Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of the Environment (“Environment Department”) to accept and expend a prize in the amount of $400,000, which was confirmed as received by the Environment Department on December 12, 2023, from the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to develop a pilot implementation plan to upgrade up to 200 San Francisco homes with electric heat pump water heaters (HPWH) and energy efficiency measures; and to execute the contracts between the City and the Co-applicants necessary to carry out the purposes of the project for which the prize was awarded.

The DOE released a notice for capacity-building prizes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in existing buildings through energy efficiency and electrification.

Regulators mandated the phase-out of residential natural gas water heaters by 2027, prompting the need for alternative solutions.

The Environment Department initiated a competitive process to identify co-applicants for the Buildings Upgrade Prize application.

The Department selected QuitCarbon Inc., Rising Sun Center for Opportunity, and PODER as co-applicants for the prize application.

The Department submitted its concept titled '200 x 200: Fast Upgrades, Equitable Outcomes' to the DOE, aiming to upgrade 200 homes in 200 days.

The DOE announced a proposed award of $400,000 to the Environment Department and its co-applicants for the project.

The Environment Department confirmed receipt of the $400,000 prize from the DOE, marking the start of the project.

The Board adopted the resolution retroactively authorizing the Environment Department to accept and expend the prize funds.