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Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Peninsula Clean Energy Authority (PCEA)
Minutes
Thursday, April 27, 2023
6:30 p.m.
Zoom Video Conference and Teleconference
CALL TO ORDER
Meeting was called to order at 6:31 p.m. in virtual teleconference, in the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority lobby, in the Los Banos City Hall conference room A, and the Foundry Hotel in Asheville, North Carolina.
SWEARING IN OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS
David Silberman, General Counsel, presided over the official swearing-in of new Board Alternate Tom Hamilton from San Bruno.
ROLL CALL
Participating:
Ray Mueller, San Mateo County
Rick DeGolia, Atherton, Chair
Julia Mates, Belmont
Coleen Mackin, Brisbane
Donna Colson, Burlingame, Vice Chair
Ken Gonzalez, Colma
Roderick Daus-Magbual, Daly City
Carlos Romero, East Palo Alto
Sam Hindi, Foster City
Harvey Rarback, Half Moon Bay
Leslie Ragsdale, Hillsborough
Betsy Nash, Menlo Park
Anders Fung, Millbrae
Tygarjas Bigstyck, Pacifica
Jeff Aalfs, Portola Valley
Elmer Martinez Saballos, Redwood City
Tom Hamilton, San Bruno
John Dugan, San Carlos
Amourence Lee, San Mateo
James Coleman, South San Francisco
Absent:
Dave Pine, San Mateo County
Paul Llanez Faria, Los Banos
Jennifer Wall, Woodside
A quorum was established.
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PUBLIC COMMENT
Eva Chen
ACTION TO SET THE AGENDA AND APPROVE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Chair DeGolia announced that Agenda Item Numbers 10 and 11 would be heard ahead of Agenda Item Number 9.
Director Dugan requested to pull Agenda Item Number 4 from the Consent Agenda.
MOTION: Director Aalfs moved, seconded by Director Romero to set the Agenda, and approve Agenda Item Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5.
1. Approval of the Minutes for the November 17, 2022 and December 15, 2022 Board of Directors Meetings
2. Approval of an Amendment to the Agreement with Darren Goode to Provide Professional Services Through May 31, 2024, Increasing the Amount by $112,000 for a Total Not-to-Exceed Amount of $554,000
3. Approval of Contract Delegating Authority to the Chief Executive Officer to Execute an Amendment with The Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to Reduce the Incentives Funds that CSE will Manage from $8 Million to $4 Million
4. Approval of a Consulting Agreement Between the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority and Janis C. Pepper to Provide Consulting Services Beginning August 1, 2023, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $180,000
5. Approval of Appointment of Andrew Stern as Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Treasurer
MOTION PASSED: 20-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Los Banos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director Mates X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
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Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Hamilton X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Lee X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Wall X
4. Approval of a Consulting Agreement Between the Peninsula Clean Energy Authority and Janis C. Pepper to Provide Consulting Services Beginning August 1, 2023, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $180,000 Director Dugan requested an update on the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) search.
Chair DeGolia explained that the position opening has been announced and posted on the Peninsula Clean Energy website, an executive search consultant was hired, and 10 resumes were received.
Chair DeGolia added that interviews for 4 qualified candidates begin tomorrow.
Director Dugan asked if a new CEO were not appointed by the end of June if Jan would continue in the role. Chair DeGolia explained that the plan is to narrow down candidates over the next month and complete contract negotiations.
Director Dugan asked about the level of compensation included in the consulting agreement. Chair DeGolia added that the agreement is for less compensation than is currently contracted with the CEO.
Director Dugan asked if the mandatory payouts should be left to the incoming CEO. Chair DeGolia explained this was done to reduce administrative overhead and that the term is set for 6 months but terminable with 30 days’ notice by either Jan Pepper or the incoming CEO.
MOTION: Director Rarback moved, seconded by Director Ragsdale to approve Agenda Item Number
4. MOTION PASSED: 20-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Los Banos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director Mates X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
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Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Hamilton X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Lee X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Wall X
REGULAR AGENDA
6. Chair Report
Chair DeGolia noted that an update on the CEO search was given during the previous item.
7. CEO Report
Jan Pepper, CEO, gave a presentation that included an update on the Chief Financial Officer position, a staffing update, an update on the April 25, 2023 all-staff meeting, a legislative update, an update on the Ninth Circuit Court Filing on Natural Gas Hookups for New Construction, and the CalCCA Annual Conference May 17-19, 2023 in San Diego.
Chair DeGolia added that the last CalCCA Annual Conference was in 2019 and that the elected official luncheon occurred, and this allowed connecting board members from different Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) and strongly encouraged Board Members to join the conference.
8. Citizens Advisory Committee Report
Cheryl Schaff, Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Chair, gave a presentation including a recap of the April 13, 2023 Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting.
10.Approval of Resolution Delegating Authority to Chief Executive Officer to Execute Energy Storage Service Agreement for an Energy Storage Project with Lockhart ESS, LLC, and any Necessary Ancillary Documents with a Power Delivery Term of 15 Years Starting at the Commercial Operation Date on or About June 1, 2024, in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $142 Million (Action) Sara Maatta, Power Resources and Compliance Manager, gave a presentation including a project overview, expected operations and fit in portfolio, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Mid-Term Reliability procurement mandate, and the fit with Peninsula Clean Energy’s Strategic Plan.
Chair DeGolia noted that the Resource Adequacy that would be available during the delivery timeframe is both expensive and difficult to find, and that this contract is important and negotiated at the best rate.
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Public Comment: Dave Mauro
MOTION: Director Daus-Magbual moved, seconded by Director Hindi to Approve the Resolution Delegating Authority to the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Power Energy Storage Service Agreement for an Energy Storage Project with Lockhart ESS, LLC, and any necessary ancillary documents with a Power Delivery Term of 15 years starting at the Commercial Operation Date on or about June 1, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $142 million.
MOTION PASSED: 20-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Los Banos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director Mates X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Hamilton X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Lee X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Wall X
11.Adopt a Resolution Approving Plan to Delay Compliance with Uploading Time Varying Rates to the Market Informed Demand Automation Server (MIDAS) Database (Action) Leslie Brown, Director of Account Services, gave a verbal presentation including information on the Market Informed Demand Automation Server (MIDAS) initiative by the California Energy Commission (CEC) intended to create a centralized repository of time differentiated rates for all Load Serving Entities (LSEs) to upload to. Leslie noted this delay in compliance is due to the delay on the July 1, 2023 compliance deadline posed by the CEC.
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Chair DeGolia noted that the Resolution supports the Staff position that was communicated to the CEC. Leslie explained that the Resolution is an insurance policy recommended by CalCCA for the affected Community Choice Aggregators to request a delay in the compliance deadline.
Director Ragsdale asked if there was a penalty for not complying. Leslie explained that there is not a defined penalty, but there could be an adjudication but that would be difficult for the CEC to prove as they have not finalized their requirements.
Director Aalfs clarified that we cannot comply. Leslie confirmed.
Chair DeGolia noted his support of the Staff position.
Public Comment: Pradeep Gupta
MOTION: Director Aalfs moved, seconded by Director Dugan to Adopt a Resolution Approving Plan to Delay Compliance with Uploading Time Varying Rates to the Market Informed Demand Automation Server (MIDAS) Database.
MOTION PASSED: 20-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Los Banos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director Mates X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Hamilton X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Lee X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Wall X
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9. Approval of Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) Related Amendments to the Strategic Plan, Policy 9 and Policy 10 (Action)
Shayna Barnes, Operations Specialist, gave a presentation including background on the scope of the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI) work, proposed edits to the Strategic Plan, proposed edits to Policy 9, proposed edits to Policy 10, a recap of meeting with labor unions on January 25, 2023 and March 6, 2023, and a recap of meeting with Workforce and EJ Alliance on April 20, 2023.
Director Bigstyck asked regarding Policy 10, what is the mechanism by which the Board can verify that “best efforts” were made, what do “best efforts” look like, and will Peninsula Clean Energy be consulting with labor to ensure that the ability to work with labor is exhausted.
Shayna explained that this was discussed at the April 2023 Executive Committee. Moving forward, a Request for Proposals (RFP) would be issued with a preference for union labor in the evaluation process, but if sufficient bids are not received Peninsula Clean Energy has the flexibility to use a non-union firm.
Rafael Reyes, Director of Energy Programs, added that he is pleased to say the Solar + Storage on Government Buildings Program issued an RFP and a local union contractor with phenomenal references was selected. Rafael added that he is looking forward to identifying a strong local union contractor for the next round of installations across 40 sites. Rafael explained that in general, Peninsula Clean Energy prefers union labor, but that non-union labor information is primarily gathered through Peninsula Clean Energy’s request that respondents explain how they will comply with the sustainable workforce policy.
Director Bigstyck asked if there would be clear standardization in the RFP process. Rafael explained that there is always a clear set of scoring associated with the proposals, but the exact way vendors are selected varies based on the needs of the project. Peninsula Clean Energy has worked with IBEW during past projects to compile a list of potential contractors for the EV Ready program, but in the case where the participation was not successful, under consultation from the Board of Directors, more flexibility to use non-union labor was given which led to a 5x increase in contractor participation of the program.
Director Bigstyck asked if the approach traditionally taken will remain with the proposed language change, but in the cases in which it no longer becomes feasible, such as in smaller projects, it allows us flexibility in the process. Rafael confirmed, yes, and added while there is not a lot of data, there is some information about contractors who haven’t felt that comfortable working within the unions, though Rafael noted that IBEW has had more success bringing diversity into their programs.
Director Bigstyck asked for clarification on page 88 of the Agenda Packet, that should the Board pass the proposed language, Staff will have clear guidance that union labor should be used any time possible. Rafael confirmed this is the intention.
Director Bigstyck asked for clarification on page 100 of the Agenda Packet, if the 1 MW maximum output language is Inflation Reduction Act language. Rafael confirmed.
Director Lee asked about the structure of the programs and if they could be scalable and consolidated in a way that makes them more attractive to labor. Rafael explained that this has been explored when Item No. 1
Peninsula Clean Energy has control of the timing of the projects versus when the customer decides how and when to move forward with projects such as with residential projects where it becomes difficult to coordinate the many challenges within the home and consolidate to as few touch points as possible across multiple sites.
Chair DeGolia explained the 3 categories of contracts: Power Purchase Agreements which require a project labor agreement, contracts where Peninsula Clean Energy is a contracting party which allows for influence to aggregate deals together so they can be more substantial for union labor, and finally small contracts for small businesses and residential customers that are not aggregatable. Chair DeGolia explained that Peninsula Clean Energy has tried to encouraged referrals from unions and encourages apprenticeships but that contractors were not fulfilling the demands which forced an assessment of how to complete our electrification goals without breaking principles. Chair DeGolia noted that the language of “shall prioritize and use best efforts” is defining what “shall use best efforts” means.
Director Mates added that the Peninsula Clean Energy Board composition will continue to change and that changing this language gives the future Board an understanding of the intent.
Director Mackin asked if the scoring criteria are included in the RFPs. Rafael confirmed and explained that practices are being modified based on the new policy.
Director Gonzalez asked about the supply chain and code of conduct and if this change applied to supplies and components as well. Shayna explained this is for large scale renewable development.
Director Gonzalez asked if the battery components are being sourced from China? Jan Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, explained that there is an area of China that uses forced labor and that we don’t source anything from there, but as for the components, it is hard to follow the whole supply chain, but that the Inflation Reduction Act is causing company to make an effort to source those materials in the U.S.
Director Mueller asked if all of this is subject to ongoing dialogue between Staff, labor and the Executive Committee. Chair DeGolia confirmed and added that Peninsula Clean Energy’s Policy 10 is the most progressive in the load serving community and that Peninsula Clean Energy works closely with labor.
Director Mueller asked about the ongoing interaction with labor. Chair DeGolia clarified that the relationship is managed at the Staff level. Jan Pepper added that contracts over $100k will come to the Board for approval.
Director Coleman asked why the language of “shall prioritize and give preference to” wasn’t adopted in the energy programs section. Shayna explained that the Policy has best efforts in that section.
Director Coleman noted that it would make sense to have consistent language throughout the policy.
Public Comment – Dave Mauro, Keefah Khalil, Benjamin Eichert, Elsa Gernand, Scott Weir, Bart Pantoja, Julie Lind, Rick Bonilla, Batoul Al-Sadi, Tim Frank, Alex Lantsberg, Leslie Austin, Eric Veium, Veronica Wilson, and Mark Roest as read by Nelly Wogberg, Board Clerk
Director Mackin suggested that Staff meet with labor to discuss Policy 9 and return to the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors to give time to figure out which requests are feasible.
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Directors Aalfs commented that Peninsula Clean Energy has shown a strong preference for union labor and that he is supportive of Policy 10 going forward. Regarding Policy 9, Director Aalfs asked how much work would go into rewriting the Policy. Shayna explained that this would be a difficult question to answer; Staff is open to an approach to see what is feasible and then proceeding from there.
Vice Chair Colson commented that this is a policy not an ordinance and easy to revise down the road and would like to approve both Policy 9 and Policy 10 today, but to remain open to conversations when there are better options for concerning labor or procurement.
Chair DeGolia noted that this item has been discussed for two years as it was originally brought up during a Citizens Advisory Committee meeting. Chair DeGolia noted that these policies and the strategic plan are living documents and not static and he would recommend approving the policy before us and moving forward to improve these policies in the future, while making sure to not put the DEAI issue behind us.
Director Bigstyck wondered if this item could be revisited sooner than a year. Chair DeGolia shared that engaging with the public and those who gave public comment is important especially when understanding the specific concerns with Policy 9, but that this a living document and should be dealt with now. Shana added that Staff is committed to meeting with EJ Alliance again who has robust document and review practices to share and review.
Director Bigstyck suggested directing Staff to continue to work with labor to codify the language and to incorporate amendments from Director Coleman regarding consistent language throughout the policy.
Vice Chair Colson noted that these policies would be reviewed at least once a year, and offered her gratitude to Michael Smith, Sam Hindi, Carlos Romero, and Roderick Daus-Magbual, GCAP, and Staff for their work on these policies.
Director Aalfs asked if applying the same “Shall prioritize and give preference to” language to the section for energy programs would that be cumbersome for the programs team. Rafael explained that where this would be trickiest to implement is in residential programs where it is challenging to find a single consistent contractor who is willing to move furniture, punch holes in drywall, run circuit, patch drywall, and paint rather than hiring 4-5 contractors which would be disruptive to the resident. Rafael added that if PCE can find that contractor they will hire them, but it has been challenging to find those willing to do the entire job. Rafael encouraged the Board to look at this question from the customer perspective as the programs can create a great deal of friction for the customer and not necessarily for Staff.
Director Nash added that there is also concern for varying time leads and that the customer experience is important.
Director Romero noted that there are statewide Environmental Justice (EJ) groups and that this may not be an area of specialty for labor. Director Romero suggested including labor in the discussion but include the different perspective of EJ groups that have contributed to the document.
Director Mates noted that Policy 10 is fully baked and can come back at any time and asked if Policy 9 us ready to be approved tonight knowing that Staff is committed to working with EJ Alliance.
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Director Aalfs noted that Policy 9 is in place today and suggested bringing both policies with the understanding that Policy 9 is not yet finished.
Chair DeGolia added that changes shouldn’t be made or voted on where those changes aren’t clearly written out and suggested to take comments on any policy and improve whenever we can.
Director Coleman requested a 3-month timeline for Policy 9 to return to the Board following Staff meetings with EJ Alliance and a return to the Executive Committee.
Director Hindi acknowledged Vice Chair Colson, Staff, and others, including the apprentices who shared their stories at this meeting, and suggested moving forward with this item and returning to continue the conversation.
MOTION: Director Mates moved, seconded by Director Daus-Magbual Approval of the Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (DEAI)-related amendments to the Strategic Plan and Policies 9 and 10.
MOTION PASSED: 20-0 (Absent: San Mateo County, Los Banos, Woodside)
JURISDICTION BOARD MEMBER YES NO ABSTAIN ABSENT
San Mateo County Director Pine X
San Mateo County Director Mueller X
Atherton Director DeGolia X
Belmont Director Mates X
Brisbane Director Mackin X
Burlingame Director Colson X
Colma Director Gonzalez X
Daly City Director Daus-Magbual X
East Palo Alto Director Romero X
Foster City Director Hindi X
Half Moon Bay Director Rarback X
Hillsborough Director Ragsdale X
Los Banos Director Llanez X
Menlo Park Director Nash X
Millbrae Director Fung X
Pacifica Director Bigstyck X
Portola Valley Director Aalfs X
Redwood City Director Martinez Saballos X
San Bruno Director Hamilton X
San Carlos Director Dugan X
San Mateo Director Lee X
South San Francisco Director Coleman X
Woodside Director Wall X
Jan Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, thanked everyone for their hard work and time on this item.
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12. Discussion on Sunset of Net Energy Metering (NEM) 2.0 and Transition to NEM 3.0/Net Billing (Discussion)
Leslie Brown, Director of Account Services, gave a presentation including a history on Net Energy Metering (NEM), a high-level overview of NEM 3.0, and the implications for Peninsula Clean Energy.
Director Mackin asked if customers under NEM 2.0 who installed batteries would constitute as a system change. Leslie explained that it can and that rules are still being evaluated. Leslie added she will follow up on this with the PG&E team to clearly define what may trigger an early transition to NEM
3.0 Chair DeGolia added that changes can be assessed at three points: the addition of a battery, an inverter, or a change in the number of panels. Leslie shared that an inverter could definitely be changed, but that changing the operation by adding a battery or an increase in panels could trigger, but there will be rules about that.
Director Lee asked for the justification for not incentivizing the transition to solar. Leslie explained that the goal is to not incentivize excess solar in the middle of the day but to match generation with load by adding battery storage with solar. The goal is to match your system with what the grid needs.
Director Hamilton asked if adding storage would trigger a change from NEM 2.0 to NEM 3.0. Leslie explained that there are specific rules around it which are tied to capacity of the battery but will get clarification on that question.
Director Fung asked about the enforcement mechanism on changes of those systems. Leslie noted that changes to the solar system require permits. Director Fung asked if cities or Peninsula Clean Energy are monitoring for enforcement. Leslie explained these are interconnection agreements with PG&E as they own the infrastructure and customers are interconnecting with their grid.
Director Romero asked if PG&E communicates with Peninsula Clean Energy. Leslie explained that this is not necessarily the case. Peninsula Clean Energy learns of solar customers because of a notification of NEM rates. However, when someone is on NEM 3.0, there is not a NEM modifier to E-Electric rates, and it is unclear how Peninsula Clean Energy will know if the connection is a solar E-Electric or a different E-Electric.
Director Ragsdale asked if the billing plan is tied to the system of the owner and if new owners would get the benefit of NEM 2.0 or NEM 3.0. Leslie shared that it lives with the owner who signs the interconnection agreement under the current rules. If you sell your home and system, the new owner has to go into a new solar billing plan.
Director Romero shared that he believes NEM 3.0 is good, and asked how Peninsula Clean Energy is presently compensating those under NEM 2.0 and if it is comparable to PG&E. Leslie explained that Peninsula Clean Energy is compensating at a higher rate: a retail rate plus a ECO100 adder and allowing the credits to stay at the retail rate through the whole year to cash out. Under the NEM policies with the investor-owned utilities, if you have excess kW hours at end of a net metering year, the kW hours are recalculated at whatever the net surplus compensation rate is at the month of true up, which is historically between 2-4 cents per kWh.
Director Romero noted that Peninsula Clean Energy has the ability to say we will compensate you more than PG&E to incentivize more solar rooftop installations. Leslie explained that Peninsula Clean Item No. 1
Energy could incentivize excess compensation at a different rate, but only on the generation side. In the new world, PG&E will not do a 1-1 for Transmission and Distribution.
Director Fung asked how Peninsula Clean Energy encourages customers to push their self-generated electricity to the grid during off-peak hours. Leslie explained that with a battery, it is advantageous to arbitrage a battery to max production of solar and pull kWh from the grid when it costs the least and push out when it costs the most.
Director Aalfs noted that battery use during peak hours is almost as valuable as putting power back on grid at those times. It reduces load, cost, and volatility.
Director Fung noted that Peninsula Clean Energy should encourage more battery installations.
Chair DeGolia added that one thing NEM 3.0 will do is push more consumption during the day rather than off-peak hours between 9pm and 9am, noting that if you are generating, you want to consume it.
Director Fung asked if there is a way to encourage more community batteries? Chair DeGolia shared that in front of the meter is a whole different set of issues and that NEM 3.0 deals with behind the meter.
Public comment: Mark Roest as read by Nelly Wogberg, Board Clerk Leslie added a response from PG&E on questions posed tonight:
1. Does replacing your panels mean you become a NEM 3.0 customer? If you are replacing your panels with like-for-like equipment (meaning it is the same size/rating, or less) you can do so without affecting your NEM legacy status (i.e., you will still have 20 years from your original PTO date on NEM).
2. What about expanding your system or adding a battery to your system? You are able to expand your system up to 10% or 1kW, without it affecting your NEM legacy period.
You can add a battery at any time, and it will not affect your NEM legacy period.
13. Board Members’ Reports
Director Bigstyck shared that the second annual Pacifica Pride Celebration will take place on June 3, 2023.
Director Dugan announced that the Council of Cities is meeting on April 28, 2023 in San Carlos.
Director Mackin thanked Chair DeGolia for an editorial shared on April 24, 2023 in the Daily Journal commenting on serious inaccuracies about Peninsula Clean Energy from an April 18, 2023 perspective.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 9:41 p.m.