Energy and Environment Committee

Agenda — 8 items

1. 1 City Administrative Officer report relative to the status of the Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits from the Inflation Reduction Act.
2. 2 Board of Water and Power Commissioners report relative to approving Agreement No. 47778 for Design-Build Services for Fairmont Sedimentation Plant with McCarthy/CDM Smith, Inc., for a term of six years and one renewal option year.
3. 3 City Administrative Officer report relative to applying for two U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation Grant Programs, WaterSMART Large-Scale Water Recycling Projects Grant for Fiscal Year 2024 and WaterSMART Drought Response Program: Drought Resiliency Projects Grant for Fiscal Year 2025.
4. 4 Department of Building and Safety, Climate Emergency Mobilization Commission, and Los Angeles Housing Department reports relative to the recommendations and best practices for revisions to the City's existing Buildings Energy and Water Efficiency Ordinance, and related matters.
5. 5 Climate Emergency Mobilization Office report relative to requesting the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, City Administrative Officer, and Los Angeles Housing Department, to report to Council on potential programs to assist low-income and middle-income tenants with subsidies to offset increased and/or unaffordable energy consumption.
6. 6 Board of Fire Commissioners report relative to approving a fee study and proposed amendments to adjust bond requirements for oil wells, and collect penalties for violations committed by oil well operators, and related matters.
7. 7 Board of Fire Commissioners report relative to the fee study to address, permitting fees that reflect the time needed to complete inspections, possible revenue projections from implementing an oil extraction tax, recommending compliance fines for oil well operators and an adjustment to the current bond requirements for oil well operators.
8. 8 City Administrative Officer report relative to the strategy for integrating climate considerations into the City budgeting process.