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Cool Planet Award Presented to County of Riverside

On October 16, 2015, The Climate Registry and Southern California Edison presented the County of Riverside with a Cool Planet Award for 1 st Place in the Large Government/Institutional sector for 2015. The award ceremony took place in Long Beach at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Cool Planet Award recognizes the valuable contribution of Southern California Edison business customers who demonstrate exemplary leadership in energy and carbon management within their business size and industry. It celebrates SCE’s business customers and their commitment to installing energy efficiency projects, participating in demand response programs, and implementing environmental and GHG management systems. Riverside County’s effort, spearheaded by the Energy Division of the Economic Development Agency, has achieved nearly 3 million kWh of energy savings from SCE energy efficiency projects installed since 2010.

The Climate Registry and Southern California Edison also presented this award to the County during the November 3, 2015 Board of Supervisors meeting.

Through its participation in a local government partnership with Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company, Riverside County received over $260,000 in rebates and incentives for energy efficiency projects and activities, and nearly $200,000 in energy engineering support and facility studies during the 2013-2014 program cycle. The projects completed using this funding, resulted in savings of over 900,000 kWh and nearly 10,000 therms. “The State of California has shown tremendous political leadership and conviction on climate change over the years, and the need to take action is as urgent as ever,” said David Rosenheim, Executive Director of The Climate Registry. “We commend the 2015 Cool Planet recipients for their outstanding achievements in energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and for demonstrating to other organizations that doing the right thing also makes good business sense.” Congratulations to the members of the EDA Energy Division—Janet Purchase, Energy Manager, Arlene Campbell, Administrative Services Analyst II and Charlene Clark, Development Specialist II.