MEETING of the Energy Planning & Resources Committee
of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
12:15 p.m.
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CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from December 16, 2021 Special Energy Committee Meeting
2. Receive and File November and December 2021 Risk Management Team Report
REGULAR AGENDA
3. Approve Shortlist Projects as Recommended by the Review Team for the 2021 Mid-Term Reliability RFO
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURN – NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 23, 2022
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MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING of the Energy Planning & Resources Committee of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Wednesday, December 16, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Pursuant to the Proclamation of the State of Emergency by Governor Newsom on March 4, 2020, AB 361, and enacting Resolutions, and as a response to mitigating the spread of COVID19, the Energy Planning & Resources Committee will conduct this meeting remotely.
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
Chair Parkhurst called the meeting to order at 12:16 p.m. and Interim Clerk of the Board, Raynette Tom, conducted roll call.
ROLL CALL
Alhambra Jeffrey Maloney Committee Member Remote
Carson Reata Kulcsar Committee Member Remote
Culver City Daniel Lee Committee Member Remote
Oxnard Kathleen Mallory Committee Member Remote
Sierra Madre Robert Parkhurst Chair Remote
Thousand Oaks Helen Cox Committee Member Remote
Ventura County Carmen Ramirez Committee Member Absent
All votes are unanimous, unless otherwise stated.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
Chair Parkhurst welcomed Kathleen Mallory as the newest member of the Energy Committee and congratulated Dr. Lee for becoming the new Mayor of Culver City.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from October 27, 2021, Energy Committee Meeting
2. Receive and File November 2021 Risk Management Team Report Motion: Committee Member Kulcsar, Carson
Second: Committee Member Cox, Thousand Oaks
Vote: The consent agenda was approved by a roll call vote.
REGULAR AGENDA
3. Mid-Term Reliability RFO Longlist
Natasha Keefer, Vice President, Power Supply, provided a presentation on the item. In 2021, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a decision requiring all Load Serving Entities to undertake new procurement to address mid-term reliability; this decision ordered CPA to procure a total of 679 MW of new Agenda Page 3
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reliable capacity between 2023-2026, of which a portion must be Long-Lead Time (LLT) resources. The capacity is intended to replace the capacity retiring from the Diablo Canyon Power Plant and other power plants, including two in CPA territory.
CPA released an RFO to address this additional requirement, which closed in November 2021; CPA received a robust response to the Renewable Energy plus Storage and Standalone Storage product categories and a limited response to the Baseload/Firm product category. Ms. Keefer reviewed CPA’s compliance position in years 2023-2025, noting that in 2026, CPA must also procure 118 MW LLT resources. Ms. Keefer discussed the availability of baseload resources, which include firm, zero-emitting generation resources, generally referring to biomass and geothermal. Both of these technologies are expensive compared to other sources of renewable power and may have other adverse environmental impacts.
Furthermore, geothermal capacity is limited by geography, and no new biomass resources are in the CAISO interconnection queue, which is indicative of the number of projects being developed. The CPUC designed the procurement mandate to be resource-neutral to encourage the development of a diverse set of storage technologies, however, the RFP results indicate that CPA will likely meet long duration storage requirements with lithium-ion batteries. Ms. Keefer summarized the RFO requirements, noting that CPA sought three types of eligible resources: (1) renewable generation plus storage; (2) standalone storage; and, (3) baseload/firm renewable energy. Ms. Keefer provided an overview of the offers submitted; then reviewed the offers received by technology and resource type, location and county, commercial online date, and ranked offers by generation capacity. Ms. Keefer also discussed pricing trends, noting that for storage, pricing is nearly the same as last year and baseload/firm continues to be expensive.
Lastly, Ms. Keefer provided a summary of the RFO schedule and the takeaways from the RFO, specifically that opportunities to procure geothermal resources is limited; pricing on power purchase agreements is slightly higher compared to last year , largely due to global supply chain challenges, commodities, and labor; staff will continue to focus on conducting procurement in a way that protects CPA from too much exposure in any one year; and, opportunities to procure early online date projects by 2023 or sooner are very limited.
In response to Committee Member questions, Ms. Keefer clarified the following:
CPA will have enough resources to meet its June 2025 compliance requirement; the CPUC defines baseload/firm category as requiring an 80-capacity factor, which solar plus storage does not meet. Additionally, hydropower could potentially qualify if it reached at least 80% capacity, but the opportunity to build new hydro in California is very limited. Other resources like biogas-fired plants could be considered if they qualified as renewable portfolio standard eligible technologies and run at 80% capacity. Ms. Keefer also explained that CPA is technology-neutral and hopes to see diversity in storage technologies, but there are still limited alternative technologies to lithium-ion batteries. Due to the tight timeframe, CPA has to contract for what is technologically viable in the 2023-2026 timeframe. Ted Bardacke, Executive Director, added that alternate technologies could be developed, and CPA will procure for it in the future, but currently had to focus on the compliance mandates. Ms. Keefer also noted that it is important for CPA to have geographic diversity to minimize market risk, hence why CPA has imposed project size limits.
Chair Parkhurst congratulated the procurement team for their efforts in launching an effective RFO with 88 out of 92 conforming offers.
4. Power Share/Community Solar RFO Schedule
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Ms. Keefer reminded the Committee that the 2021 Power Share RFO was launched on December 8, 2021 and briefly reviewed the RFO schedule and staff activities leading up to the end of the RFO on June 1, 2022.
Responding to Chair Parkhurst’s request, Jack Clark, Director of Customer Programs, explained that multiple CPA departments has been involved in doing outreach to stakeholders, city staff, developers, and CAC members.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
None.
ADJOURN
Chair Parkhurst adjourned the meeting at 2:02 p.m.
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Staff Report – Agenda Item 2
To: Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Finance Committee
From: Geoff Ihle, Director of Market Risk
Approved by: Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Risk Management Team Report
Date: January 26, 2022
November 2021 RMT REPORT
Key Actions
• Discussed October 2021 market performance
• Reviewed energy positions and approved 2021-2025 hedges • Reviewed positions for RPS, carbon free, and Resource Adequacy • Reviewed 2022 Congestion Revenue Right (CRR) Annual Auction results.
Policy Compliance
There were no policy deviations reported for November.
December 2021 RMT Report
Key Actions
• Discussed November 2021 market performance
• Reviewed energy positions and approved 2021-2024 hedges • Reviewed positions for RPS, carbon free, and Resource Adequacy Policy Compliance
There were three policy deviations reported for December:
Policy Deviation Required Action
2022 renewables maximum hedge target
was exceeded due to budget action taken
to reduce 2021 and 2022 renewable and
carbon free purchases.
CPA will continue to assess its 2022 load
forecast and seek opportunities to sell
additional length, if appropriate.
2025 and 2026 renewables maximum
hedge targets were slightly exceeded due
No action recommended at this time.
Forecasted positions may be change with
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to contracted long-term resources
expected to come online.
new load and generation forecasts (e.g.
scenarios assuming project delays or
failure rates).
2022 carbon free maximum hedge target
was exceeded due to transactions
necessary to achieve CPA’s 2022 product
content targets.
CPA will continue to assess its 2022 load
forecast and seek opportunities to sell
additional length, if appropriate.
ATTACHMENT
None.
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Staff Report – Agenda Item 3
To: Energy Planning & Resources Committee
From: Natasha Keefer, Vice President, Power Supply
Approved by: Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Approve Shortlist Projects as Recommended by the Review Team for the 2021 Mid-Term Reliability RFO
Date: January 26, 2022
Staff will provide a presentation on the item.
ATTACHMENT
1) 2021 Midterm Reliability RFO Shortlist
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2021 Midterm Reliability
RFO Shortlist
January 26, 2022
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ACTION REQUESTED: The purpose of this meeting is to present the recommended shortlist and waitlist to the Energy Committee for consideration and approval
On June 24, 2021, the CPUC issued its Decision Requiring Procurement to Address Mid-Term Reliability (2023-2026)*, which ordered CPA to procure a total of 679 MW of new reliable capacity between 2023-2026 To comply with the order, CPA launched its 2021 Midterm Reliability Request for Offers (RFO) on September 29 with bids due on November 10 On January 18th, the RFO Review Team reviewed confidential offer information and developed a recommended shortlist and waitlist
Executive Summary
*D.21-06-035 under Rulemaking 20-05-003
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Agenda
Background
Offer Overview
Valuation
Shortlisting Approach
Recommendation
Next Steps
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Background
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4 RFO Process
• Staff presents confidential valuation results to RFO Review Team • Review Team meets to develop shortlisting approach and recommended shortlist for Energy Committee consideration • Shortlisted bidders are invited to enter exclusivity
• Negotiations begin for bidders in exclusivity
• Intake all offers in partnership with Ascend Analytics • Perform quality control (QC) on all offers
• Perform valuation
• PPAs brought to full Board for approval on a rolling basis • Announce RFO to market
• Recommended shortlist presented to Energy Committee for approval • Confidential information is removed
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6 CPA’s Procurement Need
Product Type Volume (Reliable MW) Online By
“Conventional” Renewable plus
storage / standalone storage 46 MW June 1, 2025
Baseload Renewables 59 MW June 1, 2026
Long-Duration Storage
(8+hrs duration) 59 MW June 1, 2026
Under the decision, CPA is required to procure new build (“incremental”) capacity for three different product types
Based on CPA’s procurement to date, the table below shows CPA’s remaining procurement need for compliance:
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Current Long-term PPAs
Geothermal, 2
Hydro, 2
Solar, 2
Solar plus
Storage, 11
Standalone
Storage, 2
Wind, 2
Number of Projects by Technology
Geothermal, 64 Hydro, 32
Solar, 43
Solar plus
Storage, 1,443
Wind, 322
Generation MW by Technology
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RFO Project Eligibility
Eligible Project Types
• Renewable Generation Plus Storage Contracts: Renewable generation paired with storage projects (40 MWh – 800 MWh in storage capacity). The storage duration must be at least 4 hours. • Standalone Storage Contracts: Standalone storage projects with a storage capacity of 40 MWh – 800 MWh. The storage duration must be at least 4 hours. • Baseload/Firm Renewable Energy Contracts: generation capacity that has no on-site emissions or is eligible under the requirements of the RPS program and has at least an 80% capacity factor.
Projects in this category should have a generation size of 5 MW – 100MW. No storage qualifies (per CPUC requirements).
Projects must come online by June 1, 2026
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Evaluation Criteria
CPA evaluates projects based on six criteria:
Environmental
Stewardship
Workforce
Development $ Value
Development
Score
Project
Location
Benefits to
DACs
Descriptions of each criteria and rankings are found in the Appendix Agenda Page 17
Offer Overview
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10 Offer Overview
Summary Stats
Number of offers submitted 92
Number of conforming offers 88
Number of unique facilities offered 78
Number of sellers submitting offers 39
Counties spanned by submissions 23
States represented by offers AZ, CA, ID, NM, NV, UT
Number of new build offers 85
Number of existing facility offers 7
Number of RPS baseload offers 7
Number of offers from local storage only projects 14
Number of offers from local RPS projects 0
Long-duration storage offers 9
Earliest online date 6/30/2022
Latest online date 6/1/2026
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Offers by Location and County
2 5 6
12 12
14 18 19
Number of Offers by Region
12 12 12
6 6 6
4 4
2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
Number of Offers per County
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Qualitative Range of Offers
All Offers Standalone Storage Offers Only
RPS Generation + Storage Offers Only Baseload/Firm Offers Only Environmental
Stewardship
Benefits
to DACS
Workforce
Development
Project
Location
Development
Score
High 8% 39% 97% 16% 70%
Medium 26% 34% 1% 67% 24%
Neutral 48% 27% 0% 0% 0%
Low 18% 0% 2% 17% 6%
Environmental
Stewardship
Benefits
to DACS
Workforce
Development
Project
Location
Development
Score
High 22% 41% 100% 0% 70%
Medium 11% 41% 0% 63% 30%
Neutral 26% 19% 0% 0% 0%
Low 41% 0% 0% 37% 0%
Environmental
Stewardship
Benefits
to DACS
Workforce
Development
Project
Location
Development
Score
High 2% 39% 98% 26% 70%
Medium 35% 28% 2% 74% 22%
Neutral 57% 33% 0% 0% 0%
Low 6% 0% 0% 0% 7%
Environmental
Stewardship
Benefits
to DACS
Workforce
Development
Project
Location
Development
Score
High 0% 29% 71% 0% 71%
Medium 14% 57% 0% 29% 14%
Neutral 57% 14% 0% 0% 0%
Low 29% 0% 29% 71% 14%
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Valuation
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14 Quantitative Valuation Approach
Offers were valued and rated based on their Net Present Value (NPV) per MW of reliable capacity
Offers were categorized into first through fourth quartiles (Q1-Q4) • PPA Energy Cost ($/MWh)
Energy price CPA pays the counterparty
• Storage Only: PPA Storage Cost ($/kW-month)
Capacity price CPA pays the counterparty
• Storage Only: Grid Charging Energy Costs ($/kWh)
CPA pays to charge storage with energy from the grid (if applicable) Benefits Costs • Energy Revenue ($/kWh)
Earnings from selling energy generation from facility
• Resource Adequacy ($/kW-month)
Replaces RA CPA would otherwise have to purchase
• Renewables Only: Renewable Energy Credit (REC) ($/kWh) Replaces RECs CPA would otherwise have to purchase
• Storage Only: Ancillary Services (AS) ($/kWh)
Earnings from selling ancillary services
• Storage Only: Energy Discharge Revenue ($/kWh)
Earnings from selling energy (from discharging the battery) Value (NPV) = Benefits – Costs
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Valuation Range
$(8,000,000)
$(6,000,000)
$(4,000,000)
$(2,000,000)
$-
$2,000,000
$4,000,000
$6,000,000
$8,000,000
RA Normalized NPV ($/Average MW RA)
Ranked Offers by Normalized NPV
RA Normalized NPV ($/Average MW RA)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Higher
NPV
Lower
NPV
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Valuation by Technology
-8000000
-6000000
-4000000
-2000000
0 2000000
4000000
6000000
Biomass Geothermal Long Duration Storage Solar + Storage Standalone Storage Wind + Storage RA Normalized NPV ($/Average MW RA)
Baseload Renewables Long-Duration Conventional
Higher
NPV
Lower
NPV
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Shortlisting
Approach
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18 Shortlisting Approach
The shortlist will target filling CPA’s compliance need by product type (conventional, baseload renewables, long-duration storage)
The Review Team recommends shortlisting1 a portion of its compliance requirement up to 2-3x its procurement need, depending on the product type and opportunities for future procurement
The Review Team recommends using a targeted waitlist2 as appropriate to ensure enough projects are approved to account for shortlisting and negotiation fallout Product Type Online By Procurement
Need (MW)
Shortlist
Target (MW)
Conventional Renewables/Storage June 1, 2025 46 MW 150-250 MW Baseload Renewables June 1, 2026 59 MW 30-100 MW
Long-Duration Storage June 1, 2026 59 MW 30-100 MW
(1) Shortlisted means CPA will immediately notify bidders of a Shortlist status award; CPA will ask for exclusivity and enter into negotiations with the shortlisted bidder (2) Waitlisted means CPA will immediately notify bidders they are on the Waitlist; CPA will not ask for exclusivity or enter negotiations. If projects in the Shortlist drop out, Waitlist projects will be invited to enter the Shortlist at CPA staff discretion Agenda Page 27
Key Considerations – Baseload Renewables
All geothermal offers are imports into CAISO (mix of in-state and out of state) o Import allocation rights must be obtained for imports into CAISO in order to count resources towards CPA’s RA obligations
Offers included new built facilities as well as existing facilities with incremental MW additions o Only incremental MW will fulfill CPA’s compliance requirements Several geothermal facilities ranked Low on Environmental Stewardship All baseload renewables were ranked in the 4th Quartile Agenda Page 28
Key Considerations – Long-duration Storage
CPA is still seeking clarification from the
CPUC on how 4-hour batteries may count
towards the long-duration storage
procurement requirement
o For shortlisting, we are assuming that 8- hour batteries are needed for compliance Long-duration offers included 8 lithium-ion batteries and 1 compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology
o The CAES project ranks Low on
environmental stewardship
All long-duration storage is ranked in
the 3rd and 4th quartile
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Key Considerations – Conventional
The conventional renewables/renewables+storage product
category is an opportunity to secure high value, 1st quartile projects
o The 1st quartile includes a mix of solar + storage and standalone storage projects
There is an opportunity to contract with high value local projects The 1st quartile also includes several projects with Low Environmental scores, including high value out of state projects Agenda Page 30
Recommendation
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23 Recommended Shortlist/Waitlist
Total of 5 projects for shortlist; 5 projects for waitlist:
The shortlist includes 1 local project and 1 out of state project; 2 are located in DACs
All shortlisted projects rank High on Workforce
Development
There are no Low Environmental Stewardship projects
selected
Product Type Procurement
Need Shortlist Waitlist
Conventional Renewables/Storage 46 MW 210 MW 135 MW
Baseload Renewables 59 MW 25 MW 63 MW
Long-Duration Storage 59 MW 20 MW 125 MW
1 3 1
Shortlisted Projects by Project Type
Baseload/Firm Renewable Energy RPS Generation + Storage Standalone Storage 2 1
2 2023 2024 2025
Commercial Online Year
Shortlisted Projects by Online Date
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Recommended Shortlist/Waitlist (cont.)
Recommended Shortlist
Recommended Waitlist
NPV
Qtr
1 A Q2 2024 Solar + Storage 0-49 0-49 Neutral Neutral High Medium High Kern, CA 1 B Q3 2023 Standalone Storage 50-100 Neutral High High Medium Medium Tulare, CA 1 C Q4 2023 Standalone Storage 50-100 Medium High High High Medium Los Angeles, CA 3 D Q1 2025 Long-Duration Storage 0-49 Neutral Medium High Medium High Riverside, CA 4 E Q4 2025 Geothermal 0-49 Neutral Medium High Low High Eureka County, NV Environmental
Online Technology Stewardship
MW Gen
Range
MW
Storage Benefits to DACs
Workforce
Development Project Location
Development
Score County
NPV
Qtr
1 F Q1 2025 Standalone Storage 100-149 Neutral Neutral High High High Ventura, CA 4 G Q2 2025 Long-Duration Storage 50-100 Medium Neutral High Medium High San Diego, CA 4 H Q2 2026 Long-Duration Storage 50-100 Neutral Medium High Medium High Riverside, CA 4 I Q2 2026 Geothermal 0-49 Neutral Neutral High Low Low Beaver, UT 4 J Q2 2025 Geothermal 0-49 Neutral Medium Low Medium Medium Imperial, CA Online Technology
MW Gen
Range
MW
Storage County
Environmental
Stewardship Benefits to DACs
Workforce
Development Project Location
Development
Score
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NEXT STEPS
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26 RFO Schedule
Date Action
January 18, 2022 RFO Review Team Reviewed Offers
January 26, 2022 Energy Committee shortlist consideration January/February 2022 Bidders notified of shortlist status January/June 2022 Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) negotiations and awards
May-July 2022 Board Consideration of PPAs
Staff is seeking Energy Committee approval of the 2021 Mid-term Reliability RFO recommended shortlist at today’s meeting
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Questions
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APPENDIX
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29 Local Procurement
Via the Local Programs Strategic Plan and other procurement and planning efforts, the 175 MW goal for new energy and storage resources in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties by 2025 has been met and will be exceeded Local Procurement
Opportunity Target Capacity Status
Power Share
(Community Based) 3 MW Power Share Program has been
approved by the CPUC
Power Share RFO was released on 12/23/20
(CPA Wide) 13 MW
Utility-Scale
Solar & Storage 150 MW Local 184 MW of solar & storage contracted1 Commercial Rooftop 2 MW 2019 Distributed Track projects no longer in negotiations
Power Ready ~10 MW Member RFI completed;
Site selection process underway
Behind the Meter
Resource Adequacy TBD Evaluating product and contract structures (1) 56 MW solar + 28 MW storage Estrella project and 100 MW Luna storage project, both located in LA County Agenda Page 38
Development Score
Projects will be ranked from high (good) to low (bad)
The development risk metric is a composite rank based on a number of factors impacting project risk:
o Site control
o Interconnection status
o Environmental screens
o Land use and permits
o Project financing
o Developer experience
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Environmental Stewardship
Projects are ranked high, medium, neutral, and low based on the following prioritization:
Demonstrates multiple benefits (provides additional societal, health, economic, water saving, or environmental benefits beyond the climate and GHG reduction benefits of renewable energy)
HIGH
Located in an area designated as a preferred renewable energy zone and received required land use entitlement permits
MEDIUM
LOW Project is located in a high conflict area
NEUTRAL Project does not demonstrate either preference or avoidance criteria Agenda Page 40
Workforce Development
Projects are ranked high, medium, and low based on the following prioritization:
The project will use targeted-hire, union labor, or multi-trade project labor agreements (including requirements for state-apprenticeship graduates) HIGH The project does not have a labor agreement, but can demonstrate prevailing wage, union labor, and targeted hire commitments MEDIUM The project does not demonstrate prevailing wage, union labor, and targeted hire commitments
LOW
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Benefits to Disadvantaged Communities
Projects are ranked high, medium, neutral, and low based on the following prioritization:
Located within a DAC and demonstrates DAC workforce and community development benefits HIGH
Project not located within a DAC but can demonstrate DAC benefits and has completed community outreach MEDIUM
LOW Project is inconsistent with community priorities
NEUTRAL Project does not demonstrate DAC benefits
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Project Location
HIGH In Los Angeles and Ventura counties
MEDIUM Other counties within California
LOW Out of state projects
Projects are ranked high, medium, and low based on the following prioritization:
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