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File Number: 16-365 <br />aggregation and gamifies the process to increase community engagement. Later on, it is <br />likely to include a retail, brick-and-mortar presence as well. <br />Data produced by the ZipPower™ platform will provide individuals and businesses the ability <br />to track their own journey toward energy resiliency through an interactive and engaging <br />dashboard. The aggregated energy reduction and generation efforts of each member will be <br />visualized on the dashboard in a graphic that calculates progress regarding San Leandro’s <br />citywide GHG reduction goals. <br />What is ZipPower’s revenue source? ZipPower will charge a 10% fee for each energy <br />project transacted, paid by energy developers and financiers only. The property owner, <br />whether public or private, is not charged. <br />How Does this Benefit the Renewable Energy Industry? ZipPower will identify optimal <br />properties across the City, engage, acquire, aggregate and ultimately lower the cost of <br />financing projects. Solar manufacturers, contractors, financers, permitting services - all will <br />have a more predictable sales and production schedule. This method of scaling solar is <br />projected to reduce the cost of selling solar by as much as 30% - the amount of soft costs <br />currently attributed to selling a single solar installation today. ZipPower will eliminate the need <br />for each renewable energy (especially solar) provider to carry a large sales team. <br />How Does this Benefit the End-Buyer? ZipPower is being designed to make it easy for <br />every property owner to find the right, tailored energy solution. The property owner will save <br />money on electrical bills, turning passive, energy-wasting assets (especially <br />commercial/industrial roofs and parking lots) into energy-generating assets. <br />Hale Foote, President of Scandic, an established, successful San Leandro metal stamping <br />company, made the decision seven years ago to place solar panels on the roof of his <br />manufacturing plant off Alvarado. The results? <br />·Monthly electrical bills fell from $4K then to $1K today <br />·$100K roof installed seven years ago came with 25 year warranty. However, roof <br />life-expectancy is anticipated to last far beyond warranty period due to shelter by the <br />solar panels. <br />·Increasingly, customers (especially hard/ware/software tech companies) are rating their <br />suppliers based on verifiable sustainability and energy efficiency goals and programs. <br />·Employees love it. Mr. Foote says its gives his employees a sense of pride and <br />stability, seeing the solar as an investment in the business and community. <br /> San Leandro: Prototype City for a Clean and Resilient Energy Future <br />San Leandro has been provided a unique opportunity to prototype a renewable energy future <br />that proposes to reduce citywide energy costs, creates a more secure and local electric grid, <br />reduced reliance on carbon-based energy, decreased GHG emissions and one that takes full <br />advantage of San Leandro’s fiber optic resources. Through identifying San Leandro as a <br />center for energy innovation, this city prepares for a future where climate change is seen as <br />an opportunity for citywide economic growth and measurable quality of life improvements. <br />The CEC grant is providing San Leandro with the opportunity to engage in a pilot program <br />with no direct financial requirements for the City. There is no substantial risk to the City if the <br />outcome of this development grant proves unsuccessful. If successful, San Leandro is poised <br />to be the City where an innovative approach to scaling renewable energy in partnership with <br />its utility provider all began. <br />No action is required. This is an informational report only. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />Page 5 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/13/2016 <br />16