Staff Report Item 15
To: Ava Community Energy Authority
From: Annie Henderson, Chief Customer Officer
Subject: Review of the Local Development Business Plan
Date: December 18, 2024
__________________________________________________________________ Summary
This presentation provides a brief history of the Local Development Business Plan (LDBP), efforts made by Ava Community Energy staff relevant to the LDBP, and a summary of local development efforts upcoming in 2024 and 2025.
Attachments
Presentation
Staff Report Item 15
Local Development
Business Plan Review
December 2024
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2 Board Summary
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Roadmap of Information Sharing
• This presentation
o Overview of Local Development Business Plan efforts from 2018-2023 o High level view of efforts in FY24/25
• At request of the board
o Follow up to extend presentation at future board meeting (s), and/or o Special retreat meeting
• Future board meeting presentations
o Local Development fund overview
▪ Review of local development budget and spend reconciliation ▪ Review of committed/earmarked funds
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Background on the Local Development Business Plan
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• Origin story of Ava: Facilitated by Alameda County and starting with a Steering Committee (local government elected officials and staff, environmental activists, labor representatives, members of the community) in June 2015; Joint Powers Authority formed in 2017 as East Bay Community Energy (EBCE); service started for commercial customers in June 2018 and November 2018 for residential customers; expansion to new communities in 2021; EBCE rebranded as Ava Community Energy is October 2023 • Origin story and general background of LDBP: Request from Steering Committee members to create a roadmap of efforts to be implemented in first 5 years of agency – very broad scope while very tactical.
Developed by team of consultants prior to staff being hired. Plan approved by board in July 2018. • Consultants:
• ALH|ECON
• The Offset Project/blue strike environmental
• Optony
• Clean Coalition
• eco-shift consulting
• Advisors
• Betony Jones – Labor and Community Benefit Advisor
• Gary Calderon – Energy Storage and Demand Response Advisor Local Development Business Plan (LDBP): Brief History
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Excerpts from LDBP Executive Summary
6 Goals and Priorities for EBCE
• EBCE's relationship with its customers is the highest priority.
• Maintaining stable and competitive rates is
essential.
• Prioritizing the development and utilization of local clean energy resources in ways that maximize local
benefits is highly important to the EBCE community.
• Actively supporting the development and
maintenance of a highly-skilled local workforce is
key to EBCE's long-term stability and success as an
organization.
Overarching Goals and
Objectives of the LDBP
• Create a framework and roadmap for accelerating
local DER deployment and maximizing community
benefits using the CCA mechanism
• Offer innovative program designs that can
overcome market failures and incentivize
meaningful community and organizational benefits.
• Develop local clean and dispatchable energy
resources to support EBCE's core values and goals
• Support a vibrant local economy and robust
workforce through innovative energy programs and
local clean energy investments.
• Protect the most vulnerable customers through
targeted, beneficial local energy programming.
• Offer a diversified portfolio of local programs
coupled with retail rate savings, which can deliver
greater community benefits than rate savings along.
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High Level Outline of LDBP
and Content Architecture
I: Early Action Areas
Demand Response
Energy Efficiency
Building Electrification
Transportation Electrification
Collaborative Procurement
Community Investment Fund
II: Supporting Resources, Policies, & Strategies
Integrated Data Platform
Customer Partnerships
Benefit Adders & Market Responsive Pricing
Energy Storage Contracting Strategy
Rate Design as an Incentive
Customer Financing Options
Workforce Development
DER Aggregation: VPP Strategy
Integrated Resource Plans
Clear & Transparent Reporting
III. Ongoing Analysis, Implementation, & Refinement
Quantifying LDBP Benefits
LDBP Scenario Analysis
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Reorganizing & Streamlining Information
8 Focus Areas
1 Demand Response
2 Energy Efficiency
3 Building Electrification
4 Transportation Electrification
5 Collaborative Procurement & Affordability
6 Community Grants & Workforce Development
7 Virtual Power Plants (VPP) & Energy Storage
8 Other
Data Analytics and Technology
Time of Use
Customer Call Center
An indexing of the
document resulted in over
70 recommendations
across 18 categories
ranging from demand
response programs and net
energy metering to risk
mitigation strategy and rate
design.
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Summary of Efforts 2018 to 2023 & Looking Forward
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10 Demand
Response
Peak Day Pricing
Pilots
PSPS and Flex
Alert communications
Energy
Efficiency
Pay For Performance - Residential
and Commercial Pilots
Building Efficiency
Accelerator
REACH
Codes
Transportation
Electrification
Municipal Fleet
Electrification Technical
Assistance
Brownfields
Analysis CaleVIP Drayage Loan
MHD
Blueprint
DC Fast
Charging
Building
Electrification
Commercial
Induction Rebates
Health-e Home
partnership
Heat Pump
Water Heater
Incentives
Induction Cooktop
Lending Program
Municipal
Electrification
Loan
Collaborative
Procurement &
Affordability
NEM
enhancements
Local
Procurement
RFP
Local Power
Projects
AMP/CAPP/
PIPP
Renewable 100
in 8 cities
Non-standard rate
agreements
Renewable
100 for LEED CC Power 2030 Carbon Free Goal
Community
Grants +
Workforce
Community Innovation
Grants
CARE
Enrollment
COVID
Grants
AMP
Enrollment
Induction
Demonstration Grant
Clean Energy
Jobs Grant
WF + EJ Project Selection
Criteria Resolution
VPP + Energy
Storage OCEI Resilient
Home
Medical Baseline Battery
Program + Rebate
Critical Municipal
Facilities
SmartCharge
Pilot
Other TOU
Transition Call Center Data team and platform
Ava Efforts: 2018 through 2023
Complete
Complete with lessons learned
On-going
Under development
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11 Recommendations Not Pursued
Building
Electrification
•Provide a premium opt-in natural gas service to provide new revenues to support Fuel Switching rebates and incentives Collaborative
Procurement
•Community Net Energy Metering
•Feed-In-Tariffs (community solar, municipal)
•Certain NEM adders based on use of prevailing wage
Energy
Efficiency
•Develop a stable of pre-qualified vendors
Customer
Financing
•Partnering with local Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing providers •On-bill repayment and/or financing
Other
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12 Transportation
Electrification
DCFC Network Ava Bike Electric
Day-Ahead Real
Time Pricing Pilots
including BEV
Building
Electrification &
Energy Efficiency
Building Efficiency
Accelerator
Electrification
Incentives
Health-e
Communities
VPP/Storage/Grid
Resilience
Critical Municipal
Facilities
Solar + Storage
Program
Managed
Charging Program DERMS
Community Grants +
Workforce
Workforce
Development Grants
Climate Education
Grant
Community EV
Charging Grant
Resilience Hub Grant and
Technical Assistance
Affordable Clean
Power
On-going
CARE/FERA
outreach
DAC-GT 2030 Carbon Free
Goal
Service to
Stockton +
Lathrop
Programmatic Focus Areas for FY24/25+ Attachment Staff Report Item 15A Equity Metrics Summary
13 2018-2023 2024/2025
Affordability and
Resilience $26.5M $29.6M
Customer Engagement
Touchpoints 218,000 200,000
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Equity Metrics For On-going Efforts
14 Program Detail Impact
Ava Solar Discount (DAC-GT) 20% discount on local 100% solar projects 3,000 Ava customers , expanding for new service areas Percentage of Payment Income
Plan (PIPP)
Capped fee payment plan 700 Ava customers
Arrearage Management Program erases debt after 12 months of timely payments 5,900 Ava customers Medical Baseline Higher baseline for homes with medical devices 18,600 Ava customers Ava CARE Outreach Outreach campaigns to Ava customers who likely qualify for discount program results in greater efficacy and lower costs
Initial Ava direct campaigns resulted in ~450 new
enrollments , 2 grants of $10k each in 2020
Ava CARE/FERA NEM Adder Additional credit to CARE/FERA solar customers 4,720 Ava customers, each received ~$39/year, updated for Solar Billing Plan
Equity Metrics For Completed Efforts
Program Detail Impact
Ava Customer bill credits Credits for CARE/FERA customers $12M to ~120k low-income Ava customers over 2 years $22.4M in credits to customers from FY23/24; $10.8M to
CARE/FERA customers that receive $100 credit each
California Arrearage Payment
Program (CAPP)
COVID debt relief program $13.8M in Ava customer energy bill debt relief to 65,000 residential customers
Resilient Home Incentives for solar + storage 22% of portfolio capacity serves CARE/FERA, DAC, LMI, and/or Medical Baseline customers
Medical Baseline Battery Program Offered free/discounted portable batteries to CARE/MB customers to power devices during PSPS
50 free batteries to CARE/MB customers
$1,000 incentive to another 150 MB customers
Health-e Home Program to electrify 40 homes through incentives and low-cost financing
Electrified 18 units with heat pumps, induction and other upgrades
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15 Equity Metrics For Upcoming Efforts
Program Detail Impact
Ava Bike Electric Incentives to purchase e-bikes 40% of incentive funding dedicated to CARE/FERA customers, $4M in Increased incentive levels
Health-e Communities Direct install of induction range Initial pilot of 200 households Resilience Solar + Storage incentives, grant work, and technical assistance
50% of solar + storage incentives for Resilience Hubs + CARE $300k in grants
$2M in technical assistance
Critical Municipal Facilities micro-grid for local resilience DCFC Network Network of direct current fast chargers for EVs Intentionally sited near multi-family housing to drive EV adoption amongst Multi-Family residents and renters
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Highlighted Efforts from 2018-2023
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Select Highlights from 2018-2023
17 1. Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center & Local Projects: 2018-2023+
2. Early Resilience Efforts – Resilient Home, Critical Municipal Facilities, Portable Batteries: 2019-2023
3. OCEI: 2019
4. Municipal Fleet EV Charging: 2019-2023+
5. COVID Grants Response: 2020
6. Building Efficiency Accelerator: 2021-2023
7. Municipal Support Summary: 2018-2023
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Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center & Local Projects:
2018-2023+
18 LOCAL
A contract signed in
2018 and
operational in July
2021, this project
replaced 569 old
turbines with 23
state of the art
turbines to generate
57MW of local
power.
LABOR
SHWEC represents a
$20 million
investment into
Alameda County
through tax revenue
and was build with
115,000 hours of
union labor.
ADD’L
PROJECTS
• Aramis solar +
storage in Livermore
(100MW)
• Kola storage outside
of Tracy (125MW)
• Disadvantaged
Community (DAC)
solar projects in San
Leandro, Oakland,
Hayward, and Tracy
(7MW)
FINANCING
• Renewable energy
contracts benefitted
from Ava leveraging
status as a
government agency
• First CCA to issue
prepay bond and
have now First CCA
to issue prepay
bond and have now
issued ~$3B in
aggregate across 3
separate energy
prepay transactions
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Early Resilience Efforts: 2019-2023
19 RESILIENT HOME
Goals
• Launched in 2019
• Enroll up to 2,500
residential solar and
storage customers in Load
Modification program
• At least 20% of these
projects sited in
disadvantaged and low-income communities,
medical baseline customer
homes and/or the homes
of customers on financial
assistance program
RESILENT HOME
Outcomes
• 1,154 total customers
enrolled
• 7.5 MWh per event day
expected performance
• 1.8 MW of load
modification capacity
• Q2-2024: 2.07 MW daily
average capacity; 268
MWh delivered
• 22% of portfolio capacity
w/ DAC, LMI, CARE/FERA,
or Med Baseline customers
RESILIENT HOME
Lessons Learned
• Latency: It's ideal to start
program operations at the
time of enrollment
• Incentive payment
structure: Align payments
with program duration
• Customer and LSE goals:
Identify customer drivers +
intersection with program
goals
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Early Resilience Efforts: 2019-2023
20 CRITICAL MUNICIPAL
FACILITIES
• Starting in 2019, began work with
member cities to assemble a list of
hundreds of sites, ranging from fire
stations and emergency operation
centers, to senior and community
centers.
• Initial portfolio-level assessment
examined natural hazard exposure,
service to the community, and solar
and battery potential
• Preliminary assessment identified
an aggregated capacity of
approximately 10 MW of solar and
25 MWh of storage
PORTABLE BATTERIES
• Program ran from 2021-mid2024
• Gave away 50 free portable Yeti
Goal Zero batteries to Medical
Baseline Customer is High Risk fire
zones
• Provided ~150 $1k rebates for
portable batteries
• Total budget of $300k
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Oakland Clean Energy Initiative: 2019
21 BACKGROUND
In 2019, this was a
cornerstone effort
to replace two jet-fueled peaker
plants in Jack
London Square
with battery
technology
SUCCESS
EBCE/Ava
successfully
negotiated a deal
with owners of
plant that would
improve air quality
within this
disadvantaged
community
SET BACK
PG&E did not reach
a final agreement,
halting the project.
This resulted in a
termination of
Ava’s contract
which was
contingent.
Oakland Clean Energy Initiative
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Municipal Fleet Electrification Program: 2019-2023+
22 Technical Assistance
• No-cost technical assistance to member jurisdictions to develop fleet electrification plans • Developed 10-year plans for 13 jurisdictions (+3 private sector medium/heavy-duty fleets) • Developed plans for complying with state regulations re: medium/heavy-duty vehicles • Ava budget: $1.45M for 16 fleets over 5 years w/Frontier Energy Attachment Staff Report Item 15A
COVID Grants: 2020
23 Total Over $2.2M
• $1.1M directly to 13 jurisdictions
• ~$650,000 to local CBOs
• $245,000 to local medical and
healthcare orgs
• $175,000 to local food banks and
food aid
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Building Efficiency Accelerator: 2021 - 2023
24 Building Efficiency Accelerator
Highlight:
One commercial facility with 2.3M
kWh of annual electricity use saved
15% on their yearly energy bill by
implementing our recommended
energy-saving projects. In addition,
they earned $17,000 in incentives
through measures including HVAC
optimization and scheduling, pump
setbacks, and VFDs on heating
ventilation and $115,600 in
electrification incentives through
electrifying their pool boiler.
• Advice letter to elect to administer 2021, awarded in Sept. 2022, launched in 2023
• $13.5M grant from CPUC to support C&I customers from 2023- 2026 to implement energy efficiency and electrification • Goal of 30 GWh reduction
• Currently enrolled: 30 high usage buildings across 7 cities, representing ~10 GWh of kWh reduction potential
• Two electrification projects identified, and several lessons learned re: commercial-scale electrification
• Early efforts identified customers with greatest potential program benefit, and laid the groundwork for long-term
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Municipal Support Highlights: 2018-2023
25 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
• 7 cities received grants and/or
technical support for REACH
codes
• 13 jurisdictions received support
for AB1236 EV permitting
compliance
• 4 jurisdictions received medium
and heavy-duty fleet
electrification support; 11
jurisdictions received light duty
fleet electrification support
• 5 jurisdictions received
Affordable Multifamily Housing
EV Charging Technical Assistance
for 35 sites
GRANTS
• $1.1M directly to 13
jurisdictions during COVID as
part of the total $2.2M
• over 140 community grants of
up to $2,500 each provided to
local CBOs across 13
jurisdictions, totaling nearly
$289k
• $17.3M secured through CaleVIP
for 80 level 2 charges and 24 DC
fast charges across 12
jurisdictions
• 5 jurisdictions received support
for CEC grant applications
• 2 jurisdictions received a total of
$2M in federal grant funding to
support resilience efforts with
Ava support
POWER
• Over $72M in savings to Bright
Choice customers across Ava
service territory
• 8 cities transition all customers
to Renewable 100 with minimal
opt out
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Key Takeaways
26 A lot is possible
With the build out of staff
and increased operational
maturity, Ava is set up to do
great things.
Aspirations not
always feasible and
lessons learned
We consciously did not
pursue aspects of the LDBP
due to operational concern,
market conditions, and/or
financial feasibility. But we
take a lot of lessons learned
from where we did
implement on the plan.
Need for prioritization
The LDBP was
comprehensive and
audacious. While we
executed on a lot, it is now
time to focus and prioritize
on core programmatic
initiatives.
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27 Deeper Dive into Early Action
Focus Areas
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28 Demand
Response
Peak Day Pricing
• Pilots in PDP seasons of 2018 & 2019
• Impact: Approximately 33 MWh reduction
• Discontinued as all customers moved to new commercial TOU rates PSPS Communications and Flex Alerts
• Customer support and communications around Power Safety Power Shut Offs in October 2019 (1x) and October 2020 (4x)
• Customer and municipal member support and communications on Flex Alerts including information on cooling center locations
• September 2022 Heat Storm
• outreach to 160,000 target customers (based on machine learning models that predict use of air conditioning) with request to reduce and incentives for participation
• Outreach to 150 commercial customers to reduce load and incentivize enrollment in the Emergency Load Reduction Program
• Outreach to all medical baseline customers
• Outreach to large customers with generators
Heat Storm Outreach Results
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29 Energy
Efficiency
Building Efficiency Accelerator
• Work on grant application started in 2021
• $13.5M grant from CPUC to support C&I customers from 2023-2026 to implement energy efficiency and electrification • Goal of 30 GWh reduction
• Currently enrolled: 30 high usage buildings across 7 cities, representing ~10 GWh of kWh reduction potential • Two electrification projects identified, and several lessons learned re: commercial-scale electrification • Early efforts identified customers with greatest potential program benefit, and laid the groundwork for long-term relationships w/ key accounts for future Ava initiatives Pay for Performance Residential and Commercial Pilots
• Low Income EE and Peak Management (OhmConnect and RisingSun) • 388 customers participated; received smart plugs and support in enrolling with demand response program • 2% savings across the portfolio
• Single Family Peak Management (BayREN)
• 122 projects enrolled
• No measurable impact on peak - likely due to short time frame of pilot • Attempted to stack incentives on top of the existing BayREN program, limited uptake on interested contractors despite the additional incentive.
• Commercial Pay-for-Performance (P4P)
• Three enrolled projects, fully subscribed
• 53 MWh projected savings, $356,000 reserved incentives • Achieved 300,000 kWh savings and delivered $185,000 in incentives through meter-based P4P program design
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30 Transportation
Electrification
Fleet Electrification/Charging as a Service
• evFleet Consulting developed to promote market transformation and transition from diesel trucks to electric trucks by providing analysis and advisory services to navigate technology and regulatory concerns and timelines. Report provided to each member city and 5 private fleet managers • Charging as a Service offered to all jurisdictions, one project currently under development
Brownfields Analysis
• First-of-its-kind approach with the EPA to evaluate brownfield reuse as potential sites for zero-emission EV fast charging, identifying potential sites along Interstate 880 corridor in the East Bay.
CaleVIP
• Administrator of the Alameda County Incentive Project • Support of municipal members application to grants, as well as direct grant contribution
• Total of $17.3M in incentive funding for level 2 and DC fast charging equipment for electric vehicles; sites in disadvantaged communities or at multi-unit dwelling receive higher incentive
• 132 sites funded
• Ava direct funding contribution of $3.5M
Drayage Loan
• Awarded $4.5M loan to developer of medium/heavy duty charging depot in Livermore to serve freight vehicle routes from the Port of Oakland to inland distribution centers
MHD Blueprint
• $200k grant from CEC (2021) to develop a report on vehicles, infrastructure, financing, workforce development, and
community benefit.
• Detailed actions to be taken by Ava and others to make our service area a first-mover market for zero-emission Class 2b-6 trucks and vans by 2030, and Class 7-8 trucks by 2040
• Worked with Stakeholder Guidance Committee of 35 entities • Completed in Oct 2023
Managed Charging Pilot
• The pilot objective was to learn more about customer marketing of managed charging.
• 108 customers participated; Average incentive payment of $64.29 per customer
• Extensive message testing to different customers based on current electric rate.
• Lessons learned incorporated into full program development, which is anticipated to launch in early 2025
Initial Work on DCFC Network
• Brownfields analysis and direct work with city partners lead to development of multi-phase DCFC network, which focuses on siting charging stations in underserved areas near multi-family housing and on municipally owned property.
• 5 sites currently under development, with the first one anticipated to be operational by the end of 2024
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31 Building
Electrification
Reach Codes
• Cities applied to receive technical assistance to support the development of a new Reach Code ordinance or requested
assistance to facilitate implementation of an existing Reach Code. Approx. $330k in direct assistance.
• Estimated savings from updated REACH codes in 11 cities is approximately 17,787 MT CO₂e cumulatively from 2020-2025 Commercial Kitchen Induction Rebates
• Up to $17,000 for commercial kitchens to convert to induction equipment from natural gas
• 3 projects funded totaling ~$20,000
Health-e Home Partnership
• Program designed to address the cost barrier of home energy efficiency upgrades through partnership with BlocPower and Revalue.io
• 40 projects completed; low participation shows financing aimed at low-income customers for electrification remains a barrier Piedmont Pool Electrification Loan
• After surveying all JPA members, identified immediate need for financial support for the beneficial electrification of the public pool in Piedmont
• $750,000 no-interest loan
Heat Pump Water Heater Incentives
• Through StopWaste.org, provided $545,000 in incentives • $1,000 incentives provided to install HPWH for 545
residential customers
Induction Cooktop Lending Program
• Supported 15 public sites for lending of induction cooktop stoves
• 475 lending sessions complete
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32 Collaborative Procurement + Affordability
Initial NEM enhancements
• Initially provided new NEM installations cash-out at retail rate, updated to match PG&E following surveys showing that the enhanced cash-out did not change customer behavior
• Provide higher cash-out and credit values to low-income and municipal customers
• Offer customers a choice of a monthly or annual true-up CA Renewable Energy RFP
• Launched in June 2018, was Ava’s first solicitation seeking long-term contracted resources
• Sought several hundred MWs of renewable energy contracts and a minimum of 20MW located in Alameda County
• Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center (SHWEC) contracted as a result Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center
• Operational in July 2021, this project replaced 569 old turbines with 23 state of the art turbines to generate 57MW of local power.
• SHWEC represents a $20 million investment into Alameda County through tax revenue and was built with 115,000 hours of union labor.
Financial Assistance
• Statewide programs help customers lower their monthly bill payments or arrearages.
• Implemented the Arrearage Management Program (AMP) and Percentage Income Payment Plan (PIPP) to help customers with bill affordability • Facilitated the application of $13.8M in state funds towards customer past-due payments via the California Arrearage Payment Program (CAPP)
DAC-GT/CSGT
• Ava contracted for 5 solar projects to be built in Ava’s service territory.
Projects are expected to come online in 2026 and will supply 5.8 MWh of energy, enough electricity to power ~3,700 CARE/FERA households.
Non-standard Rate Agreements
• Ava has several non-standard rate agreements with commercial customers who received a Direct Access ticket but choose to stay with us on a special customized rate.
Renewable 100 for LEED
• A Green-e certified version of Ava's R100 product is offered to commercial customers seeking LEED building certification points. Several businesses currently contract with Ava for this product which encourages environmentally friendly and healthy buildings in our service area. 2030 Carbon Free Goal
• In December 2020 Ava’s Board adopted a goal that Ava pursue a net 0 MMT emission portfolio of resources by 2030, as calculated consistent with the CPUC’s Integrated Resource Plan methodology
1 GW of Contracted new Renewable Energy Projects
• With 21 contracts signed in the last 5 years, Ava is supported by over 1 GW of new renewable power – an incremental growth in clean power that wouldn’t exist without the agency.
Community-wide Opt Up to Renewable 100
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Example: California Community Choice Financing Authority, founded 2021 33 BACKGROUND
• 1 of 5 founding members of JPA
of 10 CCAs
• Aim to reduce the cost of power
purchases for members through
pre-payment structures
SUCCESSES
• 2021 – Issues CA's first
municipal clean energy project
revenue worth over $2B
• $5.48 billion of bonds in 2023,
making it the third largest issuer
of tax-exempt debt in the US
that year
• nearly $9 billion of prepayment
bonds in total, saving
participating CCA ratepayers
over $45 million yearly.
Collaborative Procurement
+ Affordability
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Transition to Renewable 100
34 2018 1 city launched with residential customers
defaulted to Renewable 100; 3 cities launch
with default to Brilliant 100
By October 2022 8 cities had Renewable 100 as the default service options for their local customers
Currently 10 cities have their municipal accounts
served by Renewable 100
Coming in August 2025 Fremont residential customers will switch to Renewable 100
Coming in August 2026 Fremont commercial customers will switch to Renewable 100
Tulare Solar Center
Collaborative Procurement
+ Affordability
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Aramis Solar + Storage Resource Adequacy Project: 2020+ 35 LOCAL
• Initially part of the 2018
RFO, contract signed in
2020 for portion of 100
MW solar plus 100 MW/4-
hour duration storage
project in Livermore.
• 10-year agreement for 20
MW of resource adequacy
• CleanPowerSF is main
power off-taker
LABOR + INVESTMENT
• Construction expected to
begin in 2025 and create
400 living-wage, all union
jobs through a Party Labor
Agreement with 5 local
construction crafts
• Local sales tax revenue
expected to be $1.5M, local
procurement of $7.5M,
indirect benefits of $22.5M
Collaborative Procurement
+ Affordability
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36 Project Name Technology Location Est Comp Date Term Developer Capacity Scott Haggerty Wind Energy Center Wind Alameda County Jul 2020 20-year term Greenbacker Capital Nameplate MW: 54.8 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Golden Fields Solar Solar Kern County Dec 2020 15-year term Clearway Energy Group Nameplate MW: 112 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Tecolote Wind Wind Torrance and Guadalupe
(NM) Dec 2021 10-year term Pattern Energy Nameplate MW: 100Storage MW/MWh: 0 Henrietta D Energy Storage Storage Kings County Dec 2021 15-year term Convergent Energy and
Power Storage MW/MWh: 10/40
Tulare Solar Center Solar Tulare County Apr 2022 18-year term Idemitsu Renewables Nameplate MW: 56 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Daggett 3Solar + Storage San Bernadino County Sep 2023 15-year term Clearway Energy Group Nameplate MW: 50 Storage MW/MWh: 12.5/50
Oberon Solar + Storage Riverside County Jan 2024 10+-year term Intersect Power Nameplate MW: 125 Storage MW/MWh: 125/500
Scarlet I Solar + Storage Fresno County May 2024 20-year term EDP Renewables Nameplate MW: 100 Storage MW/MWh: 30/120
Tumbleweed Energy Storage Storage Kern County Jul 2024 15-year term REV Renewables Storage MW/MWh: 50/200 Kola Energy Storage II Storage San Joaquin County Jun 2025 20-year term NextEra Storage MW/MWh: 125/500 Oakland 1 Solar Alameda County Dec 2025 20-year term Prologis Nameplate MW: 0.72 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Collaborative Procurement
+ Affordability
Executed Renewable Energy and Storage Contracts
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37 Project Name Technology Location Est Comp Date Term Developer Capacity San Leandro 10 Solar Alameda County Apr 2026 15-year term Prologis Nameplate MW: 1 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Hayward Commerce Solar Alameda County Apr 2026 15-year term Prologis Nameplate MW: 0.56 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Tracy 12 Solar San Joaquin County Jun 2026 20-year term Prologis Nameplate MW: 3 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Tracy 2 West Solar San Joaquin County Jun 2026 20-year term Prologis Nameplate MW: 2 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Sun Pond Solar + Storage Maricopa County (AZ) Jun 2026 20-year term Longroad Energy Nameplate MW: 42.5 Storage MW/MWh: 42.5/170
Corsac Station Geothermal Churchill County (NV) Dec 2026 15-year term Fervo Energy Nameplate MW: 40 Storage MW/MWh: 0
SunZia Wind Lincoln County (NM) Dec 2026 15-year term Pattern Energy Nameplate MW: 250 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Imperial Sun Solar + Storage Imperial County Mar 2027 15-year term Atlantica Nameplate MW: 100 Storage MW/MWh: 100/400
IP Easley II Solar Riverside County Jun 2027 10-year term Intersect Power Nameplate MW: 75 Storage MW/MWh: 0
IP Easley Solar Riverside County Jun 2027 10-year term Intersect Power Nameplate MW: 75 Storage MW/MWh: 0
Zeta Solar Solar + Storage Merced County Sep 2027 20-year term Longroad Energy Nameplate MW: 37.5 Storage MW/MWh: 37.5/150
Gabriel Storage Storage Los Angeles County Sep 2027 20-year term Aypa Power Storage MW/MWh: 100/400 Rosemary Solar Solar Fresno County Sep 2028 20-year term Longroad Energy Nameplate MW: 70 Storage MW/MWh: 70/280
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38 Community Grants +
Workforce
Community Innovation Grants
• 6 grants of $40,000 each = $240,000
• Ecology Action
• RE-volv
• People Power Solar
• Community Impact Hub
• Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
• West Oakland Environmental Indicators
Group
CARE Enrollment Grants
• 2 grants of $10,000 each to local CBOs in late 2019
• Spectrum Community Services & Interfaith
Light and Power
• Goal to get 500 new CARE enrollments
• Grants in place just as pandemic hit, severely
impacting CBOs ability to conduct outreach
COVID Grants
• A total of $2.2M to city partners and community-based organizations providing a variety of services AMP Enrollment Grants
• $150k to 4 orgs for AMP enrollment
Induction Demonstration Grant
• $300,000 over 2 years for education and awareness of induction cooktop technology
• Experiential opportunity to engage with customers
• Award to Channing Street Copper
Clean Energy Jobs and Training for Youth Awareness, Community Innovation Grant • $300,000 over 2 years aimed at empowering young individuals through education and exposure to employment opportunities and hands-on training in clean energy technologies
• Awarded to Rising Sun Center for Opportunity and AGAPE (Advancing Green Apprenticeship Pathways for Efficiency)
Workforce and Environmental Justice Project Selection Criteria • At the end of 2023, staff worked with a large stakeholder group made up of over 40 organizations that represent the interests of labor, climate, and environmental justice to develop these criteria, which were approved in Jan-24 • The Criteria identifies important priorities related to: 1) Workforce and Local Workforce Development 2) Innovation 3) Location 4) Environmental Stewardship 5) Benefits Accruing to Equity Priority Communities
WF+EJ Criteria Objective: “Ava evaluates proposed Energy Offtake Agreements by conducting thorough analysis of economic value, viability of projects to meet their stated online dates, project fit into Ava’s Integrated Resource Plan and role of the project in supporting Ava’s 100% clean energy by 2030 goal. Ava is committed to enhancing its workforce and economic priorities by incorporating Energy Workforce and Environmental Justice Project Selection Criteria into the overall evaluation of Energy Offtake Agreements.”
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39 VPP + Energy
Storage
Resilient Home
• ~1200 residential solar + storage customers are compensated for dispatching their battery energy to reduce Ava's peak demand, support grid resilience, and provide emergency
backup for customers.
• Program provided 55 megawatt-hours back to the grid during the 2022 heat storm.
Critical Municipal Facilities
• Initially, a portfolio of up to 61 sites across 8 cities • Solar and storage microgrids, will supplement or fully replace the use of existing diesel generators to back-up power
• Interconnection applications all submitted
• Total initial capacity:
• Solar - 10.2 MWdc
• Battery Storage - 20.13MWh
Oakland Clean Energy Initiative
• In 2019, this was a cornerstone effort to replace two jet-fueled peaker plants in Jack London Square with battery technology
• EBCE/Ava successfully negotiated a deal with owners of plant that would improve air quality within this disadvantaged community Medical Baseline Battery Program + Rebates
• Total budget of $300,000
• $150,000 for 50 free portable batteries to Medical Baseline customers in high-risk fire zones
• 150 $1,000 rebates to Medical Baseline customers
• Successful marketing campaign with use of business reply cards lead to full subscription
Traditional Procurement
• In 2023, Ava contracted for the Kola BESS project outside Tracy, on a site within Alameda County’s East County Area Plan (ECAP).1 • The battery is scheduled to come online in 2025.
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Account Services and Time of Use Transition: 2021-2022
40 BACKGROUND
•Time of Use (TOU) structure
intended to incentivize
customers to avoid energy use
during times when there is the
most brown power on the grid.
•Transition from tiered to TOU
structure mandated for IOUs,
EBCE/Ava opted into effort in
support of reducing overall GHG
emissions.
•Timing:
•Alameda County – May 2021
•Tracy – April 2022
•Bill Protection for 1 year
METRICS
•Alameda County
•350,000 eligible customers
•72,000 declined (19%)
•17,000 received $205k in bill
protection payments ($12
average)
•Tracy (part of larger population
in transition wave)
•25% of customers declined
•1,400 received $30k in bill
protection payments ($21
average)
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Technology& Analytics
41 Ava's data and technology stack includes unique data sources and advanced analytics that allow for smart segmentation, efficient data sharing with implementation partners, and intentional and pro-active customer engagement. Centered around the Google Cloud and Salesforce Platforms Ava's inhouse ETL, API, advanced analytics processes (machine learning, AI, modeling), and dashboards enable the organization at large in achieving their objectives.
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Overview of Ava Technology
and Analytics
42 • The Ava Analytics Platform is built on the
Google Cloud Platform. It consists of a
variety of resources and applications that
ingest, store, process, analyze, summarize
and export relevant business data. Below is
a diagram of the various components of the
solution and how they work together.
• The platform allows us to create dashboards
of useful information that inform how we
implement programs.
• For example, knowing that distribution of EV
ownership is weighted heavily towards
single-family homes, we chose to site DCFC
stations near multi-family housing
to address a known barrier to adoption.
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Overview of Customer Call Center:
Service & Quality
43 • Excellent customer feedback on quality of service
• Consistently high performing call center
o Speed to answer: 17 seconds
o Average monthly call volume: 1,165 calls
o Average length of call: 11:51 minutes
• Local Hire Outreach for Call Center
▪ Proven success with key partner, SMUD
▪ In 2023 Customer Service Representative recruitment, focused on Ava service territory to receive 41 applications from in-territory residents Other
I just got off the phone with Gary who did a
great job explaining why my PG&E bill had
charges coming from PG&E as well as Ava Energy
for electricity. Gary... was pleasant, concise and
explained complicated billing details in plain
language. I so rarely have a productive and
pleasant interaction with companies, so I
wanted to make sure that I highlighted this as a
real positive experience with Gary. Thanks, J & C
He understood exactly what I was asking about
and went above and beyond to make sure that I
got answers to my questions...super patient and
clear when it came to showing me...the website.
He said that he would call me back the next day,
and he did! The voicemail he left was extremely
clear and provided me the answer I needed...Ava
Energy is lucky to have a person like Eric on the
team. I have high standards, and he definitely
exceeded them. Thanks, C
Customer Testimonials
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44 Appendix
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Demand Response
Demand Response Pilot
Enhance existing Demand Response Programs
Evaluate Demand Response Incentive Structure
Energy Efficiency
Leverage Data and Customer Relationships
Support existing Energy Efficiency Programs
Building Electrification
Develop initial Building Electrification pilot project
Develop workforce training initiatives
Evaluate Building Electrification strategies
Transportation Electrification
Facilitate Regional forum for development of reach codes Implement Time of Use rate structure for commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) fleets and residential EV owners Medium-Heavy Duty Vehicle Fleet Electrification Project Offer incentives for managed charging
Offer ongoing education and outreach for personal EV market Collaborative Procurement
Community Net Energy Metering (NEM)
Community Shared Solar Pilot
Enhanced NEM Program
Municipal Feed-in Tariff
Utility-Scale Renewables and Energy Storage
Community Investment Fund
Community Innovation Grant
Energy Innovation Grant
Government Innovation Grant
Early Actions Outline - Expanded
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Municipal Participation Detail
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