{"id":1724,"date":"2011-09-22T16:41:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2011-12-06T21:41:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T21:41:22","slug":"using-financial-innovation-to-break-down-barriers-to-energy-efficiency-upgrades-%e2%80%93-conclusion-innovations-in-energy-efficiency-finance-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/09\/22\/using-financial-innovation-to-break-down-barriers-to-energy-efficiency-upgrades-%e2%80%93-conclusion-innovations-in-energy-efficiency-finance-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovations In Energy Efficiency Finance Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Brad Copithorne, EDF&#8217;s Energy &amp; Financial Policy Specialist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/Brad-Copithorne-Photo3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1960\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/09\/Brad-Copithorne-Photo3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a>Earlier this week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20110920005775\/en\/Citi-Collaborates-Environmental-Defense-Fund-Co-Host-Innovations\">EDF and Citi co-hosted a successful conference on energy efficiency (EE) finance<\/a> at Citi\u2019s headquarters in Manhattan.\u00a0 This is the third similar conference that Citi has hosted.\u00a0 Four years ago, they had 10 people in a conference room.\u00a0 Two years back, it was 40 participants.\u00a0 This week, we were standing room only in a 200-seat venue.\u00a0 More importantly, however, was the diverse makeup of the audience, including bankers, real estate owners, EE project developers, financial sponsors, government agencies, foundations and nonprofit organizations.\u00a0 We are optimistic that this high level of interest indicates that we are close to a tipping point in toward the successful development of this market.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the interesting transactions discussed included:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Public Buildings &#8211;<\/strong> Nobel Prize winner, John Byrne, explained an innovative structure that he developed and executed with Citi to aggregate, manage and finance $73mm of EE projects for public buildings in Delaware.\u00a0 Citi is looking to expand this approach in other states.\u00a0 (We hope to have a future blog post with many more details about this idea.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unsecured Loans &#8211;<\/strong> Cisco Devries of Renewable Funding discussed how he is working to aggregate a portfolio of unsecured consumer EE loans and how, to date, these loans seem to show much lower default rates than would be expected.\u00a0 Several speakers at the conference discussed the importance of getting data on EE loan performance and we understand that there are several efforts in place to collect this data.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/09\/12\/using-financial-innovation-to-break-down-barriers-to-energy-efficiency-retrofits-part-1-commercial-buildings\/\">Energy Services Agreements<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> Green Campus, Serious Capital, Transcend, Metrus and Sustainable Development discussed their efforts to further develop this market.\u00a0 We are hopeful for several favorable announcements in the near term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Measuring and Managing EE Project Performance &#8211;<\/strong> Mary Barber of EDF described our project to create protocols to estimate future energy savings so that lenders and other investors can make informed investment decisions.\u00a0 Angela Ferrante of Energi talked about an insurance contract that will guarantee the energy savings for a project.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/09\/15\/using-financial-innovation-to-break-down-barriers-to-energy-efficiency-retrofits-%e2%80%93-part-2-residential-buildings\/\">On-Bill Repayment<\/a> &#8211;<\/strong> Jeff Pitkin of NYSERDA described New York\u2019s innovative plan to provide low-cost loans to consumers for EE projects.\u00a0 The loans would be repaid through the customer\u2019s utility bill.\u00a0 Credit would be improved because nonpayment would eventually result in shut off of power.\u00a0 Additionally, the obligation will stay with the meter if the customer moves.\u00a0 I discussed a similar plan that we hope to implement in California.\u00a0 We hope that the California strategy will work for commercial and multi-family in addition to single family homes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Philanthropic Capital &#8211;<\/strong> Margot Brandenburg of Rockefeller Foundation, Jessica Boehland of Kresge Foundation and John Goldstein of Imprint Capital discussed how targeted investments for mission driven investors can help seed the market for EE finance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons for Solar Project Finance &#8211; <\/strong>Michael Mittleman of SolarCity and Marshal Salant of Citi described the very long effort that was required to make solar projects viable for financing.\u00a0 Currently, billions of dollars of solar projects are financed each year and the market is expanding rapidly.\u00a0 They (and we) are hoping that we will have similar near term success in EE finance.<\/p>\n<p>We want to express appreciation to Citi for co-sponsoring this week\u2019s successful event.\u00a0 Citi has committed significant resources to developing this market well before there is a likelihood of near term returns.\u00a0 We recognize that this type of commitment is not easy to make in a difficult economic environment with shareholders primarily focused on quarterly earnings releases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Brad Copithorne, 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