HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - AEC - 10/17/2016 Meeting Minutes Alternative Energy Committee
Town Hall Basement Conference Room, 7:30 p.m., 1 0/1 712 01 6
AEC Attendees
Mary Jo Larson, Chair
Marie Caristi
Steve Girard i
Patricia Gooding
Eric Seuss
Josiah Stevenson
Ssteve Wenner
Other Attendees
Scott Kaplan (Palmer Capital)
Jean Astino
Angela Doustrom
Bob Silvia (Fire Dept)
Chris Senior
Amanda Thompson
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes for September 2016 were approved.
Green Communities Activities
1. Green Community Year 1 Grant Implementations: Completed
With an initial grant of $141, 460, estimated savings for the work below is 2.5% of
Town's annual energy consumption
■ Exterior lighting upgrade at Cohasset Middle/High School
■ Exterior lighting upgrade at Osgood Elementary School
■ Exterior lighting upgrade at Deer Hill Elementary School
■ Exterior lighting upgrade at Cohasset DPW Facility
10/17/2016: Brain Joyce submitted invoices. Year 1 requirements for grant are
complete.
2. Green Community Year 2 Grant Application (Brian Joyce +2 from AEC)
10/17/2016: Year 2 due in February. National Grid to respond to contract.
3. MassEnergylnsight (MEI) Log-in Rights Completed:
Seth Pickering (DOER) for log-in rights (view only). List includes School Department,
Fire Chief Silvia, Mary Snow, AP/AR/Finance employees and other Department
Heads.
3. MassEnergylnsight (Brian Joyce, Patricia Gooding): Mary Snow need "read/write"
access to upload ME[ data. Interns will assist with inputs. Mary Snow to work with
Pat Gooding on transitioning the diesel and gas consumption and cost data uploads
to MEI. Town more than one year behind in uploads.
10/17/2016: Intern is assisting with data input, through December 23rd.
4. Municipal Energy Technical Assistance Grant (Patricia Gooding, Marie Caristi):
Cohasset will apply for the 2017 grant, which provides up to $12,500/yr for a
technical assistant to assist the Town with:
• MassEnergylnsight data system uploads
• Green Community Grant Applications
• Energy Conservation Measure implementations
• Commodity Contract Negotiation and Review
• Demand Response Program Enrollment
• Others?
• Warrant Article: Emergency Services for Buildings with Solar Energy Systems (Mary Jo
Larson, Bob Silvia):
1. The proposed ByLaw establishes safety standards for commercial and residential solar
energy systems based upon latest NEC and NFPA code.
2. Fire Chief Silvia is now working with TM to determine appropriate next steps.
• Electric Vehicle and Charging Station Initiative(Brian Joyce, Mary Jo Larson)
1. The MA Electric Vehicle Incentive Program has awarded the Town of Cohasset
$33,000 to lease three (3) electric vehicles and install Level 2 dual head charging
stations.
• Vehicles will be assigned to Public Safety (Fire and Police Department), Elder
Affairs and the School/Other Municipal employees. Lease payjents of $60-
100/month offset by gas reimbursements and maintenance costs for existing
vehicles. Charging stations to be located at the Fire and Police Department,
Mainl Library (or elder affairs) and behind Town Hall. (2-headed)
2. Town has issued request for bids for Nissan Leaf or equivalent (due Oct 10).
Town will have 10 days to decide
10/17/2016: Final Pricing is imminent and we are cautiously optimistic. There were 3
bids, 2 of them the same price. This will be presented to the Capital Budget Committee
and will come out of the operating budget.
• Virtual Net Metering Credit Option —with Soltage LLC(chirs Senior, Steve Girardi)
1 . Soltage is seeking "off-takers" for a VNMC agreement, similar to what Town was
originally planning with Solar City, for a new PV Array that is currently being
constructed in East Bridgewater, Randolph and Plainsville MA.
Sample contract forwarded to Chris Senior. Mark Miller stated following terms:
• 20% net savings
• No escalation
• 20 year term
• 2 5 year options for renewal
• fully loaded- includes both transmission and supply
2. Marc Miller sent Chris Soltage's contract and project status/timeline. Town
Manager will compare the offer to Solar City's contract and should be able to
respond quickly.
10/17/2016: Town Manager to review contract sent to Soltage, but it is not a very
good price.
• Status of Old Landfill PV Array Development (Brian Joyce & Chris Senior):
1. The three-parcel merger into one Lot has been filed with the Registry of Deeds, and
the closure Permit application has been accepted.
2. National Grid has fully executed the Interconnect Service Agreement.
3. Scheduled to go before Planning Board on October 5. DPW now requesting above
ground electrical lines due to operations along the landfills access road. One issue
settles will submit the Post-Closure Use application for DEP.
10/17/2016: Work must be substantially complete by May 8, 2017. Program still in
permitting phase. Town engineer questions will be resubmitted to planning board. Town
never received closure permit for landfill. November 2 Planning Board hopefully will
hear from DEP. If approvals come by the end of November, then system design can
begin and construction can start in January. This is a very tight schedule.
• Streetlight Procurement and Conversion (Brian Joyce, Chris Senior, Steve Girardi)
1. National Grid's Purchase and Sale Agreement includes $13,000+ for all 500+
streetlights and grants the Town a credit for the eighty eight inoperative streetlights.
2. Chris Senior to contact National Grid to clarify (1) credit for the off-line streetlights and
(2) when the inoperative streetlight repairs will be complete.
• DOERR Grant for Municipal Streetlights, due in Sept 2016
1. DOERR has a LOI indicating Town's interest in grant for LED retrofilt and controls
installation
10/17/2016: LED retrofit grant run through MAPC — color of lights to be determined.
1. Energy Audit of Water Distribution and Treatment Plant, Pumping Stations. (Brian
Joyce):
National Grid (Michael Skinner) has hired J.K Muir to conduct the energy audit (no cost to
Town). Report due from Michael Skinner.
10/17/2016: Report due from Michael Skinner.
2. Demand Response Enrollment (Brian Joyce, Chris Senior, Steve Girardi 2.)
Steve to contact Tanya Bodell for an estimate of potential value to Town (AEC presentation?)
3. Microgrid Feasibility Study (Stephen Girardi): MA Clean Energy Center has pre-qualified
engineering firms for the feasibility study. One firm has already responded back with
proposed scope of work. Now waiting for official release of REP. (September?)
10/17/2016: Town must pass by law so towns can aggregate. Warrant article is possible for
spring meeting, needs to be in warrant in March.
4. CCSCR Partnership: National Grid project in two phases: (1) Initial site visit, audit and
ECM's implementation proposal from Rise Engineering. (2) The second phase will be for
renewable energy projects. AEC may use Green Community Grant Funds for the
implementation of the ECM's or other projects. Report Due from Michael Skinner
• OTHER BUSINESS
Next AEC meeting: November 14
PHASE 2: POTENTIAL GREEN COMMUNITY GRANT INITIATIVES
(Grant application due Feb 10, 2017)
We would like a National Grid TA to conduct a more detailed energy audit on the ECM's below
that we identified as part of our energy reduction plan. The original TA report did not really
address much on the HVAC or thermal side of the equation in terms of natural gas savings. We
plan to refine these cost and savings numbers for our 2017 Green Communities Grant
application.
Middle-High School HVAC Controls Upgrade
• Unoccupied Boiler Hot Water Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Unoccupied Space Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Boiler Combustion Controls System Tuning
• Demand Controlled Ventilation System Implementation
• • Middle-High School Lighting Controls Upgrade
• Occupancy Sensor Installation
• Photocell ("Daylight") Controllers
• • Middle-High School Building Shell/Envelope Improvements
• Installation of Door/Window/Hatch/Skylight Weatherstripping
• Installation of Sealant Around Door/Window Frame Gaps
• Installation of Sealant Around Duct/Pipe Penetrations
• • Osgood Elementary School HVAC Controls Upgrade
• Unoccupied Boiler Hot Water Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Unoccupied Space Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Boiler Combustion Controls System Tuning
• Demand Controlled Ventilation System Implementation
• • Osgood Elementary School Lighting Controls Upgrade
• Occupancy Sensor Installation
• Photocell ("Daylight") Controllers
• Osgood Elementary School Building Shell/Envelope Improvements
• Installation of Door/Window/Hatch/Skylight Weatherstripping
• Installation of Sealant Around Door/Window Frame Gaps
• Installation of Sealant Around Duct/Pipe Penetrations
• • Deer Hill Elementary School HVAC Controls Upgrade
• Unoccupied Boiler Hot Water Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Unoccupied Space Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Boiler Combustion Controls System Tuning
• Demand Controlled Ventilation System Implementation
• • Deer Hill Elementary School Lighting Controls Upgrade
• Occupancy Sensor Installation
• Photocell ("Daylight') Controllers
• Deer Hill Elementary School Building Shell/Envelope Improvements
• Installation of Door/Window/Hatch/Skylight Weatherstripping
• Installation of Sealant Around Door/Window Frame Gaps
• Installation of Sealant Around Duct/Pipe Penetrations
• • Teen Center Interior/Exterior Lighting Retrofit
• Conversion to LED wall-packs and cobrahead fixtures.
• • Police-Fire Station HVAC Controls Upgrade
• Unoccupied Boiler Hot Water Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Unoccupied Space Temperature Setpoint Reset Implementation
• Boiler Combustion Controls System Tuning
• Demand Controlled Ventilation System Implementation
• Police-Fire Station Building Shell/Envelope Improvements
• Installation of Door/Window/Hatch/Skylight Weatherstripping
• Installation of Sealant Around Door/Window Frame Gaps
• Installation of Sealant Around Duct/Pipe Penetrations
• Police-Fire Station Variable Frequency Drive Installation
• Police-Fire Station Premium Efficiency Motor Installation