Peninsula Clean
Energy Board
Meeting
February 26, 2026
This meeting will begin shortly. Thank
you!
Agenda
• Call to Order / Roll Call
• Public Comment (for items not on the Agenda)
• Please note, send Zoom chats to Brianna Arroyo, Admin Asst. • Action to set the Agenda and Approve Consent Items 1-2 • Consent – Public Comment
• Regular Agenda items
• Adjournment
Chair Report
CEO Report
CEO Report: Programs
Gov PV
• 24 Phase 2 Gov PV sites starting to go live for a total of 36 projects around our service territory; ~5 more projects to come
• Beginning scoping and development work for Gov PV battery retrofits E-Bike Program Amendments
• Rebate applications have risen ~3X over the past year; a sharp increase over prior year
• We are implementing program adjustments and controls to better manage the volume and program spend
CEO Report: Account Services
Budget Billing Now Live
• Allows PCE customers to benefit from a "smoothing effect" on their bills for the PG&E charges and the PCE's electric generation charges.
• Avoids seasonal cost spikes in high usage months; charges are based on rolling average over previous 12 months, then trued up annually, when account closes • No customer action needed after enrolling with PG&E, benefit automatically applied to PCE side of the bill
• ~8,000 PCE customers currently enrolled
CEO Report: Account Services
Jan/Feb Opt-Outs
Outperforming
2025 numbers
Opt-outs decreased year over
year (-12% for both January and
February)
• State Budget: All Eyes on May
• 2026 Election: Uncertainty Drives Caution
• CalCCA Sponsored Bills
o AB 1761 (Rogers): PCIA Data Transparency
o SB 1138 (Padilla): Resource Adequacy
Requirements
• AB 2111(Papan): Transmission Planning
o Co-sponsored with SCP + Abundance Network
CEO Report: State Legislative Update
• Tariffs: 150 Days and Counting
• Permitting Reform Stalled
• Prohibited Foreign Entity (PFE) Update
• EPA GHG Endangerment Finding
• Data Centers: Ratepayer Protection
Pledge
CEO Report: Federal Update
“Agency Briefing and Approval of
Administrative Amendment
to PCE's Joint Powers Agreement
Reflecting the Name Change to
WestLight Energy.”
Actively working to schedule a date:
Brisbane, Burlingame, Menlo Park, Millbrae,
Portola Valley, San Mateo County
If your jurisdiction is not on this list, please ask your City Staff to contact Marc Hershman
Scheduled Presentations Thus Far:
Los Banos March 4
Daly City March 9
East Palo Alto March 17
Hillsborough April 13
Belmont April 14
San Bruno April 14
Atherton April 15
Redwood City April 27
Woodside April 28
San Mateo May 4
San Carlos May 11
CEO Report: Member Agency Briefings/Votes (March-May)
CEO Report: Events & Education Opportunities
1) San Mateo Community College District Sustainability Hub: March 4 2) Community Feedback Forum: March 4 in Half Moon Bay
3) CAISO Tour: May 1 in Folsom
4) CalCCA Annual Conference: May 12-14 in Sacramento
CEO Report: Community Events
12 • February 28th - Boys & Girls Club Open House &
Social, Los Banos
• March 4th - SMCCCD Sustainability Center
Ribbon-Cutting, San Mateo County
• March 4th - Community Feedback Forum on
Resilience, San Mateo County
• March 25th - Sustainable San Mateo County
Sustainability Awards, San Mateo County
• March 26th - Multi-family Building Electrification
Summit, San Mateo County
• March 28th - Easter Egg Hunt, Los Banos
Upcoming Meetings – February 2026
Executive Committee:
• Monday, March 9 at 10:00 a.m.
Board of Directors Meeting:
• Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m.
Audit and Finance Committee:
• Monday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m.
PCE DAC-GT/
Green Access
Program
Jana Kopyciok-Lande,
Director of Innovation Strategy
Agenda
1. What is Community Solar?
2. What is the DAC-GT/Green Access Program?
1. Regulatory History
2. Community Solar Procurement
3. Customer Eligibility
4. Customer Enrollment
5. Program Benefits
6. Cost Recovery
What is Community Solar?
What is Community Solar?
Key features of Community Solar
• Solar photovoltaic (PV) system between
1 – 20 MW in size
• Battery energy storage systems (BESS)
can be added
• Connected to the utility’s distribution
grid (i.e., front-of-the meter (FTM)
system)
• Customers subscribe to a particular
project and the load serving entity (LSE)
virtually assigns the electricity and
environmental benefits to the customer
Benefits
• Enables customers who
cannot install solar on their
property to access 100%
renewable energy
• Particularly well suited for
renters and other vulnerable
customers
• Brings electricity generation
closer to customers, thereby
reducing the need for
transmission lines
Challenges
• Often referred to as the
“missing middle” between the
work of Power Resources
(supply-side) and Energy
Programs (demand-side)
• Resource development tends to
be expensive as projects are
located closer to urban centers
• Typically requires a public
mandate and funding to
succeed
What is Community Solar?
Benefits and Challenges
What is the DAC-GT / Green
Access Program?
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Regulatory History
• CPUC Decision (D.) 18-06-027 created the
disadvantaged communities (DAC) green
tariff (DAC-GT) program
• Community Solar program with the goal to
increase access to solar for income-qualified
residents in DACs
• CCAs were authorized to offer the program
to their customers and recover all program
costs
• The only CPUC ratepayer-funded program for
CCAs besides energy efficiency programs
• PCE branded the DAC-GT program as the
“Green Access Program”
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Community Solar Procurement
PCE’s Capacity Allocation
• 3.7 MW from April 2022 through 2025
• 6 MW since 2025
New Dedicated Resources
• Located in – or within 5 miles of – a DAC in PG&E’s
service territory
• 3 MW Dos Palos project came online in March 2025
• RFP for another 3 MW resource is ongoing (solar
only or solar + storage)
Interim Resource
• PCE can serve customers with “interim resources”
while it is procuring dedicated resources
Dos Palos Project
in Los Banos
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Customer Eligibility
• Residential customer
• Must be a PCE customer
• Income-qualified customers on CARE or
FERA rates
• Customer account is located in a DAC in
PCE’s service area
DACs in PCE’s Service Area
DACs are defined as the top 25% of census tracts in California with a high pollution burden per the CalEnviroScreen (CES) tool
Census Tract Total
Population ZIP Approximate Location
CES 4.0
Percentile
6047002201 6249 93635 Los Banos 97.09
6047002302 15950 93635 Los Banos 89.38
6081602100 3700 94080 South San
Francisco 84.87
6081610201 5568 94063 Redwood City 84.22
6081602300 4196 94080 South San
Francisco 83.33
6081606200 7788 94401 San Mateo 78.34
6081612000 7091 94303 East Palo Alto 76.97
6081604101 8053 94066 San Bruno 76.56
6081610202 4013 94063 Redwood City 75.62
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Customer Enrollment
• Customers are auto-enrolled up to the
program cap
• Customers remain enrolled for the duration
of the program (up to 20 years) unless
they move
• The program is fully enrolled. Each 1-2
months, ~ 50 customers are newly
enrolled due to churn
• New customer enrollments (due to churn)
are randomly selected from the eligible
customer list
• Customers on the Arrearage Management Plan
(AMP) get priority enrollment
100%
renewable
energy
6 MW of
new solar
(+storage)
$2.5 M
customer
savings
2600 low-income
customers
enrolled
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Program Benefits
What is the PCE Green Access Program?
Cost Recovery
• Funded through public purpose program
(PPP) funds recovered through the IOU’s
distribution rates
• CCAs get full cost recovery for all program
costs including above-market generation
costs, customer bill discounts, and
program administration/staffing costs
• Cost recovery for full 20 years of program
operation
Questions? Comments?
Jana Kopyciok-Lande
Director of Innovation Strategy
[email protected]
Stephen Campbell
Senior Analyst, Innovation Strategy
[email protected]
First Amendment
to the DAC-GT/
Green Access
Program Interim
Resource Contract
Jana Kopyciok-Lande,
Director of Innovation Strategy
Agenda
1. Initial Interim Resource Contract
2. First Amendment
3. Recommendation
Interim Resource Contract
Initial Interim Resource Contract
• “Interim resources” may be used to serve
customers quicker while the dedicated solar
resource is being developed
• Interim resources must meet all the
requirements for dedicated resources (e.g.
located in a DAC)
• PCE signed an initial contract for an interim
resource with Marin Clean Energy in
November 2021
• 3.74 MW Goose Lake solar project in Lost Hills, CA
• 5-year term (2022 – 2027)
• Not-to-exceed budget: $8.4 million
Interim Resource Contract
First Amendment
Triggered by
• Capacity allocation expanded to 6 MW
• First dedicated resource, the 3 MW Dos Palos
project, came online in March 2025
Amendment Provisions
• Contract capacity reduced to 3 MW
• Term extended through 2030
• Addition of the Corcoran solar facility, located in
Corcoran, CA
• PCE can terminate the contract at the end of any
calendar month with 180 days notice
• Not-to-exceed budget increased to $11.5 million
(above-market costs are reimbursed)
Recommendation
Delegate authority to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute the First Amendment to the “WSPP Confirmation Bundled Renewable Energy Portfolio Content Category One (PCC1) Agreement” (Interim Resource Contract) with Marin Clean Energy (MCE) for an interim resource for the PCE Green Access Program, revising the contract not-to-exceed (NTE) amount to $11.5 Million and extending the contract term to December 31, 2030.
Questions? Comments?
Jana Kopyciok-Lande
Director of Innovation Strategy
[email protected]
Shayna Levia
Power Resources Analyst
[email protected]
Selection of the
Board Chair and
Vice Chair
(Action)
Nominating Committee
Nominating Committee Recommendation
Nominating Committee Members:
Director Colson, Director DeGolia, Director Nash
Recommendation:
The nominating committee recommends that Director Medina and Director Ragsdale serve as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively.
Board Members’ Reports
Adjournment