2002 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

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2002 ACEEE Informal Sessions Descriptions

Additional Informal Sessions may be organized on-site during the Summer Study. Visit the office in Surf and Sand to sign up for an Informal Session.

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Session Synopsis - "Financing the Construction of 500 Negawatts of Capacity in California/USA/World. We Are Seeking to Cause the Private Capital Markets to Finance "Negawatts" as Efficiently as "Megawatts""

John Domingos, Energy Conservation Finance Institute
Peter Schwartz, Energy Conservation Finance Institute

Monday, August 19
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

1. Identification of "productivity" proof adequate to satisfy investors

• per building (technology exists)
• grid analysis (requirements exist)
• Megawatt solutions exist (PG&E's Aggregated Distributed Generation concept)
• Negawatt solutions possible (both base and peak negawatt's)

2. Identification of sources of capital to finance Negawatts

• Who finances Megawatts?
• Negawatts (providing 30-50% annual returns over 10 year period)
• California Power Authority ($4 billion of financing of no interest to power producers). How can this best be redirected to negawatt financings?

3. Energy Conservation Finance Institute

• identifying enabling finance concepts
• drafting legislative solutions ("the Energy Finance") toolkit
• participating in demonstration projects
• participation from utilities/building owners/capital sources/legal/accounting community

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