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Proposal No. 2669.01 Water Enterprise Alternative Energy Feasibility Study 1-25 The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) operates 65 regional parks, recreation areas, wilderness, shorelines, preserves and land bank areas in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. With a strong environmental ethic, the District was interested in creating a Strategic Energy Plan as a roadmap for future energy decisions. The District contracted NAM to develop a plan to show how the District could significantly improve its energy efficiency, generate much of Its needed energy on site, reduce energy costs, and significantly decrease its greenhouse gas emissions. Energy use in the parks is concentrated around the structures in each park, some with multiple electric meters. There are 599 structures in the District with a total building area of 851,053 square feet; NAM staff audited 83% of this building area. NAM evaluated the potential to Install PV at every park after efficiency measures. Approximately $1.1 million In retrofit energy projects were identified, including lighting, controls, MVAC, domestic hot water, and pumping projects. $7.2 million in solar photovoltaic (PV) generation projects have been identified. NAM evaluated the potential for a RES -BCT solar PV project at one site, which would supply the entire District's PV needs with one system of 1.5 MW. The economic benefit is not as strong when using RES -BCT, However, it was determined that the lower savings are more than made up for by the Increased economy of scale in installing one large system instead of 50 small PV systems over a wide geographic area. Together, the energy efficiency and PV projects are projected to reduce the District's energy bill by 78%. NAM provided implementation assistance for the strategic energy plan by overseeing and tracking EBRPD self -installation of the identified STRATEGIC ENERGY PLAN • 1.16 MW RES -BCT Carport system with estimated construction cost of approximately $5.2 million • Identification of over $8.3 million in potential energy efficiency and renewable generation projects • Energy savings of over 3.8 million kWh/yr, and projected annual utility cost savings of $631K per year REFERENCE: Jeff Rasmussen Assistant Finance Officer East Bay Regional Park District 2950 Peralta Oaks Court P.O. Box 5381 Oakland, CA 94605 J Ra s m ussen @ ebpa rks.ora (510)544-2130 energy efficiency projects and coordinating incentive applications with PG&E for all energy efficiency measures. NAM developed the RFP for solar contractors, assisted the District with proposal evaluations and contract negotiations, and provided technical services to review all solar plan sets and construction documents. NAM also served as the owner's representative for the District throughout the construction of the PV system and assisted the District through the commissioning and utility interconnection processes. NAM is In the process of providing battery storage feasibility analysis to EBRPD. By utilizing NAM's battery storage economic model, EBRPD will be able to identify those meters that benefit from storage solutions. NAM utilizes an algorithm in conjunction with historical 15 minute utility data to simulate and project realistic demand savings. NAM will also provide EBRPD with the most up to date cost Information based on actual pricing as seen from recent industry battery proposals. NAM is investigating the impact of state and federal incentive money dedicated to battery storage and will outline the process for securing these incentives. NAM will deliver a full cash flow analysis that includes the costs, savings, and incentive to help EBRPD identify the viability of battery storage across their largest meters. Upon completion of the feasibility effort, NAM will assist EBRPD with procuring the best storage solution. Copyright © Newcomb Anderson McCormick 2017 CITY OF SANTA ANA