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To Chula Vista City Councilmembers:
On behalf of local contractors in the Chula Vista community, we are requesting that you enable the HERO Program—the
state's leading Property Assessed Clean Energy program—to be made available to Chula Vista property owners. Chula
Vista is the only municipality in San Diego County that has not adopted HERO. We ask that you place HERO on the
3/17/15 agenda as a consent item.
PACE financing makes energy-and water-saving renovations affordable for property owners by providing long-term,
competitive financing through'an additional property tax assessment. Payments are made through the property tax bill
for up to 20 years, making payments affordable for property owners.
Currently,two other residential PACE programs,YGrene and California First, are authorized to provide residential PACE
financing in Chula Vista. However, due to their design these programs have not provided a significant level of financing
forlocal projects.
Our customers in Chula Vista are asking us for the HERO program.The HERO program is a preferred PACE provider with
contractors because the financing process is simple and easy for contractors and property owners to use. HERO has a
strong track record of funding projects and creating jobs through-out the state.Almost 250 California communities now
offer HERO.The program has funded over$500 million in efficiency projects in three years and has created more than
4,300 jobs in the construction sector.
Contractors in communities with the HERO progrem have seen their businesses expand and are hiring employees. Our
own experience offering the program in San Diego County has been excellent.The HERO program has already funded
$47 million in projects countywide.This is a boost for the local economy,and one that we hope to bring to Chula Vista.
Compared to other traditional consumer finance, HERO is a low-risk solution that does not use taxpayer money and has
been widely adopted across California. Compared to other PACE providers, HERO is far and away the most successful
and active.The program has received the Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award,the Urban Land
Institute Best of the Best, the U.S. Green Building Council's Bes[ Residential Partnership, and the Southern California
Association of Governments PresidenYs Award for Excellence. Most recently the program received the 2014 Clean Air
Award from the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the Clean Tech OC's Van Vlahakis' Environmental
Excellence Award.
We encourage Chula Vista to adopt the HERO program as soon as possible.Thank you, in advance, for your support.
Sincerely,
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Feedback from Happy Homeowners On Using Clean Energy Chuta Vista
1 message
marvin trice <marvin.trice@att.net> Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 6:48 PM
To: msalas@chulavistaca.gov, pbensoussan@chulavistaca.gov, paguilar@chulavistaca.gov,
jmccann@chulavistaca.gov, smiesen@chulavistaca.gov, jwalshyackson@chulavistaca.gov,
Iwbranscomb@chulavistaca.gov, JBustamante@chulavistaca.gov
Cc: Crystal Crawford <crystal.crawford@ygrene.us>
Dear Mayor Salas and the City Counal,
My family lives on Shervvood Street near Loma Verde Paric. We have been remodeling our home to
lower our utility bills and be more comfortable. We took advantage of the Energy Upgrade Califomia program and
Chula vsta Energy Upgrade before the money ran out to do some upgrades, but we weren't able to do everything
our contractor (Hugo Mora from Mocard) recommended. Md we didnY have the funds to add solar.
Then we heard about PACE finandng and contacted the City to find out if PACE was available in Chula
vsta. The aty connected me with Crystal Crawford at Ygrene. Everything went smoothly with Ygrene. Ygrene
made it very easy to use the program, and our contradors were very helpful. We installed a whole house fan and
additional wall insulation and a solar system. The improvements have already made a huge difference in our
house being more comfortable. WeVe received one SDGE bill since our solar system went live, and our bill went
down drastically.
We are really happy, and we hope the City will make sure residents know about the EUC and Clean
Energy Chula Vsta programs. We met our contrador at an EUC home tour, so perhaps the City could have home
tours for the PACE projects, too.
Thank you,
Marvin and Kellie Trice
Chula Vsta
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NOTE= for 2/10N5 meeting, re: Clean Energy Chula Vista -Ygrene - PACE
Colleen Bisbee <cbisbee@barrettpump.com> Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:22 PM
To: jmccann@chulavistaca.gov
Cc: Crystal Crawford <crystal.crawford@ygrene.us>
Councilman McCann-
Greetings!
I understand you will be discussing the Gean Energy Chula Vista programs. I would like to relate to you our
great experience with Ygrene and PACE funding.
For years, we have had an outrageously high electric bill. We have been researching ways to cut back our
usage, including solar and other"green" options.
We have been very pleased with the entire procedure. Ygrene has been very helpful in helping us to understand
and secure PACE funding for our recent energy upgrades to our home, in paRicular Violeta Vassallo and Crystal
Crawford.
By accessing the PACE funding we have been able to install new double paned windows, a new"cool" roof, new
attic insulation and new, balanced ducting for our airconditioning and heating system. The application
process was very straight forward and Ygrene has been able to answer all of our questions. We might not have
been able to obtain a "traditional" loan due to our existing financial obligations plus the college expenses coming
up. As PACE funding is based on home value and equity and is assessed on our property tax bill, it was a
perfect solution to financing these improvements - helping us lower our energy expenses.
The contractor we worked with, GGR, has also been wonderful. Christian Adsal and Alex have been very
responsive and attentive. The major part of the work was completed in less than two weeks. The workers were
polite, punctual and neat.
We have already seen a drop in our energy consumption due to these improvements- so we are very pleased!
Thank you for approving this program. It has been a great help to our family.
Regards,
Colleen and Dave Bisbee
Chula Vista, CA 91910