Emergency Energy Management: San Bernardino’s part-time energy manager helps the cash-strapped municipality out of a fiscal crisis
Emergency Energy Management: San Bernardino’s part-time energy manager helps the cash-strapped municipality out of a fiscal crisis
4 Pages1 Summary In 2012, four California cities declared a fiscal emergency and/or filed for bankruptcy. Under that gloomy economic cloud, the City of San Bernardino offers a silver lining—the story of how one account technician seized opportunities to save money on the City’s energy consumption. The Need Susan Davis is a Departmental Accounting Technician who has worked for the City of San Bernardino, California since 2002. She was originally hired as an accounting clerk, and after several promotions, she now serves as a departmental accounting technician, responsible for managing and paying the City’s utility bills. But lately, her workload has increased dramatically. In August 2012, San Bernardino declared a state of fiscal emergency and filed for bankruptcy protection. A reduced s
