DEPARTMENT
Power Enterprise
AGENDA NO.
9b
MEETING DATE September 13, 2022
APPROVAL:
COMMISSION
SECRETARY
Donna Hood
AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
Approve Submission of an A ttestation of V eracity for Hetch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label
Consent Calendar
Project Manager: James Hendry
Approve Submission of an A ttestation of V eracity for Hetch Hetchy Pow er’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label
Summary of
Proposed
Commission Action:
Approve execution of an attestation of veracity for Hetch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label; and approve submission of the Power Source Disclosure Reports to the California Energy Commission; and approve provision of the Power Content Label to all customers before October 1 , 2022.
Under California Energy Commission regulations, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) can attest to the veracity of the Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label for all retail products offered by Hetch Hetchy Power.
The 2021 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label demonstrate that in 2021, Hetch Hetchy Power provided 100% greenhouse-gas free energy from its large hydroelectric power plants to its general service customers. Hetch Hetchy Power ’s Premium Service provided 100% Renewable Portfo lio Standard 1 eligible energy to its customers from the Kirkwood power plant. Hetch Hetchy Power had a greenhouse-gas emissions intensity of 0 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per me gawatt-hour (MWh) of generation compared to a state -wide average of 456 pounds CO2e/MWh.
The Power Content Label provides power mix information to Hetch Hetchy Power’s customers, showing t he sources and em issions
1 These resources include wind, solar, small, and selected water conveyance hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and biogas facilities.
Approve Hetch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports/Power Content Label to the California Energy Commission
Commission Meeting Date: September 13, 2022
intensity of Hetch Hetchy Power’s electric generation and comparing it to the statewide resource mix.
Hetch Hetchy Power also had s urplus renewable generation from its solar, biomass, and Renewable Portfolio Standard- eligible hydroelectric generation.
Background: Under Public Utilities Code Sections 398.4 and 398.5, retail suppliers of el ectricity must annually ( 1) report to the California Energy Commission t he type of generation resources (e.g., hydroelectric, solar, etc.) used to serve their end use cus tomers in the form of the Power Source Disclosure Report ; and (2) provide this same information to their customers in the form of a Power Content Label.
Hetch Hetchy Po wer submitted its Power Source Disclosure Reports to the California Energy Commission on June 1, 2022 and then revised them in response t o California Energy Commission comments on July 12, 2022. 2 A summary o f the P ower So urce Disclosure Reports was provided to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission as an in formational item (Item #6(d), Communications) at its May 24, 2022 meeting.
As shown in the attached Power Source Disclosure Reports, for calendar year 2021, Hetch Hetchy Power provided:
• 100% large hydroelectric e nergy to its general service customers; and
• 100% hydroelectric energy from its Kirkwood power plant that qualifies as an eligible renewable energy resource under California’s Renew able Portfolio S tandard to its Hetch Hetchy Premium customers.
Hetch Hetchy Power ’s greenhouse-gas emissions for both its general and Premium electric service was 0 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per me gawatt-hour (MWh) of generation compared to a state-wide average of 456 pounds CO
2e/MWh.
Hetch Hetchy Power also had s urplus renewable generation from its solar, biomass, and Renewable Po rtfolio S tandard-eligible hydroelectric generation . The associated renewable energy credits (RECs) from this generation can be c arried over an d used to meet Hetch He tchy Power’s future Renewable Portfolio Standard obligations.
Hetch Hetchy P ower intends to d isclose the electricity sources of its
2 California Energy Commission staff identified two labeling errors and provided CEC plant specific user identification numbers for our new solar facilities.
Approve Hetch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports/Power Content Label to the California Energy Commission
Commission Meeting Date: September 13, 2022
sales to customers for 2021 using the Power Content Label, a copy of which is attached to this agenda item.3 The Power Content Label is in the for mat prescribed by th e California Energy Commission for al l retail sellers . It shows, in t abular form, the electricity sources for Hetch H etchy Power’s sales and provides additional descriptive information to improve readability and understanding for customers.
Under the California Energy Commission ’s regul ations, Hetch Hetchy Power m ust provide all of its c ustomers with a copy of the Power Content Label either as a physical mailer or as an elect ronic message ( for those custome rs billed electro nically). The Power Content Label will also be posted on Hetch Hetchy Power ’s website.
Under the California Energy Commission’s regulati ons, Hetch Hetchy Power must either have its governing body ( this Commission) att est to th e veracity of its Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label or have it verified by a qualified third p arty. Since Hetch Hetchy Pow er began its Power Sou rce Disclosure reporting in 2011 the Commission has attested to the veracity of the r eport. The attached resolution attests to the veracity of the Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label . The attestation of veracity i s to be execu ted by th e Assistant General Manager for Power ’s desig nee, James Hendry, Utility Specialist. Mr. H endry supervised the preparation of the Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label .
The reports were p repared using the same data sources used by Hetch Hetchy Pow er to prepare its other regulatory and compliance filings.
Result of Inaction: If the Commission does not approve submission of an attestation of veracity, th e SFPUC will be re quired to inc ur the t ime and cost of having the Power Source Dis closure Reports and Power Content Label independently verified and may incur fines if the verification is not completed by the California Energy Commission’s September 30th deadline.
Recommendation: SFPUC staff rec ommends that the Commission adopt the a ttached resolution.
Attachments: 1. Hetch Hetchy Power ’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Report for its General Service customers.
2. Hetch Hetchy Power ’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Report for its Hetch Hetchy Premium Service.
3. Hetch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Content Label.
3 California ISO unspecified sources of power means electricity from transactions that are not traceable to specific generation sources.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, California Public Utilities Code S ections 398.4 a nd 398.5 requires “retail suppliers of electricity products” to disc lose to their end use customers annually the el ectricity sources for their sales to those customers; and
WHEREAS, The San Francisco Publi c Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is required to report this in formation to the California Energy Com mission through submission of Power Source Disclosure Reports and to its customers through a Power Content Label; and WHEREAS, SFPUC s taff developed the Power Source Disclosure Reports for Het ch Hetchy Power in conformance with the California Energy Commissio n’s regulations using the same data sources used to prepare Hetch H etchy Power ’s other regula tory and compliance reports; and
W HEREAS, The SFPUC prepared its 2021 Power Source Disclosure Report s for Hetch Hetchy Power and submitted them to the California Energy Commission; and WHEREAS, The Power Sour ce Disclosure Reports show that for calendar ye ar 20 21, Hetch Hetchy Power met th e energy needs of its general service customers with 100% greenhouse-gas free energy from large hydroelectric energy sources (99% from the He tch Hetchy system and 1% from hydroelectric energy p rovided by the Western Area Power Administration); an d met the energy needs of its Premiu m Service customers with 100% hydroelectric energy that met California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard requirements; and WHEREAS, the Power Source Disclosure Reports show that Hetch Hetchy Power had a greenhouse-gas emissions rate of 0 lb/MWh generated compared to a state- wide average of 456 lb/MWh; and
WHEREAS, Hetch Hetchy Power has pr epared a Power Content Label fol lowing the California Energy Commission guideline s and will distribute this Power Content Label to its customers as either a physical mailer or as an electronic message for customers bille d electronically by before October 1, 2022; and
W HEREAS , California Energy Commission regulations allow publ ic agencies such as the SFPUC to have their governing boards attest to the veracity of their Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Labels in lieu of having the report independently verified; and WHEREAS, The A ssistant General Manager for Power’s designee responsible for preparing the Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label filing has signed an attestation of veracity for these reports; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Commission a ttests to th e veracity of He tch Hetchy Power’s 2021 Power Source Disclosure Reports and Power Content Label , approves submission of the Power Source Di sclosure Reports to the California Energy Commission , and approves provision of the Power Content Label to every customer by before October 1, 2022.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of September 13, 2022.
Secretary, Public Utilities Commission
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensity
(lbs CO2e/MWh) Energy Resources General
Service
Premium
Service
2021 CA
Power Mix
Eligible Renewable1 0.0% 100.0% 33.6%
Biomass & Biowaste 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
0 0 456 Geothermal 0.0% 0.0% 4.8%
Eligible Hydroelectric 0.0% 100.0% 1.0%
Solar 0.0% 0.0% 14.2%
Wind 0.0% 0.0% 11.4%
Coal 0.0% 0.0% 3.0%
Large Hydroelectric 100.0% 0.0% 9.2%
Natural Gas 0.0% 0.0% 37.9%
Nuclear 0.0% 0.0% 9.3%
Other 0.0% 0.0% 0.2%
Unspecified Power2 0.0% 0.0% 6.8%
TOTAL 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs3: 0% 0% 1The eligible renewable percentage above does not reflect RPS compliance, which is determined using a different methodology. 2Unspecified power is electricity that has been purchased through open market transactions and is not traceable to a specific generation source.
3Renewable energy credits (RECs) are tracking instruments issued for renewable generation. Unbundled renewable energy credits (RECs) represent renewable generation that was not delivered to serve retail sales. Unbundled RECs are not reflected in the power mix or GHG emissions intensities above.
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portfolio, contact:
Hetch Hetchy Power
415-551-4720
For general information about the Power Content
Label, visit: http://www.energy.ca.gov/pcl/
For additional questions, please contact the
California Energy Commission at:
Toll-free in California: 844-454-2906
Outside California: 916-653-0237
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customer! This 2021 Power Content Label
compares Hetchy Power service options to
California’s average energy mix.
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