Energy Planning & Resources Committee
of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
12:15 p.m.
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Clean Power Alliance
Executive Conference Room
801 S. Grand Ave., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Members of the public may also participate in this meeting remotely at the following locations:
Manhattan Beach City Hall
City Manager Conference Room
1400 Highland Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Alhambra City Hall
Conference Room A
111 S. First St.
Alhambra, CA 91801
Carson City Hall
City Manager’s Conference Room
701 East Carson Street
Carson, CA 90745
Temple City Hall
City Hall Conference Room
9701 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 91780
Arcadia City Hall
Council Chambers Conference Room
240 W. Huntington Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007
LA County Sanitation District
Conference Room D
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
West Hollywood City Hall
3rd Floor Conference Room
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
City of Oxnard Service Center 1
East Conference Room
214 South C Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
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CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from the April 23, 2025, Energy Committee Meeting
2. Receive and File April 2025 Risk Management Team Report
REGULAR AGENDA
3. Report from the Committee Chair
4. Receive Presentation on Integrated Resource Planning and Product Content Overview
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURN – NEXT MEETING JUNE 25, 2025
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Staff Report – Agenda Item 1
To: Energy Planning & Resources Committee
Subject: Approve Minutes from the April 23, 2025, Energy Committee Meeting
Date: May 28, 2025
RECOMMENDATION
Approve.
ATTACHMENT
1. Minutes
MINUTES
Energy Planning & Resources Committee
of the Clean Power Alliance of Southern California
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, April 23, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
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Committee Members participated in this meeting from the following locations:
Manhattan Beach City Hall
City Manager Conference Room
1400 Highland Avenue
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
Clean Power Alliance Office
Executive Conference Room
801 S. Grand Ave., Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Alhambra City Hall
Conference Room A
111 S. First Street
Alhambra, CA 91802
City of Oxnard Service Center 1
East Conference Room
214 South C Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
West Hollywood City Hall
3rd Floor Conference Room
8300 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Arcadia City Hall
Council Chambers Conference Room
240 W. Huntington Drive
Arcadia, CA 91007
L.A. County Sanitation District
Conference Room D
1955 Workman Mill Road
Whittier, CA 90601
CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL
Acting Chair Maloney called the meeting to order at 12:15 p.m. and Annie Mendoza, Deputy Clerk of the Board, conducted roll call.
ROLL CALL
Alhambra Jeff Maloney Committee Member Absent
Arcadia Michael Cao Committee Member Remote
Carson Reata Kulcsar Committee Member Absent
Manhattan Beach David Lesser Committee Member Remote
Oxnard Kathleen Mallory Committee Member Remote
Sierra Madre Robert Parkhurst Chair Remote
South Pasadena Diana Mahmud Committee Member Remote
West Hollywood Chelsea Byers Committee Member Remote
All votes are unanimous, unless otherwise stated.
Energy Planning & Resources Committee Item 1
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
CONSENT AGENDA
1. Approve Minutes from the March 26, 2025, Energy Committee Meeting
2. Receive and File March 2025 Risk Management Team Report Motion: Committee Member Mahmud, South Pasadena
Second: Committee Member Byers, West Hollywood
Vote: The consent agenda was approved by roll call vote, with an abstention from Committee Member Cao on Item 1.
REGULAR AGENDA
3. Oral Update from the Vice President of Power Supply
None.
4. Receive Presentation on the 2025 Clean Energy and Reliability Request for Offers Launch and Provide Feedback to Staff
Lindsay Descagnia, Vice President of Power Supply, presented the 2025 Clean Energy and Reliability RFO goals, which include filing a larger portion of CPA’s portfolio needs for renewable energy and Resource Adequacy (RA) with long-term contracts. The 2025 solicitation has a fast-track provision allowing CPA to target and start negotiations for high-value projects that have Full Capacity Deliverability Status (FCDS). CPA will continue to solicit energy and RA from hybrid natural gas plants that would reduce GHG-emissions by adding battery energy storage or utilize blended fuels. She described the product types and eligible resources, as well as project terms in years, their sizes in megawatts, and the earliest and latest online dates. CPA’s standard evaluation criteria would be applied to all projects with the exception of natural gas tolls.
Ms. Descagnia explained how tariffs might impact contracting. Staff believes most sellers will require contract language to address uncertainties regarding tariff-related cost changes. Staff has discussed potential approaches to mitigate risk related to tariffs and will draft effective contract language. Staff has also prepared ways to address the potential loss of the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits. Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer, added that the federal government announced new tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian countries, which may make big solar projects infeasible though developers have been stockpiling solar panels and there has been increased domestic manufacturing.
Committee Member Mahmud asked if project sizes were being reduced to mitigate risk, and staff responded in the affirmative, adding that smaller projects fit with the volume of resources needed in this RFO. Committee Member Mahmud suggested staff follow contract negotiating strategies developed during the pandemic, as historic supply chain disruptions and other challenges may be similar to tariff impacts. In response to Committee Member Lesser’s inquiry about tariff impacts on current contracts, staff stated that exposure is fairly limited as projects are far along in construction or are a small part of CPA’s portfolio. Staff clarified that they have been communicating with other CCAs on anticipating tariffs.
Energy Planning & Resources Committee Item 1
Committee Member Mahmud asked if CPA anticipates fewer fast-track requests because of tariffs, and staff said they will know more about the number of fast-track projects in the summer. They also clarified that most batteries are manufactured in China, South Korea, and Vietnam, with China producing approximately 70% overall. Committee Member Lesser inquired about CPA community programs impacted by battery storage concerns, and staff responded that the Power Ready program may be affected. In response to Committee Member Lesser’s concerns about the industry, staff said a well-funded, well-organized energy lobby is advocating for tax credits at the federal level.
COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS
Committee Member Lesser inquired about new legislation that would impact household solar panel use, and Mr. Bardacke responded that there’s a bill that would change the net energy metering that benefits homeowners putting electricity onto the grid. CPA’s response last time this issue came forward was launch an incentive program for existing and future solar customers to add battery storage to their home solar systems.
ADJOURN
Chair Parkhurst adjourned the meeting at 1:00 p.m.
Energy Planning & Resources Committee Item 1
Staff Report – Agenda Item 2
To: Energy Planning & Resources Committee
From: Lyon Hardgrave, Director, Energy Risk Management
Approved By: Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer
David McNeil, Chief Financial Officer
Subject: Receive and File April 2025 Risk Management Team Report Date: May 28, 2025
April 2025 RMT REPORT
Key Actions
• Reviewed the counterparty credit exposure summary
• Reviewed January 2025 day-ahead load forecast performance • Reviewed the April 2025 load forecast and assumptions • Reviewed March 2025 market performance
• Reviewed energy positions and approved 2025-2029 hedge proposal for monthly RFO
• Reviewed positions for Resource Adequacy (RA), RPS and Carbon-Free energy products (CF)
• Reviewed the 2025-2027 slice of day RA position
• Reviewed 2025 RA Purchase and Sale strategy
• Reviewed Energy Risk Management Policy (ERMP) compliance for RA, REC, CF, and Energy
• Reviewed long-term energy contract amendments and terminations • Reviewed April 2025 CRR Allocations
• Reviewed the Negative REC Price strategy
Energy Planning & Resources Committee Item 2
Policy Compliance
Policy Deviation Required Action
Beginning in June 2024, the renewable
energy hedge ratio exceeded the
maximum hedge ratio limit for 2027
due to the addition of new renewable
energy supply from a PPA.
Beginning in November 2024, the
renewable energy hedge ratio
exceeded the maximum hedge ratio
limit for 2028-2030 due to a reduction
in the renewable energy product
targets that are used for long-term
power planning and position
management.
None.
The deviations for 2027-2030 will resolve
themselves as CPA nears these years and the
maximum hedge ratio limits increase.
In the July 2025 annual ERMP update process, CPA
will consider increasing the maximum hedge ratio
limit for the Prompt Calendar Year (PY) +1 and
beyond to allow for a planning margin to
accommodate volumetric uncertainty associated
with electric consumption and generation. This
will align PY+1 and beyond with the existing
approach to maximum hedge ratio limits in the
current calendar year and PY. Adoption of higher
hedge ratio limits in PY+1 and beyond by the Board
in July 2025 would cure the 2027-2030 renewable
energy hedge ratio deviations. CPA will also
consider long-term renewable energy product
targets as part of the 2025 Integrated Resources
Planning (IRP) process.
ATTACHMENT
None.
Staff Report – Agenda Item 3
To: Energy Planning & Resources Committee
Subject: Report from the Committee Chair
Date: May 28, 2025
The Chair of the Committee will provide an oral report.
Staff Report – Agenda Item 4
To: Energy Planning & Resources Committee
From: Lindsay Descagnia, Vice President, Power Supply
Reviewed by: Matthew Langer, Chief Operating Officer
Approved By: Ted Bardacke, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Integrated Resource Planning and Product Content Overview Date: May 28, 2025
Staff will provide a presentation on the item.
ATTACHMENT
1. Integrated Resource Planning and Product Content Overview Presentation
Integrated Resource
Planning and Product
Content Overview
May 28, 2025
Executive
Summary
2 CPA will be conducting a CPUC-required Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process in 2025 to develop a resource portfolio that meets GHG emissions benchmarks over the next 10 years This presentation reviews the goals, processes, and requirements of the IRP Underlying the IRP, there are additional statutory deadlines from SB100 and SB1020:
2030: 60% of electricity must come from renewable resources 2035: 90% of electricity must come from renewable/carbon -free resources (“clean energy”) 2045: 100% of electricity must come from renewable/carbon-free resources (“clean energy”) Leveraging the IRP planning process, the Board will take a comprehensive look at the future renewable/clean energy content of its three rate products and overall energy portfolio at its upcoming Board Retreat, including whether to achieve a 100% clean energy portfolio by 2035 This presentation is informational and, in addition to a review of the IRP process, is intended as a primer for questions to be addressed at the Board Retreat 3 Executive Summary
4 Eligible Renewable Energy Resources
Bioenergy (biomass, eligible biodiesel)
Geothermal
Small hydroelectric (30 MW or under)
Solar Photovoltaic
Wind
Ocean (tidal, wave, thermal)
Fuel cells using eligible renewable fuel
Eligible Carbon-free or Low Carbon Energy
Large hydroelectric (above 30 MW)
Asset Controlling Supplier (ACS)
Nuclear
Renewable Carbon-free
Bioenergy
Geothermal
Solar
Wind
Small Hydro
Large hydro
Nuclear
RE + CF
Clean Energy Refresher
Types of “Clean Energy”
5 Integrated
Resource Planning
Background
Goals of the CPUC Integrated Resource Planning Process
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
requires a 10-year forward planning process called
the Integrated Resource Plan in 2025
The goals of the CPUC’s IRP process are to:
Analyze the resource build out forecasted by
California Load Serving Entities (LSEs)
Meet reliability and GHG-reduction goals through
LSE’s long-term forecast of resources
Inform CAISO transmission planning
Make procurement orders through the IRP Proceeding
based on IRPs and LSE contracting to support
statutory goals, and Resource Adequacy (RA) and
Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) obligations
6 CA-Wide GHG Emissions Planning Target
7 California Statewide Energy Planning Process
Inputs and outputs for the IRP process are multi-layered and include multiple regulatory bodies.
The IRP process requires LSEs to develop and submit plans that detail how they will meet customers’ resource needs, reduce GHG emissions, and ramp up the use of clean energy resources LSE’s have submitted 3 IRPs to the CPUC since the IRP process began in 2017. The next IRP is due November of 2025
The CPUC will release its Inputs and Assumptions (I&A) document in the coming weeks which describes the key data elements, assumptions and the GHG-benchmark LSEs will need to meet with their resource portfolios
There are 3 key components of the IRP Process:
1. Modeling: The CPUC will model and develop a Preferred System Plan that staff will use as an input for CPA’s production cost modeling to develop a resource portfolio that meets the GHG-benchmark
2. Need Determination: The CPUC uses IRP data to inform policymaking such as procurement orders or new procurement processes like the Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program (RCPPP)
3. Transmission and Interconnection: IRP data is used in conjunction with transmission planning and interconnection process enhancements
8 Timing and Key Components
2025 IRP Key Issues and Questions
Each IRP cycle presents key issues and questions that CPA will need to assess, including:
CPA Targets: What are CPA’s long-term rate product content targets? Resource Mix: Which technologies can CPA expect to procure over the planning horizon to meet the GHG benchmark?
Need for New Technologies: Will there be new technologies available such long duration storage and offshore wind?
Cost Effectiveness of Various Resources: How will the demand for certain technologies effect the cost and feasibility of procurement?
Availability of Technologies: Is there sufficient technology-types available for desired procurement or will scarcity of a certain resource-type result in procurement of an alternate resource-type and could that result in increased costs?
Load Forecast: Are the underlying growth assumptions reflected in the load forecast plausible or are there alternate forecasts that should be considered? E.g "Will EV growth take off as forecasted?” Transmission and Retirements: How will the transmission planning process impact the build out of the grid and how will future retirements of the gas-powered power plants and Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant effect the planning process?
9 Goal Setting for
Energy Product
Options
CPA’s Product Content is a Key IRP Input
The IRP planning process extends beyond submitting a compliant filing to the CPUC. CPA is analyzing how it can not only meet but exceed statutory requirements through long-term planning of its energy mix and trajectory for its energy product options (i.e. Lean Power, Clean Power and 100% Green Power)
Just as the IRP process sets a GHG benchmark 10-years in the future and asks how an LSE will develop its portfolio to reach that target, CPA will be looking to set GHG and renewable targets and how to reach them as part of the Board Retreat in June CPA has already surpassed 2030 requirements of supplying 60% renewable energy and is already nearing the 2035 90% clean energy requirement
The Board will be asked: Should CPA go further than the state’s 90% GHG-free energy supply requirement and aim to achieve a 100% clean energy portfolio by 2035? And if so, how?
11 Portfolio View of CPA Product Content and State Requirements 12 In the absence of a scheduled IRP in 2024, CPA staff have been using a set of assumptions for planning purposes, which result in this 10-year portfolio trajectory, presented to the Board in April 2024.
The focus of the Board Retreat discussion will be on the Lean Power and Clean Power options beginning in 2027.
No changes are proposed to the 100% Green product which has always been 100% renewable energy At the Board Retreat, staff will be requesting input to set organizational-wide goals on:
Meeting or beating state requirements and/or the incumbent utility’s product offerings What mix of renewables and carbon free energy should be used What trajectory should CPA employ to reach its goals
13 Product Content Primer
Lean Power:
Discount to SCE and is less focused on emissions and
renewable targets
Clean Power:
Parity pricing and beats SCE on GHG-emissions; has had
more renewable content than SCE in most years
The Board will discuss CPA’s overall clean energy targets and energy in June Staff will incorporate those targets and trajectories as assumptions in the IRP Staff will present its IRP results to Energy Committee and the Board in late summer and early fall in time to meet the required November 1, 2025 submission deadline
14 Next Steps
CPA expects that the CPUC releases its “Inputs and Assumptions” materials along with the Resource Data Template and other filing requirements in the coming weeks after which staff will analyze before starting the modeling and completion process
Questions
Components of the IRP Process
The IRP involves three high-level components between the CPUC and CPA:
1. Modeling:
a) CPUC: Develops and reviews LSE resource portfolios considered for adoption into what the CPUC calls the Preferred System Plan (PSP)
b) CPA: Ties applicable inputs from the CPUC model and runs CPA’s production cost model to produce a CPA specific outcome
2. Need Determination:
a) CPUC: Develops analysis that can be used to inform policymaking, such as need determinations for procurement orders or new procurement processes such as the Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program (RCPPP) that produced the Mid-term Reliability (MTR) Procurement order in 2021 b) CPA: Responsible for completing procurement orders by required timelines
3. Transmission and Interconnection
a) CPUC: Monitors approved transmission projects for feedback into resource planning and procurement on transmission planning and interconnection process enhancements b) CPA: The Clean Energy and Reliability RFO process looks closely at transmission availability and congestion of project siting and future transmission plans that may benefit or harm the resource over the course of the
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