THIS LIVE TRAINING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE CONTENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS A WEBCAST IN OUR WEBCAST LIBRARY

Solar-Powered Microgrids: An Opportunity to Build Power Resiliency
DATE:  Tuesday, August 30th, 2022
TIME:  11:00am-12:00pm

Throughout California, years of record-breaking fires, floods, and high wind events have led to statewide Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) leaving millions of people and hundreds of critical health facilities without power for days on end. This necessary but problematic response to the wildfires ravaging the state is not going away.  PSPS outages in CA have affected 9 billion customers since 2013, which not only shut down critical health services, but they also directly lead to loss of financial resources from spoiled medication and lost patient revenues, causing long-lasting consequences for providers and communities alike. The lack of reliable power has direct health consequences for all individuals and families, but especially for people living in low income, rural, and vulnerable communities.

In this session, participants will learn how a solar+battery microgrid works; explore the cost-benefit analysis; new and proposed rules and rebates, incentives, and federal energy equity initiatives; and financing options.  It will also review the firsthand experience of a California health center in its efforts to achieve resiliency during power outages due to extreme weather by utilizing solar-powered microgrids.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Understand how a solar-powered microgrid works in a health center and how it can provide benefits for weather and emergency resilience.
• Understand the concepts of a solar cost-benefit analysis and various funding and financing options currently available and proposed.
• Identify the opportunities solar presents for long-term cost savings, energy efficiency, and community benefit.
• General understanding of the CA electrical grid and solar landscape

PRESENTERS

• Andrew MacCalla, MPP Co-Founder & CEO, Collective Energy Co, LLC
• Amanda Carbajal, MPH, Associate Director of Health Center Operations, CPCA
• Health Center-TBD

FEES
Payment is due at time of registration.

• CPCA Member: $100
• Non Member Health Center: $100
• Associates: $112.50
• Non Member, Non Health Center: $125

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CPCA provides training and education to community health centers for general illustration and instructional purposes. As an anti-racist organization, we are committed to providing educational opportunities that are unbiased and meet the fullest standards for cultural and linguistic competency for both accredited and non-accredited events. To that end, our Association intends to be in full compliance with the intent of AB 241 Implicit Bias in continuing education and AB 1195 Continuing Education: cultural and linguistic competency. Please read through the text of these bills to understand the intent of the legislature, now codified as California Business and Professions Code 2190.1.

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Disclaimer:The information on this session is intended only to provide a general overview of the topics addressed.  This session is not intended to provide legal advice or substitute for the guidance, counsel or advice of legal counsel on any matters particular to a specific primary care clinic. CPCA does not endorse companies or products. Advertising and sponsorship revenue supports our not-for-profit mission.