Agenda — Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors, March 17, 2022

Governing Board and Alternates
Chair: Alice Dowdin Calvillo, City of Auburn
Vice Chair: Jeff Duncan, Town of Loomis
Wes Heathcock, City of Colfax
John Hidahl, County of El Dorado
Jim Holmes, County of Placer
Greg Janda, City of Rocklin
Suzanne Jones, County of Placer
Dan Karleskint, City of Lincoln
Dennis Thomas, City of Placerville
Alternate City of Colfax, David Ackerman
Alternate Town of Loomis, Jan Clark-Crets
Alternate County of Placer, Bonnie Gore
Alternate City of Lincoln, Paul Joiner
Alternate County of El Dorado, Lori Parlin
Alternate City of Rocklin, Joe Patterson
Alternate City of Auburn, Rachel Radell-Harris
Alternate City of Placerville, Michael Saragosa
The Pioneer Board Regular Session will be live streamed and can be accessed and viewed at the following web link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89967227073.

The Pioneer Community Energy Governing Board determined that as a result of the COVID-19 state of emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees at the meetings of the Board of Directors and all other legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy which includes all of its Board appointed Committees; and directed that the meetings of the Board of Directors and all other legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy be conducted pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e) (AB 361) and other applicable provisions of the Brown Act.

In order to protect public health and the safety of our Placer and El Dorado County residents, the Public Comment for the Pioneer Governing Board Meeting will be offered through the Zoom platform. Public access to The Pioneer Governing Board Meeting will be entirely by remote audio/visual participation. Therefore, the meeting will be closed to in-person public participation.

Residents who wish to comment should be prepared to use the Zoom platform via computer or telephone. Public Comment will be opened for each agenda item in sequence.

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March 17, 2022
Pioneer Community Energy Offices
2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677
3:00 PM Regular Session
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I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION – PART I
A. CALL TO ORDER

1. Roll Call
B. AGENDA REVIEW
C. PRESENTATIONS BY THE PUBLIC ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD Persons may address the Board on items not on this agenda. Please limit comments to 3 minutes per person. According to State Law (the Brown Act), items must first be noticed on the agenda before any discussion or action. The Board is prohibited from discussing issues not on the agenda brought to them at this time.

II. CONSENT AGENDA
1) APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
All items on the Consent Agenda have been recommended for approval by the Executive Director. All Consent items will be approved by a single vote. Anyone may ask to address Consent items prior to the Board acting, and the item may be moved for discussion. a) ADMINISTRATION
Approve minutes of the February 17, 2022 regular meeting. (ACTION - ECKERT) b) ADMINISTRATION
To continue meetings by teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e), find that: (1) the Board has reconsidered the circumstances of the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person. (ACTION - ECKERT)
c) FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
Receive Draft Financial Reports for January 2022. (ACTION - KOEHN) d) ADMINISTRATION
Affirm existing committee members to the Energy Procurement Review Committee, the Audit & Finance Committee, and the Expansion Committee through January 2023. (ACTION - ECKERT)

REGULAR SESSION
III. REGULAR AGENDA
2) ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE
Board Meeting Options (ACTION - KOEHN)
Recommendation: Approve staff recommendation to conduct meetings of the Board of Directors in a hybrid format in Pioneer’s office space and to maintain social distancing by limiting in-person Board members to five in attendance (Option 1). 3) LEGISLATIVE & REGULATORY
Receive and Approve the 2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform (ACTION - KANG) Recommendation: Receive and approve the 2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform that includes the following recommendations: adopt a support position on AB 1814 (Grayson), AB 1956 (Mathis), SB 612 (Portantino), and SB 833 (Dodd); adopt a support if amended position on SB 881 (Min); adopt an oppose position on SB 529 (Hertzberg) and SB 1287 (Bradford).
4) ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE
FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget Update (ACTION - KOEHN) Recommendation: Adopt Resolution adopting the FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget. 5) ADMINISTRATION
Strategic Plan Update (DISCUSSION - ECKERT)
Recommendation: Receive a progress report on the objectives that support the priorities in the Fiscal Year 2021-2024 Pioneer Community Energy Strategic Plan.

IV. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION – PART II
A. BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
B. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMUNICATIONS
C. ITEMS FOR INFORMATION

1. Glossary of Terms
D. ADJOURNMENT
Pioneer Community Energy is committed to ensuring that persons with disabilities are provided the resources to participate fully in its public meetings. If you are hearing impaired, we have listening devices available. If you require additional disability-related modifications or accommodations, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Clerk of the Board. If requested, the agenda shall be provided in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities. All requests must be in writing and must be received by the Clerk five business days prior to the scheduled meeting for which you are requesting accommodation. Requests received after such time will be accommodated only if time permits.

Next Regular Meeting Scheduled for:

April 21, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Pioneer Community Energy Offices
2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677
Affidavit of Posting
I, Teresa Willock, Board Secretary, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda for the March 17, 2022 regular meeting of the Pioneer Community Energy Governing Board was posted and available for public review on March 11, 2022 at the offices of Pioneer Community Energy, 2510 Warren Drive, Suite B, Rocklin, CA 95677; and was available on the Pioneer website at:
http://pioneercommunityenergy.ca.gov/about-us/agendas-and-minutes/.

All public materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the Governing Board after distribution of the agenda packet are also made available for public inspection on Pioneer’s website at:
http://pioneercommunityenergy.ca.gov/about-us/agendas-and-minutes/. Any document provided at the meeting by staff or by the public will be provided by the Board Clerk upon request by phone at (916) 758-8946, or by email at: [email protected].

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY

GOVERNING BOARD
February 17, 2022
Minutes
Entry No. 1
Heard General Administration Functions, Part I.

Call to Order
Pioneer Community Energy Governing Board met in open session at 3:00 PM on February 17, 2022.

Pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e) and other applicable provisions of the Brown Act, the meeting was conducted via live streamed teleconference accessed and viewed at the following web link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89967227073.

Roll Call
P A Title Name Agency
x Chair Alice Dowdin Calvillo City of Auburn
x Vice Chair Jeff Duncan Town of Loomis
x Director Wes Heathcock City of Colfax
x Director John Hidahl County of El Dorado
x Director Jim Holmes County of Placer
x Director Greg Janda City of Rocklin
x Director Suzanne Jones County of Placer
x Director Dan Karleskint City of Lincoln
x Director Michael Saragosa City of Placerville
Chair Dowdin Calvillo presided over the meeting.

Chair Dowdin Calvillo welcomed Director Thomas as Member appointed by the City of Placerville and announced that Director Saragosa will now take the role of Alternate Member.

Director Thomas greeted the Board, commended Pioneer Community Energy on the progress made, and expressed his enthusiasm in serving in this capacity.

Approved the Agenda without objection and substitute the previous roll call for the vote.

MOTION: Holmes/Duncan.

There were no comments from members of the public on items not listed on this agenda.

Entry No. 2
Acted on the Consent Agenda as follows:

Approved minutes of the January 20, 2022 regular meeting.

Adopted Resolution 2022-5 approving an updated Records Retention Schedule for Pioneer Community Energy and authorizing the Executive Director to make any further updates, as approved by the General Counsel, to the Retention Schedule and the Records Management, Retention and Destruction Policy.

Received Quarterly Financial Reports through December 2021.

Approved the Consent Agenda less Item 1b, To continue meetings by teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e), (1) the Board has reconsidered the circumstances of the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person, which was pulled for separate consideration.

MOTION: Holmes/Jones.

Approved the Agenda without objection and substitute the previous roll call for the vote.

Entry No. 3
To continue meetings by teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e), (1) the Board reconsidered the circumstances of the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic; and found (2) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person; and moved to amend the action to authorize the Executive Director to move forward with development of hybrid in-person meetings.

MOTION: Hidahl/Karleskint.

ROLL CALL VOTE: 9:0:0
AYES: Dowdin Calvillo, Duncan, Heathcock, Hidahl, Holmes, Janda, Jones, Karleskint, Thomas.

Entry No. 4
Adopted Resolution 2022-6 approving Amendment No. 6 to Pioneer Community Energy’s By-Laws establishing procedures related to ad hoc and standing committees.

MOTION: Hidahl/Karleskint.

ROLL CALL VOTE: 9:0:0
AYES: Dowdin Calvillo, Duncan, Heathcock, Hidahl, Holmes, Janda, Jones, Karleskint, Thomas.

Entry No. 5
Received a report on the State of the Utility reviewing where Pioneer Community Energy has been, the major initiatives of this year and where the utility is projected to be at the end of 2022 and beyond.

Director Duncan inquired if there would be more than one Key Accounts Manager; stated that Pioneer needs more employees; and suggested that it would be advantageous to utilize the Board Members in identifying key accounts within their respective agencies.

Director Heathcock inquired about Key Account designations; and if Pioneer’s Green100 procurement counted as clean energy per SB 1383 (organics).

Entry No. 6
Received a report on the plan to reconnect with customers and improve Pioneer Community Energy’s customer participation rate.

Director Karleskint requested that messaging for El Dorado County opt-outs would include benefit of coming back to Pioneer prior to July 1 and that waiting until after July 1 would result in a new vintage year and less savings.

Chair Dowdin Calvillo requested distribution of individual agency opt-out numbers and reasons; and encouraged the Board to share posts regarding Pioneer to increase participation rates and provide information.

Entry No. 7
Received a report on activities related to expansion of Pioneer Community Energy’s existing service territory.

Governing Board Minutes
February 17, 2022

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Executive Director Eckert (1) reported that the Expansion Committee approved funding for an impact assessment study with Nevada County and a not-to-exceed budget of $75,000 for studies with other potential applicants; (2) updated the Board that the Committee will be meeting prior to the July Board meeting; and expect to propose an amendment to the JPA and an Implementation Plan by end of year; and (3) commended the Board for providing equity to surrounding communities.

Entry No. 8
Heard General Administration Functions, Part II.

A. Board Member Communications
Chair Dowdin Calvillo reported that on February 10, 2022, the Expansion Committee elected officers for 2022; received a presentation from staff on expansion activities; and approved funding for an impact assessment study with Nevada County and a not-to-exceed budget of $75,000 for studies with other potential applicants. The Committee will be meeting again in a few months to review the results of the studies.

Director Holmes reported that he had received a call from Placer County Treasurer/Tax Collector Jenine Windeshausen who announced her upcoming retirement; and commended her work to launch the CCA.

Director Janda reported that on January 12, 2022, the Audit & Finance Committee received a presentation from Pioneer’s independent auditor firm Pisenti & Brinker on Pioneer’s financials as of June 30, 2021; received an update that since the Pioneer rate adjustment is at a discount to PG&E’s rates, the mid-year budget would be brought to the Board in March when the PG&E rate adjustments are expected to be finalized; and received staff’s presentation on the upcoming Pioneer Cyber Security and the tri-annual Automated Metering Infrastructure Audit.

B. Executive Director Communications
Executive Director Eckert reported that Pioneer continues to receive inquiries regarding the Time-of-Use (TOU) options and will be hosting an informational webinar on March 15th along with PG&E representatives to explain the TOU rate and impacts to Pioneer customers.

Executive Director Eckert also reported that PG&E customer generation rates and the Power Cost Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) rate were approved by the CPUC on February 10th and PG&E is required to release their rate schedules by February 25th.

Executive Director Eckert concluded his report by updating the Board on Net Billing (NEM 3.0) which was removed from the CPUC agenda due to the new president taking office and will be discussed at a time yet to be determined. Pioneer supports the efforts to reduce cost-shifts and encourages solar paired with energy storage, but we do not support a fixed charge that harms current and future solar customers. A letter, which has been provided to the Board for review, will be issued by Pioneer to the CPUC and Governor’s Office formalizing our opinion.

C. Informational Items
Received the Glossary of Terms.

D. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 4:35 PM

ATTEST:

Minutes approved as presented by a majority vote
of the Governing Board on March 17, 2022.

Teresa Willock, Board Secretary
Governing Board Minutes
February 17, 2022

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Staff Report – Item 1b
To: The Governing Board
From: Casey Strong, Acting General Counsel
Item 1b: Reconsideration of the circumstances of the COVID-19 state of emergency to determine whether the legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy will continue to hold meetings via teleconferencing and making findings pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e)(3)
Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
To continue meetings by teleconferencing pursuant to Government Code Section 54953(e), find that: (1) the Board has reconsidered the circumstances of the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic; and (2) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person.

BACKGROUND
The Board of Directors and other legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy have met remotely throughout the pandemic to protect the health and safety of the public and staff.

To continue to hold teleconferenced meetings under AB 361, a legislative body of a local public agency must make two findings. First, there must be a declared state of emergency and the legislative body must find that it has “reconsidered” the circumstances of such emergency. Second, the legislative body must find that either (a) State or local officials continue to impose or recommend social distancing measures, or (b) the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the legislative body’s members to meet safely in person.

These findings must be made within 30 days after the first meeting under AB 361 and at least every 30 days thereafter, or the legislative body’s initial determination will lapse.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
The factual circumstances exist for Pioneer Community Energy to continue to hold meetings pursuant to AB 361.

The state of emergency is still in effect and on February 17, 2022, the Board of Directors determined that as a result of the COVID-19 state of emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees at the meetings of the Board of Directors and all other legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy.

The California Department of Public Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) have cautioned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is more transmissible than prior variants of the virus, and that even fully vaccinated individuals can spread the virus to others resulting in rapid and alarming rates of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. On January 4th, in an effort to support local hospitals impacted by the sharp rise in COVID-related cases, Placer County Public Health extended the health warning that was issued in late summer to urge all residents to use high-quality medical masks while in indoor settings.

COVID-19 spreads more easily indoors, and people are more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 when they are closer than 6 feet apart from others for longer periods of time. The size and unique characteristics of the Pioneer facilities remains a factor for the health and safety risks associated with in-person meetings, including the increased mixing associated with bringing people together from across several communities; the need to enable those who are immunocompromised or unvaccinated to be able to safely continue to particulate in Pioneer fJONEER

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Agenda Item: 1b Agenda Date: 3/17/2022

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meetings; and the challenge of achieving compliance with safety requirements and recommendations in such settings.

By reconsidering the circumstances of the state of emergency created by the COVID-19 pandemic and finding that the state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person, the public meetings of Pioneer Community Energy can continue to be conducted by Zoom or in a hybrid meeting format for the next 30 days. At such time that these findings can no longer be made, it will be necessary to return to in-person meetings.

STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Policy 1: Local Engagement, Objective 1.5

FISCAL IMPACT
None

ATTACHMENTS
None

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Staff Report – Item 1c
To: The Governing Board
From: Brad Koehn, Director of Finance and Administration Item 1c: Receive Draft Financial Reports for January 2022 Date: 3/17/2022

ACTION REQUESTED
Receive draft Financial Reports for January 2022.

BACKGROUND
The Year-To-Date (YTD) financial reports are produced by Maher Accountancy for Board member and management review. Although these reports are unaudited, they provide the most up-to-date financial data for Pioneer Community Energy. Financials for the mPOWER program continue to be reviewed by both the Placer County Treasurer’s Office and Maher Accountancy to ensure accuracy and completeness and will be provided in upcoming reports to the Board. For January 2022, the financial reporting package includes the following reports for the CCA Fund only:
• Statement of Net Position (Balance Sheet) – Accounting of Assets, Liabilities and Net Position as of the reporting period end date for the CCA program. • Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Position (P&L) – Accounting of all revenues, expenses, and changes in net position on a YTD basis through the reporting period end date for the CCA program.
• Budget to Actuals – Comparison of budget to actuals on a YTD basis through the reporting period end date for the CCA program.

STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Priority 5: Financial Stability & Strategic Growth

FISCAL IMPACT
The YTD change in net position through seven months of the fiscal year is $3.9 million.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Financial Reports through November 30, 2021
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COMMUNITY ENERGY
1 ACCOUNTANTS COMPILATION REPORT
Management
Pioneer Community Energy
Management is responsible for the accompanying financial statements of the CCA Program of Pioneer Community Energy (a California Joint Powers Authority) which comprise the statement of net position as of January 31, 2022, and the related statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position for the period then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We have performed a compilation engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA. We did not audit or review the accompanying statements nor were we required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion, conclusion, nor provide any assurance on these financial statements.

Management has elected to omit substantially all of the disclosures and the statement of cash flows required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in these interim financial statements. If the omitted disclosures were included in these financial statements, they might influence the users conclusions about PCEs financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

Accordingly, these financial statements are not designed for those who are not informed about such matters.

We are not independent with respect to the Pioneer Community Energy because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
March 5, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com MAHER

ACCOUNTANCY
CCA Fund
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 27,435,920 $
Accounts receivable, net of allowance 8,330,066
Accrued revenue 5,236,425
Other receivables 195,591
Prepaid expenses 67,301
Deposits 5,916,247
Total current assets 47,181,550

LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Accrued cost of energy 8,729,011
Accounts payable 372,914
Other accrued liabilities 187,525
Interest payable 33,672
Note payable 541,252
Total current liabilities 9,864,374
Noncurrent liabilities
Note payable 9,612,609
Total noncurrent liabilities 9,612,609
Total liabilities 19,476,983

NET POSITION
Unrestricted net position 27,704,567
Total net position 27,704,567 $

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
As of January 31, 2022

CCA FUND
See accountants' compilation report. 2
CCA Fund

OPERATING REVENUES
Electricity sales, net 56,347,909 $
Other income 182,813
Total operating revenues 56,530,722

OPERATING EXPENSES
Cost of electricity 48,508,365
Contract services 2,317,359
Staff compensation 1,319,105
General and administration 319,698
Total operating expenses 52,464,527
Operating income (loss) 4,066,195

NONOPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Investment gains (losses) 49,308
Interest and financing expense (236,466)
Nonoperating revenues (expenses), net (187,158)
CHANGE IN NET POSITION 3,879,037
Net position at beginning of period 23,825,530
Net position at end of period 27,704,567 $

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY
Seven Months Ended January 31, 2022

AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES

CCA FUND
See accountants' compilation report. 3
ACCOUNTANTS COMPILATION REPORT
Board of Directors
Pioneer Community Energy
Management is responsible for the accompanying special purpose statement for the CCA Program of Pioneer Community Energy (PCE), a California Joint Powers Authority, which comprise the budgetary comparison schedule for the period ended January 31, 2022, and for determining that the budgetary basis of accounting is an acceptable financial reporting framework. We have performed a compilation engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA. We did not audit or review the accompanying statement nor were we required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion, a conclusion, nor provide any assurance on this special purpose budgetary comparison statement.

The special purpose statement is prepared in accordance with the budgetary basis of accounting, which is a basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This report is intended for the information of the Board of Directors of PCE.

Management has elected to omit substantially all of the note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in these interim financial statements.

PCEs annual audited financial statements will include the note disclosures omitted from these interim statements. If the omitted disclosures were included in these financial statements, they might influence the users conclusions about PCEs financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.

Accordingly, these financial statements are not designed for those who are not informed about such matters.

We are not independent with respect to PCE because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
March 5, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com MAHER

ACCOUNTANCY
4 2021/22 YTD
Budget
2021/22 YTD
Actual
2021/22 YTD
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
2021/22
YTD
Actual/
Budget %
2021/22
Budget
2021/22
Budget
Remaining

ENERGY REVENUES
Electricity Sales 57,864,621 $ 57,050,972 $ (813,649) $ 99% 107,068,408 $ 50,017,436 $ Less Uncollectible Accounts (585,556) (703,062) (117,506) 120% (1,083,470) (380,408) Congestion Revenue Rights 691,009 2,336,123 1,645,114 338% 1,278,592 (1,057,531) Total Operating Revenues 57,970,074 58,684,033 713,960 107,263,530 48,579,497

ENERGY REVENUES
Power Supply 50,844,488 55,168,960 (4,324,472) 92% 98,516,000 47,671,512 OPERATING MARGIN 7,839,545 2,801,114 5,038,431 8,747,530 907,985

OPERATING EXPENSES
Administration
Compensation 306,651 310,130 (3,479) 99% 531,651 225,000 Contract services 181,125 92,850 (88,275) 51% 310,500 217,650 Operating Expenses 381,593 274,895 (106,698) 72% 654,159 379,264 Total Administration expenses 872,848 674,396 (198,452) 1,496,310 821,914 Finance
Compensation 379,771 397,318 (17,547) 96% 681,117 301,346 Contract services 207,864 207,947 83 100% 356,338 148,391 Operating Expenses 125,392 42,440 (82,952) 34% 214,957 172,517 Total Finance expenses 730,574 630,158 (100,416) 1,252,412 622,254 Power Procurement
Compensation 251,242 270,913 (19,672) 93% 464,423 213,181 Contract services 347,824 746,434 398,611 215% 596,269 (150,165) Operating Expenses 1,750 231 (1,519) 13% 3,000 2,769
Total Power Procurement expenses 997,907 620,487 377,420 1,063,692 65,785 Account Care
Compensation 131,654 145,039 (13,385) 91% 248,639 116,985 Contract services 861,467 615,994 (245,473) 72% 1,476,800 860,806 Operating Expenses 382,900 243,704 (139,196) 64% 656,400 412,696 Total Power Account Care expenses 1,389,406 991,353 (398,053) 2,381,839 1,390,486 Marketing & Communications
Compensation 121,667 196,622 (74,955) 62% 337,066 215,399 Contract services 208,215 120,722 (87,493) 58% 356,940 236,218 Operating Expenses 115,290 138,071 22,781 120% 197,640 59,569 Total Marketing expenses 520,127 380,461 (139,666) 891,646 511,185 Legislative & Regulatory
Compensation 122,642 165,164 (42,522) 74% 283,138 160,496 Contract services 214,807 153,356 (61,451) 71% 368,240 214,884 Operating Expenses 29,488 412 (29,076) 1% 50,550 50,138 Total Legislative expenses 409,458 276,409 (133,049) 701,928 425,519 Programs
Compensation 5,480 30,999 (25,519) 18% 53,141 47,661
Contract services - - - - -
Operating Expenses 1,750 - (1,750) 0% 3,000 3,000
Total Programs expenses 32,749 5,480 (27,269) 56,141 50,661 Total Operating Expenses 4,575,648 3,956,163 (619,485) 7,843,968 3,887,805

NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Investment gains (losses) - 49,308 49,308 - (49,308)
Miscellaneous income - 182,813 182,813 - (182,813)
Principal payments (315,000) (301,824) 13,176 96% (540,000) (238,176) Interest and related expenses (239,169) (236,465) 2,704 99% (410,000) (173,535) Nonoperating revenues (expenses), net (306,168) (554,169) 248,001 (950,000) (643,832) Total Expenses (Energy, Operating, Non-Operating) 60,298,777 55,106,820 (5,191,957) 107,309,968 52,203,148 Contribution to/(from) Reserves (2,328,703) $ 3,577,214 $ 5,905,917 $ (46,438) $ (3,623,652) $

BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULE
Seven Months Ended January 31, 2022

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY

CCA FUND

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Staff Report – Item 1d
To: The Governing Board
From: Don Eckert, Executive Director
Item 1d: Affirm Existing Committee Members through January 2023 Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
Affirm existing committee members to the Energy Procurement Review Committee, the Audit & Finance Committee, and the Expansion Committee through January 2023.

BACKGROUND
At the February 17, 2022, Governing Board meeting, the Board approved amendment No. 6 to the Pioneer Community Energy (“Pioneer”) Bylaws establishing procedures related to ad hoc and standing committees.

Section 5.2. Membership. The membership of any such committee shall be approved by the Governing Body by majority vote. Except as otherwise provided by the Governing Body, existing committee members shall be affirmed by the Governing Body each year at its February meeting, or as soon thereafter as in reasonably practicable, unless they provide advance notice to the Chairperson of the Authority that they desire to step down from the committee; they are otherwise removed or replaced by the Governing Body; or the committee is dissolved. The Governing Body may remove a committee member from a committee, with or without cause, by a majority vote. The Governing Body shall fill any vacancy in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
Staff has not received notification that an existing committee member wishes to step down from their current assignment(s). The following table shows the current membership for Pioneer’s committees.

STRATEGIC PLAN
The recommendation supports the Operational Excellence priority.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact with the recommendation.

ATTACHMENTS
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Audit & Finance Committee Expansion Committee Energy Procurement Review Committee Greg Janda (Chair) - Rocklin Alice Dowdin Calvillo (Chair) - Auburn Alice Dowdin Calvillo - Auburn Jeff Duncan (Vice Chair) - Loomis Jim Holmes (Vice Chair) - Placer County Jeff Duncan - Loomis Dan Karleskint - Lincoln Dan Karleskint - Lincoln Greg Janda - Rocklin Michael Saragosa - Placerville John Hidahl - El Dorado County (Chair/Vice Chair not selected for 2022 yet)
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Staff Report – Item 2
To: The Governing Board
From: Steve Lund, Program Specialist II
Item 2: Board Meeting Options
Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
Approve staff recommendation to conduct meetings of the Board of Directors in a hybrid format in Pioneer’s office space and to maintain social distancing by limiting in-person Board members to five in attendance (Option 1).

BACKGROUND
The Board of Directors and other legislative bodies of Pioneer Community Energy have met remotely throughout the pandemic to protect the health and safety of the public and staff. Remote meetings may continue while factual circumstances exist for Pioneer Community Energy to continue to hold meetings pursuant to AB 361.

The state of emergency is still in effect as of the writing of this report, March 9, 2022. However, during Pioneer’s Board meeting on February 17, 2022, there was discussion regarding the format of future Board meetings once AB 361 conditions were no longer met. Pioneer is dedicated to the health and safety of the public and staff as well as meeting legal requirements.

Another important development is the recent introduction of Assembly Bill 1944 (AB 1944) and Assembly Bill 2449 (AB 2449). As currently proposed, AB 1944 would amend the Brown Act’s teleconferencing notice requirements to provide that if a member of a legislative body chooses to teleconference from a location that is not public, their location does not need to be published on the agenda or accessible to the public. The bill further requires that if teleconferencing is used, the meeting must be livestreamed and have a call-in or audio-visual option for the public to address the body remotely. AB 2449 would also all local agencies to use teleconferencing without complying with the teleconferencing notice requirements, so long as a quorum of members participate in person from a single publicly-accessible location, members who teleconference use both audio and visual technology, and other requirements are met. AB 1944 and AB 2449 have been referred to the Committee on Local Government in the Assembly and, as of March 9, are awaiting hearings.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
Pioneer staff has identified options for future Board meetings with varying upfront and recurring costs. The options were developed to maintain social distancing which has proven to be effective in minimizing transmission of the COVID-19 virus. The main options considered were hybrid meetings using Pioneer’s office space, utilizing Placer County or El Dorado County’s chambers, or moving the meeting to another alternate location. The option to conduct Board meetings with all Board members present at the Pioneer office and open to the public is not possible if social distancing is to be maintained.

For each of the hybrid options below, if at any time the Board determines it is not able to make the AB 361 findings, the locations of any members participating by teleconference would need to be accessible to the public, included on the published agenda, and posted with the meeting agenda. fJONEER

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Option 1: Hybrid Board Meeting
This option would offer the choice for Board Members to attend at the meeting in-person or remotely.

Pro: No fiscal impact with this option and could be implemented beginning with the April Board meeting.

Con: To maintain social distancing, the meeting space would only be able to accommodate up to five (5) Board Members. Public comment would be limited to videoconferencing or teleconferencing.

Option 2: Hybrid meeting in Placer County/El Dorado Board of Supervisors Chambers This option would allow Pioneer to leverage its relationships with the Placer and El Dorado counties and utilize the Board of Supervisors Chambers.

Pro: The technology requirements are already in place and equipment cost would be less expensive than Option 3 but expected to be up to $2,000.

Con: This option has the same space limitations as Option 1 and would limit Board Member in-person attendance.

Option 3: Hybrid meeting at an Alternative Location
Staff has identified the Rocklin Event Center as a viable option for conducting in-person meetings with a hybrid option and minimal capacity limitations.

Pro: All Board Members would be able to attend in-person and adhere to social distancing recommendations while accommodating in-person public attendance.

Con: There is one-time equipment investment up to $20,900 with an annual fee of $16,500 that includes upgraded streaming platform and rental charges.

Recommendation
Conduct hybrid Board meetings in Pioneer’s office space and maintain social distancing limiting in-person Board members to five in attendance (Option 1).

Longer-Term View–
As Pioneer evolves into a regional utility, the Board may consider an option to maintain Pioneer’s office as its home base for Board meetings, while providing the ability to hold meetings in locations in Pioneer’s expanding service territory periodically.

STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Priority 4: Operational Excellence
Reliability is central to our efforts and a core value of Pioneer. By prioritizing operational excellence, we retain our independence and agility as a provider while supporting our community by offering more options for reliable energy.

FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact would depend on the option chosen by the Board. Staff believes that budget capacity from the IT division would be sufficient to fund the equipment costs.

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Staff Report – Item 3
To: The Governing Board
From: Zachary Boehme, Legislative and Regulatory Analyst Item 3: Receive and Approve the 2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
Receive and approve the 2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform that includes the following recommendations: adopt a support position on AB 1814 (Grayson), AB 1956 (Mathis), SB 612 (Portantino), and SB 833 (Dodd); adopt a support if amended position on SB 881 (Min); adopt an oppose position on SB 529 (Hertzberg) and SB 1287 (Bradford).

BACKGROUND
Pioneer Community Energy (Pioneer) develops a Legislative Policy and Platform (Legislative Platform) annually in order to provide guidance and direction for Pioneer staff (staff) to respond in a timely and nimble manner, as changes occur quickly in a dynamic legislative environment. After identifying bills that fit the descriptions of the legislative policy and platform objectives mentioned below, staff ranks the bills as support, watch, or oppose based on how they would impact Pioneer.

The California State Legislature reconvened on January 3, 2022, and the final bill introduction deadline was February 18, 2022. Many important bills have carried over from 2021 and many important new bills have been introduced in 2022 that may affect the energy market, generally, and Pioneer, specifically. Bill measures included in the Legislative Platform will likely be altered in intention, scope, and potential impact through amendments during the 2022 session. Staff will continue to monitor and keep the Board apprised accordingly if recommended positions should be revised. The attached Legislative Platform lists current bills of interest and bill measures being monitored and are not fully inclusive of all the bills on the legislative agenda.

Pioneer Community Energy Legislative Policy
Pioneer supports legislation that enables, protects, and enhances Pioneer’s priorities and ability to serve its customers as determined by the Governing Board of Pioneer.

Pioneer’s priorities are:
• To maintain local control for the purpose of preserving the ability to self-procure its power resources, and to self-determine its rates and the energy programs it offers to its residents, businesses, and the communities it serves, through the mechanisms of local governance • To provide lower and more stable rates for its customers • To provide economic benefits to its customers and the communities it serves • To have maximum flexibility to utilize and develop local resources for economic, social and environmental benefit
Pioneer will support legislation which enables, protects, and enhances the development and expansion of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs, and that supports CCA independence in procurement, program deployment, management and decision making.
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Pioneer will support legislation which allows it to development and procure local energy generation resources to meet the needs of its electric customers, particularly biomass and other base load resources such as waste to energy.

Pioneer will support legislation which promotes a neutral, fair, and competitive energy market. Pioneer will oppose legislation that jeopardizes Pioneer’s independence to self-procure its power resources, determine its rates and the energy programs it provides to its customers in the present, or could restrict its independence to do so in the future.

Platform Objectives for 2022
• Protect and enhance local control and ability to self-govern, self-procure power resources, determine rates and energy programs
• Ensure CCA inclusion in market opportunities and programs • Prevent development of new, or increased non-bypassable charges from legislative mandates or policy direction, or other costs to Pioneer or its customers that do not provide commensurate benefit, and to phase out or eliminate existing non-bypassable charges that do not provide commensurate benefit • Protect and enhance procurement independence and local control of CCA governing boards • Protect and enhance independence to administer energy efficiency, integrated distributed energy resources, and to receive the renewable energy credits and other benefits from the administration of such programs
• Protect and enhance the ability to develop local renewable generation from local sources including but not limited to biomass, waste-to-energy, and bio-methane generation resources • Reform IOU procurement practices to minimize stranded load and mitigate non-bypassable charges to CCA customers.
• Protect, support, and participate in the development of energy policy that is balanced, inclusive, and fair for all load serving entities and the customers they serve.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
Pioneer developed the 2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform based on the legislative policy and objectives mentioned above. All relevant bills were analyzed, summarized, and generally ranked as Support, Watch, or Oppose by staff. The following key bills are the highest priority Assembly and Senate bills introduced this session for Pioneer and have been designated a position of Support, Oppose or Watch, and sometimes denoting, Unless Amended.

Support: Pioneer will support in various ways that may include co-sponsorship, writing letters of support, lobbying other market participants to support, support through California Community Choice Association (CalCCA), requesting Member Agencies to offer their support, etc.

Oppose: Pioneer will oppose in various ways that may include writing letters of opposition, lobbying other market participants to oppose, oppose through CalCCA, requesting Member Agencies to oppose, etc.

Watch: Pioneer will monitor and continue to watch, offer support, or oppose depending on the direction of the bill.

Highest Priority Bills to Support or Oppose in 2022
AB 1814, Grayson (D) – Transportation electrification: community choice aggregators Impact to Pioneer: Yes
Existing law requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in consultation with the Agenda Item: 3 Agenda Date: 3/17/2022

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State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the California State Air Resources Board (CARB) to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification. Existing law requires the CPUC to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism.

This bill would, as part of the CPUC program described above, authorize community choice aggregators to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification on par with the IOUs.

AB 1956, Mathis (R) – Solid waste: woody biomass: collection and conversion Impact to Pioneer: Yes
This bill would create a 5-year woody biomass rural county collection and disposal pilot program to be administered by the Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery. The bill would require the department, pursuant to the program, to award funding to participating counties with a total population of less than 250,000 for the purpose of conducting community collection days on which individuals could dispose of woody biomass and other source-separated biomass free of charge.

The bill would require a county awarded funding under the program to contract with a local biomass conversion facility to collect and convert the biomass in a way that results in less greenhouse gas emitted than if the biomass had been disposed of. The bill would require the department to report specified program information to the Legislature after the conclusion of the program.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support. This woody biomass pilot program could be beneficial considering Pioneer’s interest in promoting biomass, its proximity to biomass facilities, and the forest management and tree mortality issues in its territory. Moreover, El Dorado County could directly benefit from this program as the County population is under the 250,000 population maximum required for program eligibility. Staff will continue to support and monitor this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

SB 612, Portantino (D) – Electrical corporations and other load serving entities:
allocation of legacy resources
Impact to Pioneer: Yes
This bill would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to other LSEs, including ESPs and CCAs, that serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would authorize a LSE within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage Agenda Item: 3 Agenda Date: 3/17/2022

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proportional share of the resources received. The bill would require the Commission to recognize and account for the value of all products in the electrical corporation’s legacy resource portfolio in determining the nonbypassable charge to be paid by bundled and departing load customers to recover the costs of legacy resources.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support. This bill proposes the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) Working Group 3 report to ensure fair and equal access to the benefits of legacy resources held in IOU portfolios and address the management of these resources to maximize value for all customers. The bill is sponsored by CalCCA and supported by many CCAs, as means to address unfavorable PCIA issues that continue to be maintained by the CPUC. SB 612 was amended on April 13, 2021, before passing out of the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee; subsequent amendments were taken on May 4 and May 20, 2021. The bill was amended to take out some of the prescriptiveness to enable the CPUC more oversight to develop the details on proportional allocation and maximize the value of the resources. SB 612 passed out of the Senate to the Assembly on June 1, 2021. It was anticipated that the bill would be heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee on June 30, 2021; however, the bill was pulled from the hearing agenda by Committee Chair Holden on June 28, 2021 making it ineligible for a June 30, 2021 hearing. SB 612 did not receive a hearing before the Policy Committee Deadline and is now a two-year bill. Former Chair Holden is no longer the Chair of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, which could signal hope of this bill being heard and passing. Staff will continue to monitor and support this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

SB 833, Dodd (D) – Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022 Impact to Pioneer: Yes
The Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022 would require the CPUC to develop and implement a grant program for local governments to develop community energy resilience plans and expedite permit review of distributed energy resources by local governments. The bill would require the plans to be consistent with the city, county, or city and county general plan and other local government planning documents. The bill would require a plan to, among other things, identify critical facilities, locations and facilities where the construction of microgrids or other distributed energy sources could meet local resilience needs, and potential funding sources for implementing projects in the plan. As a condition of receiving grant funding, the bill would require a local government to submit its plan to the commission within 6 months of adopting the plan.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support. This bill is a revisitation of SB 99 (Dodd) from 2021 which was held-up at the end of session last year. Pioneer supported SB 99. This bill could provide resources and funding sources to local government entities to meet local resilience needs, including identification of facilities and locations for the construction of microgrids. Staff will continue to monitor and support this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

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SB 881, Min (D) – Load-serving entities: integrated resource plans Impact to Pioneer: Potentially High
Under existing law, the CPUC is required to adopt a process for each LSE, including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, to file an integrated resource plan and a schedule for periodic updates to the plan to ensure that LSEs accomplish specified objectives. Existing law requires each LSE to prepare and file an integrated resource plan consistent with certain requirements on a time schedule directed by the commission and subject to commission review. This bill would require the CPUC to require each LSE to undertake sufficient procurement to achieve a diverse, balanced, and reliable statewide portfolio and realize specified electricity sector greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support if amended. This bill, sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists, would allow the CPUC to issue fines for LSEs that do not meet their procurement targets as outlined in their IRP. The bill could also lead to CPUC issued procurement mandates for LSEs that fail to meet their IRP objectives. This bill could seriously undermine Pioneer and CCAs’ procurement autonomy and lead to further procurement orders from the CPUC through the IRP process. Staff will continue to monitor this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

SB 529, Hertzberg (D) – Electricity: resource adequacy: multiyear centralized resource adequacy mechanism
Impact to Pioneer: Yes
Existing law requires the CPUC, in consultation with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving entities (LSEs), including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, in accordance with specified objectives. Existing law further requires each LSE to maintain physical generating capacity adequate to meet its load requirements, including peak demand and planning and operating reserves, deliverable to locations and at times as may be necessary to provide reliable electric service. This bill would authorize the CPUC to consider a multiyear centralized resource adequacy mechanism to meet specified resource adequacy objectives most efficiently and equitably.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Oppose. This bill is currently in spot form. This bill is a reintroduction of SB 350 (Hertzberg – 2019) that pushes the CPUC to adopt a multiyear resource adequacy process. Pioneer and CalCCA were opposed to SB 350. Staff will continue to monitor this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

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by posting a bond or demonstrating insurance in an amount deemed sufficient by the Commission to cover the costs of those reentry fees. Existing law, Commission Decision 18-05-022, creates a formula for calculating the FSR, which adds a per-customer administrative cost for returning customers to service by the electrical corporation to the costs for 6 months of incremental procurement, multiplied by the number of returning customers. Existing law obligates customers to pay the reentry fees if the ESP or CCA becomes insolvent. This bill would increase the minimum FSR to $500,000, rather than the current amount of $147,000; it would also increase from 6 to 12 months the minimum costs of incremental procurement incurred by the POLR.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Oppose. This bill would dramatically increase the costs to CCAs upon registration with the CPUC. It would also make registering a CCA cost prohibitive and could hinder further formation of CCAs. Staff will continue to monitor and oppose this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

ATTACHMENTS
2022 Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform
2022 State
Legislative Policy
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Alice Dowdin Calvillo, City of Auburn, Chair
Jeff Duncan, Town of Loomis, Vice Chair
Wes Heathcock, City of Colfax
John Hidahl, County of El Dorado
Jim Homes, County of Placer
Greg Janda, City of Rocklin
Suzanne Jones, County of Placer
Dan Karleskint, City of Lincoln
Dennis Thomas, City of Placerville
Alternates:

David Ackerman, City of Colfax
Jan Clark-Crets, Town of Loomis
Bonnie Gore, County of Placer
Paul Joiner, City of Lincoln
Lori Parlin, County of El Dorado
Joe Patterson, City of Rocklin
Rachel Radell-Harris, City of Auburn
Michael Saragosa, City of Placerville
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Pioneer Community Energy Governing Board..............................................................................i Pioneer Community Energy Legislative Policy and Objectives ................................................... 1 Pioneer Community Energy Legislative Policy........................................................................ 1 Platform Objectives for 2022 .................................................................................................. 1 2021 – 2022 Legislation............................................................................................................. 3 2021 – 2022 Priority Legislation Summary:......................................................................... 3 Highest Priority Active Bills Further Detail..............................................................................12 AB 1814, Grayson (D) – Transportation electrification: community choice aggregators......12 AB 1956, Mathis (R) – Solid waste: woody biomass: collection and conversion.................13 SB 612, Portantino (D) – Electrical corporations and other load serving entities: allocation of legacy resources................................................................................................................13 SB 833, Dodd (D) – Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022.........................................14 SB 881, Min (D) – Load-serving entities: integrated resource plans ...................................14 SB 529, Hertzberg (D) – Electricity: resource adequacy: multiyear centralized resource adequacy mechanism ........................................................................................................14 SB 1287, Bradford (D) – Electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators: financial security requirements (FSRs)..........................................................15 Spot Bills ...............................................................................................................................15 Legislative Representatives ......................................................................................................16 Senate ...............................................................................................................................16 Assembly ...........................................................................................................................16 Appendix A: 2022 Legislative Session Calendar (Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Calendar may Change Moving Forward)..................................................................................................17 Appendix B: Table of Acronyms ................................................................................................19 1 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 Pioneer Community Energy Legislative Policy and Objectives The purpose of this policy and its objectives is to provide guidance and direction for Pioneer staff to allow Pioneer staff to respond in a timely and nimble manner, as changes occur in a dynamic legislative environment.

Pioneer Community Energy Legislative Policy
Pioneer Community Energy supports legislation that enables, protects, and enhances Pioneer’s priorities and ability to serve its customers as determined by the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy.

Pioneer’s priorities are:
• To maintain local control for the purpose of preserving the ability to self-procure its power resources, and to self-determine its rates and the energy programs it offers to its residents, businesses, and the communities it serves, through the mechanisms of local governance
• To provide lower and more stable rates for its customers • To provide economic benefits to its customers and the communities it serves • To have maximum flexibility to utilize and develop local resources for economic, social and environmental benefit
Pioneer will support legislation which enables, protects, and enhances the development and expansion of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs, and that supports CCA independence in procurement, program deployment, management and decision making.

Pioneer will support legislation which promotes a neutral, fair, and competitive energy market.

Pioneer will oppose legislation that jeopardizes Pioneer’s independence to self-procure its power resources, determine its rates and the energy programs it provides to its customers in the present, or could restrict its independence to do so in the future.

Platform Objectives for 2022
• Protect and enhance local control and ability to self-govern, self-procure power resources, determine rates and energy programs
• Ensure CCA inclusion in market opportunities and programs • Prevent development of new, or increased non-bypassable charges from legislative mandates or policy direction, or other costs to Pioneer or its customers that do not provide commensurate benefit, and to phase out or eliminate existing non-bypassable charges that do not provide commensurate benefit
• Protect and enhance procurement independence and local control of CCA governing boards
2 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 • Protect and enhance independence to administer energy efficiency, integrated distributed energy resources, and to receive the renewable energy credits and other benefits from the administration of such programs
• Protect and enhance the ability to develop local renewable generation from local sources including but not limited to biomass, waste-to-energy, and bio-methane generation resources
• Reform IOU procurement practices to minimize stranded load and mitigate non-bypassable charges to CCA customers. • Protect, support and participate in the development of energy policy that is balanced, inclusive, and fair for all load serving entities and the customers they serve. 3 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 2021 – 2022 Legislation
The following bills have been identified to be of interest or potential interest to Pioneer Community Energy. Each bill has been designated a Priority of High, Medium, or Low and a Position of Support, Oppose or Watch, and sometimes denoting, Unless Amended.

Watch: Pioneer will monitor and continue to watch, offer support, or oppose depending on the direction of the bill.
2021 – 2022 Priority Legislation Summary:

Active Bills to Support or Oppose:

Bill Author Description Status Priority/Position
AB 1814 Grayson This CalCCA sponsored bill
would allow CCAs the same
access as the IOUs to future
transportation electrification
funding and to file applications
for programs and investments
to accelerate widespread
transportation electrification to
reduce dependence on
petroleum, meet air quality
standards, achieve the goals
set forth in the Charge Ahead
California Initiative, and reduce
emissions of greenhouse
gases to 40% below 1990
levels by 2030 and to 80%
below 1990 levels by 2050.

Assembly
Utilities and
Energy
High; Support
AB 1956 Mathis This bill would create a 5-year
woody biomass rural county
collection and disposal pilot
program administered by the
Department of Resources,
Recycling, and Recovery. The
bill would require the
department to award funding to
participating counties with a
total population of less than
250,000 for the purpose of
conducting community
collection days on which
individuals could dispose of
Assembly
Natural
Resources
High; Support
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source-separated biomass free
of charge. Under the program
counties awarded funding must
contract with a local biomass
conversion facility to collect
and convert the biomass in a
way that results in less
greenhouse gas emitted than if
the biomass had been
disposed of.

SB 612 Portantino This CalCCA sponsored bill
proposes the Power Charge
Indifference Adjustment (PCIA)
Working Group 3 report to
ensure fair and equal access to
the benefits of legacy
resources held in IOU
portfolios and address the
management of these
resources to maximize value
for all customers. The bill is
sponsored by CalCCA and
supported by many CCAs, as
means to address unfavorable
PCIA issues that continue to be
maintained by the CPUC. The
bill was pulled from a 6/30
hearing date by Committee
Chair Holden and was not
heard by the 7/15 Policy
Committee deadline making it
a 2-year bill.

Assembly
Utilities and
Energy; 2-year
bill
High; Support
SB 833 Dodd Community Energy Resilience
Act of 2022. This is a
revisitation of SB 99 (Dodd)
from 2021 which was held-up
at the end of session last year.

The bill would require the
commission to develop and
implement a grant program for
local governments to develop
community energy resilience
plans and expedite permit
review of distributed energy
resources by local
governments. The bill would
require a plan to identify critical
facilities, locations, and
facilities where microgrids or
other distributed energy
Senate Energy,
Utilities, and
Communications
High; Support
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resilience needs, and potential
funding sources for
implementing projects in the
plan.

SB 881 Min This bill would require the
CPUC to require each LSE to
undertake sufficient
procurement to achieve a
diverse, balanced, and reliable
statewide portfolio and realize
specified electricity sector
greenhouse gas emissions
reductions. The CPUC may
assess penalties to LSEs that
fail to satisfy procurement
obligations and may authorize
additional procurement to
satisfy unmet needs. Costs of
additional procurement shall be
allocated to customers of LSEs
that failed to satisfy their
procurement obligations.

Senate Energy,
Utilities, and
Communications
High; Support if
Amended
SB 529 Hertzberg A reintroduction of SB 350 from
2019 that pushes the CPUC to
adopt a multi-year resource
adequacy process. CalCCA
and Pioneer were opposed to
SB 350. The bill is currently in
spot form and Pioneer will
continue to monitor and
oppose if needed.

Assembly Rules;
2-year bill
High; Oppose
SB 1287 Bradford This bill would require the
posted Financial Security
Requirement (FSR) amount, or
demonstrated insurance
amount, at the time of
registration by an ESP or CCA
to be no less than $500,000,
rather than the current amount
of $147,000. The bill would
also require the CPUC to
update the FSR for ESPs and
CCAs to instead include costs
for no less than 12 months of
incremental procurement
incurred by the provider of last
resort, upon the customers’
involuntary return.

Senate High; Oppose
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AB 2316 Ward This bill would require the
CPUC to establish the
Community Renewable Energy
Program to authorize a
distribution customer of a large
electrical corporation to receive
bill credits for electricity
generated by a community
renewable energy facility. The
bill would require the CPUC to
require each large electrical
corporation to file any tariffs,
agreements, or forms
necessary for implementation
of the program. The bill would
require the CPUC to ensure
the creation and financing of
viable community renewable
energy facilities, establish a
community renewable energy
program tariff, and establish
financial incentives for
community renewable energy
facilities focused in
disadvantaged communities.

Assembly Medium; Watch
AB 2937 Calderon Authorizes electrical
corporations to file an
application at the CPUC
requesting cost recovery for
expenses related to wildfire
mitigation plans, including
operational and maintenance
expenses associated with
wildfire mitigation, and
expenses related to climate
adaptation.

Assembly Medium; Watch
SB 45 Portantino This bill would require the
Department of Resources,
Recycling, and Recovery, in
consultation with CARB, to
provide assistance to local
jurisdictions, including, but not
limited to, any funding
appropriated by the Legislature
in the annual Budget Act, for
purposes of assisting local
agencies to comply with the
following provisions: a
reduction in the statewide
Assembly Medium; Watch
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hydrofluorocarbon gases by
40%, and anthropogenic black
carbon by 50% below 2013
levels by 2030. Methane
reduction must include a 50%
reduction in the level of
statewide disposal of organic
waste from the 2014 level by
2020 and a 75% reduction in
the level of statewide disposal
of organic waste from the 2014
level by 2025.

SB 1158 Becker This bill would require all LSEs
to report on what energy they
are actually using for every
hour of the day to get a more
accurate assessment of what
energy resources LSEs are
relying on to provide energy to
their customers. LSEs would
also be required to report on
energy capacity for RA. All
LSEs would also need to report
to the CEC, in their power
source disclosure, GHG
emissions related to electrical
resources used.

Senate Medium; Watch
SB 1174 Hertzberg A comprehensive transmission
and interconnection bill that
does the following: 1) requires
transmission owners to report
on the status of interconnection
delays in RPS reports; 2)
requires the CPUC to provide
an annual systemwide
assessment of delays to
interconnection or transmission
approvals based on the reports
from transmission owners’
annual RPS report; 3) requires
the CPUC to consider the role
of transmission in furtherance
of RPS and 100% clean energy
requirements; 4) requires the
CPUC to coordinate with the
CEC, CARB, and CAISO to
identify and advance all
necessary
interconnection/transmission
approvals to address capacity
Senate Medium; Watch
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waives RA penalties for LSEs if
their failure to provide RA is
solely caused by the delay of a
transmission owner.

AB 1738 Boerner
Horvath
Would require the Department
of Housing and Community
Development to propose to the
CPUC for consideration
mandatory building standards
for the installation of future
electric vehicle charging
infrastructure for parking
spaces in existing multifamily
dwellings, schools, hotels, and
motels.

Assembly Low; Watch
AB 2399 Mayes Existing law provides that an
electrical corporation is the
Provider of Last Resort (POLR)
in its service territory. This bill
would authorize an electrical
corporation serving less than
30% of the total electrical load
in its distribution service
territory to request approval
from the commission to
voluntarily terminate its
electrical service offering by
submitting a joint application
with an LSE or entities
proposing to serve the
electrical corporation’s existing
customers to transfer those
customers to that LSE or LSEs.

The bill would require the joint
application to demonstrate that
the LSE or LSEs to which the
customers would be
transferred have the ability and
a viable plan to comply with
certain electricity procurement
requirements.

Assembly Low; Watch
AB 2838 O’Donnell Existing law requires the CPUC
to require each electrical
corporation with 100,000 or
more customer accounts in
California to administer a
Green Tariff Shared
Renewables (GTSR) program
to enable ratepayers to
participate directly in offsite
Assembly Low; Watch
9 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 electrical generation facilities
that use eligible renewable
energy resources. This bill
would authorize the CPUC to
authorize those electrical
corporations to terminate their
GTSR programs. If terminated
or suspended, any outstanding
program costs may be
recovered from participating
and nonparticipating
ratepayers.

SB 18 Skinner Requires CARB in its AB
32/SB 32 scoping plan to
develop a strategy accelerating
the development of green
hydrogen. Encourages green
hydrogen to be used for
storage in meeting portfolio
diversity requirements.

Assembly
Natural
Resources
Low; Watch
SB 733 Hueso This bill would require the chair
of the State Energy Resources
Conservation and
Development Commission to
appear annually before the
appropriate policy committees
of the Legislature to report on
activities of the commission.

Assembly Rules;
2-yr bill
Low; Watch
2021 Bills Signed by Governor and Chaptered by the Secretary of State AB 322 Salas Requires the Energy Commission to consider, in the investment planning process of the
Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC),
funding to bioenergy projects for biomass
conversion to energy projects. This bill could
provide much needed funding for the reduction
of open burning, wildfire hazards, harmful
emissions, and increase benefits to local energy
supplies, grid resilience, and economic
development in forested and agricultural
communities.

Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State
AB 525 Chiu Establishes aggressive offshore wind planning goals and makes other changes to accelerate
the development of offshore wind (OSW). This
bill would require the Energy Commission, on or
before March 1, 2022, to evaluate and quantify
the maximum feasible capacity of offshore wind
to achieve reliability, ratepayer, employment,
Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State
10 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 and decarbonization benefits, and to establish
offshore wind planning goals for 2030 and 2045
AB 843 Aguiar-CurryThe bill is sponsored by MCE and cosponsored by Pioneer. This bill would allow CCAs to
participate in the Bioenergy Market Adjusting
Tariff (BioMAT). Allowing CCAs access to the
BioMAT program will enable them to purchase
more renewable baseload resources and
contribute to greater grid reliability. Bioenergy
resources are considered especially stable
because the power is available 24/7. Bioenergy
is generated from organic waste, cuts
greenhouse gas emissions, reduces
catastrophic wildfires, helps divert waste from
landfills, and generates 2 to 6 times as many
jobs as fossil fuel-based power.

Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State
SB 52 Dodd Adds de-energization events to the definition of "sudden and severe energy shortage" for
purposes of classifying de-energization events
as natural disasters. The bill could provide
emergency funding to local entities for costs
incurred during PSPS events that have and will
continue to take place in Pioneer territory.

Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State.

SB 423 Stern Fosters development and deployment of
emerging renewable energy resources.

Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State
SB 533 Stern Pushes more aggressive microgrid
development and deployment specifically to
mitigate PSPS impacts. Would provide access
to circuit information for locations that
experience PSPS events. Although the bill
passed out of the Assembly Utilities and Energy
Committee, the core microgrid components
were struck from the bill through amendments.

Signed by
Governor and
Chaptered by the
Secretary of State
11 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 2021 Dead Bills
AB 96 O’Donnell Extends the sunset for the California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and
Equipment Technology Program from 2021 to
2026 and dedicates 20% of funds to be used for
commercial deployment heavy-duty trucks. The
bill would also create a separate definition for
“near-zero emission” and revise the definition
for “zero-emission” for medium and heavy-duty
vehicles.

Dead
AB 427 Bauer-KahanRequires the CPUC to establish rules that allow demand response programs procured by a
load-serving entity to meet the load-serving
entity’s resource adequacy requirements
regardless of whether the program is integrated
into the wholesale market overseen by the
CAISO.

Dead
AB 1088 Mayes Establishes a central procurement entity to serve as a backstop for resource adequacy and
to be the Provider of Last Resort (POLR) under
certain conditions. The bill is sponsored by
SDGE who is looking to exit from the energy
generation market. The bill could also resolve
the issue of IOUs as the default POLR which
CCAs have been seeking to address.

Dead
AB 1139 Carrillo Makes various reforms to the state’s NEM program.

Dead
AB 1161 Garcia Directs the Department of Water Resources to procure renewable or zero-carbon resources for
all state agencies by 2030.

Dead
AB 1519 Gallagher This bill would require the Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels
transportation program that provides
competitive grants or other financial incentives
for projects in eligible communities to offset the
costs of transporting fuels to a biomass energy
facility. Funding would come from the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

Dead
SB 30 Cortese Prohibits design and construction of state facilities connected to natural gas after Jan 1,
2022. Also requires a plan to make all state
facilities carbon neutral by 2035. Watch for
concerns with potential developments in
Pioneer territory that could be impacted by the
bill requirements.

Dead
12 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 SB 31 Cortese Authorizes the CEC to use federal COVID-19 relief funds for building decarbonization
programs and requires that EPIC funds be
made available for building decarbonization
programs. Watch for concerns with potential
developments in Pioneer territory that could be
impacted by the bill requirements.

Dead
SB 99 Dodd Community Energy Resiliency Act of 2021.

Requires the commission to develop and
implement a grant program for local
governments to develop energy resilience
plans. This bill could provide grant funding
opportunities to local government entities to
address grid outage events that have and will
continue to take place in Pioneer territory.

Dead
SB 204 Dodd Clarifies that an IOU can allow anyone in their service territory regardless of who their energy
provider is, to participate in the BIP. Directs
other changes to expand the program.

Dead
SB 413 McGuire Makes changes to citing and permitting of offshore wind projects in hopes of accelerating
development.

Dead
Highest Priority Active Bills Further Detail
AB 1814, Grayson (D) – Transportation electrification: community choice aggregators Impact to Pioneer: Yes
Existing law requires the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the California State Air Resources Board (CARB) to direct electrical corporations to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification. Existing law requires the CPUC to approve, or modify and approve, programs and investments in transportation electrification, including those that deploy charging infrastructure, through a reasonable cost recovery mechanism. This bill would, as part of the CPUC program described above, authorize community choice aggregators to file applications for programs and investments to accelerate widespread transportation electrification on par with the IOUs.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support. This bill could allow Pioneer and CCAs access to future distribution funds collected by the IOUs for programs that would accelerate transportation electrification. The bill could open the door for future Pioneer programs that would address transportation electrification. Pioneer is currently looking at several unique opportunities where transportation electrification funds could be applied. Staff will continue to support and monitor this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.
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13 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 AB 1956, Mathis (R) – Solid waste: woody biomass: collection and conversion Impact to Pioneer: Yes
This bill would create a 5-year woody biomass rural county collection and disposal pilot program to be administered by the Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery. The bill would require the department, pursuant to the program, to award funding to participating counties with a total population of less than 250,000 for the purpose of conducting community collection days on which individuals could dispose of woody biomass and other source-separated biomass free of charge. The bill would require a county awarded funding under the program to contract with a local biomass conversion facility to collect and convert the biomass in a way that results in less greenhouse gas emitted than if the biomass had been disposed of. The bill would require the department to report specified program information to the Legislature after the conclusion of the program.

SB 612, Portantino (D) – Electrical corporations and other load serving entities: allocation of legacy resources
Impact to Pioneer: Yes
This bill would require an electrical corporation, by July 1, 2022, and not less than once every 3 years thereafter, to offer an allocation of certain electrical resources to its bundled customers and to other LSEs, including ESPs and CCAs, that serve departing load customers who bear cost responsibility for those resources. The bill would authorize a LSE within the service territory of the electrical corporation to elect to receive all or a portion of the vintaged proportional share of those legacy resources allocated to its end-use customers and, if it so elects, would require it to pay to the electrical corporation the commission-established market price benchmark for the vintage proportional share of the resources received. The bill would require the Commission to recognize and account for the value of all products in the electrical corporation’s legacy resource portfolio in determining the nonbypassable charge to be paid by bundled and departing load customers to recover the costs of legacy resources.

Priority: High
Recommended Action/Position: Support. This bill proposes the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) Working Group 3 report to ensure fair and equal access to the benefits of legacy resources held in IOU portfolios and address the management of these resources to maximize value for all customers. The bill is sponsored by CalCCA and supported by many CCAs, as means to address unfavorable PCIA issues that continue to be maintained by the CPUC. SB 612 was amended on April 13, 2021, before passing out of the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee; subsequent amendments were taken on May 4 and May 20, 2021. The bill was amended to take out some of the prescriptiveness to enable the CPUC more oversight to develop the details on proportional allocation and maximizing the value of the resources. SB 612 passed out of the Senate to the Assembly on June 1, 2021. It was anticipated that the bill would be heard in the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee on June -
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14 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 30, 2021; however, the bill was pulled from the hearing agenda by Committee Chair Holden on June 28, 2021 making it ineligible for a June 30, 2021 hearing. SB 612 did not receive a hearing before the Policy Committee Deadline and is now a two-year bill. Former Chair Holden is no longer the Chair of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, which could signal hope of this bill being heard and passing. Staff will continue to monitor and support this bill relative Pioneer Legislative Policy and Platform goals and take appropriate action as needed.

SB 529, Hertzberg (D) – Electricity: resource adequacy: multiyear centralized resource adequacy mechanism
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15 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 Impact to Pioneer: Yes
Existing law requires the CPUC, in consultation with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), to establish resource adequacy requirements for all load-serving entities (LSEs), including electrical corporations, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators, in accordance with specified objectives. Existing law further requires each LSE to maintain physical generating capacity adequate to meet its load requirements, including peak demand and planning and operating reserves, deliverable to locations and at times as may be necessary to provide reliable electric service. This bill would authorize the CPUC to consider a multiyear centralized resource adequacy mechanism to most efficiently and equitably meet specified resource adequacy objectives.

SB 1287, Bradford (D) – Electric service providers (ESPs) and community choice aggregators: financial security requirements (FSRs)
Impact to Pioneer: High
Existing law obligates an ESP or CCA to pay any reentry fee imposed on a customer that is involuntarily returned to service provided by an electrical corporation designated as the Provider of Last Resort (POLR). Existing law requires an ESP or CCA to meet a FSR as a condition of registration by posting a bond or demonstrating insurance in an amount deemed sufficient by the Commission to cover the costs of those reentry fees. Existing law, Commission Decision 18- 05-022, creates a formula for calculating the FSR, which adds a per-customer administrative cost for returning customers to service by the electrical corporation to the costs for 6 months of incremental procurement, multiplied by the number of returning customers. Existing law obligates customers to pay the reentry fees if the ESP or CCA becomes insolvent. This bill would increase the minimum FSR to $500,000, rather than the current amount of $147,000; it would also increase from 6 to 12 months the minimum costs of incremental procurement incurred by the POLR.

Spot Bills
There are currently numerous Spot Bills, not included in this document, in both the Assembly and the Senate being monitored by Pioneer staff. Spot bills make technical, non-substantive changes in the law and act as a placeholder for a later proposal, and they must be amended prior to being heard in a committee. As these bills are amended, the Board will be apprised of potential impact to Pioneer and CCAs as appropriate.
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16 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 Legislative Representatives
Senate
Brian Dahle – District 1
Capitol Office: 1021 O Street, Room 7230, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4001
District Office: 11310 McCourtney Rd., Unit E2/E3, Grass Valley, CA (530) 271-1022
Jim Nielsen – District 4
Capitol Office: 1021 O Street, Room 7110, Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 651-4004
District Office: 2200A Douglas Blvd, Suite 100, Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 772-0571
Assembly
Megan Dahle – District 1
Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2001
District Office: 280 Hemsted Dr, Suite 110, Redding, CA 96002 (530) 223-6300
James Gallagher – District 3
Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2003
District Office: 2060 Talbert Drive, Suite 110, Chico, CA 95928 (530) 895-4217
Frank Bigelow – District 5
Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2005
District Office: 2441 Headington Road, Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 295-5505
Kevin Kiley – District 6
Capitol Office: State Capitol, P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249 (916) 319-2006
District Office: 8799 Auburn Folsom Road, Suite A, Granite Bay, CA 95746 (916) 774-4430
17 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 Appendix A: 2022 Legislative Session Calendar (Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic the Calendar may Change Moving Forward)
January Deadlines:

Jan. 1 Statutes take effect
Jan. 3 Legislature reconvenes
Jan. 10 Budget must be submitted by Governor
Jan. 14 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees fiscal bills introduced in their house in the odd-numbered year Last day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel Jan. 21 Last day for any committee to hear and report to the floor bills introduced in that house in the odd-numbered year.

Last day to submit bill requests to the Office of Legislative Counsel Jan. 31 Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house in the odd-numbered year February Deadlines:

Feb. 18 Last day for bills to be introduced
April Deadlines:

Apr. 7 Spring Recess begins upon adjournment
Apr. 18 Legislature reconvenes from Spring Recess
Apr. 29 Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal committees’ fiscal bills introduced in their house
May Deadlines:

May 6 Last day for policy committees to meet and report to the floor non-fiscal bills introduced in their house
May 13 Last day for policy committees to meet prior to May 31 May 20 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report to the floor bills introduced in their house
Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to May 31
May 23-May 27 Floor session only No committee may meet for any purpose except for Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to A.R. 77.2, and Conference Committees
May 27 Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house May 31 Committee meetings may resume
18 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 June Deadlines:

June 15 Budget Bill must be passed by midnight
June 30 Last day for a legislative measure to qualify for the Nov. 8 General Election ballot
July Deadlines:

July 1 Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills Summer Recess begins on adjournment, provided Budget Bill has been passed
August Deadlines:

Aug. 1 Legislature reconvenes from Summer Recess
Aug. 12 Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills Aug. 15-31 Floor session only—no committee may meet for any purpose, except Rules Committee, bills referred pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2, and Conference Committees
Aug. 25 Last day to amend bills on floor
Aug. 31 Last day for each house to pass bills. Final Recess begins upon adjournment
Important Dates Occurring During Final Recess 2022:

Sept. 30 Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature on or before Sept. 1 and in the Governor's possession on or after Sept. 1 Oct. 2 Bills enacted on or before this date take effect January 1, 2023 19 | Page Pioneer State Legislative Policy and Platform 2022 Appendix B: Table of Acronyms
AB Assembly Bill ES Enernv Storage Plans)
AL Advice Letter ESA Enero-v Storage Agreements PAC Public Agencv Coalition ALJ Administrative Law Judge ESP Electric Service Provider PAM Portfolio Allocation Methodology ARB Air Resources Board EV Electric Vehicle PCE Peninsula Clean Energy Authority AReM Alliance for Retail Energy Markets FCR Flexible Caoacity Requirements PCIA Power Charge Indifference Adiustrnent BavREN Bav Area Regional Enernv Network GHG Greenhouse Gas PD Prooosed Decision CAISO California Independent System Operator GRC General Rate Case PG&E Pacific Gas & Electric CalCCA California Community Choice Association GTSR Green Tariff Shared Renewables PHC Prehearing Conference CALSEIA California Solar Energy Industries !CA Integration Caoacity Analvsis PPA Power Purchase Agreement Association IDER Integrated Distributed Enemv Resources PRP Priority Review Proi eel CALSLA California City County Street Light !DSM Integrated Demand-Side Management PRRR Progress On Residential Rate Reform Association IEP Indeoendent Enern:v Producers PUC Public Utilities Code CAM Cost Allocation Mechanism !MD Independent Marketing Division PURPA Public Utilities Regulatorv Policy Act CARE California Alternate Rates for Enernv IOU Investor Owned Utilitv RA Resource Adeauacv CBE Communities for a Better Environment !RP Integrated Resource Planning RAM Renewables Auction Mechanism CCA Community Choice Aggregator LCE Lancaster Choice Energy REC Renewable Energy Credit CCSF Citv and County of San Francisco LCFS Low Carbon Fuel Standard RES-BCT Renewable Energy Self -Generation Bill CEC California Energy Commission LCR Local (RA) Capacity Requirements Credit Transfer CEE Coalition for Energy Efficiencv LNBA Locational Net Benefits Analysis RFO Reauest for Offers CLECA California Large Energy Consumers LSE Load-Serving Entitv RICA Renewable Integration Cost Adder Association LTPP Long- Term Procurement Rulemaking RPS Renewables Portfolio Standard CPUC California Public Utilities Commission MCE Marin Clean Energy SB Senate Bill DA Direct Access MEO Marketing, Education And Outreach SCE Southern California Edison DACC Direct Access Customer Coalition MW Megawatt SCP Sonoma Clean Power Authority DER Distributed Enernv Resources
DR Demand Response
DRP Distributed Resource Plans
NAESCO National Association of Energy Service
Companies
NDA Non-Disclosure Agreement
SDG&E San Diego Gas & Electric
SGIP Self-Generation Incentive Program
DWR Deoartment of Water Resources NEM Net Energy Metering SUE Suoer User Electric ECR Enhanced Community Renewable NBC Non-Bypassable Charge SVCE Silicon Valley Clean Enemv ED Energy Division NRDC Natural Resources Defense Council TE Transoortation Electrification EE Energv Efficiencv OIR Order Instituting Rulemaking TM Tree Mortality ELCC Effective Load Carrying Capacity osc Order to Show Cause TOU Time-of-Use EPIC Electric Program Investment Charge ORA Office of Ratepayer Advocates TURN The Utility Reform Network ERRA Energv Resource Recoverv Account PA Program Administrator (for EE Business

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Staff Report – Item 4
To: The Governing Board
From: Brad Koehn, Director of Finance and Administrative Services Item 4: FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget Update
Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution adopting the FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget.

AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Audit and Finance Committee met on March 3, 2022, and received and discussed the Mid-Year Operating Budget update including the impact of the rate adjustment and increased power costs. The Committee voted to recommend approval of the mid-year budget adjustments to the Board.

BACKGROUND
The 2021-22 Mid-Year Budget provides support for Pioneer operations and maintains current generation rates that were effective March 1st. The Revised column displays the Board amended Budget for increased Marketing efforts and the Executive Director approved budget movement between line items which do not increase the Budget. The table below is a high-level summary of the budget:
$ in Thousands
Recommended Difference
FY 2021-22 MY Budget Summary Adopted Revised Mid-Year Revised vs. Mid-Year Total Energy Revenues $107,264 $107,264 $127,776 $20,512 Power Supply $98,516 $98,516 $105,314 $6,798
Operating Margin $8,748 $8,748 $22,462 $13,714
Total Operating Expenses $7,662 $7,844 $8,494 $650
Debt Service Total $950 $950 $950 $0
Total Expenses $107,128 $107,310 $114,758 $7,448
Total Non-Operating Revenue $0 $0 $280 $280
Contribution to/(from) Reserves $136 ($46) $13,298 $13,344

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
There have been significant changes and developments during the fiscal year since the adoption of the FY 2021-22 Budget in June 2021. The year has experienced volatile and increasing power costs and, although fJONEER

COMMUNITY ENERGY
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Pioneer’s hedging strategy has shielded Pioneer from much of the impact of increased power costs, Pioneer is still impacted by these cost increases.

Over the summer and fall, the Audit and Finance Committee and Board analyzed and approved a revised Reserve Policy that targets a reserve of 160 days of cash liquidity that is to be reached within three to five years. The level of reserve determined was calculated based on operating expenses, power supply expenses, power supply market fluctuations and debt service. In response to increasing power supply costs and the Reserve Policy goals, the Board approved in December a rate adjustment that would be timed to align with PG&E’s rate adjustment. PG&E and Pioneer’s rate adjustments were effective March 1, 2022. The Board-approved rate adjustment is sufficient to fund the increased power costs and increase to reserves consistent with the Reserve Policy while providing a discount to Pioneer’s customers compared to PG&E’s rates.

The mid-year report and recommended budget adjustments are also informed by seven months of known revenues and expenses, no meaningful change in overall load compared to what was assumed in the budget, and an ‘opt out’ rate for El Dorado County that is close to budget estimates.

Operating Revenues
The March 1, 2022, rate adjustments were effective and will result in increased Power Supply Revenues of approximately $17.6 million.

Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) are financial instruments that are issued to Pioneer from CAISO that are intended to offset/manage variability in congestion costs. CRR’s are acquired primarily for offsetting integrated forward market congestion costs that occur in the day ahead market and are charged to Pioneer by CAISO.

Pioneer has an agreement with a broker that monetizes the CRR’s when it makes economic sense. The broker costs are also a needed budget adjustment of $650 thousand, but results in a positive revenue impact. The mid-year adjustments ‘pull out’ the CRR revenue from the Power Supply Revenues which results in an increase in revenue of $3.3 million.

After adjusting for an increase in uncollectable accounts for both projected and past activity, the net revenue increase is $20.5 million.
$ in Thousands
Recommended Difference
Energy Revenues Adopted Revised Mid-Year Revised vs. Mid-Year Energy Sales $108,347 $108,347 $125,940 $17,593
Congestion Revenue Rights $3,250 $3,250
Less Uncollectable Accounts ($1,083) ($1,083) ($1,414) ($331) Total Energy Revenues $107,264 $107,264 $127,776 $20,512 Operating Expenses
Overall, non-energy operating expenses (compensation, contract services and operating expenses) are at 50% of budget. Operating expenses are meeting expectations except in two areas:

1. Power Supply Costs have increased during the fiscal year and an additional $6.8 million increase in the budget is needed to fund that increased cost.

2. The broker costs for monetizing the CRR revenue, discussed previously, had not been included in the budget, but $650 thousand of additional contractual services will be necessary. The CRR revenue of $3.3 million that is expected would not be realized without the assistance of the broker that is monetizing the CRR’s on behalf of Pioneer. After the recommended adjustment of $650 thousand, non-energy operating expenses would be 47% of budget.

Agenda Item: 4 Agenda Date: 3/17/2022

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$ in Thousands
Recommended Difference
Operating Expenses Adopted Revised Mid-Year Revised vs. Mid-Year Compensation $2,599 $2,599 $2,599 $0
Contract Services $3,283 $3,443 $4,093 $650
Operating Expenses $1,779 $1,802 $1,802 $0
Total Operating Expenses $7,662 $7,844 $8,494 $650
Non-Operating Revenues
A potential power supplier failed to perform, and the performance funds were forfeited to Pioneer. Those proceeds are reflected in miscellaneous income. In addition, interest earnings have been realized from both collateral deposits held by CAISO and earnings on deposits invested in the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF). A budget adjustment to non-operating revenue of $280 thousand is recommended to reflect the expected revenue activity in this category.

Non-Operating Expenses Debt Service
Debt Service costs are in line with expectations.

Reserves
The mid-year adjustments to revenues and expenses result in the expectation that the year-end contribution to Reserve will be $13.3 million with an expected year-end Reserve balance of $37.4 million. The current projection is that Reserves will reach the 160 days of cash liquidity during FY 23-24, which is within the Reserve Policy timeline target of three to five years.

FISCAL IMPACT
The FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget adjustments will result in revenues of $128 million and expenses of $114.8 million resulting in a contribution to reserves of $13.3 million.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Resolution Adopting the FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget

2. Unaudited Financial Reports through January 31, 2022 Before the Governing Board of
Pioneer Community Energy
Resolution No.: ____________
The following Resolution was duly passed by the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy at a regular meeting held March 17, 2022, by the following vote on roll call:

Ayes:

Noes:

Absent:

Signed and approved by me after its passage.
______________________________
Chair of the Governing Board
Attest:
_______________________
Secretary
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy (“Pioneer”) adopted the Fiscal Year 2021-22 Operating Budget (“Adopted Budget”) on June 17, 2021; and WHEREAS, the Adopted Budget was approved during volatile and increasing power costs; and WHEREAS, the Governing Board understands that financial projections are highly uncertain, and that Pioneer’s revenues and electricity costs vary due to factors such as weather-driven impacts on heating/cooling demand, economic conditions, changes in wholesale energy market prices and changes in customer usage patterns, and that actual revenues and costs can vary significantly over the course of a fiscal year due to unforeseen factors outside of Pioneer’s control; and
WHEREAS, the Board has established a Reserve Target of 160 days of cash liquidity to be reached in a 3 to 5 year timeframe; and
WHEREAS, the Board has approved a rate adjustment that was effective March 1, 2022, while maintaining a rate discount compared to PG&E’s rates; and In the matter of: APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR
2021-22 MID-YEAR OPERATING BUDGET
Resolution No. ___

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2 WHEREAS, the FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Budget was reviewed and recommended for Board approval by the Audit and Finance Committee on March 3, 2022; and WHEREAS, the Governing Board has reached a determination through the Mid-Year Budget process that the recommended adjustments to the FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget are appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the Board considers the Budget a ‘living’ document.

BE IT RESOLVED, the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy hereby finds, declares, and resolves as follows:

1. The above recitals are true and correct.

2. The Board hereby approves the Pioneer Community Energy FY 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating Budget as shown in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

3. The Executive Director is authorized to move budget authority between divisions and accounts, but not to increase or exceed the Board authorized total Budget.

4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

Attachments:

Exhibit A: Fiscal Year 2021-22 Mid-Year Operating CCA Budget $ in Thousands
Recommended Difference
Energy Revenues Adopted Revised Mid-Year Revised vs. Mid-Year Energy Sales $108,347 $108,347 $125,940 $17,593
Congestion Revenue Rights $3,250 $3,250
Less Uncollectable Accounts ($1,083) ($1,083) ($1,414) ($331) Total Energy Revenues $107,264 $107,264 $127,776 $20,512 Energy Expenses
Power Supply $98,516 $98,516 $105,314 $6,798
Operating Margin $8,748 $8,748 $22,462 $13,714
Recommended Difference
OPERATING EXPENSES Adopted Revised Mid-Year Revised vs. Mid-Year Administration
Compensation $568 $532 $532 $0
Contract Services $311 $311 $311 $0
Operating Expenses $654 $654 $654 $0
Administration Total $1,532 $1,496 $1,496 $0
Finance
Compensation $576 $681 $681 $0
Contract Services $356 $356 $356 $0
Operating Expenses $215 $215 $215 $0
Finance Total $1,147 $1,252 $1,252 $0
Power Procurement
Compensation $504 $464 $464 $0
Contract Services $586 $586 $1,236 $650
Operating Expenses $3 $13 $13 $0
Power Procurement Total $1,094 $1,064 $1,714 $650
Account Care
Compensation $278 $249 $249 $0
Contract Services $1,477 $1,477 $1,477 $0
Operating Expenses $656 $656 $656 $0
Account Care Total $2,411 $2,382 $2,382 $0
Marketing
Compensation $337 $337 $337 $0
Contract Services $185 $345 $345 $0
Operating Expenses $197 $210 $210 $0
Marketing Total $719 $892 $892 $0
Legislative & Regulatory
Compensation $283 $283 $283 $0
Contract Services $368 $368 $368 $0
Operating Expenses $51 $51 $51 $0
Legislative & Regulatory Total $702 $702 $702 $0
Programs
Compensation $53 $53 $53 $0
Contract Services $0 $0 $0
Operating Expenses $3 $3 $3 $0
Programs Total $56 $56 $56 $0
Aggregation of all Divisions
Compensation $2,599 $2,599 $2,599 $0
Contract Services $3,283 $3,443 $4,093 $650
Operating Expenses $1,779 $1,802 $1,802 $0
Total Operating Expenses $7,662 $7,844 $8,494 $650
Debt Service
Term Loan Principal $540 $540 $540 $0
Term Loan Interest $410 $410 $410 $0
Debt Service Total $950 $950 $950 $0
Total Expenses $107,128 $107,310 $114,758 $7,448
Non Operating Revenue
Investment gains (loses) $0 $0 $100 $100
Miscellaneous income $0 $0 $180 $180
Non Operating Revenue Total $0 $0 $280 $280
Total Non Operating Revenue $0 $0 $280 $280
Contribution to/(from) Reserves $136 ($46) $13,298 $13,344

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY (CCA)
Budget for FY 2021-2022
Attachment 1
Exhibit A
1 ACCOUNTANTS COMPILATION REPORT
Management
Pioneer Community Energy
Management is responsible for the accompanying financial statements of the CCA Program of Pioneer Community Energy (a California Joint Powers Authority) which comprise the statement of net position as of January 31, 2022, and the related statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position for the period then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We have performed a compilation engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA. We did not audit or review the accompanying statements nor were we required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion, conclusion, nor provide any assurance on these financial statements.

Accordingly, these financial statements are not designed for those who are not informed about such matters.

We are not independent with respect to the Pioneer Community Energy because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
March 5, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com Attachment 2
CCA Fund
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 27,435,920 $
Accounts receivable, net of allowance 8,330,066
Accrued revenue 5,236,425
Other receivables 195,591
Prepaid expenses 67,301
Deposits 5,916,247
Total current assets 47,181,550

NET POSITION
Unrestricted net position 27,704,567
Total net position 27,704,567 $

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
As of January 31, 2022

CCA FUND
See accountants' compilation report. 2
Attachment 2
CCA Fund

OPERATING REVENUES
Electricity sales, net 56,347,909 $
Other income 182,813
Total operating revenues 56,530,722

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY
Seven Months Ended January 31, 2022

AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES

CCA FUND
See accountants' compilation report. 3
Attachment 2
ACCOUNTANTS COMPILATION REPORT
Board of Directors
Pioneer Community Energy
Management is responsible for the accompanying special purpose statement for the CCA Program of Pioneer Community Energy (PCE), a California Joint Powers Authority, which comprise the budgetary comparison schedule for the period ended January 31, 2022, and for determining that the budgetary basis of accounting is an acceptable financial reporting framework. We have performed a compilation engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA. We did not audit or review the accompanying statement nor were we required to perform any procedures to verify the accuracy or completeness of the information provided by management. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion, a conclusion, nor provide any assurance on this special purpose budgetary comparison statement.

Management has elected to omit substantially all of the note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in these interim financial statements.

Accordingly, these financial statements are not designed for those who are not informed about such matters.

We are not independent with respect to PCE because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
March 5, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com Attachment 2
2021/22 YTD
Budget
2021/22 YTD
Actual
2021/22 YTD
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
2021/22
YTD
Actual/
Budget %
2021/22
Budget
2021/22
Budget
Remaining

ENERGY REVENUES
Power Supply 50,844,488 55,168,960 (4,324,472) 92% 98,516,000 47,671,512 OPERATING MARGIN 7,839,545 2,801,114 5,038,431 8,747,530 907,985

BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULE
Seven Months Ended January 31, 2022

PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY

CCA FUND
Attachment 2

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Staff Report – Item 5
To: The Governing Board
From: Don Eckert, Executive Director
Item 5: Strategic Plan Update
Date: 3/17/2022

RECOMMENDATION
Receive a progress report on the objectives that support the priorities in the Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2021-2024 Pioneer Community Energy (“Pioneer”) Strategic Plan.

BACKGROUND
Staff commissioned JSR Strategies (“JSR”) to facilitate strategic planning sessions with the Governing Board (“Board”) and staff. JSR facilitated workshops with the Board on May 17th and May 27th. The workshops revealed the issues that are important to the Board and provided the foundation for development of the strategic plan.

At the July 15, 2021, Board meeting, the Board adopted the Mission, Vision, and Values of the strategic plan.

Subsequently, JSR facilitated a workshop with staff to develop the strategic priorities.

At the September 16, 2021, Board meeting, the Board approved the priorities and objectives and adopted the FY 2021-2024 Strategic Plan.

ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
Approximately six months have passed since the strategic plan was adopted by the Board. This is a progress report on the various objectives referenced in the strategic plan.

Local Engagement
Local control is a distinguishing feature of Pioneer compared to Pacific Gas & Electric and therefore local engagement is essential to fulfilling our mission.
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Quality of Service
Pioneer’s mission to power the communities we serve with competitive rates, reliable service and a choice in energy options comes from our commitment to quality service.

Employer of Choice
Pioneer team members are foundational to our success.

Objective Status Comment

1.1 Reinforce community listening channels by increasing engagement with current, returning and future customers. Achieve a 92% participation rate by Dec. 31, 2023
Pioneer is currently near 89% participation rate. With the rates discount in 2022, it is a priority this year to improve

1.2 Residents and businesses are the backbone of our communities.

Pioneer will work to strengthen comprehensive relationships, which includes engaging the top 20 commercial and industrial customers in each county we serve by June 30, 2022
The priority has been the launch of El Dorado County and City of Placerville. A Key Accounts Manager will be starting in late March.

1.3 Launch a Community Program Advisory Committee in 2021 The CPAC was launched in 2021 and meeting monthly
beginning 2022. A recommendation to the Board is
expected end of calendar year.

1.4 Pioneer staff will increase the organization's presence within the communities we serve by participating in local events
Good progress has been made and will continue to build our presence in the community whether through interaction
with member agency councils or local events.

1.5 Grow engagement and reach of communications channels and ensure all platforms are providing engagement opportunities for residents and local businesses. (a) In 2022, increase social media presence and followers on Facebook by 40%; (b) Conduct an annual customer survey in winter 2022; (c) Increase presence in El Dorado County through targeted social media and digital ad buys
Success has been accomplished with an increased effort on social media presence. A survey will be conducted later in the year and with the launch in El Dorado County and City of Placerville stabilizing, targeting communications in our new territory can be prioritized.

Objective Status Comment

2.1 Maintain the trust and responsiveness Pioneer customers expect in their service experiences. (a) Ensure quick response times to customer service inquiries; (b) Monitor and evaluate Calpine call center and billing services performance quarterly.

Staff prioritizes responses to customer inquiries. Inquiries received by Pioneer staff are responded to timely and
accurately. Staff is working with our data management
vendor, Calpine, regarding improvements to the customer experience for inquiries to the call center.

2.2 Keep Pioneer's rates competitive through policies and programs that ensure stability and a choice in power. (a) Commit to a policy that strengthens Pioneer's response to rate volatility in the energy market by Dec. 31, 2021; (b) Develop a cost-effective, grid resilient product to increase access for business community members interested in joining Pioneer.

Effective March 1, 2022 Pioneer will be on average 10%
lower than PG&E's generation rate for 2017 PCIA Vintage customers (most of Placer County) and 6% lower than
PG&E generation rates for 2021 PCIA Vintage customers (El Dorado/Placerville). The current discount to PG&E may
delay the structured product launch.

2.3 Prioritize community programs and develop new service programs by Dec. 31, 2022. (a) Begin exploring economic development rates to incentivize businesses to move to the territory, using subsidized rates that benefit the community; (b) Explore rate programs that incentivize local solar and biomass project developments.

The CPAC was launched in 2021 and meeting monthly
beginning 2022. A recommendation to the Board is
expected end of calendar year.
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Operational Excellence
Reliability is central to our efforts and a core value of Pioneer. By prioritizing operational excellence, we retain our independence and agility as a provider while supporting our community by offering more options for reliable energy.

Financial Stability & Strategic Growth
Pioneer operates in a manner that ensures financial stability and delivers customer value. Service area expansion will allow us to leverage greater collective buying power for our communities.

Objective Status Comment

3.1 Conduct a biennial compensation and benefits study to ensure competitive wages and enhance employee retention.

The study was commissioned early 2022 and will be
completed with results incorporated in the FY 2022/23
operating budget.

3.2 Uphold Pioneer's company culture through internal communication channels and team engagement opportunities. (a) Conduct an annual all-staff survey; (b) Lead quarterly team-building activities; (c) invest in employee professional development pathways.

An employee was survey was competed early 2022 with
results that will be used to improve benefits. Quarterly activities are being considered and a professional
development/tuition reimbursement policy will be released by mid-year.

Objective Status Comment

4.1 Continue grid resiliency efforts to mitigate PSPS events in our communities.

Pioneer was successful in advocating on behalf of our
customers in El Dorado regarding Fast Trips and making the California Public Utilities Commission aware. Staff has also worked with PG&E to reduce the number and duration of
PSPS events. There was a marked improvement in 2021
and expect to build upon that in 2022.

4.2 Position our business portfolio to be capable of diversification through the development of one biomass project.

With the passing of AB843, staff is working with a project developer to locate a biomass project at the Western Placer Waste Management Authority site.

4.3 Diversify Pioneer's energy procurement by issuing request for proposals to potential partners to procure energy at "least cost, best fit" for the portfolio.

Staff are currently in long-term power purchase agreement with a large solar + storage project. Other Request for Offers will be issued this year.

4.4 Target diversification of Pioneer's power source portfolio through procurement with regional suppliers.

Pioneer places priority to secure power supply from regional vendors. A recent example was a long-term power
purchase agreement with El Dorado Irrigation District.

4.5 Maintain zero customer data breach incidents through investment in Information Technology ("IT") resources. (a) Conduct annual IT cybersecurity audit and improve employee cybersecurity awareness through training and consistent messaging.

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Moving Forward
Review of the strategic plan is the first step in preparing the FY 2022-23 Operating Budget. Updates to the plan will be part of the budget discussion with the Board.

STRATEGIC PLAN
The recommendation supports the Operational Excellence priority.

FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact with the recommendation.

ATTACHMENTS
There are no attachments with this report.

Objective Status Comment

5.1 Pursue expansion opportunities with like-minded communities by initiating conversations with leadership within the jurisdictions.

Pioneer has been very active in expansion this year.

Expectations is to amend the JPA to allow new member(s) by end of 2022.

5.2 Build policies and procedures that facilitate the growth of our service area.

The Expansion and New Member Reserve Policies formalize the expansion procedure and protection of accumulated
reserves from subsidizing expansion territories

5.3 Implement policies that support the achievement of cash reserve targets.

Financial policies were adopted by the Board in October 2021 and the rates proceeding in December 2021 set the
roadmap to achieve proper reserve targets by 2023.

5.4 Achieve an investment-grade credit rating. As liquidity coverage days improves, staff will pursue this near the end of 2022.

5.5 Maintain participation in legislative and regulatory proceedings that positively impact the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment ("PCIA") rate, advocate for cost-saving legislation and regulations, and work to hold PG&E accountable through legislation including SB612, OCIA transparency efforts and AB843.

Pioneer led the effort in the passing of AB843 in 2021.

Legislative and Regulatory risk is constant and staff will remain diligent in seeking Board support on issues that impact the business.
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Staff Report – Item IV-B
To: The Governing Board
From: Don Eckert, Executive Director
Item IV-B: Executive Director Report
Date: 3/17/2022
REPORT
COVID-19 Update
One employee tested positive this past month. Protocols were followed and no further cases occurred. The office will continue to require staff and visitors to follow COVID-19 protocol by wearing mask and practicing social distance until further notice.

Pioneer Staffing Update
Devin Reaves joined the Pioneer team on February 22nd as Power Resource Manager. Before joining Pioneer, Devin was a Sr. Consultant with NewGen Strategies and Solutions where he performed cost of service studies and rate design. Devin also has experience in power trading and asset management in various markets including CAISO, WECC, MID-C, SPP and ERCOT. Devin is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.

An offer was extended for the Key Accounts Manager position. Expectation is a late March start date.

There is currently one posted position for Power Contracts Manager.

Public Safety Power Shutoff (“PSPS”) Events
There are no PSPS events to report.

Executive Director Agreements Executed
There are no agreements to report
City of Auburn Opts-Up to Green100
The Auburn City Council voted to opt-up to Pioneer’s Green100 rate at their February 28th meeting. The City of Auburn becomes Pioneer’s first member agency to be served with 100% renewable energy.

Rates Update
Pacific Gas & Electric (“PG&E”) rate schedules were released in late February. On average, a 2017 Power Cost Indifference Adjustment (“PCIA”) vintage customer (most of Placer County) will receive a 10% discount compared to PG&E’s generation rate and 2021 PCIA vintage customers (all El Dorado County and City of Placerville) will receive a 6% discount. The discounts are projected to create approximately $19 million of ratepayer savings for 2022.

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generation rate and a higher PCIA rate. This is due to a dip in power supply prices in January and over-collection on the PCIA rate.

The resolution passed in December 2021 allowed staff to implement rate adjustments if the discount was at least 6%. Staff did act and the new rates are effective March 1, 2022. The rate schedule is attached in the report (See Attachment 3).

Community Programs Advisory Committee (“CPAC”)
The CPAC continues to meet monthly. As an update to the Board, one CPAC member resigned from the committee bringing the new membership count to ten. Staff recommends to move forward with the current roster rather than recruit for the vacancy.

Strategic Plan Award
Pioneer and our marketing partner, JSR Strategies, have received a Gold Award from MarCom for the design and layout of Pioneer’s Strategic Plan. MarCom is one of the largest and most respected creative competitions in the world. Awards honor excellence in creativity, hard work, and generosity of industry professionals. Our strategic plan design was one of over 6,000 entries from 41 countries. Staff and JSR Strategies are proud to be recognized for our impactful and well-presented strategic plan.

Executive Director Power Supply Contracts Executed
The following agreements have been executed by the Executive Director, consistent with the authority delegated by the Board:

Presentations and Relevant Meetings attended by the Executive Director

1. Participated in CalCCA Weekly/Monthly Board meetings

2. Presented at the City of Auburn Council meeting regarding Green100 participation

3. Presented at the Town of Loomis Council meeting to provide an update on Pioneer

4. Participated in meeting with First Northern Bank regarding potential services

ATTACHMENTS

1. Agenda Planning Document

2. Monthly Communications and Public Outreach Update

3. Pioneer Rates Schedule Effective March 1, 2022
Counterparty Name
Execution
Date Type Product Start Date End Date Notional Value
Leapfrog Power, Inc. 2/28/2022 Sell Resource Adequacy - System 4/1/2022 4/30/2022 $40,000 Morgan Stanley Capital Group 2/10/2022 Buy Energy 4/1/2022 12/31/2026 $93,325,063 Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2/9/2022 Sell Resource Adequacy - Local 4/1/2022 4/30/2022 $12,620 Pacific Gas & Electric Company 2/9/2022 Sell Resource Adequacy - Local 4/1/2022 4/30/2022 $48,600 Tecolote Wind LLC 2/7/2022 Buy Renewable Energy - PCC1 3/1/2022 12/31/2023 $4,160,000 Tenaska Power Services Co. 2/3/2022 Sell Resource Adequacy - System 5/1/2022 5/31/2022 $35,500 Tenaska Power Services Co. 2/3/2022 Sell Pioneer North System Flexible 4/1/2022 5/31/2022 $31,800 Vitol Inc. 2/14/2022 Buy Renewable Energy - PCC2 3/1/2022 12/31/2022 $233,750 Agenda Planning Document – Pioneer Community Energy Updated 3/10/2022 C:\Users\TeresaWillock\Pioneer Community Energy\Executive Director - General Documents\Board\Board Meeting Templates This is a planning document which remains fluid pending staff communication Assigned items are listed with the Report Writer’s name as they will be initiating the report

JPA GOVERNING
BOARD
MARCH 17, 2022
3:00 PM
(Post Agenda: March 11)
APRIL 21, 2022
3:00 PM
(Post Agenda: April 15)
MAY 19, 2022
3:00 PM
(Post Agenda: May 13)

IN THE FUTURE
General Function I Approve Agenda Approve Agenda Approve Agenda Consent
a
Approve meeting minutes
February 17, 2022 (Action - Eckert)
Teresa
Approve meeting minutes
March 17, 2022 (Action - Eckert)
Teresa
Approve meeting minutes
April 21, 2022 (Action - Eckert) Teresa
(June) Contracts for renewal: Capital Network
Solutions; M.Cubed; Maher Accountancy; Richards
Watson Gershon.
b MONTHLY – reaffirm Pioneer AB 361
Remote Meeting Continuation
Findings (Action - GC)
MONTHLY – reaffirm Pioneer AB
361 Remote Meeting Continuation
Findings (Action - GC)
MONTHLY – reaffirm Pioneer AB 361
Remote Meeting Continuation Findings
(Action - GC)
c Receive Draft Financials: January
2022 (Maher)
Receive Draft Financials: February
2022 (Koehn)
Receive Draft Financials: March 2022
(Koehn)
d By-Laws Article V, Section 5.2: Initial
affirmation of existing Committee
Members (Action - Eckert)
IT Policy (Action – Koehn) Steve mPOWER report (after bond is funded) (FEB) By-Laws Article V, Section 5.2: Existing
committee members shall be affirmed by the
Governing Body each year at its February meeting
Regular
1 Public Meeting Venue (Discussion –
Koehn) Steve
TOU update (Discussion – Riffey) Website Rollout presentation (Discussion - Riffey) JSR
CPAC report
2 Legislative Policy Platform 2022
(Action - Kang) Zach
Expansion Summary Report
(Discussion – Riffey)
Key Accounts Business Plan (Action -
Riffey) pending new hire placement
Biomass Projects Update
3 Mid-Year Budget (Action - Koehn) Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Audit (Action - Koehn) Steve
Budget Preview & Power Supply update
(Discussion-Koehn)
(JUL) Power PrePay (Part 1 Tutorial)
4 Quarterly Update re: Strategic Plan
objectives (Discussion - Eckert)
(JUL) Expansion – impact assessment results
(OCT) JPA Amendment re: Expansion
(approve issuance of a 30-day notice)
Data Flow presentation
Presentation by Biomass Producer, Bayview
(Director Hidahl)
General Function II Executive Director’s Report
Rates; Community Engagement Report;
No additional LegReg report.

Executive Director’s Report Executive Director’s Report Executive Director Report - Quarterly Update re:

Strategic Plan objectives
JUN – SEPT – DEC – MAR
Informational Items:

Glossary of Terms
Informational Items:

Glossary of Terms
Closed Session/
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1 Customer Engagement Update
March 2022 Board Meeting
Types of Engagement
Getting to know our customers: • Phone Calls & Emails
• In Person Customer Site Visits
• Event Attendance & Sponsorship
• Community Presentations
• Key External Stakeholder Meetings
• Social Media
• Paid Media
• Earned Media
1 2
3/11/2022
2 Direct Customer Engagement
In Person Site Visits
• Secure Record Mgmt
Phone Calls/Emails
• 1,108 customer calls (call
center)
• 93.5 % satisfied with
customer service
• 94 emails (call center)
• 89 team calls
• 19 NEM analysis
• Numerous customers
choosing to RETURN to
Pioneer
Key External Stakeholder Meetings
• El Dorado County Board of
Supervisor
• Rocklin Chamber Government
Relations Committee
• El Dorado Chamber of
Commerce
• Placer County Regional
Economic Development
• KAHI Radio
• SSCP Chamber Networking
• Loomis Chamber of Commerce
• Rotary Club, Cameron Park
• Rotary Club, El Dorado Hills
• Placer County Association of
Realtors
• Auburn City Council
• Colfax “Coffee & Conversation”
3 4
3/11/2022
3 Social Media
Website
• 6,500 Site Visits
• > 7,400 new users
since Sept 2021
• 27% of new users
came from social
media posts
Facebook
• 626 Followers
• 7 Items Posted
• 3,763 Page Content Clicks
• 284 Shares
Likes – 217% Increase of past 6
months
LinkedIn
• 162 Followers
• 9 Items Posted
• 1,680 Page Impressions
Page Clicks were the highest
ever recorded for Pioneer
Other Media
Earned Media
• 9 - Total # of Stories
• 58,261 - Total Audience
• $376 - Total estimated value
Paid Media
• Facebook ads/boosts
resulting in increased social
media results
5 6
3/11/2022
4 Key Metrics
Green100
• 127 - Total Participants
• 2 - Opt Up
• 1 - Opt Down
City of Auburn elected to Opt
Up all municipal accounts,
approximately 100. These are
in process.

Customer Counts (all service areas)
• 87.6% - Retention
• 3,210 - New Customers
• 5 - Returning Customers
7 Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
E1 E-1 All All 0.11528
E-1-P All All 0.11067
E6 E-6 Summer On Peak 0.23686
E6 E-6 Summer Part Peak 0.15890
E6 E-6 Summer Off Peak 0.09293
E6 E-6 Winter Part Peak 0.12816
E6 E-6 Winter Off Peak 0.09638
EV E-EV Summer On Peak 0.26686
EV E-EV Summer Part Peak 0.13200
EV E-EV Summer Off Peak 0.08840
EV E-EV Winter On Peak 0.08457
EV E-EV Winter Part Peak 0.06121
EV E-EV Winter Off Peak 0.06121
EV2A EV2 Summer On Peak 0.17856
EV2A EV2 Summer Part Peak 0.13653
EV2A EV2 Summer Off Peak 0.09786
EV2A EV2 Winter On Peak 0.12509
EV2A EV2 Winter Part Peak 0.11336
EV2A EV2 Winter Off Peak 0.09129
ETOUB E-TOU-B Summer On Peak 0.22814
ETOUB E-TOU-B Summer Off Peak 0.11247
ETOUB E-TOU-B Winter On Peak 0.12851
ETOUB E-TOU-B Winter Off Peak 0.09204
ETOUC3 E-TOU-C3 Summer On Peak 0.16209
ETOUC3 E-TOU-C3 Summer Off Peak 0.11186
ETOUC3 E-TOU-C3 Winter On Peak 0.11625
ETOUC3 E-TOU-C3 Winter Off Peak 0.10213
E-TOU-D E-TOU-D Summer On Peak 0.18976
E-TOU-D E-TOU-D Summer Off Peak 0.09110
E-TOU-D E-TOU-D Winter On Peak 0.15135
E-TOU-D E-TOU-D Winter Off Peak 0.11837
A1 A-1-A Summer Total 0.12827
A1 A-1-A Winter Total 0.09055
A-1-A-P Summer Total 0.12314
A-1-A-P Winter Total 0.08693
A-1-B A-1-B Summer On Peak 0.13137
A-1-B A-1-B Summer Part Peak 0.13137
A-1-B A-1-B Summer Off Peak 0.10814
A-1-B A-1-B Winter Part Peak 0.10246
A-1-B A-1-B Winter Off Peak 0.10192
A-1-B-P Summer On Peak 0.12612
A-1-B-P Summer Part Peak 0.12612
A-1-B-P Summer Off Peak 0.10381
A-1-B-P Winter Part Peak 0.09836
A-1-B-P Winter Off Peak 0.09784
B1 B-1 Summer On Peak 0.16979
B1 B-1 Summer Part Peak 0.12352
B1 B-1 Summer Off Peak 0.10395
B1 B-1 Winter On Peak 0.11786
B1 B-1 Winter Off Peak 0.10270
B1 B-1 Winter Super Off Peak 0.08727

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Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
B-1-ST B-1-ST Summer On Peak 0.17422
B-1-ST B-1-ST Summer Part Peak 0.13431
B-1-ST B-1-ST Summer Off Peak 0.10070
B-1-ST B-1-ST Winter On Peak 0.12667
B-1-ST B-1-ST Winter Part Peak 0.14061
B-1-ST B-1-ST Winter Off Peak 0.09439
B-1-ST B-1-ST Winter Super Off Peak 0.07896
A10S A-10-A Summer Total 0.12912
A10S A-10-A Summer Total 0.00000
A10S A-10-A Winter Total 0.10866
A10P A-10-A-P Summer Total 0.11372
A10P A-10-A-P Summer Total 0.00000
A10P A-10-A-P Winter Total 0.09602
A10SX A-10-B Summer On Peak 0.14178
A10SX A-10-B Summer Part Peak 0.14178
A10SX A-10-B Summer Off Peak 0.11660
A10SX A-10-B Summer Total 0.00000
A10SX A-10-B Winter Part Peak 0.10923
A10SX A-10-B Winter Off Peak 0.10857
A10PX A-10-B-P Summer On Peak 0.12678
A10PX A-10-B-P Summer Part Peak 0.12678
A10PX A-10-B-P Summer Off Peak 0.10298
A10PX A-10-B-P Summer Total 0.00000
A10PX A-10-B-P Winter Part Peak 0.09602
A10PX A-10-B-P Winter Off Peak 0.09539
B10S B-10-S Summer On Peak 0.19478
B10S B-10-S Summer Part Peak 0.13680
B10S B-10-S Summer Off Peak 0.10618
B10S B-10-S Winter On Peak 0.14022
B10S B-10-S Winter Off Peak 0.10687
B10S B-10-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.07271
B10P B-10-P Summer On Peak 0.17841
B10P B-10-P Summer Part Peak 0.12361
B10P B-10-P Summer Off Peak 0.09462
B10P B-10-P Winter On Peak 0.12705
B10P B-10-P Winter Off Peak 0.09544
B10P B-10-P Winter Super Off Peak 0.06128
B10T B-10-T Summer On Peak 0.15565
B10T B-10-T Summer Part Peak 0.10232
B10T B-10-T Summer Off Peak 0.07405
B10T B-10-T Winter On Peak 0.10579
B10T B-10-T Winter Off Peak 0.07492
B10T B-10-T Winter Super Off Peak 0.04076
A6 A-6 Summer On Peak 0.19039
A6 A-6 Summer Part Peak 0.14399
A6 A-6 Summer Off Peak 0.11378
A6 A-6 Winter Part Peak 0.10496
A6 A-6 Winter Off Peak 0.10429
A-6-P Summer On Peak 0.18277
A-6-P Summer Part Peak 0.13823
A-6-P Summer Off Peak 0.10923
A-6-P Winter Part Peak 0.10076
A-6-P Winter Off Peak 0.10012

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Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
B6 B-6 Summer On Peak 0.17183
B6 B-6 Summer Off Peak 0.10494
B6 B-6 Winter On Peak 0.11212
B6 B-6 Winter Off Peak 0.09609
B6 B-6 Winter Super Off Peak 0.08066
E19S E-19-S Summer On Peak 0.08604
E19S E-19-S Summer Part Peak 0.08604
E19S E-19-S Summer Off Peak 0.08042
E19S E-19-S Summer On Peak 11.57000
E19S E-19-S Summer Part Peak 11.57000
E19S E-19-S Winter Part Peak 0.07798
E19S E-19-S Winter Off Peak 0.07732
E19P E-19-P Summer On Peak 0.07476
E19P E-19-P Summer Part Peak 0.07476
E19P E-19-P Summer Off Peak 0.06938
E19P E-19-P Summer On Peak 10.04000
E19P E-19-P Summer Part Peak 10.04000
E19P E-19-P Winter Part Peak 0.06706
E19P E-19-P Winter Off Peak 0.06643
E19T E-19-T Summer On Peak 0.06595
E19T E-19-T Summer Part Peak 0.06595
E19T E-19-T Summer Off Peak 0.06063
E19T E-19-T Summer On Peak 11.09000
E19T E-19-T Summer Part Peak 11.09000
E19T E-19-T Winter Part Peak 0.05835
E19T E-19-T Winter Off Peak 0.05773
E19SR E-19-R-S Summer On Peak 0.15055
E19SR E-19-R-S Summer Part Peak 0.13422
E19SR E-19-R-S Summer Off Peak 0.10667
E19SR E-19-R-S Winter Part Peak 0.10424
E19SR E-19-R-S Winter Off Peak 0.10357
E19PR E-19-R-P Summer On Peak 0.13502
E19PR E-19-R-P Summer Part Peak 0.12051
E19PR E-19-R-P Summer Off Peak 0.09611
E19PR E-19-R-P Winter Part Peak 0.09379
E19PR E-19-R-P Winter Off Peak 0.09316
E19TR E-19-R-T Summer On Peak 0.13051
E19TR E-19-R-T Summer Part Peak 0.11773
E19TR E-19-R-T Summer Off Peak 0.09639
E19TR E-19-R-T Winter Part Peak 0.09410
E19TR E-19-R-T Winter Off Peak 0.09348
B19S B-19-S Summer On Peak 0.13909
B19S B-19-S Summer Part Peak 0.10372
B19S B-19-S Summer Off Peak 0.07872
B19S B-19-S Summer On Peak 17.72000
B19S B-19-S Summer Part Peak 2.58000
B19S B-19-S Winter On Peak 2.11000
B19S B-19-S Winter On Peak 0.11663
B19S B-19-S Winter Off Peak 0.07861
B19S B-19-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.02761

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Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
B19P B-19-P Summer On Peak 0.12068
B19P B-19-P Summer Part Peak 0.09376
B19P B-19-P Summer Off Peak 0.07035
B19P B-19-P Summer On Peak 15.18000
B19P B-19-P Summer Part Peak 2.22000
B19P B-19-P Winter On Peak 1.55000
B19P B-19-P Winter On Peak 0.10608
B19P B-19-P Winter Off Peak 0.07051
B19P B-19-P Winter Super Off Peak 0.01988
B19T B-19-T Summer On Peak 0.10894
B19T B-19-T Summer Part Peak 0.09762
B19T B-19-T Summer Off Peak 0.07352
B19T B-19-T Summer On Peak 11.96000
B19T B-19-T Summer Part Peak 2.99000
B19T B-19-T Winter On Peak 1.15000
B19T B-19-T Winter On Peak 0.11045
B19T B-19-T Winter Off Peak 0.07384
B19T B-19-T Winter Super Off Peak 0.01998
B19SR B-19-S-R Summer On Peak 0.25667
B19SR B-19-S-R Summer Part Peak 0.12923
B19SR B-19-S-R Summer Off Peak 0.09303
B19SR B-19-S-R Winter On Peak 0.13275
B19SR B-19-S-R Winter Off Peak 0.09298
B19SR B-19-S-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.05931
B19PR B-19-P-R Summer On Peak 0.23445
B19PR B-19-P-R Summer Part Peak 0.11832
B19PR B-19-P-R Summer Off Peak 0.08505
B19PR B-19-P-R Winter On Peak 0.12055
B19PR B-19-P-R Winter Off Peak 0.08516
B19PR B-19-P-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.05149
B19TR B-19-T-R Summer On Peak 0.20313
B19TR B-19-T-R Summer Part Peak 0.12653
B19TR B-19-T-R Summer Off Peak 0.08690
B19TR B-19-T-R Winter On Peak 0.11876
B19TR B-19-T-R Winter Off Peak 0.08710
B19TR B-19-T-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.05343
B19SS B-19-S-S Summer On Peak 0.25667
B19SS B-19-S-S Summer Part Peak 0.12923
B19SS B-19-S-S Summer Off Peak 0.09303
B19SS B-19-S-S Winter On Peak 0.13275
B19SS B-19-S-S Winter Off Peak 0.09298
B19SS B-19-S-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.05931
B19PS B-19-P-S Summer On Peak 0.23445
B19PS B-19-P-S Summer Part Peak 0.11832
B19PS B-19-P-S Summer Off Peak 0.08505
B19PS B-19-P-S Winter On Peak 0.12055
B19PS B-19-P-S Winter Off Peak 0.08516
B19PS B-19-P-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.05149
B19TS B-19-T-S Summer On Peak 0.20313
B19TS B-19-T-S Summer Part Peak 0.12653
B19TS B-19-T-S Summer Off Peak 0.08690
B19TS B-19-T-S Winter On Peak 0.11876
B19TS B-19-T-S Winter Off Peak 0.08710
B19TS B-19-T-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.05343

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Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
E20S E-20-S Summer On Peak 0.08209
E20S E-20-S Summer Part Peak 0.08209
E20S E-20-S Summer Off Peak 0.07653
E20S E-20-S Summer On Peak 11.09000
E20S E-20-S Summer Part Peak 11.09000
E20S E-20-S Winter Part Peak 0.07409
E20S E-20-S Winter Off Peak 0.07343
E20P E-20-P Summer On Peak 0.07918
E20P E-20-P Summer Part Peak 0.07918
E20P E-20-P Summer Off Peak 0.07376
E20P E-20-P Summer On Peak 11.85000
E20P E-20-P Summer Part Peak 11.85000
E20P E-20-P Winter Part Peak 0.07144
E20P E-20-P Winter Off Peak 0.07081
E20T E-20-T Summer On Peak 0.06738
E20T E-20-T Summer Part Peak 0.06738
E20T E-20-T Summer Off Peak 0.06205
E20T E-20-T Summer On Peak 14.12000
E20T E-20-T Summer Part Peak 14.12000
E20T E-20-T Winter Part Peak 0.05977
E20T E-20-T Winter Off Peak 0.05915
E20SR E-20-R-S Summer On Peak 0.13647
E20SR E-20-R-S Summer Part Peak 0.12240
E20SR E-20-R-S Summer Off Peak 0.09698
E20SR E-20-R-S Winter Part Peak 0.09455
E20SR E-20-R-S Winter Off Peak 0.09388
E20PR E-20-R-P Summer On Peak 0.13747
E20PR E-20-R-P Summer Part Peak 0.12104
E20PR E-20-R-P Summer Off Peak 0.09497
E20PR E-20-R-P Winter Part Peak 0.09265
E20PR E-20-R-P Winter Off Peak 0.09202
E20TR E-20-R-T Summer On Peak 0.13253
E20TR E-20-R-T Summer Part Peak 0.11614
E20TR E-20-R-T Summer Off Peak 0.09037
E20TR E-20-R-T Winter Part Peak 0.08808
E20TR E-20-R-T Winter Off Peak 0.08746
B20S B-20-S Summer On Peak 0.13218
B20S B-20-S Summer Part Peak 0.10047
B20S B-20-S Summer Off Peak 0.07543
B20S B-20-S Summer On Peak 17.22000
B20S B-20-S Summer Part Peak 2.50000
B20S B-20-S Winter On Peak 2.20000
B20S B-20-S Winter On Peak 0.11329
B20S B-20-S Winter Off Peak 0.07523
B20S B-20-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.02424
B20P B-20-P Summer On Peak 0.12891
B20P B-20-P Summer Part Peak 0.09521
B20P B-20-P Summer Off Peak 0.07169
B20P B-20-P Summer On Peak 18.98000
B20P B-20-P Summer Part Peak 2.60000
B20P B-20-P Winter On Peak 2.18000
B20P B-20-P Winter On Peak 0.10746
B20P B-20-P Winter Off Peak 0.07176
B20P B-20-P Winter Super Off Peak 0.02110

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Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
B20T B-20-T Summer On Peak 0.10767
B20T B-20-T Summer Part Peak 0.08689
B20T B-20-T Summer Off Peak 0.06368
B20T B-20-T Summer On Peak 21.48000
B20T B-20-T Summer Part Peak 5.11000
B20T B-20-T Winter On Peak 2.87000
B20T B-20-T Winter On Peak 0.10667
B20T B-20-T Winter Off Peak 0.05948
B20T B-20-T Winter Super Off Peak 0.01235
B20SR B-20-S-R Summer On Peak 0.24524
B20SR B-20-S-R Summer Part Peak 0.12046
B20SR B-20-S-R Summer Off Peak 0.08524
B20SR B-20-S-R Winter On Peak 0.12622
B20SR B-20-S-R Winter Off Peak 0.08511
B20SR B-20-S-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.05151
B20PR B-20-P-R Summer On Peak 0.23697
B20PR B-20-P-R Summer Part Peak 0.11582
B20PR B-20-P-R Summer Off Peak 0.08319
B20PR B-20-P-R Winter On Peak 0.12090
B20PR B-20-P-R Winter Off Peak 0.08324
B20PR B-20-P-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.04963
B20TR B-20-T-R Summer On Peak 0.23626
B20TR B-20-T-R Summer Part Peak 0.12475
B20TR B-20-T-R Summer Off Peak 0.07752
B20TR B-20-T-R Winter On Peak 0.12461
B20TR B-20-T-R Winter Off Peak 0.07477
B20TR B-20-T-R Winter Super Off Peak 0.04394
B20SS B-20-S-S Summer On Peak 0.24524
B20SS B-20-S-S Summer Part Peak 0.12046
B20SS B-20-S-S Summer Off Peak 0.08524
B20SS B-20-S-S Winter On Peak 0.12622
B20SS B-20-S-S Winter Off Peak 0.08511
B20SS B-20-S-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.05151
B20PS B-20-P-S Summer On Peak 0.23697
B20PS B-20-P-S Summer Part Peak 0.11582
B20PS B-20-P-S Summer Off Peak 0.08319
B20PS B-20-P-S Winter On Peak 0.12090
B20PS B-20-P-S Winter Off Peak 0.08324
B20PS B-20-P-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.04963
B20TS B-20-T-S Summer On Peak 0.23626
B20TS B-20-T-S Summer Part Peak 0.12475
B20TS B-20-T-S Summer Off Peak 0.07752
B20TS B-20-T-S Winter On Peak 0.12461
B20TS B-20-T-S Winter Off Peak 0.07477
B20TS B-20-T-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.04394
STOUS STOUS Summer On Peak 0.12925
STOUS STOUS Summer Part Peak 0.10572
STOUS STOUS Summer Off Peak 0.07492
STOUS STOUS Summer Total 0.57000
STOUS STOUS Winter Total 0.57000
STOUS STOUS Winter Part Peak 0.10947
STOUS STOUS Winter Off Peak 0.08561

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Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
STOUP STOUP Summer On Peak 0.12925
STOUP STOUP Summer Part Peak 0.10572
STOUP STOUP Summer Off Peak 0.07492
STOUP STOUP Summer Total 0.57000
Winter Total 0.57000
STOUP STOUP Winter Part Peak 0.10947
STOUP STOUP Winter Off Peak 0.08561
STOUT STOUT Summer On Peak 0.10171
STOUT STOUT Summer Part Peak 0.08276
STOUT STOUT Summer Off Peak 0.05768
STOUT STOUT Summer Total 0.46000
Winter Total 0.46000
STOUT STOUT Winter Part Peak 0.08574
STOUT STOUT Winter Off Peak 0.06648
SBS S-B-S Summer On Peak 0.12212
SBS S-B-S Summer Part Peak 0.10733
SBS S-B-S Summer Off Peak 0.09087
SBS S-B-S Summer Total 0.38000
Winter Total 0.38000
SBS S-B-S Winter On Peak 0.11620
SBS S-B-S Winter Off Peak 0.09226
SBS S-B-S Winter Super Off Peak 0.03912
SBP S-B-P Summer On Peak 0.12212
SBP S-B-P Summer Part Peak 0.10733
SBP S-B-P Summer Off Peak 0.09087
SBP S-B-P Summer Total 0.38000
Winter Total 0.38000
SBP S-B-P Winter On Peak 0.11620
SBP S-B-P Winter Off Peak 0.09226
SBP S-B-P Winter Super Off Peak 0.03912
SBT S-B-T Summer On Peak 0.10536
SBT S-B-T Summer Part Peak 0.09112
SBT S-B-T Summer Off Peak 0.07527
SBT S-B-T Summer Total 0.22000
Winter Total 0.22000
SBT S-B-T Winter On Peak 0.09976
SBT S-B-T Winter Off Peak 0.07674
SBT S-B-T Winter Super Off Peak 0.02413
BEV1 BEV1 Summer On Peak 0.25329
BEV1 BEV1 Summer Off Peak 0.08169
BEV1 BEV1 Summer Super-Off Peak 0.05782
BEV1 BEV1 Winter On Peak 0.25329
BEV1 BEV1 Winter Off Peak 0.08169
BEV1 BEV1 Winter Super-Off Peak 0.05782
BEV2S BEV2S Summer On Peak 0.26855
BEV2S BEV2S Summer Off Peak 0.07739
BEV2S BEV2S Summer Super-Off Peak 0.05351
BEV2S BEV2S Winter On Peak 0.26855
BEV2S BEV2S Winter Off Peak 0.07739
BEV2S BEV2S Winter Super-Off Peak 0.05351
BEV2P BEV2P Summer On Peak 0.25879
BEV2P BEV2P Summer Off Peak 0.07457
BEV2P BEV2P Summer Super-Off Peak 0.05182
BEV2P BEV2P Winter On Peak 0.25879
BEV2P BEV2P Winter Off Peak 0.07457
BEV2P BEV2P Winter Super-Off Peak 0.05182

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Pioneer Community Energy
Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
AG1A AG-1-A Summer Total 0.08845
AG1A AG-1-A Summer Total 2.39000
AG1A AG-1-A Winter Total 0.07594
AG1B AG-1-B Summer Total 0.09968
AG1B AG-1-B Summer Total 3.73000
AG1B AG-1-B Winter Total 0.06914
AGRA AG-R-A Summer On Peak 0.13168
AGRA AG-R-A Summer Off Peak 0.08468
AGRA AG-R-A Summer Total 1.87000
AGRA AG-R-A Winter Part Peak 0.07243
AGRA AG-R-A Winter Off Peak 0.07177
AGRB AG-R-B Summer On Peak 0.12053
AGRB AG-R-B Summer Off Peak 0.07950
AGRB AG-R-B Summer Total 2.69000
AGRB AG-R-B Summer On Peak 0.76000
AGRB AG-R-B Winter Part Peak 0.07193
AGRB AG-R-B Winter Off Peak 0.07126
AGVA AG-V-A Summer On Peak 0.12144
AGVA AG-V-A Summer Off Peak 0.08165
AGVA AG-V-A Summer Total 1.90000
AGVA AG-V-A Winter Part Peak 0.07076
AGVA AG-V-A Winter Off Peak 0.07009
AGVB AG-V-B Summer On Peak 0.11106
AGVB AG-V-B Summer Off Peak 0.07557
AGVB AG-V-B Summer Total 2.48000
AGVB AG-V-B Summer On Peak 0.80000
AGVB AG-V-B Winter Part Peak 0.06602
AGVB AG-V-B Winter Off Peak 0.06536
AG4A AG-4-A Summer On Peak 0.10536
AG4A AG-4-A Summer Off Peak 0.08414
AG4A AG-4-A Summer Total 1.88000
AG4A AG-4-A Winter Part Peak 0.07374
AG4A AG-4-A Winter Off Peak 0.07307
AG4B AG-4-B Summer On Peak 0.10477
AG4B AG-4-B Summer Off Peak 0.09277
AG4B AG-4-B Summer Total 3.42000
AG4B AG-4-B Summer On Peak 0.92000
AG4B AG-4-B Winter Part Peak 0.08432
AG4B AG-4-B Winter Off Peak 0.08368
AG4C AG-4-C Summer On Peak 0.08303
AG4C AG-4-C Summer Part Peak 0.06882
AG4C AG-4-C Summer Off Peak 0.06365
AG4C AG-4-C Summer On Peak 4.54
AG4C AG-4-C Summer Part Peak 3.4
AG4C AG-4-C Winter Part Peak 0.06377
AG4C AG-4-C Winter Off Peak 0.0631
AG5A, AG-5-D AG-5-A Summer On Peak 0.10728
AG5A, AG-5-D AG-5-A Summer Off Peak 0.08961
AG5A, AG-5-D AG-5-A Summer Total 5.18
AG5A, AG-5-D AG-5-A Winter Part Peak 0.08118
AG5A, AG-5-D AG-5-A Winter Off Peak 0.08051

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Electric Generation Rate Schedules
Effective March 1, 2022
PG&E Rate Pioneer Rate Season Time of Use Period Rate
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Summer On Peak 0.10141
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Summer Off Peak 0.07875
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Summer Total 6.57
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Summer On Peak 2.05
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Winter Part Peak 0.07507
AG5B, AG-5-E AG-5-B Winter Off Peak 0.07443
AG5C AG-5-C Summer On Peak 0.07753
AG5C AG-5-C Summer Part Peak 0.06564
AG5C AG-5-C Summer Off Peak 0.06121
AG5C AG-5-C Summer On Peak 9.2
AG5C AG-5-C Summer Part Peak 7.35
AG5C AG-5-C Winter Part Peak 0.06311
AG5C AG-5-C Winter Off Peak 0.06244
AG-A1 AG-A1 Summer On Peak 0.21612
AG-A1 AG-A1 Summer Off Peak 0.10362
AG-A1 AG-A1 Winter On Peak 0.1005
AG-A1 AG-A1 Winter Off Peak 0.07564
AG-A2 AG-A2 Summer On Peak 0.21612
AG-A2 AG-A2 Summer Off Peak 0.10362
AG-A2 AG-A2 Winter On Peak 0.1005
AG-A2 AG-A2 Winter Off Peak 0.07564
AG-B AG-B Summer On Peak 0.23275
AG-B AG-B Summer Off Peak 0.11706
AG-B AG-B Winter On Peak 0.11204
AG-B AG-B Winter Off Peak 0.08742
AG-C AG-C Summer On Peak 0.1037
AG-C AG-C Summer Off Peak 0.07599
AG-C AG-C Summer On Peak 14.46
AG-C AG-C Winter On Peak 0.08994
AG-C AG-C Winter Off Peak 0.06595
AG-F-A1, AG-F-A2, AG-F-A3 AG-FA Summer On Peak 0.18375
AG-F-A1, AG-F-A2, AG-F-A3 AG-FA Summer Off Peak 0.11124 AG-F-A1, AG-F-A2, AG-F-A3 AG-FA Winter On Peak 0.10165
AG-F-A1, AG-F-A2, AG-F-A3 AG-FA Winter Off Peak 0.07679 AG-F-B1, AG-F-B2, AG-F-B3 AG-FB Summer On Peak 0.20203
AG-F-B1, AG-F-B2, AG-F-B3 AG-FB Summer Off Peak 0.1256
AG-F-B1, AG-F-B2, AG-F-B3 AG-FB Winter On Peak 0.11426
AG-F-B1, AG-F-B2, AG-F-B3 AG-FB Winter Off Peak 0.0894
AG-F-C1, AG-F-C2, AG-F-C3 AG-FC Summer On Peak 0.12319
AG-F-C1, AG-F-C2, AG-F-C3 AG-FC Summer Off Peak 0.09498 AG-F-C1, AG-F-C2, AG-F-C3 AG-FC Summer On Peak 14.46
AG-F-C1, AG-F-C2, AG-F-C3 AG-FC Winter On Peak 0.10964
AG-F-C1, AG-F-C2, AG-F-C3 AG-FC Winter Off Peak 0.08478 STREET LIGHTING (LS-1, LS-2, LS-3 and OL-1) SL-1 All Total 0.09173 TC-1 TC-1 All Total 0.10043

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Pioneer Community Energy
Glossary of Terms
CAISO – California Independent System Operator - a non-profit independent system operator that oversees the operation of the California bulk electric power system, transmission lines and electricity market generated and transmitted by its members (~80% of California’s electric flow). Its stated mission is to “operate the grid reliably and efficiently, provide fair and open transmission access, promote environmental stewardship and facilitate effective markets and promote infrastructure development. CAISO is regulated by FERC and governed by a five-member governing board appointed by the governor.

CALCCA – California Community Choice Association – Association made up of Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) groups which represents the interests of California’s community choice electricity providers.

CARB – California Air Resources Board – The CARB is charged with protecting the public from the harmful effects of air pollution and developing programs and actions to fight climate change in California.

CEC – California Energy Commission
CPUC – California Public Utility Commission
C&I – Commercial and Industrial – Business customers
CP – Compliance Period – Time period to become RPS compliant, set by the CPUC (California Public Utilities Commission)
DA – Direct Access – An option that allows eligible customers to purchase their electricity directly from third party providers known as Electric Service Providers (ESP).

DA Cap – the maximum amount of electric usage that may be allocated to Direct Access customers in California, or more specifically, within an Investor-Owned Utility service territory.

DA Lottery – a random drawing by which DA waitlist customers become eligible to enroll in DA service under the currently-applicable Direct Access Cap.

DA Waitlist – customers that have officially registered their interest in becoming a DA customer but are not yet able to enroll in service because of DA cap limitations.

DAC – Disadvantaged Community

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DASR – Direct Access Service Request – Request submitted by C&I to become direct access eligible.

Demand - The rate at which electric energy is delivered to or by a system or part of a system, generally expressed in kilowatts (kW), megawatts (MW), or gigawatts (GW), at a given instant or averaged over any designated interval of time. Demand should not be confused with Load or Energy.

DER – Distributed Energy Resource – A small-scale physical or virtual asset (e.g. EV charger, smart thermostat, behind-the-meter solar/storage, energy efficiency) that operates locally and is connected to a larger power grid at the distribution level.

Distribution - The delivery of electricity to the retail customer’s home or business through low voltage distribution lines.

DLAP – Default Load Aggregation Point – In the CAISO’s electricity optimization model, DLAP is the node at which all bids for demand should be submitted and settled. Pioneer settles its CAISO load at the PG&E DLAP as Pioneer is in the PG&E transmission access charge area.

DR – Demand Response - An opportunity for consumers to play a significant role in the operation of the electric grid by reducing or shifting their electricity usage during peak periods in response to time-based rates or other forms of financial incentives.

DWR – Department of Water Resources – DWR manages California’s water resources, systems, and infrastructure in a responsible, sustainable way.

ELCC – Effective Load Carrying Capacity – The additional load met by an incremental generator while maintaining the same level of system reliability. For solar and wind resources the ELCC is the amount of capacity which can be counted for Resource Adequacy purposes.

EPIC – Electric Program Investment Charge – The EPIC program was created by the CPUC to support investments in clean energy technologies that provide benefits to the electricity ratepayers of PG&E, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), and Southern California Edison Company (SCE)
ERRA – Energy Resource Recovery Account – ERRA proceedings are used to determine fuel and purchased power costs which can be recovered in rates. The utilities do not earn a rate of return on these costs, and only recover actual costs. The costs are forecast for the year ahead.

If the actual costs are lower than forecast, then the utility gives money back, and vice versa.

ESP – Energy Service Provider - An energy entity that provides service to a retail or end-use customer.

EV – Electric Vehicle
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GHG – Greenhouse gas - water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous oxide, methane, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). A gas that causes the atmosphere to trap heat radiating from the earth. The most common GHG is Carbon Dioxide, though Methane and others have this effect as well.

GRC – General Rate Case – Proceedings used to address the costs of operating and maintaining the utility system and the allocation of those costs among customer classes. For California’s three large IOUs, the GRCs are parsed into two phases. Phase I of a GRC determines the total amount the utility is authorized to collect, while Phase II determines the share of the cost each customer class is responsible and the rate schedules for each class. Each large electric utility files a GRC application every three years for review by the Public Advocates Office and interested parties and approval by the CPUC.

GWh – Gigawatt-hour - The unit of energy equal to that expended in one hour at a rate of one billion watts. One GWh equals 1,000 megawatt-hours.

IEP – Independent Energy Producers – California’s oldest and leading nonprofit trade association, representing the interest of developers and operators of independent energy facilities and independent power marketers.

IOU – Investor Owned Utility – A private electricity and natural gas provider.

IRP – Integrated Resource Plan – A plan which outlines an electric utility’s resource needs in order to meet expected electricity demand long-term.
kW – Kilowatt – Measure of power where power (watts) = voltage (volts) x amperage (amps) and 1 kW = 1000 watts
kWh – Kilowatt-hour – This is a measure of consumption. It is the amount of electricity that is used over some period of time, typically a one-month period for billing purposes. Customers are charged a rate per kWh of electricity used.

LCFS – Low Carbon Fuel Standard – A CARB program designed to encourage the use of cleaner low-carbon fuels in California, encourage the production of those fuels, and therefore, reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

LCR – Local (RA) Capacity Requirements – The amount of Resource Adequacy capacity required to be demonstrated in a specific location or zone.

LMP – Locational Marginal Price – Each generator unit and load pocket is assigned a node in the CAISO optimization model. The model will assign a LMP to the node in both the day- ahead and real time market as it balances the system using the least cost. The LMP is comprised of three components: the marginal cost of energy, congestion and losses. The LMP is used to financially settle transactions in the CAISO.

Load - An end use device or customer that receives power from an energy delivery system.

Load should not be confused with Demand, which is the measure of power that a load receives or requires. See Demand.

SE – Load-serving Entity – Entities that have been granted authority by state, local law or regulation to serve their own load directly through wholesale energy purchases and have chosen to exercise that authority.

NEM – Net Energy Metering – A program in which solar customers receive credit for excess electricity generated by solar panels.

NRDC – Natural Resources Defense Council
OIR – Order Instituting Rulemaking - A procedural document that is issued by the CPUC to start a formal proceeding. A draft OIR is issued for comment by interested parties and made final by vote of the five Commissioners of the CPUC.

MW – Megawatt – measure of power. A megawatt equals 1,000 kilowatts or 1 million watts.

MWH – Megawatt-hour – measure of energy
NP-15 – North Path 15 – NP-15 is a CAISO pricing zone usually used to approximate wholesale electricity prices in northern California in PG&E’s service territory.

PCC1 – RPS Portfolio Content Category 1 – Bundled renewables where the energy and REC are dynamically scheduled into a California Balancing Authority (CBA) such as the CAISO. Also known as “in-state” renewables.

PCC2 – RPS Portfolio Content Category 2 – Bundled renewables where the energy and REC are from out-of-state and not dynamically scheduled to a CBA.

PCC3 – RPS Portfolio Content Category 3 – Unbundled REC PCIA or “exit fee” - Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) is an “exit fee” based on stranded costs of utility generation set by the California Public Utilities Commission. It is calculated annually and assessed to customers of CCAs and paid to the IOU that lost those customers as a result of the formation of a CCA.

PCL – Power Content Label – A user-friendly way of displaying information to California consumers about the energy resources used to generate the electricity they sell, as required by AB 162 (Statue of 2009) and Senate Bill 1305 (Statutes of 1997).

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PD – Proposed Decision – A procedural document in a CPUC Rulemaking process that is formally commented on by Parties to the proceeding. A PD is a precursor to a final Decision voted on by the five Commissioners of the CPUC.

Pnode – Pricing Node – In the CAISO optimization model, it is a point where a physical injection or withdrawal of energy is modeled and for which a LMP is calculated.

PPA – Power Purchase Agreement – A contract used to purchase the energy, capacity and attributes from a renewable resource project.

RA – Resource Adequacy - Under its Resource Adequacy (RA) program, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requires load-serving entities—both independently owned utilities and electric service providers—to demonstrate in both monthly and annual filings that they have purchased capacity commitments of no less than 115% of their peak loads.

RE – Renewable Energy - Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.

REC - Renewable Energy Certificate - A REC is the property right to the environmental benefits associated with generating renewable electricity. For instance, homeowners who generate solar electricity are credited with 1 solar REC for every MWh of electricity they produce.

Utilities obligated to fulfill an RPS requirement can purchase these RECs on the open market.

RPS - Renewable Portfolio Standard - Law that requires CA utilities and other load serving entities (including CCAs) to provide an escalating percentage of CA qualified renewable power (culminating at 33% by 2020) in their annual energy portfolio.

SCE – Southern California Edison
SDG&E – San Diego Gas & Electric
SGIP – Self-Generation Incentive Program – A program which provides incentives to support existing, new, and emerging distributed energy resources (storage, wind turbines, waste heat to power technologies, etc.)
TCR EPS Protocol – The Climate Registry Electric Power Sector Protocol – Online tools and resources provided by The Climate Registry to assist organizations to measure, report, and reduce carbon emissions.

Time-of-Use (TOU) Rates — The pricing of delivered electricity based on the estimated cost of electricity during a particular time-block. Time-of-use rates are usually divided into three or four time-blocks per 24-hour period (on-peak, mid-peak, off-peak and sometimes super off-peak) and by seasons of the year (summer and winter). Real time pricing differs from TOU rates Page | 5
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in that it is based on actual (as opposed to forecasted) prices that may fluctuate many times a day and are weather sensitive, rather than varying with a fixed schedule.

TURN – The Utility Reform Network - A ratepayer advocacy group charged with ensuring that California IOUs implement just and reasonable rates.

Unbundled RECs - Renewable energy certificates that verify a purchase of a MWH unit of renewable power where the actual power and the certificate are “unbundled” and sold to different buyers.

VPP – Virtual Power Plant – A cloud-based network that leverages an aggregation of distributed energy resources (DERs) to shift energy demand or provide services to the grid.

For example, thousands of EV chargers could charge at a slower speed and hundreds of home batteries could discharge to the grid during a demand peak to significantly reduce the procurement of traditional supply resources.

Pioneer Community Energy Board of DirectorsMarch 17, 2022

Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors
March 17, 2022