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Attachment 2 <br /> <br />The subcommittees forwarded reports in January to an executive committee for synthesis and <br />formulation into a Draft 10-. The draft plan was released <br />on June 5 for stakeholder review and comment; several public workshops were held to solicit <br />additional feedback. Tfice willfinalize the plan by the end of the year. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />In an introductory cover letter to the draft plan, Governor Kitzhaber focuses on three core strategies: <br /> <br />Maximizing energy efficiency to meet 100% of new electricity growth. This strategy <br />1) <br /> <br />proposes <br />: <br />a) Allowing investor owned utilities like PGE and PacifiCorp an incentive for shareholders <br /> <br />to invest in energy efficiency. <br />b) Creating a State Building Innovation Lab to develop new energy efficiency retrofit <br />strategies for commercial buildings, tested first on state buildings. <br />c) <br /> <br />all Oregon homeowners. (This tool has been a topic of interest to both EWEB and the <br />City). <br />d) Restoring funding for the new Conservation Energy Incentive (formerly the Business <br />Energy Tax Credit, or BETC) <br />(SELP). <br />e) Continuing funding and support for the Energy Trust of Oregon and Clean Energy Works <br /> <br />to support innovating financing of energy efficiency projects. <br /> <br /> <br />2)Enhancing clean energy infrastructure development by removing finance and <br />regulatory barriers. This strategy proposes: <br />a) Convening - <br /> <br />values. <br />b) Creating a Strong Project Officer Model to improve state agency coordination and <br />consistency in facility siting review. <br />c) Supporting less mature renewable technologies ((i.e. biomass, wave, distributed <br /> <br />generation, smart grid, energy storage.) by aligning state incentives and removing <br />regulatory barriers. <br />d) Developing a Multistate Infrastructure Exchange to aggregate and attract private <br />investment to renewable energy projects. <br /> <br /> <br />3)Accelerating the market transition to a more efficient, cleaner transportation system. <br />This strategy proposes: <br />a) Converting fleets to alternative fuels. <br /> <br />b) Extending the 2015 sunset date of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard requiring 10 percent <br />ethanol in gasoline and 5 percent biodiesel in diesel. <br />c) Deploying Metropolitan Area Scenario Planning and incorporating the Least Cost <br /> <br />Planning Tool to measure the true costs and benefits of transportation plans. <br />d) -in Electric Vehicle readiness. <br />e) Developing alternatives to gas taxes for transportation system funding. <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />