• Accelerate Electrification
   
• Transition the Gas System
   
• Right-size the Grid

• Sticks: mandating transition
  all-electric new construction
  building performance standards
  appliance standards

• Carrots: making heat pumps affordable
  up-front incentives
  hp-friendly rates
  weatherization

• Non-pipeline-alternatives & zonal electrification
  how many pipe replacement projects could instead fund heat pumps?
  how close would this get us to a managed transition?

• Utility thermal energy networks
  individual vs. network vs. district geo: what works where?

• Peak-shaving technologies
  geothermal
  thermal storage

• Rate reform
  can cost-reflective rates for EVs and HPs slow peak growth?
  can rates enable deployment of peak-shaving technologies?

• Demand flexibility
  can incentives & EV batteries make demand flexible during cold snaps?

• Accelerate Electrification
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $40K raised
  foundation grants:  $200K
   
• Transition the Gas Network
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $60K raised
  foundation grants:  $200K
   
• Right-size the Grid
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $20K raised
  foundation grants:  $400K

• $200K in foundation grants covers each program area's core operating budget
  1 full-time senior data scientist, leadership salaries, software...
  enables building foundational tech for each policy area
   
• ~$100K in project revenue covers each program's comms & outreach efforts
   a minimum of 4 reports per year at ~$25K each, per program
   

• Accelerate Electrification
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $40K raised
  foundation grants:  $100K of $200K
   
• Transition the Gas Network
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $60K raised
  foundation grants:  $200K
   
• Right-size the Grid
  project revenue:     ~$100K, $20K raised
  foundation grants:  $400K

Platform prototype
would cost $500K
serve as tech foundation for

 
50% of accelerate electrification program (hp-friendly rates)

100% right-size the grid program