Exhibit CC 11-03-15 Item #12 Letter to CPUCKirsten Squarcia
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Peggy Griffin <griffin@compuserve.com >
Saturday, October 31, 2015 3:48 PM
City Council
City Clerk
City Council Meeting Nov. 3, 2015-Agenda Item 12 -Letter to CPUC
Dear Mayor Sinks, Vice Mayor Chang, Council Members and Staff,
We support and encourage you to send this letter to the CPUC supporting protections to its net energy metering
program for rooftop solar customers .
In December 2007, we invested in a rooftop solar system to help the environment and to reduce our energy costs during
retirement. At that time, even with the rebates, the cost was tremendous. It cost $19,000 for a 3000 KW system
estimated to break even in 8 years . We are now just about to break even and the panels, controller, etc. have a finite
lifespan.
Each year, we barely break even on our energy usage which was our goal. We rely on the once-a-year true up to do
so . In the winter, we "owe" PG&E because our generation does not cover our usage . As spring and summer approach
we begin to return extra power to the grid. By the end of the summer/beginning of the fall we have given PG&E surplus
energy so we 're in the black. Through the fall/early winter we eat up the extra energy we gave to the grid so that by
January (our true-up) time, we are near zero. We made this decision almost 8 years ago and now they are threatening
to change the rules, just when we are about to break even on our investment.
The policies they ar e proposing would make it so that our energy costs would go up significantly AND when it came time
to replace parts (controller in 2 years-lifespan of 10 yrs .), we might not find it worth the cost to continue using solar.
We thank the staff for preparing this material and encourage all members of the Cupertino City Council to approve
sending this letter t.o the CPUC.
Sincerely,
Terry and Peggy Griffin
Kirsten Squarcia
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Kathleen Sidenblad < ksidenblad@comcast.net >
Saturday, October 31 , 2015 4:54 PM
City Council
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City Council Meeting Nov. 3, 2015 -Agenda Item 12 -Letter to CPUC
Dear Mayor Sinks and City Council,
I support and encourage you to send the letter to the CPUC supporting protections to the net energy metering program
for rooftop solar customers .
Sincerely,
Paul and Kathleen Sidenblad
10190 Stonydale Dr .
Cupertino, CA 95014
Kirsten Squarcia
Subject: FW : Letter to CPUC regarding Solar Insta ll ations Regulations
From: Gary Latshaw [mailto:glatshaw@gma il.com ]
Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2015 4:36 PM
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager's Office; Erin Cooke; Rod Sinks
Subject: Letter to CPUC regarding Solar Installations Regulations
Mayor Sinks , Councilpersons, Mr. Brandt, and Ms. Cook:
I am writing agin to urge you to write to the CPUC and demand that the CPUC deny all regulatory changes that
would discourage the vibrant solar business in our State. The industry employs more than 50,000 people. The
incredible cost-savings of solar are evident from this chart (note: $50/MWh is equivalent to $0.05 /KWh). As
seen in this chart not only are costs declining, but the current cost are now cheaper than most fossil-fuel power
plants. These remarkable cost reductions would not have been possible without the favorable regulations in
place.
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Since my first letter and presentation to you, I have learned of a valuable website : seia.org. This is the Solar
Energy Industry Association's website. The chart above comes from a report by the Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory (https ://emp.lbl.gov/sites/all /files /lbnl-1000917.pdf).
I will probably be unable to attend on Tuesday when I understand this topic will be discussed. My absence
should not distract from the importance of the issue as solar energy appears to be the key technology in
eliminating the use of.fossil fuels .
Fight for Renewable Energies! Save the global ecology; create jobs; eliminate dependence on foreign oil;
reduce military requirements
Gary Latshaw , Ph.D .
408-499-3006
Kirsten Squarcia
Subject: FW : Dark v. Light Colored Roads and Roofs (Almond Grove/Broadway)
From: John Shepardson [mailto:shepardsonlaw@me.com ]
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 9:08 PM
To: Mike Wasserman; Sam Liccardo; Rod Sinks; Howard Miller; Barry Chang; Carl Guardino; City Council
Subject: Fwd: Dark v. Light Colored Roads and Roofs (Almond Grove/Broadway)
Sent from my iPhone
Begin forwarded message:
From: John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw@me.com>
Date: November 1, 2015 at 8:58:30 PM PST
To: Marcia Jensen <MJensen@losgatosca.gov>, BSpector <BSpector@losgatosca.gov>, Steven
Leonardis <SLeonardis@losgatosca.gov>, Mari co Sayoc <msayoc@losgatosca.gov>, Laurel
Prevetti <LPrevetti@losgatosca.gov>, Robert Schultz <RSchultz@losgatosca.gov>, Matt Morley
<MMorley@losgatosca.gov>, Lisa Petersen <LPetersen@losgatosca.gov>, Council
<Council@losgatosca.gov>
Subject: Dark v. Light Colored Roads and Roofs (Almond Grove/Broadway)
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Quoting from http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/11/business/la-fi-rosenfeldl 1-2010janl l
The principle, Rosenfeld said, was simple: Conserving energy is cheaper and smarter than
building power plants.
Not surprisingly, those rules were attacked by business groups as bureaucratic job killers.
Rosenfeld, who received his doctorate from the University of Chicago, was called unqualified by
critics at Pacific Gas & Electric Co ., one of California's largest utilities.
Yet these mandates have yielded about $30 billion annually in energy savings for California
consumers. They've eliminated air pollution that's the equivalent of taking 100 million cars off
the roads. They have been copied by states and countries worldwide . California's gains are so
closely linked to Rosenfeld that they've been dubbed the Rosenfeld Effect in energy efficiency
circles, where the 83-year-old has taken on rock star status.
U.S . Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" last
year, told host Jon Stewart that Rosenfeld was "one of my local heroes" for his work on
promoting the use of reflective white roofs to combat climate change. Such roofs have been
mandatory on new commercial buildings in California since 2005.
Quoting from
http://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=09-P 13-00007 &segmentID=7
Hello Commissioner!
ROSENFELD: Hello, Bruce.
GELLERMAN: So, white roofs and roads can help cool the planet, how?
ROSENFELD: Well, everybody who's ever walked on a roof knows if it's white it will only heat
up maybe ten degrees above ambient temperature. If it's some nice architectural green or
terracotta tiles or whatever, it can heat up to eighty degrees above room temperature. So a white
roofreflects solar radiation back into space where it's transparent, where it belongs, and a dark
roof traps heat and contributes to the greenhouse effect.
GELLERMAN: We should say this is not a new idea. The ancient Greeks knew about building
in light colors long, long ago.
ROSENFELD: The Greeks have known to white wash their roofs and their whole buildings for
2,000 years, and the Pharaohs had white roofs 5,000 years ago.
GELLERMAN: Well, calculate the effects. I just put a new roof on my house
actually . I live just outside of Boston. And how much money would I save ifl put up
a white roof. I gotta tell, you I put up a dark roof.
ROSENFELD: Instead of giving it to you in dollars, because I don't know your air
conditioning load and your habits, I can say that it will reduce your air conditioning
by 10 to 20 percent, or your air conditioning load on the summer by 10 to 20 percent
if the roof is white instead of whatever you put up. White roofs are good because they
save air conditioning and they're common sense. But in addition the white roof,
because it doesn't trap energy, reflects it back into space, cools the world directly.
And for 1,000 square feet which is like half the area of your house, a white roof as
opposed to a dark roof cools the world enough to offset the heating effects of ten tons
of carbon dioxide. That's like two and a half years of emissions from your family car
or like one year's emissions from your house near Boston. And that's why we're so
excited right now.
John Shepardson, Esq.
59 N . Santa Cruz Ave., No. Q
Los Gatos, CA 95030
(408) 395-3701
In Santorini,
Greece houses
are painted
white to keep
them cooler.
(Photo: Jaap
Engel)
Lisa Maletis-Massey
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