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Home My WebLink AboutEC Packet 3.11.2024City of Falcon Heights Environment Commission City Hall 2077 Larpenteur Avenue West AGENDA Monday, March 11, 2024 6:30 p.m. A.CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m. B. ROLL CALL:Beth Mercer-Taylor (Chair) ____ Jared Mehlhaff ____ John Pellegrini (Vice-Chair) ____ Amy Christiansen ____ Emma Kostecki ____ Adam Keester ____ Pedro De Filippo Vannucci ____ Staff Liaison Lynch ____ Council Liaison Mielke ____ C.APPROVAL OF AGENDA D.APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. February 12, 2024 E.NEW BUSINESS 1.Partners in Energy Update F.INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS 1.Staff Liaison Report 2.Council Liaison Report G.ADJOURN Next regular meeting date: April 8, 2024 City of Falcon Heights Environment Commission City Hall 2077 Larpenteur Avenue West Minutes Monday, February 12, 2024 6:30 p.m. A. CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m. B. ROLL CALL: Beth Mercer-Taylor (Chair) _A_ John Pellegrini (Vice-Chair) _X_ Jared Mehlhaff _A_ Emma Kostecki _A_ Amy Christiansen _X_ Pedro De Filippo Vannucci _A_ Stephanie Skarolid _A_ Staff Liaison Lynch _X_ C. APPROVAL OF AGENDA D. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. January 8, 2024 Vice-Chair Pellegrini made a motion to approve the minutes from January 8, 2024. Minutes were approved by consent. E. NEW BUSINESS 1. 2024 Officer Nominations Commissioners discussed officer nominations. Commissioner John Pellegrini nominated Commissioner Beth Mercer-Taylor for Chair, Commissioner Pedro De Filippo Vannucci nominated Commissioner John Pellegrini for Vice-Chair, and all Commissioners decided to have Staff Liaison Lynch continue recording minutes as Secretary. A motion was made by Commissioner Mercer-Taylor for these nominations. Motion was approved by consent. 2. Minnesota GreenCorps Discussion Commissioners discussed the potential for the City to apply to receive a Minnesota GreenCorps member for the next 11 months to work on environmental-related projects. This is expected to be a 40-hour work week with at least 4-hours of supervision required. Projects must fall within one of four categories: Community readiness and outreach, energy conservation and green transportation, stormwater and forestry, or waste reduction and recycling. After discussing each option and potential projects for each, Commissioner Mercer-Taylor made a motion to direct Staff Liaison Lynch to apply for the Minnesota GreenCorps Program with the focus on community readiness and outreach, seconded by Commissioner De Filippo Vannucci. A vote was taken and all were in favor. 3. Bee Lawn Discussion Staff Liaison Lynch stated contact was received by Kari Logan from Minnehaha Falls Landscape about an educational opportunity for Falcon Heights residents about bee lawns. Russ Henry and James Wolfin are bee lawn experts and offer a one-hour bee lawn presentation for community groups. Commissioners discussed the opportunity and directed Staff Liaison Lynch to find out more about the form of the presentation, and the possibility of holding a community event. They also discussed potentially offering starter kits for these lawns, or partnering with another city to make it a larger event. Staff Liaison Lynch will discuss this with Kari Logan and bring more information back to the March meeting. 4. Partners in Energy Update Staff Liaison Lynch gave an overview of the current status of the Partners in Energy program. She reminded Commissioners of upcoming meetings including an Open House on Wednesday, February 21 from 6-8 PM at City Hall, Workshop on Monday, March 18 at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment LES-R370 from 6-8 PM, and a second Open House on Wednesday, April 17 from 6-8 PM location TBD. 5. Nature Newsflash Calendar Staff Liaison Lynch went through Nature Newsflash article ideas again to fill in more of the calendar and advised she would keep it up to date and email it out periodically to Commissioners. F. Information and Announcements 1. Staff Liaison Report Staff Liaison Lynch stated City Hall would be closed on Monday, February 19, 2024 for President’s Day. She also let Commissioners know about two upcoming public hearings at the Planning Commission meeting on February 27, 2024 regarding updating City Code to include EVSE language and changing Hollywood Ct. to resident permit parking. Finally, she told Commissioners about the Plastic Free February program currently being held by Washington and Ramsey Counties. G. Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 8:05 p.m. Next regular meeting date: March 11, 2024 ITEM FOR DISCUSSION City of Falcon Heights, Minnesota __________________________ Item Partners in Energy Update Description The City of Falcon Heights has partnered with Xcel Energy and MNCEE to join the Partners in Energy Program. This is a brief overview of the current status of the program and upcoming events, as well as the slide deck for the upcoming workshop on March 18. Budget Impact None. Attachment(s) Draft Slide Deck – Partners in Energy Upcoming Workshop Action(s) Requested Staff requests Environment Commission discuss slide deck and data points and make suggestions/requests/comments for Staff to take back to PiE team. Meeting Date March 11, 2024 Agenda Item E-1 Attachment See notes below. Submitted By Hannah Lynch, Community Development Coordinator / Planner WHERE ARE YOU TODAY? DATA REVIEW 1 WHERE ARE YOU TODAY? Baseline for Falcon Heights Demographic Energy Electric Vehicles 2 HOW WILL WE USE THIS DATA? 1.Determining where to focus your efforts 2.Making data-informed decisions about target actions and activities 3.Determining baselines from which to measure goals 3 4 FALCON HEIGHTS COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT POPULATION 5,232 MEDIAN AGE 36 RACE 75% White 13% Asian 6% Black LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH 22% MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $87,750 POVERTY RATE 7% MEDIAN HOUSING VALUE $351,500 HOUSING UNITS 2,155 HOUSING BUILT BEFORE 2000 90% SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 62% RENTER-OCCUPIED UNITS 39% SOURCE: American Community Survey, 2022 5-year estimates 5 SMALLER POPULATION, SIMILAR DIVERSITY TO PEER CITIES Roseville POPULATION 35,698 MEDIAN AGE 41 RACE 73% White 8% Asian 8% Black LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH 15% Saint Paul POPULATION 306,436 MEDIAN AGE 33 RACE 52% White 18% Asian 16% Black LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH 28% Falcon Heights POPULATION 5,232 MEDIAN AGE 36 RACE 75% White 13% Asian 6% Black LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH 22% SOURCE: American Community Survey, 2022 5-year estimates HIGHER HOUSING VALUE 6 Roseville MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $87,702 POVERTY RATE 7% MEDIAN HOUSING VALUE $318,400 Saint Paul MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $69,919 POVERTY RATE 17% MEDIAN HOUSING VALUE $264,900 SOURCE: American Community Survey, 2022 5-year estimates Falcon Heights MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $87,750 POVERTY RATE 7% MEDIAN HOUSING VALUE $351,500 FEWER UNITS BUT SIMILAR HOUSING STOCK 7 HOUSING UNITS 16,559 HOUSING BUILT BEFORE 2000 92% SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 64% RENTER-OCCUPIED UNITS 31% Roseville HOUSING UNITS 129,525 HOUSING BUILT BEFORE 2000 91% SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 53% RENTER-OCCUPIED UNITS 47% Saint Paul SOURCE: American Community Survey, 2022 5-year estimates Falcon Heights HOUSING UNITS 2,155 HOUSING BUILT BEFORE 2000 90% SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES 62% RENTER-OCCUPIED UNITS 39% DEMOGRAPHIC DATA KEY TAKEAWAYS Small suburban city Fairly young population, some racial diversity Older housing stock, fewer renters than owner -occupied units 8 ENERGY DATA 101 Energy consumption, energy savings, and renewable energy data provided from Xcel Energy Data is pulled from 2021-2023 to create a baseline against which to measure goals Baseline does not change Xcel Energy Data Privacy Rule Must be greater than 4 entities No single entity can account for more than 50% of the usage Limitations to data Data are unofficial for planning purposes 9 GROUNDING WITH ENERGY DATA 101 Premise: Unique identifier for location of service; premise ≠ customer Residential: represents residential premises, including single-family and townhomes Commercial & Industrial: represents business customers, such as restaurants, gas stations, office buildings, and hotels Municipal: refers to the City of Falcon Heights only DSM: Demand Side Management aims to encourage decreased energy consumption. Xcel Energy offers DSM programs to help reduce and shift energy consumption Kilowatt-hour (kWh): A unit of electricity consumption Therm: A unit of natural gas consumption MMBtu: A unit of energy consumption that allows electricity and natural gas to be combined 10 MAJORITY OF ELECTRIC PREMISES ARE RESIDENTIAL 11 Residential 88% Commercial and Industrial 11% Municipal 1% Premise Count 2,399 SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2023 baseline COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SECTOR CONSUMES 52% OF TOTAL ENERGY 12 30 million kWh 2.4 million therms 338,000 MMBtu SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline Residential 49% Commercial and Industrial 51% Municipal 0% Total Energy Consumption Residential 44% Commercial and Industrial 55% Municipal 1% Electricity Consumption Residential 51% Commercial and Industrial 49% Municipal 0% Natural Gas Consumption 13 ELECTRICITY INCREASED FROM 2021 TO 2023; NATURAL GAS PEAKED WITH HEATING DEGREE DAYS SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline 13 13 13 16 16 17 0 0 0 29 29 30 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 2021 2022 2023 Cooling Degree Days (CDD)kWhMillionsElectricity Consumption Residential Commercial and Industrial Municipal CDD 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 - - -2.1 2.5 2.4 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 2021 2022 2023 Heating Degree Days (HDD)thermsMillionsNatural Gas Consumption Residential Commercial and Industrial Municipal HDD 14 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CONSISTENT SINCE 2021 9 10 10 10 11 10 20 21 20 0 5 10 15 20 25 2021 2022 2023MT CO2eThousandsGHG Emissions Residential Commercial and Industrial Municipal SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline 15 NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION RESULTS IN MAJORITY OF EMISSIONS Residential Electric, 16.4% Residential Gas, 31.1% Commerical and Industrial Electric, 21.3% Commerical and Industrial Gas, 30.8% 2023 Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MTCO2e) Total Emissions 20,096 $6.8 MILLION SPENT ON ENERGY DURING AVERAGE YEAR 16 Sector Electricity Costs Natural Gas Costs Costs per Premise Residential $1.8 million $1 million $1,400 Commercial & Industrial $2.4 million $929,000 $12,100 Municipal $22,000 $7,400 $1,700 SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline Residential 46% Commercial and Industrial 54% Municipal 0%Total Costs $6,226,761 ENERGY BURDEN IN FALCON HEIGHTS 17 •Energy burden is the percentage of annual household income spent on energy bills •A burden of 6% considered “high” •Falcon Heights median household income is $87,750 •Average Falcon Heights household spends about $1,400 annually on energy costs for fuel alone SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline, DOE Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool 24% 10% 6%6% 2% 10% 4% 2%2%2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 0% - 30%30% - 60%60% - 80%80% - 100%100%+Energy BurdenPercent of Area Median Income Average Energy Burden as Percent of Income Falcon Heights Owner-occupied Renter-occupied ENERGY BURDEN IN FALCON HEIGHTS HIGHER FOR OWNER- OCCUPIED HOUSING; HIGH ACROSS INCOME LEVELS 18 SOURCE: DOE Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool 24% 10% 6%6% 2% 10% 4% 2%2%2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 0% - 30%30% - 60%60% - 80%80% - 100%100%+Energy BurdenPercent of Area Median Income Average Energy Burden as Percent of Income Falcon Heights Owner-occupied Renter-occupied PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND SAVINGS IN XCEL ENERGY ENERGY EFFICIENCY OFFERINGS 19 Sector Avg. Participation Total Avg. Savings (kWh) Total Avg. Savings (therms) Residential 200 35,374 15,660 Low-Income 2 517 63 Commercial/Industrial 32 186,183 23,326 Low-income programs include Home Energy Savings Program, Low -income Home Energy Squad, and Multi-family Energy Savings Program. Participation and savings from this program not included in “Residential” to avoid double counting. SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2021-2023 baseline 20 MORE RESIDENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN SOLAR*REWARDS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION Community Solar Gardens -Solar*Rewards Community® 2023 Residential Commercial & Industrial Municipal Subscriber Count 25 5 6 Total Annual Electricity Subscribed (kWh)169,924 180,904 55,508 SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy, 2023 21 SUBSCRIPTION RENEWABLES AND ON-SITE SOLAR MORE POPULAR WITH RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS 2022 Residential Commercial & Industrial Subscription Programs -Windsource®& Renewable*Connect® Subscriber Count 180 0 Total Annual Electricity Subscribed (kWh)818,449 0 On-site Solar -Solar*Rewards® and Net-Metering Subscriber Count 36 5 Total Electricity Capacity (kW)244 696 SOURCE: Xcel Energy Partners in Energy 2022, Falcon Heights Xcel Energy Community Energy Report, 2022 ENERGY BASELINE HIGHLIGHTS Fewer Commercial and Industrial premises, but higher proportional energy usage Electricity consumption increased from 2021 to 2023, but natural gas consumption has fluctuated Residents spend about $1,400 annually on fuel costs on average, or about $115 a month Residential and Commercial/Industrial sectors are actively participating in efficiency programs and supporting renewable energy, but opportunity for growth 22 ELECTRIC VEHICLE DATA MN EV Adoption increasing As of January 2023, over 34,000 electric vehicles were registered in MN Technology is increasing quickly Range is increasing to 110–520 miles on a single charge Influx of infrastructure funding to the State Minnesota adopted an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Plan in 2022 23 SOURCE: Minnesota Department of Transportation 2021 Electric Vehicle Assessment, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Economic Analysis on Electric Vehicles Electric Vehicles in Minnesota Image source: https://mn.gov/puc/activities/economic- analysis/electric-vehicles/ 24 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN FALCON HEIGHTS ZIP CODES Zip Code Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) Total 55108 176 86 262 55113 357 145 502 SOURCE: Minnesota Department of Transportation Electric Vehicle Dashboard Electric Vehicle Type Power Source Travel Range Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) Electric Motor 80-345 miles Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Electric Motor + Gasoline Engine 350-600 miles Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Electric Motor + Gasoline Engine 350-600 miles FALCON HEIGHTS EV CHARGING STATIONS 25SOURCE: Partners in Energy Interactive EV Map QUESTIONS? What surprised you? Is there a data point we missed? What do you want to learn more about? 26