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CalCCA Webinar Team

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Leora Broydo VestelDirector of Communications

Sandra McCaffertyAdministrative Coordinator

Thank you to our sponsor!

Meet our Speakers

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Aimee Gotway BaileyDirector of Decarbonization and Grid Innovation

Silicon Valley Clean Energy

Devin HamptonChief Executive Officer

UtilityAPI

Housekeeping

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• Webinar is being recorded

• All participants will be in listen-only mode

• Use the Q&A button on your screen to submit questions

• Q&A will begin following presentations

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Flagship Pilot with UtilityAPI

• SVCE Data Hive launched in March 2020

• Provides third parties instant, authorized access to customer data

• 60+ solution providers currently registered with portal

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Mission

Reduce dependence on fossil fuels by providing carbon free, affordable and reliable electricity and innovative programs for the SVCE community

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Overarching Decarbonization Approach

• Procure & maintain an affordable, reliable and carbon-free power supply

• Electrify the built environment and mobility

• Promote energy efficiency & successful grid integration

Power Supply

MobilityBuilt

Environment

Energy Efficiency & Grid Integration

All-Electric “FutureFit” Home

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Animating Local Markets

Comprehensive Strategies

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SVCE’s Innovation Stimulus

Idea Prototype Commercialization

Sponsor and organize hackathons and other

innovation events

Pilot proofs of concept and demonstrations through Innovation Onramp

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innovation events


January 31 – February 1, 2020

• Sponsored by 4 community power agencies

• 100 developers competed for 24 hours:

o 1st Place to Grove ($10k): intuitive interface for smart scheduling a customer’s flexible electrical loads

o 2nd Place to Green Routes ($4k): electric vehicle app for drivers to find charging stations & optimize for carbon, cost & convenience

o People’s Choice Award to WattsDown ($2k): app linked to a smart light in homes that alerts customers to planned power shut-offs & high electricity prices

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GridShift Hackathon

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innovation events


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innovation events


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Innovation Onramp OverviewSmall grants for innovative pilot projects

o Rapid, semi-annual application cycle

o Transparent evaluation criteria

o Standardized partnership agreements (online)

o 18 months max term for pilot

o Cap of five pilots per cycle

o Grant size:

o Stage 1: $10k-$75k for proofs of concept

o Stage 2: $50k-100k for demonstrations

https://www.svcleanenergy.org/innovation/#1554237294098-161081e8-522e

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Supporting Scale


Stage 1 grant ($10k-$75k) for proofs of concept through

Innovation Onramp

Stage 2 grant ($50k-100k) for demonstrations through

Innovation Onramp

Events & ongoing activities

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Evaluation Criteria*

Customer & Community Value

Emissions Impact

Scalable and Transferable

Equity in Service

Core Role for SVCE

*From SVCE’s Decarbonization Strategy & Programs Roadmap

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Flagship Pilot with UtilityAPI

• SVCE Data Hive launched in March 2020

• Provides third parties instant, authorized access to customer data

• 60+ solution providers currently registered with portal

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Why this pilot?

• Supports small businesses

• Supports customer choice

• Accelerates clean energy project deployment

• Enables new business models

• Scalable & transferable to other CCAs, utilities

• And… enables virtual assessments

Learn More:SVCleanEnergy.org

844-474-SVCE (7823)

Aimee Bailey:[email protected]

General Info:[email protected]

@SVCleanEnergy

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mailto:[email protected]


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About UtilityAPI

UtilityAPI is a software company whose mission is to fight climate change. We do that by making it easier and faster to securely exchange energy data between utilities, clean energy companies and other technology providers. Streamlined data sharing leads to empowered consumers as well as a cleaner, more resilient energy sector as a whole.

All-Electric “FutureFit” Home

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The Energy Data MessOne-off connections and manual processes everywhere

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Data sharing before UtilityAPI

Paper Bills Fax or email a form, actual turnaround 40 DAYS

Go Digital

1. Hire a software Developer

2. Find online documentation

3. Read the documentation

4. Build software based on the docs

5. Test the software with the utility

6. Test the software with customers

7. Start requesting data

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UtilityAPI Fixes the MessA universal platform for fast and secure energy data

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Data sharing with Data HiveSign up Request Data

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Innovative companies and small businesses

…over 60 more!

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Customer empowerment and privacy

Authentication Authorization

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Energy data during a pandemic• The norms have changed

• Energy data collection can no longer be onsite

• Data Hive enables companies to get the data they need while staying safe

• Customers can explore decarbonization with minimal touch points

• Scalable data automation is also needed for long term growth of energy

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Innovation Onramp supporting Decarbonization beyond SVCE

• The software behind Data Hive is easily transferable to other CCAs and utilities

• With SVCE’s support, it was built to be extremely flexible to fit any utility system

• Can be white labeled to match any system

• The energy data sharing is now a drop in solution

Learn More:Utilityapi.com

510-907-0009

Devin Hampton:[email protected]

General Info:[email protected]

@UtilityAPI

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Speaker Q&A

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Aimee Gotway BaileyDirector of Decarbonization and Grid Innovation

Silicon Valley Clean Energy

Devin HamptonChief Executive Officer

UtilityAPI

What’s Next?

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• Recording/slides will be posted at cal-cca.org/webinars

• Next CEI webinar on July 31

• Topic: Integrating Environmental Stewardship Principles

into Power Procurement

• Registration link and details at cal-cca.org/webinars

CCA Programs

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Leora Broydo VestelCalCCA Director of Communications

[email protected]

Thank you and stay well!

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