Transcript WOOD STOVE CHANGEOUT PROGRAMS

WOOD STOVE CHANGEOUT
PROGRAMS AS SEPs
Presentation by
Hearth, Patio & Barbecue Association (HPBA)
NCAF 2006 Energy Programs Leveraging Conference
October 24-26, 2006
St. Petersburg, FL
PURPOSE
• Describe an opportunity for leveraging
your resources to obtain additional funding
to better serve low-income households
• Propose ways to be pro-active
• Offer to help
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
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SEPs
Wood stove changeout programs
Weatherization assistance community
Concept for WAP-based, wood stove
SEPs
• Ways to be pro-active
• HPBA support
SEPs
• SEPs = Supplemental Environmental Projects
• Context: Enforcement of environmental laws by
EPA and agencies at the state, local, tribal and
territorial levels
• Negotiated settlements, resulting in consent
decrees
– Remedial measures
– Voluntary mitigation measures, including SEPs
– Penalties, which are set partly in light of the SEPs
• Elaborate policies at federal and state levels
about acceptability of projects as SEPs (e.g.,
EPA has detailed website)
SEPs
• Recent examples
– Toyota
• Alleged Clean Air Act violations
• $20MM for retrofitting controls on tailpipe
emissions from diesel engines in school buses
– ADM
• Alleged Clean Air Act violations
• $4MM for school bus retrofits in Midwest
SEPs
• Potential settlements
– Electric utilities in eastern half of country who
have yet to settle EPA’s Clean Air Act lawsuits
for large plant refurbishments
– Steady stream of settlements at federal and
non-federal level, mainly relating to air
pollution
HPBA Expertise on
WOOD STOVE CHANGEOUT
PROGRAMS
• “Wood stove” = residential home heating
appliance burning cord wood or pellets, either
free-standing or as fireplace insert
• Conventional wood stoves
– Sales prior to EPA promulgation of NSPS in 1988
– At least 7.5 million nationwide
– Long-lasting; little incentive for replacement
• Modern wood stoves burn much more cleanly
and efficiently (e.g., 70 percent reduction in fine
particulates)
• 300,000 tons per year from nationwide
changeout
WOOD STOVE CHANGEOUT
PROGRAMS
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Definition of target community
Outreach
Incentives
Application procedures
On-site inspection
Installation
Education on good usage
Disposal of old appliance
Quality control
Accounting
WOOD STOVE CHANGEOUT
PROGRAMS
• Extensive HPBA experience, for example:
– Crested Butte, CO: 1988 – 1990
– Libby, MT: June, 2005 – ONGOING
– Sacramento, CA: September, 2006 – ONGOING
• EPA promotion
– Effective group in EPA’s RTP office (stationary sources of
air pollution)
• Outreach, technical assistance, grant program, etc.
• Website: http://www.epa.gov/woodstoves/changeout.html
– EPA enforcement lists such changeout programs as
viable SEP candidates
WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE
COMMUNITY
• 900 local organizations
• Serve 100,000 low-income families per
year
• Well-suited to manage wood stove
changeout programs
– Experience, expertise, reliability
– Ability to incorporate wood stove changeouts
into the assistance packages for households if
the wood stoves are cost-free
CONCEPT FOR A “TURN-KEY” SEP
• The defendant enters into a grant agreement
with a WAP provider to provide cash for EPAcertified wood stoves or actual wood stoves.
• The WAP provider agrees to conduct a
changeout program in low-income homes in the
course of installing other energy efficiency
measures.
• The WAP provider would generate all necessary
accountings.
ADVANTAGES
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Significant reduction in air pollution
Energy savings
Improved home safety
Maximum leverage of SEP dollar (e.g., low costs
of administration)
• Reliability and accountability
• Minimal “hassle” for defendant
• Maximum insulation for defendant from potential
liabilities due to installations
PUBLICIZING THE CONCEPT
• “Open Letter” to the environmental enforcement
community from NCAF and HPBA
• Dissemination of “Open Letter”
– Lobby EPA and DOJ
– Mailings to EPA regional offices and non-federal
agencies
– Direct contacts to environmental defense bar
– Press
• Posting on websites
– EPA’s wood stove website
– HPBA’s website
WAYS TO BE PRO-ACTIVE
• Build infrastructure, for instance:
– Model grant agreement
– “How-to-do-it” manual for changeout
programs (general version on EPA’s website)
• Alert non-federal enforcement officials to
the opportunity
• Encourage federal and state WAP officials
to support
HELP FROM HPBA
• Offer to help
– Each SEP will have its own set of locally
determined needs
– Technical consultation on full range of
changeout issues
– Networking with vendors and installers
– Training for and certification of installers
– Drafting of model legal documents
Contact:
John Crouch
Director of Public Affairs
(916) 536-2390
[email protected]
THANK YOU!
W. Allan Cagnoli
Director of Government Affairs
(703) 522-0086
[email protected]