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 March 17, 2025, from the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, to implement a pilot program to upgrade 20 San Francisco homes with electric heat pump water heaters and energy efficiency measures.

The U.S. Department of Energy released a notice for capacity-building prizes focused on 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 Environment Department to develop a response.

The Environment Department submitted its concept titled '200 x 200: Fast Upgrades, Equitable Outcomes' to upgrade homes with electric heat pump water heaters.

The Environment Department received a $400,000 prize to create a plan for implementing the concept.

The Environment Department successfully completed Phase 1 by submitting the required plan and passing an interview with the DOE.

The DOE announced a second prize of $400,000 for the Environment Department to conduct Phase 2, focusing on pilot implementation.

The Environment Department confirmed receipt of the $400,000 prize for Phase 2, which funds a pilot program to upgrade 20 homes.

The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution retroactively authorizing the Environment Department to accept and expend the prize.