Franklin Energy

Overview

Franklin Energy will complete home repairs in the Northern Bay Area that have prevented electrification in an existing Marin Clean Energy (MCE) low-income retrofit program, gathering data on the most prevalent remediation needed and the typical cost.

Market Barrier

Franklin Energy currently implements Marin Clean Energy’s (MCE) Home Energy Savings (HES) program, which provides home energy retrofits at no cost to low-income single-family households in disadvantaged communities.  The program currently provides measures like air sealing and insulation, as well as funding mini-split heat pump HVAC and HPWH.  However, home conditions – such as the need for small electrical repairs or re-sizing a sub floor – prevent many customers from taking advantage of heat pump incentives.

Proposed Solution

QSG funding will allow Franklin to make these necessary repairs and complete deep retrofits in homes that would otherwise not be able to participate in the HES program.

Theory of Change

In addition to its practical impacts in improving home conditions, this program will also collect data on the types and costs of repairs that are commonly required to enable electrification of homes for low-income Californians, bringing critical insights to help with the planning and budgeting of future low-income electrification efforts.  This data collection effort will complement a similar data set collected through the San Joaquin Valley pilots, highlighting needs in a different region.

Housing Type:

Single-family

Income qualified

Technology:

HPWH and ASHP

Location:

Northern Bay Area

(Marin Clean Energy territory)