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Council passes ordinance to amend city energy revolving fund, expand demand‑response revenues
Summary
The council approved an ordinance amending the Distributed Energy Resource Revenue Revolving Fund to allow capture of demand‑response payments from all city buildings and to better fund municipal energy programs, adding roughly $150,000 to the fund.
The City Council accepted a committee report and passed an ordinance amending the city's Distributed Energy Resource Revenue Revolving Fund to better capture demand‑response revenue from city-owned buildings and support municipal energy programs.
"Under the proposed ordinance, the amended language will allow the fund to properly capture demand response revenue and allow for further development of the city's demand response program," Councilor Louis Jain told the chamber after a committee hearing that included testimony from Environment Department officials. The ordinance replaces language limiting the fund to certain BPS combined heat-and-power units and specific solar arrays and expands it to capture payments from city demand-response program systems.
Councilors emphasized that the changes are administrative fixes to increase energy savings, support municipal air‑conditioning and other infrastructure needs, and preserve the fund's original purpose. The vice chair noted the administration expects an approximate $150,000 addition to the revolving fund from the amendments. The council voted to accept the committee report and passed docket 1223.
