Reference Guide - Indian River County

through in-house staff or outside contractors for qualifying commercial and residential
customers. Other commercial and residential building incentives such as lighting incentives,
insulation upgrades, efficient equipment rebates etc. should be made available to qualifying
customers. Structure usage rates to discourage over consumption by allowing charges to
increase with increasing energy use.
SUGGESTED DOCUMENTATION:
To achieve the points listed for each activity, submit a description of the activity.
BENEFIT:
Offering incentives to the community to reduce energy usage can help provide energy security
for the city/county.
RESOURCES:
Gainesville Regional Utilities Solar Rebate Program
http://www.gru.com/OurEnvironment/GreenEnergy/solar.jsp
Gainesville Regional Utilities Dual Metering Program
http://www.gru.com/OurEnvironment/GreenEnergy/dualMetering.jsp
Jacksonville JEA Solar Incentive Program
http://www.jea.com/services/electric/solar.asp
New Symrna Beach Utilities Commission Energy Audits
http://www.ucnsb.net/electric/energyaudit.shtml
Education
Credit 4: Community education.
ACTIVITY:
a) Informative billing. (1 points)
b) Take part in any speaker’s bureau or sponsor workshops. (1 points)
c) Emissions info posted on website. (1 points)
d) Enable customers to track and analyze their usage via the internet. (1 points)
APPROACH:
Develop informative billing that educates customers about current and past usage. Actively
engage staff in promoting energy efficiency through speaking opportunities, or sponsor others to
conduct workshops. Develop and post an “environmental report” on a website that details
process of power production including raw materials consumed, processing specifics, and
emissions information. Develop an online system whereby customers can access account history
and evaluate performance based on other users with similar characteristics. Offer suggestions for
users to reduce usage.
SUGGESTED DOCUMENTATION:
a) Submit copy of an example bill.
b) Submit names and qualifications of utility employees willing to take part in a speakers
bureau, and topics they would be willing to discuss, or examples of sponsored workshops.
c) Provide internet link where one would find utility emissions info.
d) Provide internet link to website where customers can gain access to energy usage
information.
Florida Green Local Government Standard – Copyright Florida Green Building Coalition, Inc. 2004, 2005 R25