies to promote energy efficiency, concern and behavior are often
disconnected. The City of Anacortes will begin its effort by first researching the beliefs and values
that our community members have in relation to energy efficiency. This inform information will
inform the development of effective messages that engage our residents. These messages will
be incorporated into the development of all of our outreach materials (e.g., website, displays,
pamphlets, news releases).
But developing and utilizing effective messages alone does not ensure the behavior change
necessary to reduce energy consumption, which is cornerstone to the success of the plan.
Research clearly shows that utilizing a community-based social marketing approach is the most
effective way to achieve sustainable behavior change. Most all of the community outreach
components in this plan (e.g. campaign storefront, Biggest Loser competition, workshops, Energy
Crashers, community-wide energy efficiency program similar to the Low Carbon Diet) utilize a
community-based social marketing approach. These strategies will influence sustainable, longterm energy conservation behaviors and actions. A detailed description of our Communication
strategies is found in Chapter 2.
Partnerships
The taskforce is actively developing partnerships with local business leaders, community
organizations, and other partnering organizations. Letters of commitment are included in
Appendix 1—Letters of Commitment.
4
Washington State Department of Health, “Water Rates: Paying for Drinking Water,” DOH 331-327 Questions
& Answers (updated January 2011).
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Community Partners
Anacortes School District has committed to the integration of energy conservation and
renewable energy education into its existing curricula. For detailed information, see Chapter 7.
Northwest Clean Air Agency has $500,000 available to help municipalities in its three-county
jurisdiction with projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It has stated that it supports our
energy reduction efforts and the efforts of all the communities in its jurisdiction to achieve energy
efficiency, promote sustainability and provide information to the public.
The Community Energy Challenge (CEC) is a strong partner of this project. The CEC, a
partnership of the Opportunity Council and Sustainable Connections, is a one-stop-shop for
residents interested in reducing their energy consumption. They offer participating households
with quality information, a full energy assessment, a customized energy action plan detailing
cost-effective measures, assistance with utility and tax rebates, offering additional incentives,
reliable contractors, and quality assurance. The CEC recently received $2M to expand its
territory to Skagit County and eager to work with us.
The Housing Authority of Skagit County promotes energy efficiency projects in low-income
households. We will be working together to solicit funds to increase the number of those retrofits.
Community businesses and organizations have been invited to partner with the City on this effort.
Several businesses (Sebo’s, Ace Hardware, and Walgreens) have already agreed to partner by
allowing our displays in their stores.
Transition Fidalgo and Friends (TFF) is an active supporter of this project, with a founding member
on our GUEP taskforce. TFF is a local non-profit whose focus is to raise awareness of and develop
solutions to the challenges of climate change, energy uncertainty, and economic instability.
Their mission is to promote a move away from fossil fuels through decreasing demand, increasing
efficiency, supporting renewable energy, and fostering the local production of food, energy,
and goods. Their publications include Vision 2030, a community sustainability plan; and Living
Well/Living Green in Skagit and Whatcom Counties, a book that guides residents towards
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Transition Fidalgo has also implemented the following
projects:
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Ongoing community presentations at the Anacortes Public Library on energy efficiency;
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Cool Community Campaigns: energy efficiency campaigns held throughout the county
based on the Low Carbon Diet books;
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Three years of energy efficiency workshops at Skagit Valley College’s annual
Sustainability Fair;
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Workshops on how to install a solar photovoltaic system at your own home;
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Installation of a demonstration photovoltaic array at Anacortes High School;
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Facilitation of Anacortes Middle School’s 18.7 kW solar array and the future 17.2 kW array
at the Anacortes Public Library.
Utility Incentives
The ability to leverage the existing incentive programs that our electric and gas utilities offer is
key to the success of the City’s campaign.
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has numerous energy saving incentives initiatives, including:
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HomePrint™ assessments provide free in-home energy inspection, up to 20 LED light
bulbs, high-performance shower heads, and a customized summary of energy-saving
recommendations, including information on PSE energy-efficient product rebates,
contractor referrals and other helpful energy efficiency tips.
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Manufactured Homes. Four out of five manufactured homes have leaky heating and
cooling systems. PSE currently offers free duct systems inspections and sealing that can
potentially save the home owner up to 30% on their energy bill. Participating households
also receive Energy Star CFL light bulbs, air filter replacement, and high-performance
showerheads. PSE will also cover up to two-thirds of the cost for floor insulation materials
and installation
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Single family residences. PSE offers numerous energy efficiency and retrofit incentives.
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Multi-family properties. PSE offers free energy audits and retrofit and appliance
incentives.
Cascade Natural Gas also offers incentives for commercial and residential energy-saving
measures and retrofits, including high-efficiency natural gas furnaces and water heaters,
insulation and whole building air sealing.
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2 Energy Savings Plan
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................... 18
Campaign Timeline ..................................................................................................................................... 20
Internal City Initiatives ................................................................................................................................. 21
Building Internal Capacity ...................................................................................................................... 21
Municipal Energy Projects ....................................................................................................................... 21
Residential Initiatives ................................................................................................................................... 22
Energy Assessments .................................................................................................................................. 22
Energy Efficiency Improvements ........................................................................................................... 22
Community Engagement .......................................................................................................................... 24
Messaging .................................................................................................................................................. 24
Campaign Branding and Logo ............................................................................................................. 24
Campaign Website .................................................................................................................................. 25
Campaign Storefront ............................................................................................................................... 25
Biggest Loser Competition ...................................................................................................................... 25
Community-Wide Energy Efficiency Program ..................................................................................... 26
Renewable Energy Promotion ............................................................................................................... 26
Government Access Television .............................................................................................................. 26
Additional General Outreach Strategies ............................................................................................. 27
Strategies for Reaching Diverse Community Segments.................................................................... 28
Monitoring, Verification, and Adaptation .............................................................................................. 29
Long-term Components ............................................................................................................................. 29
Overview
The City of Anacortes’ overarching goal is to become a leader in innovative energy efficiency
and reduction strategies. The strategy is to kick off the 2015 year with developed projects and
easy-to-develop projects first, followed with projects that require more time to mature, and
finally deploying projects that are still in their infancy or yet to be identified. Each step of the
plan utilizes a building block approach, with early steps setting the foundation for future projects
or activities. Projects that are in their infancy, such an effective energy efficiency program
targeting low income/rental populations, will require considerable development time.
This strategy starts with projects that will advertise Anacortes’ participation in the GUEP
competition (letters to residents and businesses, articles in the newspaper, showing of a locally
produced video, etc.) and establish a competition web presence. Moving on, the City will host
a multi-participant (City, utilities, business, non-profit) workshop or series of workshops to educate
the public on programs that are already available to save on energy usage and to assist with
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the installation of renewable energy. These two steps will be started within the first three months
of the competition. A longer-term project will be an all-resident competition to reduce energy
usage (in the style of The Biggest Loser).
The campaign is divided into three major parts, which are reflected on the campaign timeline
on the next page and in the organization of this chapter:
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Community engagement, including outreach, education, and motivation.
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Residential energy conservation, retrofits, and renewable energy promotion.
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School projects, some of which are included on the timeline but the majority of which
are fully described in Chapter 7.
The campaign will employ a robust system of monitoring and adaptive management that is
described at the conclusion of this chapter.
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Campaign Timeline
2015
Cmty Engagement
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
2016
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Promote & Air Greenest House
Kickoff Events
Recruit Community Leaders to Build Capacity and Staff Projects
Develop Logo, Website
Promote Energy Audits through CEC, HomePrint™
Recruit Business Partners
Advertise City Energy Projects
Find Storefront
Prep Storefront
Operate Storefront
Possible Storefront Downtime
Operate Storefront
Residential Energy
Continue Development of Municipal Buildings Energy Savings Projects (potentially in partnership with ESCO)
Evaluate Conservation Pricing
Implement Energy Savings Acct
Evaluate Property Tax Benefit
Adopt Property Tax Benefit
Workshops
Workshops
Workshops
Hold Residential Energy Efficiency Competition (i.e., Biggest Loser)
Low Income/ Rental
Program Development
Announce Winner
Draft LIR Plan
Implement Low Income/Rental Energy Efficiency Plan
Workshop with
Agencies & Landlords
Assess Results
Assess Results
School Projects
Develop Energy Fair for Schools
Hold Energy
Fair/Assembly
Hold Energy
Fair/Assembly
Support Energy Curriculum Integration
Support After-School Energy Workshop Projects
Develop Energy
Crashers
Film & Edit
Energy Crashers
Air & Promote Energy Crashers
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Film & Edit Energy
Crashers Season 2
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Internal City Initiatives
Building Internal Capacity
The City will take the following critical steps at the beginning of the campaign:
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Issue a policy statement affirming the City’s commitment to this project and communitywide reduction in energy consumption.
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Firm up internal staffing needs and budget:
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Assign a communications lead for the project; communication is critical to the
success of this project.
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Evaluate available funding sources to contract a communications and outreach
expert to develop a communication strategy to prioritize and guide stakeholder
outreach. This process will take roughly two and half months. Communication
strategy objects:
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Identify stakeholder groups that must be engaged in order to reach the
Georgetown Energy prize goals.
Better understand stakeholder views, values, and opportunities and barriers
for engagement.
Develop framing recommendations on how to reach target stakeholders.
Increase the capacity of City of Anacortes staff and key community partners
in delivering effective energy messages and engaging stakeholders.
Hire a Utility Conservation Outreach Coordinator using utility funds. See page 12.
Launch the implementation of the GUEP campaign in a public meeting with City officials,
department directors, staff, and campaign committee members.
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Incorporate the City’s energy reductions goals in other City planning and marketing
efforts.
Municipal Energy Projects
The City will seek to improve the energy efficiency of its buildings and other facilities by making
strategic investments in new and improved technologies that pay back over the lifetime of the
facilities, for example:
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The City will replace 100% of its high-pressure sodium streetlights with LED streetlights
before the end of 2015. While the replacement cost is $210,000, the energy savings will
recover the upfront cost within four years.
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The City has contracted with a local community solar corporation to lease space on the
roof of the public library building for an 18.7 kW solar array to be installed during 2015.
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The City will receive $1,500 in revenue from lease of the rooftop space; at the end of the
lease, the City will own the array.
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The City is also investigating installation of a community solar array on the Public Safety
Building, and has applied for a $185,000 grant from the Washington Department of
Commerce to fund a solar array on City Hall. In 2014, the City won a $20,000 grant from
Puget Sound Energy by soliciting community participation in PSE’s Green Power program
which it will use in support of the City Hall project.
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The City has applied for a $350,000 energy savings grant from the Washington State
Department of Commerce in conjunction with an energy service company to fund
lighting, building envelope sealing, PC power management, incinerator blower and
scrubber replacement at the wastewater treatment plant, and a strategic energy
management program at the water treatment plant.
Residential Initiatives
Energy Assessments
The campaign will take advantage of two existing assessment programs:
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) HomePrint™ Assessment. PSE offers this free service that provides a
mini energy audit that focuses on easy-to-do improvements. Participants often become more
interested in energy efficiency when they see small changes can make a difference in their
energy bills. They also receive up to 20 LED light bulbs and 10 CFL bulbs, a new air filter, and a
low-flow showerhead.
Community Energy Challenge (CEC) assessment. The CEC is a comprehensive one-stop shop for
residents interested in reducing their energy consumption. The CEC offers participating
households a full energy assessment including a blower-door test with infrared camera review, a
printed customized energy action plan detailing cost-effective measures, assistance with utility
and tax rebates, financial incentives, referral to reliable contractors, and quality assurance
verification. The CEC has been established in Whatcom County for the last several years. They
recently received $2 million from the Northwest Clean Air Agency to expand the program to
Island and Skagit counties and are very anxious to help Anacortes with this effort.
Energy Efficiency Improvements
Energy retrofits and other capital improvements will be included in the campaign throughout
the community. Examples include:
DIY Retrofits and Workshops
The campaign will develop a series of workshops that cover energy efficiency and renewable
energy topics. Simple insulation and weather stripping projects are low-hanging fruits that will be
encouraged by handholding residents through introduction to the available incentives and
calculation of associated energy savings. The workshop also includes presentations on PV
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renewable energy project options that range from PV mounted on individual homes and
businesses to opportunities to participate in community solar projects going up in our area. These
workshops would be offered several times during the competition. Some workshops may be
offered at the Campaign Storefront.
Community Energy Challenge Professional Retrofits
After CEC assessments (described above), the campaign will strongly encourage heating
system upgrades (e.g., hot water, heat pumps, and ductless heat pumps). Puget Sound Energy
and the Community Energy Challenge offer attractive incentives for residents to consider.
“Hearts and Hammers”-Style Retrofits
The Hearts and Hammers program, based in a neighboring community, is run by a non-profit
organization that brings together hundreds of volunteers annually to help repair and rehabilitate
homes of those who are physically or financially unable to do the work alone. In the spirit of
neighbors helping neighbors, homeowners receive labor and materials at no cost to them
thanks to the contributions and support of the larger community.
The Opportunity Council’s Weatherization Program, a state certified trainer of weatherization
technologies, is familiar with Hearts and Hammers. The Opportunity Council (OC) says that that
the biggest drawback of the existing program is that that the volunteers are not trained energy
efficiency experts. We plan to take the main concept of this program, neighbors helping
neighbors, and create an entirely new group or branch of Hearts and Hammers, where the
volunteers are professionally trained by the OC. Creating a community of professionally trained
volunteers to do weatherization retrofits on low income homes has many possible benefits:
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It builds community.
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It help more people receive energy efficiency upgrades in homes that they wouldn’t be
able to get otherwise.
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It involves and engages more of the affluent retired community who might not normally
be interested in energy efficiency.
Additionally, the project would provide the ability to implement a greater number of energy
efficiency projects in low-income households and may afford the OC’s Weatherization Program
additional funding streams in a time when budgets are shrinking.
The campaign may also promote this project through our Energy Crashers project.
New Construction
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Builders will be encouraged for follow green building procedures and build LEED-certified
homes and buildings.
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In revising its land use code as part of its 2016 Comprehensive Plan Update, the City will
evaluate how it can further encourage green building.
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Community Engagement
The early projects will establish program visibility by creating the “buzz” about the GUEP.
Throughout the two-year competition, the advertising/education will continue to maintain the
public’s awareness of opportunities to participate. It is the intention of the taskforce to create a
wide range of project ideas that will capture a broad audience and therefore encourage
greater participation. With greater and greater participation by the public and businesses as the
competition progresses, it is hoped that many of the energy efficiency practices and the
adoption of renewable energy becomes an “ingrained habit” in the community. The first steps in
this process are:
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Identify stakeholder groups that must be engaged in order to reach the GUEP goals;
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Better understand stakeholder views, values and opportunities and barriers for
engagement;
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Develop framing recommendations on how to reach target stakeholders;
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Increase the capacity of the City’s staff and key community partners in delivering
effective energy messages and engaging stakeholders (via in person training).
Messaging
Research shows that while the majority of Americans support policies to promote energy
efficiency, concern and behavior are often disconnected. The Social Capital Project has
produced some of the largest studies on public engagement in environmental issues. Their social
values research segments the public into ten distinct groups based on how people think of the
environment and their role in protecting it. One message that resonates with one person may in
fact fall on deaf ears of another.
Fortunately, targeted research has been conducted in our area that will allow us to develop
messages that will resonate with our community members’ social values and environmental
views. The Social Capital Project will be engaged to frame messages that will resonate with our
community members and engage them into taking action to reduce energy consumption.
Messaging is critical to community engagement, but that alone does not ensure behavior
change, which is cornerstone to the success of our project. Education and advertising can be
effective in creating public awareness and in changing attitudes, though behavior change
rarely occurs as a result of simply providing information. Research shows that utilizing a
community-based social marketing approach is the most effective way to achieve sustainable
behavior change. All our projects incorporate community-based marketing strategies to
influence sustainable, long-term energy conservation behaviors and actions.
Campaign Branding and Logo
A brand and logo will be developed for the campaign to ensure the campaign is recognizable
and messaging “sticks” with audiences.
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Campaign Website
The campaign website will keep residents current on all projects and events, advertise
educational opportunities, and provide a one-stop shop for local energy efficiency information
and resources (e.g. links to utility rebates, local contractors, and simple retrofit ideas). The
website will have social media capacity for reaching out and showcasing homeowner energy
retrofits with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Instagram, YouTube, etc.
During the GUEP competition, the campaign website will link to the GUEP Performance
Dashboard so that viewers can track the performance of the City of Anacortes versus other
communities.
Campaign Storefront
The City is seeking an empty downtown storefront to re-open and showcase information about
the competition and information and display how individuals can reduce their energy
consumption. The local electric utility, Puget Sound Energy, has indicated it would be willing to
setup a mockup home display. Local heating and cooling companies will invited to display the
latest technologies like ductless heat-pumps. Visitors will learn about the latest methods and
technologies, learn to contact for more information or to have work done, and be able to
examine energy saving/renewable energy equipment and appliances
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The storefront will offer one-on-one contact with community members, which is critical for
promoting behavior change.
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Information about energy assessments that are available for community members will be
highlighted. See below for description of the Community Energy Challenge and Puget
Sound Energy’s HomePrint.
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The local electric utility, Puget Sound Energy, has indicated it would be willing to setup a
mockup home display, with a comparison between incandescent and LED lighting. The
storefront could also be a collection center for used CFL bulbs.
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Local heating & cooling companies will be invited to display the latest technologies like
ductless heat-pumps.
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The City of Anacortes will acquire, advertise, and offer at a reduced rate waterconserving shower heads and other water features for residential water utility customers.
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This location could house the Utility Conservation Outreach Coordinator to help staff the
store.
Biggest Loser Competition
This approach aims to leverage the natural competitive nature of residents to engage in energy
reduction measures by introducing a simple idea: tiered cash prizes for full-time residential
households with the largest energy reduction percentage over a six-month competition period.
This can also be expanded to pit city against city to increase visibility and further drive
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participation. It’s a win-win for anyone who chooses to participate, whether they win first place
or not.
When residents sign up for the competition, they will need to consent to giving the City
permission to contact and acquire participating utility (PSE/Cascade) data for the purpose of
evaluating for eligibility and comparison at the end of the competition period. The top five
qualifying households will be awarded a prize, ranging from cash to donated services from local
businesses.
Interested residents will be able to register for the competition via the campaign website.
Pamphlets containing a registration form explaining the competition and outlining the required
qualifications to participate will be made available at participating businesses, the campaign
storefront, schools, and events.
Scalable and repeatable, this type of competitive event helps tie together other campaign
projects and programs into a cohesive and broadly appealing participation driver. The
competition can be repeated (barring previous prize winners) as many times as participants
keep signing up, and could work in any sized municipality, given the proper resources.
Community-Wide Energy Efficiency Program
The campaign will develop a community-wide energy efficiency program (similar to the Low
Carbon Diet). These programs are designed around the concept of enlisting community leaders
and asking those leaders to form teams to join a campaign to reduce energy consumption.
Each team functions as a unit that hold their own meetings and decide upon what changes
they can accomplish and support each other to take action. In the end, all the teams come
together for a final celebratory meeting to compare results and talk about what worked and
what didn’t.
Renewable Energy Promotion
Solar is a viable renewable energy option for homeowners in Washington and will be strongly
advocated during this project. A federal incentive offers a 30% tax credit for solar insulations
through 2016. The state credit depends on the amount of solar produced and is capped at
$5,000. In addition, many lending institutions are offering 100% financing on approved solar
installations.
Government Access Television
Any filmable community events related to energy conservation will be aired on the government
access channel, TV10. The campaign will promote the following series through the energy
campaign website and the local newspaper.
The Greenest House
Developed in 2009 by Suzanne Blais of Black Dog Productions, The Greenest House is an eightepisode TV series developed in the nearby City of Bellingham that followed two families over
three months as they competed to be the most green in their daily lives. The successful family
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won an electric car. Anacortes has obtained permission to air each 23-minute episode on the
City’s government access channel.
Energy Crashers
Based on the popular series Yard Crashers on the DIY Network, the campaign will work with the
high school video club to produce and film several episodes of “Energy Crashers.” The
campaign will recruit a well-known community leader to host the show, who will ambush
homeowners while they are home improvement shopping, follow them back to their homes, and
look for simple opportunities to improve the energy efficiency of their house and yards.
Selected homes will get energy audits either by Puget Sound Energy (HomePrint) or the
Community Energy Challenge. The high school video club will film the audits as they are done.
Installation of the energy efficiency upgrades with also be filmed.
The campaign will solicit the local utilities, hardware stores, home stores, and heating and
cooling companies for big-ticket giveaways like energy-efficient refrigerators, washers, dryers,
dishwashers, and possibly water heaters, as well as smaller items like indoor and outdoor LED
lamps and fixtures, programmable thermostats, etc. Energy Crashers may use the Hearts and
Hammers-like organization described above to actually implement some of the retrofits.
The video series will be aired both on Government Access television and on YouTube. The
campaign will promote the series through the local newspaper and the campaign website.
Additional General Outreach Strategies
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News releases
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Direct mail through utility bills and the City’s quarterly news mailer
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Community meetings and neighborhood meetings
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Energy fairs and energy classes: Transition Fidalgo and Friends regularly hosts several
energy efficiency workshops every year.
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Informational displays: kiosks and endcaps in local stores, library, post office and city hall,
school district, Island Hospital, grocery stores, Port of Anacortes, service club buildings
(e.g., Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, Soroptimist clubs) local churches, local realtors, coffee shops,
pizza shops, Anacortes Farmers Market.
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Disseminate information through local groups like Transition Fidalgo and Friends.
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Informational displays on visible solar arrays
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Program prompts like GUEP decal for windows for residences that have had free/fee
energy audits. Fidalgo Backyard Wildlife Habit and the CEC have used these techniques
to great success.
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Weekly email with energy savings tips.
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Strategies for Reaching Diverse Community Segments
In addition to the methods above, the campaign will take special measures to reach diverse
populations:
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Low-income households. The low income/rental category represents a unique
opportunity to reduce per household energy consumption, but due to their income or
lack of home ownership, the group is very difficult to engage in energy projects. The
taskforce will work with the Housing Authority to identify barriers to adopting energy
efficiency measures, look for ways to get around these barriers, and develop a proposal
to solicit funds from Northwest Clean Air Agency for free energy efficiency upgrades to
low-income households in Anacortes. The taskforce will distribute information about
energy efficiency and retrofit opportunities will also be available at the Housing
Authority’s weatherization offices, food banks, and Skagit County Community Action
Agency.
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Rental units. Puget Sound Energy has many energy efficiency and retrofit incentives for
multifamily units. This information will be distributed via rental property managers.
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Historic neighborhoods. Anacortes has a Historic Preservation Board that focuses on
identifying homes with historic value. The taskforce will distribute information to owners of
historic residences about how they can reduce energy consumption without reducing
the historic character of their homes.
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Boating community. The campaign will develop specific energy efficiency measures that
boat owners can implement. The campaign will distribute boater-specific information to
marinas.
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Businesses. Although business energy use is not a target of the GUEP competition, the
campaign will develop customized outreach materials for businesses. The Community
Energy Challenge offers businesses a full energy assessment, a customized energy action
plan detailing cost-effective measures, assistance with utility and tax rebates, financial
incentives, reliable contractors, and quality assurance. Puget Sound Energy offers special
energy efficiency and capital improvement incentive and rebates to businesses.
Cascade Natural Gas also assists commercial and industrial businesses with solutions to
their energy needs by providing a number of specialized services including customized
cost modeling and comparisons to alternate energy sources.
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Monitoring, Verification,
and Adaptation
Central to achieving our goals is the need to
routinely measure the effectiveness of each
strategy utilized so that we can learn the
results of our efforts and can adjust them
accordingly.
We will use the metrics identified in
Appendix 5—Key Performance Measures to
track effectiveness of each project. Each is
designed to be easy-to-measure, track, and
report and modify if needed.
Tracking these metrics will also help the
campaign demonstrate performance to help it win grants and other funding. Finally,
performance tracking will be helpful to the required informal progress reporting to GUEP at least
every two months of the competition, as well as the required quarterly reports.
Long-term Components
Some components of our plan, such as the property tax incentive for energy conservation,
conservation pricing for water use, and the energy savings account, will have negligible impacts
over the two-year term of the competition, but the City sees them as critical components of the
effort to reduce community energy use.
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3 Utility Data Reporting
Overview
The City of Anacortes is served by Puget Sound Energy (electricity)
and Cascade Natural Gas, both regulated private utilities. Project
staff have engaged with those utilities from the beginning of
development of this plan, and a representative of the electric utility
serves on our project team. The City has a good working relationship with both utilities.
Contacts
City of Anacortes Facilities Manager Russ Pittis will be the campaign’s point of contact for the
two utilities. Manager of Energy Efficiency & Community Outreach Monica Cowlishaw is the
contact for Cascade Natural Gas; Efficiency Outreach Manager Pinky Vargas is the contact for
Puget Sound Energy. Both utilities have completed the forms attached as Appendix 3—Energy
Data Collection Forms.
Reporting
Starting on May 15, 2015, Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas will submit quarterly
reports to the GUEP and the City with monthly totals for the residential and municipal categories
described below. The first report will also include baseline average cost data. On February 15 of
2016 and 2017, the City will also provide a qualitative report.
Residential
Because the City of Anacortes levies a utility tax on electricity and natural gas customers within
the city limits, both Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas have already identified
residential accounts within the city limits. The utilities will provide aggregate data for all
customers paying residential rates and city utility tax.
The City will report in this category:
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Aggregate electricity/natural gas for all customers inside the city limits paying residential
rates;
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Aggregate electricity/natural gas for any apartment buildings inside the city limits paying
a non-residential rate;
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Number of residential bills issued.
As indicated in their Energy Data Collection forms, the utilities believe that multifamily accounts
can be fully captured in the residential category.
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Municipal
The City has worked with the utilities to enumerate the list of accounts subject to this category.
See Appendix 2—List of Municipal Accounts.
This category includes all electricity and natural gas use by the city itself, plus that used by public
and private K-12 schools. The City shares a road shop facility with Anacortes School District; all of
the utilities consumed by the shared facility will be included. There are no private K-12 schools
within the city limits.
The City will report in this category:
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Aggregate electricity/natural gas billed to the City of Anacortes;
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Aggregate electricity/natural gas billed to Anacortes School District except that
associated with Fidalgo Elementary School, which is outside of the city limits;
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Aggregate electricity/natural gas billed to the Anacortes Housing Authority at a nonresidential rate.
Water Treatment
Anacortes operates a Water Treatment Plant on the Skagit River, 20 miles away adjacent to the
City of Mount Vernon, that provides water to serve the Town of La Conner, the City of Oak
Harbor (which resells to Whidbey Island Naval Air Station), two large oil refineries, farmers along
the City’s regional distribution line, and Skagit Public Utility District. Consumption by City of
Anacortes residents is typically 10% of the total water consumed. The City will include all Water
Treatment Plant utility accounts with its reporting, but will also report the monthly percentage of
Anacortes residential water consumed from the Water Treatment Plant so that water
conservation efforts among the City’s residential population is not diluted.
Street Lighting
The City has 1036 high-pressure sodium streetlights. These lights are not metered; the City is
charged a flat rate per light depending on lamp wattage. The City plans to replace each of
these lamps, in phases, with LEDs during 2015. After the retrofit project is completed, the City will
be saving 23,576 kWh per month. See Appendix 4—Streetlight Energy Data.
As this project is completed in phases, the City would like to send the GUEP the total kWh per
month saved after each phase is completed. We would then like to be credited that savings to
our municipal totals.
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4 Innovation
There are two exciting components of our campaign that take existing ideas and put a new spin
on them. These components are Energy Crashers and Hearts and Hammers. See Chapter 2 for a
full description of each.
While many communities have tried many different retrofit programs, the marketing for each
usually focuses on demonstrating the value proposition or reducing the payback period for longterm investments in energy-saving technologies. But the key to widespread implementation
appears to be overcoming inertia, not convincing consumers of the value of the retrofits.
One-on-one assistance that is integrated into a competition, or that motivates volunteers
through group activities, or that becomes high-profile through being aired on television, is a new
approach to energy retrofits that has been effective in other types of efforts, like food banks or
Habitat for Humanity-style projects.
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5 Potential for Replication
Each of the project ideas in the City’s plan is replicable; we do not have any unique assets that
cannot be duplicated by other communities. However, the following projects standout as
particularly well-suited for replication:
•
Campaign storefront
•
Energy efficiency/renewables workshops
•
Community wide energy efficiency competition
•
Partnering with local businesses to help promote energy efficiency
The City will readily offer assistance to other communities that want to adopt or duplicate any of
these efforts. Components of this plan this are most noteworthy to mention here are as follows:
Conservation Pricing for Water
Any city that manages its own water supply can implement conservation pricing, and have a
significant incentive to do so with climate change impacts and an ever-growing population
making our water resources one of our most scarce resource. Conservation pricing can reduce
water demand and spur implementation of water efficiency techniques and technologies.
Campaign Storefront
Many American cities have some number of vacant or under-utilized storefronts in their
downtowns; usually in places where the city would like to attract more visitors. Filling those
spaces with a highly visible storefront and one-stop shop to support the energy campaign could
be done by many municipalities. Inviting the local utilities and businesses (e.g., heating and air
conditioning companies) to display information about their energy efficiency products is a winwin for everyone. And, of course, a storefront offers one-on-one contact with individuals having
the most impact on implementing retrofits or making the behavior changes needed to reduce
energy consumption. It may also attract more volunteers to the campaign!
Other Replicable Elements
•
Research. It is vital to understand stakeholder’s views and values, as well as, the
opportunities and barriers that affects their engagement in energy efficiency efforts. For
this you need to seek expertise. While this may be a high upfront cost, it will save a lot of
wasted time and effort down the road.
•
Community competition. Engage the community or neighboring communities in a
friendly energy efficiency competition (e.g., Biggest Loser, city to city, neighborhood to
neighborhood). It helps with motivation, creativity and program visibility.
•
Community-wide energy efficiency program (e.g. Low Carbon Diet). This program
involves neighbors work in teams and weekly get together to learn, set goals, track and
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support each other in reducing their energy. Tools to implement this type of community
involvement are readily available on-line.
•
Partnering with local leaders, businesses and organizations. Another key element of
success. This expands program visibility and validity and involvement. Everyone enrolled
in these efforts becomes a spokesperson and ally for the program.
•
Website. This is another opportunity for a one-stop-shop for energy efficiency measures.
With social media capacity, it also serves to keep your messages in the public eye and
showcase what everyone is doing. Website traffic is an easy program measurement tool.
•
Work with local weatherization programs. Many local weatherize programs have funds to
weatherize low-income households. Often additional grants/moneys can be secured in
partnership with these entities for affording more low-income households with energy
efficiency retrofits and strategies.
•
Energy reduction workshops and community meetings. One-on-one interactions with
people have the biggest, most long-lasting and effective impacts on people.
•
Television. Most community have a government access channel where program
information can be aired.
•
Displays. Many local businesses and organizations would be willing to display program
information.
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6 Likely Future Performance
The City of Anacortes foresees most of the effort put into this campaign will have permanent or
very long-lasting effects.
Retrofits are Permanent
Retrofits are a permanent long-term energy reduction measures whether it be replacing an
incandescent light bulb for an LED bulb, installing a low-flow shower head or replacing an old
heating system with a new energy-efficient heat pump. Most of our focus is on retrofits.
Fostering a Culture of Sustainability
Throughout this program, we will work to foster a culture of sustainability further infusing energy
efficiency into everyday living habits. This will further be reinforced by the efforts of our partners,
especially Transition Fidalgo & Friends. They have sponsored community events on energy
efficiency and renewable energy for a number of years and expect to continue doing so.
Integration into Future Planning
The City of Anacortes is committed to continuing this effort well beyond the two-year period of
this program, and may be integrated into Anacortes’s 2016 Comprehensive Plan update. The
website will be maintained and will include continual feedback on how the community is doing
in reducing its energy use. This information will regularly be broadcast via social media venues,
the government access TV channel and other local media channels. We anticipate the
storefront staying a vital function of the continuation of the program so long as it can be
maintained.
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7 Education & Outreach
A significant portion of our plan involves education and outreach to get the community
interested in and motivated to implement energy conservation measures, especially those
guaranteed to have long-term savings, like retrofits. See Community Engagement on page 23.
The Local K-12 School System
Educating and involving the youth of our community about energy resources and the
importance of energy conservation is paramount. Our children are the future. They need to
know the challenges we face and the actions needed to address them now so they can begin
to create a different future. The following discussion encapsulates Anacortes School District’s
commitment to help us reach the children.
Anacortes School District supports the City of Anacortes’s energy conservation efforts. The
District’s energy curriculum currently encourages energy conservation in the classroom and
emphasizes energy conservation practices beyond the classroom.
The school district will integrate energy efficiency into existing curriculum without overburdening
staff. Student learning will focus on three main areas:
•
Energy efficiency: Learning about energy efficiency, renewable, and clean energy
production
•
Energy efficiency behaviors: Practicing efficient energy behaviors and routines at school
and in the classroom
•
Spreading the word: Encouraging students to talk about what they are learning about
energy efficiency with others in the community and at home
•
Each of the District’s energy curriculum initiatives encourages energy conservation in the
classroom with a special emphasis on translating classroom conservation to encouraging
conservation at students’ homes.
The District has agreed to let the City’s GUEP campaign host and coordinate an annual
assembly focused on energy efficiency that will also serve as a kickoff for an energy use
reduction competition between schools. The City will giveaway LED lamps at each elementary
school to create a sense of excitement and motivation to participate in energy-saving activities.
Additionally, the Anacortes School District provides the following grade appropriate curricula
that supports the GUEP competition efforts.
Elementary Schools
The curriculum at the elementary schools includes a “meet your community” component. Local
community members are invited into the classrooms to teach the students about their area of
expertise and talk about opportunities for community involvement and future careers in that
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given field. Experts from the city, county, Samish Indian Nation, and others come to talk about
energy efficiency, conservation, and clean resources to enhance the students’ understanding
of individual impacts on energy conservation and the environment.
In grades K-3, teachers incorporate energy efficient behaviors when creating classroom norms,
with a continuous focus on energy consumption awareness. For example, teachers assign
students a “job” in each classroom. Jobs in things like “turning off the lights” or “turning off the
computers,” or being the classroom “Energy Watcher.” Although these classroom jobs may
seem trivial to an outsider, they creation meaningful work in the classroom and real world
experience for young students. Just as students learn how everyone helps to keep their
classroom orderly, they learn everyone helps their school to save energy.
The light switch on the wall is an abstract concept to young students. It requires years of ongoing
experiences and routines for students to understand that we could actually “run out of”
electricity. Most students only experience of being without electricity is during power outages.
Even older students struggle to understand that electricity is not infinitely available, that a meter
exists to measure usage and parents have to pay for it.
The science curriculum at the intermediate grade levels (4-6) includes units on wind and
electricity. The units teach fundamental science concepts, such as, the transfer of energy
throughout a system. Students study numerous ideas and concepts around energy included in
the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Students build electrical circuits, wind
generators, and other individual and group projects to learn about energy. Local community
experts explain how managing energy usage is important to the community.
Middle School
The reading/writing/social studies bloc in grades 7 and 8 incorporates energy conservation
studies in their writing curriculum. One writing unit, “You Are the Journalist,” requires students to
explore community initiatives and government action. Students review and analyze current
events, gather data and information, and ask questions generated by the data and report on it.
They will be directed to research and report on the GUEP competition.
Students develop critical thinking skills by analyzing documents in search of compelling stories,
asking probing questions, and weighing conflicting opinions. Engaging students in meaningful
civic discourse, based on evidence, is an important aspect of citizenship development.
Skagit Community Solar recently installed 18,720 watts of solar generating capacity on the
Anacortes Middle School roof, with plans to install a second solar array in 2015. Middle school
students and other community members can view the productivity of the solar system at
www.skagitsolar.org. This also supplies real time data for 7th and 8th grade student journalists
mentioned in the paragraph above.
The recent adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) requires teachers to
align and revise their curriculum to meet these standards. This provides a unique opportunity for
our teachers to incorporate energy efficiency into lessons, activities and projects.
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Grade 7 and 8 bloc classes incorporate energy conservation studies into their required
journalism writing curriculum. Students will review and analyze the information generated
through the GUEP competition and report on it.
High School
Anacortes High School, a fairly small high school of 780 students, offers two sections of
Advanced Placement (AP) Environmental Science and two sections of Physics. The class
curriculum includes education on energy costs and energy consumption. In addition to the
standard classroom curriculum, the classes strive to provide time for experts to come as guest
speakers on energy conservation. A solar array has also been installed on the high school roof
and provide opportunities for integration into the curriculum.
Both the physics and AP Environmental Science course require rigorous exploration of scientific
concepts. AP Environmental Science students are required to study multiple sources of energy
and determine the increase in global demand of energy. Physics students are required to study
the mathematics behind energy consumption.
High school students need many learning experiences to help prepare them for the real world.
The broadcast club and video production classes provide some of these opportunities and they
will be asked to help with the campaign by filming the Energy Crashers episodes and creating a
series of public service announcements to be aired on the government channel TV10, increasing
community awareness of the project and energy efficiency opportunities available to
community members.
The high school Journalism class publishes The Seahawk, a student publication in an insert in the
community’s newspaper. The journalism students will be asked to write articles reporting on the
competition’s progress.
Small group and individual student projects frequently occur in our high school. From a small
group of students fundraising to install a “water bottle refill station” to a classroom taking on a
green school challenge, high school students are and will continue to be active participants in
community efforts.
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8 Prize Purse
Front-Loaded Investments
In recognition of the urgent environmental need to reduce energy consumption, the City of
Anacortes would seek to spend down the $5 million Georgetown University Energy Prize over the
ensuing ten-year period. Because an energy efficiency retrofit installed today is worth ten times
more than a retrofit installed ten years from now, the City’s focus would be on investing the
money in retrofits as quickly as it can identify cost-effective means to do so.
The GUEP prize purse represents a significant amount of money to a small community like
Anacortes. That level of funding could support significant low- or no-interest loans to incentivize
energy retrofits. A substantial focus of the City’s efforts to expend the money could be on energy
efficiency retrofits in the City’s walkable downtown, where residential apartment buildings need
significant renovation. Residential development above commercial and retail in the City’s
walkable downtown has been a long-term goal of the City to improve options for low-cost
housing, reduce transportation impacts, and stimulate the downtown retail and restaurant
economy.
Because energy efficiency is more cost effective than renewable energy investments, none of
the prize money would be spent on installation of renewable energy production, although the
City may continue the efforts to promote private financing of such investment.
Some possibilities include: the money could be offered to the community as pool of funding for
relevant energy projects. Residents could submit requests for what energy savings improvement
projects they need funding assistance. All low-income housing could receive 100% subsidized
energy audit. The cost of work required for identified improvements could also be subsidized if
the residents qualify. For local businesses, the prize money could be used to provide a 0% loan
for energy efficiency upgrades with scalable payment schedules to lower the monthly burden
for small businesses.
Legal Considerations
Because of the restrictions on gifting of public monies and overhead associated with
government spending (e.g., costs of prevailing wage), the City would investigate the pros and
cons of establishing a private non-profit association to receive the GUEP prize money. If this
approach is taken, the City could still assist the private organization within the constraints of state
law.
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Appendix 1—Letters of Commitment
Community Energy Challenge
Sustainable Connections
Housing Authority of Skagit County
Northwest Clean Air Agency
Transition Fidalgo & Friends
Sustainable Whidbey Coalition
Anacortes School District
Soroptimist of Anacortes
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Appendix 2—List of Municipal Accounts
This list, required by the GUEP competition guidelines, includes all accounts to be counted as
“municipal energy use.” Please see Chapter 3 for more information. The City will update this list
as appropriate during the competition, and will keep GUEP informed of any changes.
Puget Sound Energy
Anacortes School District
Fidalgo Elementary (account number 200022135954) is excluded from this list because it is
outside the city limits. The School District’s maintenance shop and bus garage is shared with the
City, billed under a single PSE meter, and included under the City’s account list.
Account Number
Sub Acct
Site Address
Facility Name
30000002844
200023151943
2202 M Ave
Middle School
same as above
200023152156
1717 J Ave
High School
20001575319
-
26th & J Ave
Island View
300000005375
2000009345501
17th & J Ave
High School
same as above
2000009345691
1916 J Ave
High School
same as above
2000009345873
20th & J Ave
High School
200014968479
-
1200 M Ave
Whitney Elementary
200014144311
-
1313 41st St
Mount Erie Elementary
City of Anacortes
WT = Water Treatment Plant; WWT = Wastewater (Sewer) Treatment Plant
Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
184513010
multiple sites
Street lighting
184517000a
multiple sites
Street lighting
184517000b
multiple sites
Street lighting
200000667101_4001731414
1220 10th Street
Public Library
200000736518_4001020817
1700 6th Street
WWT pump station - 6th street
200000736948_4000166699
6410 Sunset Ave.
WP bathhouses/rstrms
200000737078_4000508373
2111 "R" Ave.
TT Trail restroom
200000737268_4000967961
710 "N" Ave.
Causland Park
200000737573_4001016289
6410 Sunset Ave.
WP bathhouses/rstrms
200000737771_4001424077
6300 Sunset Ave.
WP Sunset bch, picnic, plygrnd
200000737953_4000205944
6300 Sunset Ave.
WP Sunset bch, picnic, plygrnd
200000738332_4001733375
1917 13th St.
Ball fields lighting (3 fields)
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Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
200000738514_4001313182
904 6th Street
City Hall
4001775858200000738670
4 1110 32nd St.
Storvik Park
4001007401200000738936
4 1917 13th St.
Ball fields lighting (3 fields)
200000739173_4001081287
615 "T" - "" U" Ave
Rotary Park
200000739496_4001200923
1701 22nd Street
Senior Activity Center
200000739686_4000259165
1917 13th St.
Ball fields lighting (3 fields)
2000007398434001594220
1915 13th St.
Ball fields (RR, cncsn & irrg)
200000765137_4000016607
411 Hillcrest Dr.
Cemetery & Mausoleum
200000765137_4000016629
411 Hillcrest Dr.
Cemetery & Mausoleum
200000765137_4000016646
411 Hillcrest Dr.
Cemetery & Mausoleum
200000765269_4000884821
411 Hillcrest Dr.
Cemetery & Mausoleum
200002519201_4000454802
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002519391_4000070584
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002519599_4000363499
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002519771_4001012261
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002550008_4001820170
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002550172_4000240731
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002550362_4000452686
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002550586_4000757933
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002550792_4000785521
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002551006_4001899240
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002551188_4000915785
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002551352_4001857448
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002551535_4001817112
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002551741_4000064983
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002551907_4001780618
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002552178_4001225970
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002552343_4000184172
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002552533_4001552663
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002552764_4001120272
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002553119_4000321856
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002553333_4001158421
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002553531_4001089674
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002553739_4000778795
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002553978_4001798918
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002554208_4001237802
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002554380_4001648285
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002554521_4001487739
multiple sites
Street lighting
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Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
200002554729_4000135799
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002554729_4000136215
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002554901_4000327576
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002585038_4001215971
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002585434_4001871619
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002585574_4000262058
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002585921_4000499756
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002586150_4000002424
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002586150_4000002432
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002586374_4000358050
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002586556_4001027291
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002586960_4001699946
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002587125_4000353664
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002587265_4001343680
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002587497_4001110590
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002587711_4000156021
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588107_4001095409
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588289_4000304054
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588420_4000633690
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588644_4001666850
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588768_4001777398
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002588958_4000617865
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002589188_4000726241
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002589386_4001376438
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002589584_4000978450
2201 37th Street
Maintenance Shop
200002589725_4001826661
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002589915_4001391960
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002615298_4000282650
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002615454_4000991029
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002615678_4000449638
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002615876_4000611376
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002616205_4001635233
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002616395_4001430691
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002616577_4000704376
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002616700_4000761641
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002616916_4001519994
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002617120_4000510959
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002617369_4001069835
multiple sites
Street lighting
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Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
200002617591_4000594543
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002617732_4001766955
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002617872_4001137578
multiple sites
Street lighting
200002618110_4001394543
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200002618276_4000061249
multiple sites
Street lighting
200003576978_4000838192
converted informal
address
Vault (Dean corner)
200003577182_4001089631
multiple sites
Street lighting
200003577430_4000413823
multiple sites
Street lighting
200003577885_4001844417
converted informal
address
Vault (March Point)
200003578321_4001714070
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200003578578_4001821494
east of Swinomish
Vault (anode #1)
200003578990_4000414171
500 Fidalgo Bay Rd
Vault (Fidalgo Bay)
200006942078_4001892629
2309 1/2 30th Street
WWT lift station - 30th Street
200006942235_4001892697
8071 5 March Point Rd
WWT pump station - 8071 March Pt
200006942441_4001624689
500 "T" Ave.
WWT Plant
200006942672_4001483727
12th and "B" Ave.
WWT pump station - 12th and B
200006942854_4001798947
2nd and "U" Ave.
WWT pump station - 2nd and U
200006943001_4001862836
103 5th Street
WWT pump station - 5th street
200006943217_4001573806
4013 Mitchell Drive
WWT pump station - Mitchell Drive
200006944108_4000000062
1118 Ship Harbor Term
WWT pump stat. - Ship Harbor Term
200006944231_4000100676
2803 "T" Ave
WWT pump station -T Ave
200006944421_4001708888
3rd and "V" Ave.
WWT pumps at 3rd and V
200006944603_4000847362
2708 Fircrest Blvd.
WWT pump station - Fircrest Blvd
200006944801_4000860909
2100 Ferry Terminal Rd
WWT pump stat.- Ferry Terminal Rd
200006943373_4000424371
Anaco Beach Drive
WWT lift station - Anaco Beach
200006943753_4000026105
14th and "I" Ave
WWT pump station - 14th and I
200006943936_4000747458
9430 S March Point Rd
WWT pump station - 9430 March Pt
200006944959_4000957068
3900 Mallard Point Dr.
WWT pump stat. - Mallard Point Dr
200006970160_4001121543
cabana way
WWT pump station - Skyline
200008547578_4001867324
301 Blue Heron Circle
WT pump station (Blue Heron)
200008547818_4001560663
2102 Pennsylvania Ave
WT pump station (Penn/Anacopper)
200008548048_4000463593
6991 San Juan Hill Lane
WT pump station (S1 Hill Lane)
200008548295_4000225096
Canyon Ridge Drive
WT Reservoir (Canyon Rdg Dr)
200008548501_4001791733
4155 San Juan Blvd
WT pump station (San Juan Blvd)
200008548717_4000015948
29th and "B" Ave
WT Reservoir (29th and B Ave)
200008548915_4001419422
Dow Lane and Whistle
WT 3 mg reservoir
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Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
Lake Rd
200008549145_4000382473
4003 Marine Heights
Way
WT pump station (Marine Heights)
200008549335_4000976711
2201 37th St
WT pump station (37th St)
200008786507_4001547727
1305 8th Street
Museum
200008786739_4000223108
703 "R" Ave
Museum - WT Preston (snagboat)
200008786945_4001294361
703 "R" Ave
Museum Heritage Center
200015995380_4000408482
1218 24th Street
Public Safety Building
200018631677_4000000950
multiple sites
Traffic signals
200019882295_4000061954
1016 13th Street
Fire Station 1
200019882113_4001822340
5209 Sunset Ave
Fire Station 2
200019881974_4000555040
9029 Molly Lane, Ste A
Fire Station 3
City of Anacortes proportionally adjusted accounts for regional water utility
As described in Chapter 3, Utility Data Reporting, these accounts should be adjusted
proportionate to the amount of water consumed by users within the city limits, versus total
amount of water used by the City and other customers of the City’s regional water utility.
Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
200012505505_4000812876
14489 Riverbend Road
WT Plant
200024889996_4000755971
14489 Riverbend Road
WT Plant
200002585269_4001623599
14554 SR 536
WT Rectifier (SR 536)
200002552897_4001797313
1514 Bennett Rd
WT Rectifier (Bennett Rd)
City of Anacortes excluded accounts that serve ONLY regional water utility
Account Number
Site Address
Facility Name
200003577653_4000854451
unknown
WT Meter station (Shell)
200003578099_4001749042
unknown
WT Meter station (Texaco)
200003578800_4000930748
unknown
WT Meter station (Summit Park)
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Cascade Natural Gas
Anacortes School District
Fidalgo Elementary (account number 179-800-0000-8) is excluded from this list because it is
outside the city limits.
Account
Site Address
Facility Name
Meter
586-400-0000-4
1200 M Ave
Whitney Elementary School
472591755
679-800-0000-3
1313 41st Street
Mount Erie Elementary School
472223279
779-800-0000-2
2201 37th Street
Maintenance Shop
472291248
879-800-0000-1
2202 M Ave
Middle School & Administration
472588819
089-800-0000-4
2501 J Ave
Island View Elementary
472693394
289-800-0000-5
1600 20th Street
High School
472155910
City of Anacortes
Account
Site Address
Facility Name
Meter
795-700-0000-4
904 6th Street
City Hall
472573734
674-400-0000-7
1016 13th Street
Fire Station 1
472181916
169-400-0000-9
5209 Sunset Ave
Fire Station 2
472693675
978-800-0000-1
9029 Molly Lane, Ste A
Fire Station 3
472675965
710-300-0000-5
2201 37th Street
Maintenance Shop
472585257
912-800-0000-0
1305 8th Street
Museum
472562638
199-800-0000-4
703 ''R" Ave
Museum WT Preston (snagboat)
472595275
917-600-0000-9
1915 13th Street
Ballfields (RR, cncsn & irrg)
472412375
538-000-0000-1
411 Hillcrest Dr
Cemetery & Mausoleum
472567825
638-000-0000-0
411 Hillcrest Dr
Cemetery & Mausoleum
472152785
440-400-0000-0
1701 22nd Street
Fidalgo Center
472701582
154-700-0000-9
1220 10th Street
Public Library
472288954
038-200-0000-2
1218 24th Street
Public Safety Building
472288193
989-800-0000-8
500 "T" Ave
Waste Water Treatment Plant
472680172
260-037-3822-1
611 "R" Ave
Depot
472233689
248-984-6277-5
14489 Riverbend Road,
MT. Vernon
Water Treatment Plant
472701577
Appendix 2—List of Municipal Accounts  Cascade Natural Gas
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Appendix 3—Energy Data Collection Forms
Puget Sound Energy and Cascade Natural Gas completed the data collection questionnaires
on the following pages. The questionnaires are summarized in Chapter 3, Utility Data Reporting.
Appendix 3—Energy Data Collection Forms  Cascade Natural Gas
City of Anacortes Community Energy Plan
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Appendix 4—Streetlight Energy Data
Appendix 4—Streetlight Energy Data  Cascade Natural Gas
City of Anacortes Community Energy Plan
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Appendix 5—Key Performance Measures
About this Table
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Goal: This column this relates the goals described in Chapter 2 with this table.
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Type: This column indicates whether the metric is a measurement of city , school , or community  performance.
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Unit: To ease the implementation process, units and tools of measurement are specified. These are essential for collecting
useful data.
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Goal
Target: Targets will be added to this table after the baseline data has been completed.
Performance Measure
Community
Engagement
Traffic to campaign website
Workshop participation
Storefront visitors
TV10 viewers
Biggest Loser participation
Materials pickup at kiosks
Energy
Reporting
Residential
Energy
LEDs distributed
HomePrint assessments conducted
CEC assessments conducted
CEC retrofits
Solar energy installations
Electricity use for city operations
NG use for city operations
Electrical use by residents
NG use by residents
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Unit
Data Source
Target
Hits or Visits
Web analytics
TBD
Persons
TBD
Persons
TBD
Persons
Unknown
TBD
Households
TBD
Pamphlets
TBD
Bulbs
TBD
Audits
PSE
TBD
Audits
CEC
TBD
Houses
CEC
kW
May be impossible to track
TBD
kWh
PSE
TBD
Cubic meters
CNG
TBD
kWh
PSE
TBD
Cubic meters
CNG
TBD
Appendix 5—Key Performance Measures  Cascade Natural Gas
City of Anacortes Community Energy Plan
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