Thursday, July 23, 2015

July 23rd 2015

Present:Paulette Alioa
Bob Bedzyk (DRC Board)
Cherie Ching (USGBC MA Advocacy Fellow)
Alex Mueller
Debra Sypien
Ian D. Tran

Actions:
DATE RAISEDDATE DUEACTION ITEMRAISED BYRESPONSIBLECOMMENTSSTATUS
23 Jul 201527/07/2015Schedule Advocacy to DRC GC MeetingPaulettePaulette
Open
23 Jul 201527/07/2015Select Issue Captain topic areasIanPaulette, Debra, Alex
Open
23 Jul 201527/07/2015Create & share Google Doc for cross-chapter operationsCherieIan
Open

23 Jul 2015AUTUMNCreate monthly cross chapter Advocacy admin/ops best practice callCherie/IanIan
Raised


Learned:
MA Legislation:
Net 0 /Net Metering (Solar & caps)
PACE Financing
Clean Energy
Energy Efficiency Education

MA:
Establishing Advocacy reps in each committee
Clarifying relationship w/ Board
Seeks to better leverage USGBC National support


Mobilizing actions:
Template letter
Issue captains
To solve committee fragmentation w/in chapters: strive for 1 Advocacy representative/committee
Florida's consolidating chapters

Friday, July 17, 2015

16 July 2015 Notes

Present: Alex, Renae, Ian

Actions:
*Create checklist for outreach
*Compile potential September Policy Call participants/invitees onto spreadsheet

Green Schools Advocacy update:
-Renae & Peggy strive to convene a Green Schools coalition
-Seeking schools in visible districts
-Are welcome to promote/utilize MI Advocacy's outreach capacities
ACTION:
*develop outreach procedure

5 Lakes Energy:
Will join in upcoming statewide policy call


National Updates:
http://campaignsusgbc.blogspot.com/2015/07/july-22nd.html

Clean Power Plan Resource Book via NRDC (linked) put out recently which is a 60-page reference book containing hundreds of footnotes and links that pulls together the most compelling information available for curbing carbon pollution. Digital version here:http://medium.com/clean-power


Veteran Community Action Team
A VCAT meeting takes place tomorrow morning. The event is free, but they would appreciate it if you would register in advance. 


July 23, 2015
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Hubert-Fortiers-O’Grady
VFW Post 345
27345 Schoolcraft Road

Redford, MI 48239

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

As of 7/15/2015

AGENDA
>Assess caller needs

>Update MI Advocacy Overview

>Report from Christina Kuo (USGBC National)
>(*possibly next week) Joint call with USGBC MA Advocacy Fellow Cherie Ching*?
>Decide: who will represent USGBC in the Senate?

>Discuss: alternatives to micromanagement for rapid policy response
>Select advocacy focus areas for better team workings (NEW!)
>Prototype: how might we better structure calls?

Follow up/Update & Report:
-Promote small business & EE flier w/ Small Business Majority
http://usgbcmiadvocacy.blogspot.com/2015/07/energy-efficiency-and-your-michigan.html

-Legislative Briefing/comments
-Community Benefits
-Roads?

Next week:
>(*possibly next week) Joint call with USGBC MA Advocacy Fellow Cherie Ching

Week after:
Report Business Forward/White House EE/Climate Change (Renae)

August:
RE/EE Tax Compendium briefing with Jerome Garciano

Friday, July 10, 2015

Energy Efficiency and your Michigan Small Business



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Monday, July 20, 2015
from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)

Location:
Michigan Energy Options
405 Grove St., East Lansing, MI 48823

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Advocacy Notes 9 July 2015

Present: Debra S., Ian T., Jessica L., Paulette A.

Next Actions:
-Divide bill into sections for all (Ian) [Name, pages] 
Debra 1-20
Jess 21-40
Paulette 41-60
Ian 61-82
-Analyze, comment & report back 15:30 7/9/15 (All) >SB 438 proposes to also amend the "Clean, renewable, and efficient energy act,"
-Upcoming months: study MI LEED saving potential for Manufacturing (Debra)
-Seek 2014 West MI LEED data (Debra to Cheri)
-Inquire what util EE/LEED rebates can be disclosed (Jess/Paulette)

Reported:
-Community Benefits (Alex will report back on op ed draft, Christina can support feedback/editing)
-Legislative Briefing/comments Focus on SB 438 comments, can use February EO framework letter as reference, USGBC scope best suited for emphaisizing Energy Efficiency, minor in clean/renewable
-Re: What remains needed for effective onboarding/committee orientation? document helpful, takes several calls
-Comments due this week

Next week:
Joint call with USGBC MA Advocacy Fellow Cherie Ching
August:
RE/EE Tax Compendium briefing with Jerome Garciano

Monday, July 6, 2015

2 July 2015 Advocacy Notes

Actions
-Sign up to schedule legislative briefing and billtrack training this week
-Alex will connect Debra Rowe to Debra Sypien
(to develop Green Map op ed in light of Governor signing anti-community benefits bill)

Updated
-Brews tour discussion w/ DEQ--on hold until Christina returns

Reported:

See policies below
4 state bills (decided: schedule detailed leg. briefing next week)
2 national

-MEMJ PA3 & SB 0295 overviews

Sign up for bill track (except Christina?), please share your availability for a brief web training (~15-45 min) at this link. Click and drag on the times/days that work.



Suggested agenda for briefing+billtrack training supplement:



40 mins:
~5-10 mins Legislative briefing & Q&A
~25 mins Discuss & decide USGBC stances (definitions, benchmarking, substantiating with data)
~5 mins recap actions

~10 mins: Uses for billtrack
~5 mins: Bill Curation
~5 Mins: widget


Policy to note: [comments due to Nofs' Energy committee within the week]


SB 0295
SB 0437
SB 0438

Based on PA3 & PA295

US Sen 1653

[Alex's]
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2015/06/republicans-and-democrats-back-bill-to-level-the-playing-field-for-renewable-energy.html#_gus&_gucid=/content/rew/en/articles/2015/06/republicans-and-democrats-back-bill-to-level-the-playing-field-for-renewable-energy&_gup=twitter&_gsc=mB7N9WJ

July 2015 National 
EE/RE Tax Compendium released



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Debra

Can you forward?

MI SB0437 Bill Summary
A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled "An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and certain private utilities and other services affected with a public interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy suppliers; to provide for licensing; to include municipally owned utilities and other providers of energy under certain provisions of this act; to create a public service commission and to prescribe and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan public utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties vested by law on the public service commission; to provide for the continuance, transfer, and completion of certain matters and proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses; to prohibit certain rate increases without notice and hearing; to qualify residential energy conservation programs permitted under state law for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; to provide for a restructuring of the manner in which energy is provided in this state; to encourage the utilization of resource recovery facilities; to prohibit certain acts and practices of providers of energy; to allow for the securitization of stranded costs; to reduce rates; to provide for appeals; to provide appropriations; to declare the effect and purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts," by amending the title and sections 6a, 6j, 6s, 10, 10a, 10f, 10p, 10r, and 10t (MCL 460.6a, 460.6j, 460.6s, 460.10, 460.10a, 460.10f, 460.10p, 460.10r, and 460.10t), the title as amended by 2005 PA 190, sections 6a, 10, 10a, 10p, and 10r as amended and section 6s as added by 2008 PA 286, section 6j as amended by 1987 PA 81, and sections 10f and 10t as added by 2000 PA 141, and by adding section 6t; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

MI SB0438 Bill Summary
A bill to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled "Clean, renewable, and efficient energy act," by amending the title, the headings of subparts B and C of part 2 and part 5, and sections 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 41, 47, 71, 73, 75, 77, 81, 83, 85, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 113, 173, 175, 177, and 179 (MCL 460.1001, 460.1003, 460.1005, 460.1007, 460.1009, 460.1011, 460.1013, 460.1041, 460.1047, 460.1071, 460.1073, 460.1075, 460.1077, 460.1081, 460.1083, 460.1085, 460.1087, 460.1089, 460.1091, 460.1093, 460.1095, 460.1097, 460.1113, 460.1173, 460.1175, 460.1177, and 460.1179), section 93 as amended by 2010 PA 269, and by adding subpart B to part 2, sections 72, 74, 77a, 78, 89a, 91a, 98, and 99, and part 7; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.


This is what was on the website.


Debra Sypien, LEED® AP BD+C
Sustainable Facilities Coordinator
The Christman Company

From: LegiNation Website [mailto:DoNotReply@legination.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 8:01 AM
To: Debra Sypien
Subject: LegiNation - BillTrack50 Alert

State
Bill
Bill Name
New Bill
Version
Action
Vote
Sponsor
Doc.
MI
Public utilities; electric utilities; electric utility's integrated resource plan and customer choice provisions; modify.
X
X
X
MI
Energy; alternative sources; definition of renewable energy system; eliminate restriction on dams and pumped storage.
X
X
X
US
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels, and for other purposes.
X
X