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Energy
Efficiency
Workshop
Tuesday,
August
19,
2014;
2:00
PM
to
3:00
PM
Port
Townsend
Community
Center
620
Lawrence
Street
(at
Tyler
Street)
in
uptown
Port
Townsend
Topic:
“Understanding
the
Residential
Rebate
Program
of
the
PUD”
Chair:
Brian
Goldstein,
Spyglass
Energy
Solutions,
Port
Townsend
Panelists:
Ruth
Bell,
Principal,
Cascadia
Consulting
Group,
Seattle
WA
Bill
Graham,
Resource
Manager,
Jefferson
County
PUD
#1
The
first
meeting
of
a
new
Energy
Efficiency
Workshop
will
convene
at
2
PM
on
Tuesday
the
19th
as
part
of
the
Jefferson
County
Energy
Lunch
Program
for
August
2014.
This
initial
session
will
generally
review
how
to
reduce
energy
bills
and
carbon
footprints
via
energy
upgrades
and
will
specifically
discuss
how
to
determine
what
electricity
bill
rebates
are
available
to
individual
residential
and
business
customers.
The
Jefferson
County
Public
Utility
District
will
receive
$880,000
from
the
Bonneville
Power
Administration
for
use
in
providing
electric
customer
rebates
over
the
next
two
years.
The
Jefferson
County
PUD
has
a
contract
with
Cascadia
Consulting
Services
of
Seattle
to
manage
the
PUD’s
residential
rebate
program
that
consumes
approximately
half
of
the
available
rebate
funding.
Ruth
Bell
will
give
a
brief
introduction
of
Cascadia,
followed
by
a
status
report
on
the
Jefferson
County
residential
rebate
program
to
date
including
energy
savings.
Then
she
will
discuss
areas
of
focus
such
as
low-‐income
services,
home
energy
audits,
and
marketing/outreach.
Bill
Graham,
who
manages
the
conservation
rebate
program
for
both
residential
and
commercial
sectors,
will
be
present
to
answer
any
questions
specific
to
the
Jefferson
County
program.
All
PUD
electric
customers
are
eligible
for
energy
rebate
dollars
so
this
workshop
should
be
of
value
to
any
residential
or
business
electric
customer
of
the
PUD.
Power
Trip
Energy,
Sunshine
Propane,
Huber’s
INN,
the
Alaska
Power
&
Telephone
Company,
Port
of
Port
Townsend,
Frederickson
Electric,
Port
Townsend
Paper
Company,
and
Spyglass
Energy
Solutions
are
Local
Sponsors
of
the
Jefferson
County
Energy
Lunch
Program.
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