California Climate & Energy Collaborative

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Priority Area: Clean Energy and Building Decarbonization
Barrier: Retrofit Feasibility

Challenge/Local/State

Description

Local Solution
(Type of Activity: Community Program Implementation )

Offer concierge-style technical assistance to help households and small businesses move from interest to completion (explaining retrofit options, navigating requirements, stacking incentives, completing applications, and coordinating next steps) reducing drop-off from program complexity and improving equitable access to electrification and resilience upgrades. 

Existing Examples of Progress: 1. South Coast AQMD is requiring zero-emission space and water heating technologies and launching a Go Zero program targeting overburdened communities with rebates, stacked incentives, and funding navigation assistance. 2. The Basset Avocado Advanced Energy Community Pilot provides comprehensive homeowner navigation for retrofit incentives and code compliance — participants recommended replication across the region. 3. Silicon Valley Clean Energy operates a one-on-one concierge model for incentive navigation and retrofit support. 4. The City of Alhambra enhances language access and in-person enrollment at libraries for rebates and energy programs. 5. GREEN served 80 small businesses in the Central Coast through a partnership with Intuit before losing state funding in 2023, demonstrating the model's effectiveness and its dependence on sustained public investment.
Further Progress Pathways: 1. CCEC's assistance marketplace. 2. New local or regional based grant programs: SoCalREN, BAAD, SCAG, CPA.
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast, Los Angeles, Inland Deserts, San Diego, Statewide

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