SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY - 2013

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2013 -2014 Energy Efficiency Programs Local Government Partnership Program Program Implementation Plan Program Name: City of Santa Ana Partnership Program ID: SCG3778 Program Type: Local Government Partnership 2. Program Element Description and Implementation Plan The City of Santa Ana has expressed interest for SoCalGas to join their partnership with SCE to provide support implementing energy efficiency at their municipal facilities as well as their diverse community. The City is comprised of small businesses and a large hard to reach Spanish speaking community, and large base of low income customers. By joining the Partnership with the City of Santa Ana and SCE, SoCalGas will be able to leverage existing SCE efforts to promote EE to the city as well as their businesses and as well as Energy Upgrade California (EUC) and Energy Savings Assistance (ESA) programs to their residents. Santa Ana is the most populous city in Orange County, California, and serves as its county seat. In addition to being part of the second largest metropolitan area in the United States — with neighboring cities Los Angeles and Long Beach - , the City of Santa Ana has shown great initiative in conservation of natural resources and energy. The City of Santa Ana encourages its residents to live sustainably and has already partnered with multiple local and national organizations to bring about change in the way residents consume resources. With influence over almost thirteen million people in the Los Angeles —Long Beach —Santa Ana area, the City of Santa Ana stands out as a leader in sustainable living. a. List of program elements: The three core program elements are similar to those identified in the Master PIP: Element A - Government Facilities, Element B - Strategic Plan Activities and Element C - Core Program Coordination. b. Overview: Core Program Element A - Government Facilities A.1. Retrofit of county and municipal facilities The City of Santa Ana Partnership will seek opportunities for energy savings through deep retrofits which include but are not limited to projects which combine two of the following: HVAC, Boilers, controls, both indoor and outdoor lighting, with heavy emphasis on LED streetlights. The partnership has established a savings target 19,000 therms from municipal facilities which will be funneled to rebate and incentive programs. A.2. Retro- commissioning (of buildings and clusters of buildings) The cities are including this means of achieving significant energy savings in their plans. See A.1 above.