Before the Governing Board of
Pioneer Community Energy
In the matter of: Adopt Resolution authorizing the
Executive Director to provide bill forgiveness on the
Pioneer Community Energy generation portion of the
customer bill for the months of September and October
2022 to Pioneer Community Energy customers whose
residences were destroyed due to the Mosquito Fire in
an aggregate amount of bill forgiveness not-to-exceed
amount of $25,000.
Resolution No.: ------
The following Resolution was duly passed by the Governing Board of Pioneer Community Energy at a regular meeting held December 15, 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 State of California has experienced another catastrophic wildfire season; and WHEREAS, the Mosquito Fire started on September 6, 2022, and was not fully contained until October 22, 2022, impacting both Placer and El Dorado Counties; and WHEREAS, the Mosquito Fire resulted in over 76,000 acres consumed, the evacuation of around 11,000 people, and over 90 structures destroyed or damaged.
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 Executive Director is authorized to provide bill forgiveness on the Pioneer Community Energy generation portion of the customer bill for the months of September and October 2022 to Pioneer Community Energy customers whose residences were destroyed due. to the Mosquito Fire in an aggregate amount of bill forgiveness not-to-exceed $25,000.
3. The Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. 'IONEER
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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: 12/15/2022
REPORT
Personnel
Pioneer is currently recruiting for the Residential Coordinator and Sr. Manager of Quantitative Analysis and Modelling positions.
Executive Director Agreements Executed
There are no items to report.
Prepay Bond Transaction Update
Market conditions prompted urgency for staff to work with Goldman Sachs in the closing of the prepay bond transaction. The bond deal is expected to close on January 4th and the discount to the long-term power purchase agreements assigned to the prepay is 12% which is well above expectations. This results in approximately $2.5 million per year in power supply savings for our ratepayers. Once the deal is executed, staff will provide an update to the Board.
Net Energy Metering ("NEM'') Tariff Update
The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to review comments to its Proposed Decision on changes to the Net Energy Metering Tariff. A final decision is not expected. If there is significant information to share, then staff will provide an update on changes to NEM at the January Board meeting.
Recognition of Pioneer's Website
· The 2022 Marcom Awards have recognized Pioneer with a Gold Award in the Digital Media Website Redesign category. The award honors excellence and creativity in marketing and communications. Approximately 6,500 entries are submitted from dozens of countries each year with Pioneer being selected from a highly competitive field.
Executive Director Power Supply Contracts Executed
The following agreements have been executed by the Executive Director, consistent with the authority delegated by the Board:
Execution Notional
Counterparty Name Date Type Product Start Date End Date Value Morgan Stanley Capital Group I 11/30/2022 I Buy I Renewable Energy- PCC2 I 1;1;2023 I 12;31;20241 $ 2,214,300 Orange County Power Authority I 11/17/2022 I Buy I Resource Adequacy - System I 1;1;2023 I 1;31;2023 I $ 3,000
Agenda Item: IV-B Agenda Date: 12/15/2022
Presentations and Relevant Meetings attended by the Executive Director
1. Participated n CalCCA Weekly/Monthly Board meetings
2. Participated in the Pioneer booth at the Mandarin Festival
3. Participated in a meeting with new Assemblymember Joe Patterson
4. Participated in a meeting with new Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil
ATTACHMENTS
1. Agenda Planning Document
2. Monthly Legislative and Regulatory Update
3. Monthly Marketing and Public Outreach Report
4. Minutes from most recent Community Advisory Programs Committee
Agenda Planning Document - Pioneer Community Energy
This is a planning document which remains fluid pending staff communication DECEMBER 15, 2022 JANUARY 19, 2023
BOARD OF 3:00 PM 3:00 PM
DIRECTORS (Post Agenda: DEC 9) (Post Agenda: JAN 13)
Closed Session Public Employee Performance Eva luation - 2:15 PM GC §54957 Title: Executive Director
Conference wit h Labor Negotiators - GC
§54957.6 Agency Negotiator: Board Chair
Unrepresented Employee: Executive Director
General Function I Agenda Review Selection of Chair and Vice Chair (Action - Eckert)
Agenda Review
Consent Approve meeting minutes Approve meeting minutes NOV 17, 2022 (Eckert) DEC 15, 2022 (Eckert)
1a 1b MONTHLY- reaffirm Pioneer AB 361 MONTH LY- reaffirm Pioneer AB 361 Remote Meeting Continuation Remote Meeting Continuation Fi ndings Findings & receive Leg/Reg update & receive Leg/Reg update (Eckert) GC (Eckert) GC.
1c Receive Draft Financials: October 2022 Receive Draft Financials : November (Koehn) 2022 (Koehn}
1d Board Meeting Schedule 2023 Proposed Community Development (Eckert) Manaeer (Eckert)
1e Elect-C Rate (Riffey)
1f Tenant Improvements (Koehn)
1g Boardroom & AV Improvements
(Koehn)
Regular Audit Report (Action - Koehn) Post-State of Emergency meeting 2 Pisenti & Brinker venue (Discussion - Eckert) GC 3 Discussion & RES approving Rates to Biomass Presentation {Discussion - include Programs funding (Action - Kang)
Eckert)
4 Receive Report & Presentation from Legislative {Bills)/Regulatory Community Programs Advisory (PSPS/EPSS and NEM) (Discussion - Committee (Discussion - Riffey) Kang)
Chair & Vice Chair attending in person
5 RES authorizing bill forgiveness to RES approving Amendment No. 2 to Pioneer residential customers the Executive Director Employment (Mosquito Fire) (Action - Eckert) Aereement (Action - GC} 6 Updates to Pioneer's Brand {Discussion
- Riffey)
Updated 12/9/2022
IN THE FUTURE
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
3:00 PM (2023) Special Meeting- CAISO facility tour (Post Agenda: FEB 10) (2023) Special Meeting- Board Orientation Agenda Review
Approve meeting minutes (FEB) By-Laws Article V, Section 5.2 JAN 19, 2023 (Eckert) I Existing comm ittee members sha ll be affirmed I by the Governing Body each year at its February meeting
MONTHLY - reaffirm Pioneer AB 361 Pending determination (February 2023 >) Remote Meeting Continuation Findings
& receive Leg/ Reg update (Eckert) GC
Receive Draft Financials: December
2022 (Koehn)
Affirm Committee Members (Action - (MAR) Customer Survey Results (Riffey) Eckert) (MAR) Customer Participation (Riffey)
Introduce & Authorize 30-Day Notice {MAR/APR) Legislative Platform for Amendment No. 6 re: expansion Update on Prepay Transaction process; and Amendment No. 7 re: NEM 3.0 update
Board Member criteria (Action - AG Rate Changes
Eckert) Data Flow presentation
Mid-Year Budget (Action - Koehn)
2023 State of the Utility (Discussion -
Eckert)
Programs Discussion & Funding
( Discussion - Riffey)
C:\Users\ TeresaWillock\Pioneer Community Energy\Executive Director - General Documents\Board\Board Meeting Templates Agenda Planning Document - Pioneer Community Energy Updated 1219/2022 DECEMBER 15, 2022 JANUARY 19, 2022 FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Regular (continued) Recognition of departing members
7 (Thomas) (Action - Eckert)
General Function II Executive Director's Report Executive Director's Report Executive Director's Report Executive Director Report - Quarterly Reports: Leg/Reg; Community Engagement; Reports: Leg/Reg; Strategic Pion report Reports: Leg/Reg; Community Engagement; Update re: Strategic Plan objectives IV-8 CPAC minutes - NOV; Community Engagement; JAN - APR - JULY - OCT IV-C Informational Items: Glossary of Terms Informational Items: Glossary of Terms Informational Items: Glossary of Terms AUDIT/FINANCE COMMITTEE DA TE TBD 2023 DATE IN THE FUTURE Greg Janda, Chair -selection of officers 2023 1st meeting of calendar year Jeff Duncan, Vice Chair Selection of Officers
Dan Karleskint By-Laws Article V, Section 5.3
Dennis Thomas Each committee sha ll on an annual basis choose its officers, comprised of a Cha irperson and Vice-Cha irperson
ENERGY PROCUREMENT REVIEW DA TE TBD 2023 DATE IN THE FUTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE John Hidahl, Chair -selection of officers 2023 pt meeting of calendar year Alice Dowdin Calvillo, Vice Chair Selection of Officers Jeff Duncan Ad Hoc Member Limit fewer members than majority of board (<5) Greg Janda EXPANSION DATE TBD 2023 DATE IN THE FUTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE Alice Dowdin Calvillo, Chair -selection of officers 2023 p t meeting of calendar year Jim Holmes, Vice Chair Selection of Officers
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Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update (Prepared: December 5, 2022)
December 15, 2022
Legislative Affairs
California Legislature and Capitol Update
The 2023-2024 Legislative Session commenced on December 5, 2022. New members of the Legislature were sworn into office, new leadership in each house will be formed, and new legislation will be introduced.
Although not all results have been certified, as a result of the November 8, 2022, General Election, there will be significant Legislator turnover in 2023, both at the state and local levels. There will also be turnover on the Pioneer Board. Incoming legislative members provide an opportunity to educate on CCA matters and interests of Pioneer. The Democrats will maintain a "super" majority in both the Senate and Assembly. There will also be a Chair vacancy in the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee. In addition to the Chair, several other vacancies in both the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee and the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee must be filled. These vacancies will significantly reshape both Committees.
In addition to legislative races, the November ballot included several ballot measures, Proposition 30 being most important to CCAs. Although defeated, Proposition 30 proposed to increase taxes on personal income over $2 million by 1.75% for individuals and married couples and allocate new tax revenues to increase zero-emission vehicles. Governor Newsom's vocal opposition to Proposition 30 was instrumental in its defeat.
Governor Newsom called for a Special Legislative Session, which began along with the Regular Session on December 5, 2022, seeking to potentially pass a new tax on oil company profits addressing what he called "rank price gouging." The dramatically increased gas prices due to continuing inflation and ongoing disruptions in the global supply chain disproportionately affect Californians. Lawmakers will also consider ways to allow state agencies to more closely review gas costs, profits, and pricing.
Lastly, the Legislative Analyst's Office reported that California faces a $24 billion budget deficit and potential ongoing deficits in the coming year. The budget problem is mainly attributable to lower revenue estimates, which are lower than budget act projections from 2021-2022 through 2023-2024 by $41 billion. Revenue losses are offset by lower spending in certain areas. Over the subsequent years of the forecast, annual deficits would decline from $17 billion to $8 billion. While their lower revenue estimates incorporate the risk of a recession, they do not reflect a recession scenario. Based on historical experience, should a recession occur soon, revenues could be $30 billion to $50 billion below their revenue outlook. This issue will impact legislative proposals in the next legislative session as well as budget packages with ongoing fiscal commitments.
December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update Pioneer Legislative Update
Pioneer staff continues legislative engagement internally, with CalCCA, individual CCAs, and other stakeholders developing legislative ideas and policy strategies for the 2023-2024 Legislative Session. Pioneer staff will continue to independently engage, advocating with the Board, Member Agencies, and our Legislative Representatives on key legislative matters in the upcoming 2023-2024 session. Pioneer staff plans to meet with all new Legislative Representatives in its territory in the coming weeks to make introductions and build relationships.
Pioneer's legislative efforts continue to focus on the issues of bioenergy and biomass, grid resiliency and reliability, Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS), Enhanced Powerline Safety Settings (EPSS) and wildfire mitigation, microgrid development, addressing Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) volatility, and preparing to avoid and oppose potentially threatening bills. Pioneer staff will keep the board apprised as the 2023-2024 Legislative Session unfolds.
2023 Bill Proposal Ideas
1. Extend or eliminate the sunset date of the BioMAT program. • Language has been submitted to the Legislative Counsel's office for drafting. • A fact sheet has been drafted.
• Potential authors have been identified.
• Pioneer has started outreach to potential supporters.
2. Allow CCAs to participate in the BioRAM contracts and ensure that the contract is for 10 years. • We have language back from Legislative Counsel's office. • A fact sheet has been drafted.
• Potential authors have been identified.
3. Work with RCRC to facilitate the procurement of biomass that assists our local governments' requirements to procure organic waste products.
• RCRC and Pioneer agreed that a bill proposal at this point is premature. • Pioneer and RCRC agreed to schedule a meeting with CalRecycle to discuss how CalRecycle envisions biomass playing a role in both the landfill diversion and organic waste procurement requirements in SB 1383.
Regulatory Proceedings
Below is a summary table of the key issues, followed by further detail on activities since our last Board Meeting on a few ongoing priority Pioneer regulatory Proceedings and matters. More updates will follow at future Board meetings as regulatory proceedings and matters evolve.
Proceeding Issue Pioneer Position
December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update R.22-10-010 Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR) Expeditiously implement AB 843 to Implement AB 843 (2022) -The to allow CCA access to the BioMAT Bioenergy Adjusting Tariff program for future subsidies for Program biomass procurement and extend
sunset date indefinitely until all
MWs have been filled
A.20-02-009; A.21-03-008; A.21- PG&E 2019 Energy Resource Reduce the ERRA impact on the 06-001; A.22-05-029 Recovery Account (ERRA) PCIA; increase data transparency Compliance Application; PG&E from the IOUs
2020 ERRA Compliance
Application; 2021 ERRA
Compliance Application; 2022
ERRA Compliance Application;
2023 ERRA Compliance
Application
R.20-08-020 Rulemaking to develop a Mitigate impacts to Pioneer NEM successor to existing Net Energy customers
Metering (NEM) tariffs and to
review and refine existing NEM
tariffs
R.17-06-026 Power Charge Indifference Reduce the PCIA and rate volatility Adjustment (PCIA) for CCA customers; increase data
transparency from the IOUs
R.17-09-020; R.19-11-009; R.21- Resource Adequacy (RA) Reform & Refine the current RA Program 10-002 Implementation Tracks construct; reduce volatility of RA prices; increase RA procurement
availability and grid reliability
R.18-12-005 Utility De-energization, Public Reduce impacts of PSPS and EPSS Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), and events; increase coordination and Enhanced Powerline Safety communications with IOUs to
Settings (EPSS) ensure public safety during de-energization; limit PSPS and EPSS impacts on CCA load scheduling
• AB 843 OIR:
o The OIR was opened on October 20, 2022, to examine issues in the implementation of AB 843 which Pioneer and other CCAs championed in 2021. All CCAs, including Pioneer, have party status in the Proceeding. The preliminary schedule anticipates a Decision in Q3 2023. There was an opportunity in Opening Comments to push for a more aggressive schedule. o CalCCA filed Opening Comments on November 28, 2022.
■ CalCCA's Comments argued:
December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update • The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should expeditiously consider extending the BioMAT program end date from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2030 to provide CCAs ample time to participate and provide bioenergy developers certainty on the continuity of the program. • The CPUC should adopt the issues set forth in Section 3.1 of the OIR and organize the issues into three categories:
o IOU incorporation of CCAs into the BioMAT program.
o Contracts/tariffs.
o CCA cost recovery.
• The CPUC should establish a collaborative workshop process to allow the parties to work through the issues necessary to incorporate CCAs into the BioMAT program.
• The CPUC should ensure completion of the proceeding by July 2023. • The CPUC should adopt the OIR's classification of the Proceeding as ratesetting and the determination that no hearings will be necessary. • Net Billing (Formerly NEM 3.0):
o This Proceeding proposes to create a successor Program to NEM 2.0 to address some of the identified issues with the existing Program. The objective is to increase equity and eliminate cost shifts onto lower income customers who are subsidizing, to some degree, residential solar owners. On May 9, 2022, an AU Ruling was issued allowing parties to respond to 14 different questions on four distinct topics being considered in the Proceeding: transitional "glide path" for NEM 3.0 implementation, associated non-bypassable charges, and applicable community solar tariffs. This AU Ruling reopened the Proceeding to address outstanding NEM matters.
Comments were filed on June 10, 2022, and Replies were filed on June 24, 2022. o On November 10, 2022, a Revised Proposed Decision was issued revising NEM tariffs; Oral Arguments were held on November 16, 2022; Comments on the Proposed Decision (PD) were filed on November 30, 2022, and Replies are due December 5, 2022. On December 5, 2022, Joint CCAs, including East Bay Community Energy, San Diego Community Power, and Peninsula Clean Energy Authority, submitted Reply Comments in response to Sierra Club's Opening Comments. In their Reply Comments, the Joint CCAs express support for Sierra Club's recommendation to base glide path step-downs on each additional gigawatt of installed capacity rather than annual changes. Basing the step-downs on installed capacity allows the glide path to respond to actual market conditions, as the step-downs will correspond to the rate at which solar is adopted.
• PG&E ERRA Compliance and ERRA Forecast:
o The ERRA Proceeding acts as a review of an IOU's prior year portfolio management and accounting and seeks to identify errors and discrepancies between PG&E's revenue requirements vis-a-vis collected revenues through the IOU's General Rate Case which ultimately affects CCA rates through the PCIA.
December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update o 2023 PG&E ERRA Forecast: PG&E filed their annual Forecast Application on May 31, 2022, forecasting its electric procurement cost revenue requirement and electricity sales for 2023.
New MPBs arrived: higher energy and RA prices add significant value (i.e., over $1 billion!) to the PCIA calculation; that additional value would be enough to turn the forecasted PCIA amount negative. On October 17, 2022, PG&E filed its October ERRA Forecast Update. The October Update was promising, including negative PCIA rates across all vintages. Drivers for the negative PCIA include higher brown power market prices, higher RA prices, lower RPS prices, an under collection of the ERRA, and an over collection of the PABA. PG&E fought the negative PCIA and crediting for it, despite SCE and SDGE already having a negative PCIA. Joint CCAs argued for uniform treatment for all the IOUs and were confident they would win on this matter. Further Updates came on November 15, 2022, and another will come December 31, 2022; it appears the PCIA will remain negative and land very close to where it was as of the October Update. A PD was issued on November 28, 2022. The PD was a huge win for Joint CCAs - mainly as the Commission denied PG&E's assertion that the PCIA cannot go negative and eliminated a PCIA floor; if upheld, vintages with forecasted negative indifference amounts will receive credits for those amounts. It is likely a Final Decision will come at the December 15, 2022 Commission Voting Meeting. Actual rates should be submitted via Tier 1 Advise Letter on December 30, 2022 and go into effect on Jan 1, 2023.
• Power Charge Indifference Adjustment:
o This Proceeding seeks to improve the methodology used in the ERRA Proceeding to determine the PCIA.
o Phase 2 of the Proceeding created three Working Groups to formulate processes to address additional PCIA proposals.
■ Working Group 3 (Portfolio Optimization) sought to resolve issues on portfolio optimization and resource allocation. A PD on Working Group 3 matters was issued on April 5, 2021. The Decision was unfavorable and did not address Working Group 3 recommendations. CalCCA submitted comments on the Decision focusing on addressing the Working Group 3 recommendations that the PD disregarded or pushed to a later date. CalCCA filed an Application for Rehearing (AfR) on the PCIA Cap and Portfolio Optimization Decision. On April 7, 2022, the CPUC rejected the AfR and declined to revisit the aspects of the Decision that the AfR challenged. On May 11, 2022, SJCE and 3CE filed a Petition for Writ of Review with the California 6th Court of Appeals challenging the CPUC PCIA Working Group 3 Decision. The Petition's arguments were that the CPUC treated this proceeding as quasi-legislative, when it was a ratesetting proceeding; the Petition also argues that the CPUC made a legal error and did not consider the Working Group 3 reports. A Ruling is pending. The Voluntary Allocation Market Offer (VAMO) process is continuing in the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) proceeding. On June 24, 2022, an Amended Scoping Ruling extended the statutory deadline to June 30, 2023, to address remaining issues in Phase 2: GHG free resources, long-term fixed price transactions in the RPS adder, calculation of Energy Index MPB, and VAMO. An August 4, 2022, AU Ruling requested stakeholder December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update comments on long-term fixed-price RPS transactions and provided a Staff Proposal for Incorporating Long-Term RPS Transactions into the RPS MPB. Comments were filed in late August; Reply Comments were filed on September 9, 2022. • Phase I: Track 2: an additional Staff Proposal was issued on September 12, 2022 on the RPS MPB, how to value GHG-free resources in the PCIA, and how to address data access issues. The Proposal sought to adopt GHG-free MPB for PCIA calculations and to work with staff to develop the details of this approach. Energy Division (ED) held a workshop on November 18, 2022 to discuss the Staff Proposal. • CalCCA submitted Comments on the Staff Proposal on November 7, 2022 addressing whether GHG-Free Resources are under-valued in the PCIA methodology. CalCCA supports the Staff Proposal to establish a MPB for GHG-Free Resources. Replies were filed on November 30, 2022. CalCCA filed Comments stating that: 1) The CPUC should maintain the existing RPS MPB methodology without change; Proposals to incorporate long-term fixed-price contracts into the RPS MPB calculation, while responsive to the Commission's directive in D.19-10-020, do not align with the determination of other MPBs and should be rejected, as they are vulnerable to a wide range of inaccuracy and impose an increased administrative burden; 2) The CPUC should recognize GHG-Free value in the IOU PCIA portfolios in a way that ensures all customers - bundled and unbundled - share this value in proportion to their responsibility for PCIA costs; while CalCCA prefers the existing interim GHG-Free energy allocation process as administered by PG&E and SCE, the Staff's proposed MPB is also a workable solution; 3) The Commission should adopt a modified version of the Joint IOUs' June 13, 2022 proposal to apply a portfolio weight to the Energy Index MPB. The Joint IOUs have agreed to provide the portfolio weighting factors as part of their May 15 ERRA applications and provide data to facilitate a review of the three-year historical average calculations in the ERRA Forecast cases; further modifications to the Joint IOU proposal, to remove or add resources from historical CAISO data, should be rejected except to reflect removal of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant from PG&E's PCIA-eligible resource portfolio.
• Resource Adequacy:
o R.21-10-002 established a Reform Track and an Implementation Track for RA compliance year 2023.
o Reform Track (formerly known as Track 3B.2): Slice of Day proposals and implementation topics were discussed through five workshops conducted in the fall of 2021 through the end of 2021. A Workshop Report was released in February 2022. The Workshop process was intended to lead to significant changes to the RA Program starting in 2024. A PD earlier this year adopted Local Capacity Obligations for 2023-2025, Flexible Capacity Obligations for 2023, and Reform Track Framework; Comments were filed on June 9, 2022, and Reply Comments were filed on June 14, 2022. Three Workstreams to resolve Slice of Day implementation details were December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update ongoing from July and concluded in October 2022. The Final RA Reform Working Group Report and Proposals developed through these Workstreams were filed and served on November 15, 2022. CalCCA submitted Comments on the Report and Proposals on December 1, 2022. The Comments focused primarily on the need to test that sufficient RA resources exist for LSEs to meet their requirements, if not, to allow a process for LSEs to receive waivers and the need to test whether or not hourly transactability is a necessary feature of the initial Slice of Day implementation. A PD in Phase 2 of the Reform Track is expected Ql 2023. o Implementation Track: seeks to address System, Flexible, and Local RA capacity requirements and all other issues relating to RA procurement obligations and Program implementation details. Phase 2 is addressing Flexible Capacity Requirements, Local Capacity Requirements, modifications to the Planning Reserve Margin (PRM), and Qualifying Capacity (QC) Counting.
Proposals were filed January 21, 2022. On May 20, 2022, a PD was issued addressing RA requirements and Phase 2 Implementation Issues. On June 9, 2022, PCE, SJCE, and CalCCA filed Opening Comments on the PD; Reply Comments were filed on June 14, 2022. Phase 3 will deal with 2024 requirements for flexible RA and the 2024-2026 local RA requirements. Phase 3 is anticipated to conclude summer 2023.
o CalCCA filed a Petition for Modification (PFM) addressing deadlines and penalties for System and Flex RA procurement in light of the uncertainty created by the PG&E Central Procurement Entity's (CPE) failure to meet its Local RA procurement requirements, RA market scarcity, and the lack of justification for having a penalty waiver process for the CPE on Local RA but not for LSEs on Flex or System RA. On October 19, 2022, CalCCA held an ex pa rte with CPUC President Reynolds' and Commissioner Rechtschaffen's advisors and then on October 20, 2022, with Energy Division staff regarding CalCCA's PFM. Energy Division staff acknowledges the RA market scarcity issues, but Energy Division sees this as a problem fundamentally about reliability, in which compliance is key, and is concerned about issuing waivers to LSEs that do not or cannot comply; they are concerned with the fairness of some LSEs paying for expensive RA to comply and others that may just seek a waiver. The Commission issued a PD denying CalCCA's PFM on November 9, 2022. The PD argues that because D.20-06-002 gave Energy Division the flexibility not to send deficiency notices to LSEs for year-ahead RA obligations until after January 1, 2023, and that no new or changed facts were presented by the PFM, there is insufficient basis to warrant modification. CalCCA filed comments on November 29, 2022 opposing the PD and reiterated the same arguments as presented in the PFM. CalCCA is not confident any changes to the PD will be made. Reply Comments are due on December 5, 2022. • Utility Deenergization, PSPS, and EPSS:
o Pioneer staff is leading an effort among Joint CCAs and other stakeholders asking the CPUC for the consideration of EPSS issues in the Deenergization or its own Proceeding. Pioneer, along with Joint CCAs, Joint Local Governments, and Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC), filed a motion with the CPUC on July 12, 2022, to consider EPSS issues in the Deenergization or its own Proceeding. The arguments in the motion are to treat EPSS events with the same regulations and oversight as PSPS events. Joint CCAs, Joint Local Governments, and RCRC held three ex pa rte meetings with Commissioners and staff from the CPUC. The December 15, 2022 - Pioneer Community Energy Legislative and Regulatory Update meetings were overall successful; the parties seem to have gained some traction presenting their arguments. It, however, remains to be seen how the CPUC will address concerns with the Fast Trip and EPSS Programs. Pioneer, along with the other Joint Parties, filed a letter on Monday, November 7, 2022, regarding Fast Trip and EPSS issues and concerns with the CPUC, the Governor's Office, and several others requesting that the Programs be regulated as the PSPS Program is. The letter contained signatures from Senator Dodd, Senator Laird, Senator Dahle, Senator Nielsen, Assembly Member Dahle, Assembly Member Gallagher, and Assembly Member Wood. PG&E quickly responded to the letter defending its EPSS program and arguing against further oversight or regulation of the program. CPUC President Alice Reynolds responded to Assembly Member Levine's November 2, 2022 letter in the PSPS Proceeding regarding fast trip and EPSS impacts and oversight. In her response, she pointed to existing CPUC oversight of PG&E's EPSS Program, including monthly reporting, regulatory obligations under the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety, and requirements under PG&E's Wildfire Mitigation Plan focusing increased attention to avoidance of adverse EPSS impacts. Pioneer is looking at a few options in response to further elevate the issues with EPSS events: seeking CalCCA involvement to weigh in, a potential press conference to highlight issues with EPSS impacts, and possibly a legislative oversight hearing on the topic.
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Customer Engagement Update
December 2022
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
12/9/2022
tONEER
1 3
4 Direct Customer Engagement
Phone Calls/Emails
• 606 customer calls (call
center)
• 91.8% satisfied with
customer service
• 86 emails
• 141 team calls
Customer Influence
• New Enrollments - 2
• Opt Outs Rescinded - 2
• Re-Enrollment - 13
• Retained - 16
Customer Events
• Mandarin Festival Booth &
Sponsorships
• Solar Seminars (x2)
10NEER
• Who is Pioneer Seminars (x2)
Key External Stakeholder Meetings
• Placer County Economic
Development Director
• Regional Economic Development
Stakeholders Meeting
• Auburn Greater Area Economic
Development
• El Dorado County Senior's
Resource Fair
10NEER
12/9/2022
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Social Media 10NEER
Facebook Website
• 798 Followers • 616 Return Users
• 1 0 Items Posted • 3,500 New Users
• 2,667 Post Impressions
Linkedln Ins tag ram
• 200 Followers • 20 Followers
• 5 Items Posted • 6 Posts
• 371 Post Impressions • 45 Impressions
5 Other Media 10NEER
Paid Media Social Media Ads
• 98 - Radio Clips
• 562,684 - Total Audience
• $308 - Total Value
• 197,205 - Impressions
• 1,863 - Clicks
• 944 - Engagements
Earned Media
• 4 - Total # of Stories
• 22,444 - Total Audience
• $308 - Total estimated value
6 3
7 Key Metrics
Customer Counts
• 85.5% - Retention
• 401 - Pending Pioneer
Customers
12/9/2022
$ 10NEER
Green100
• 267 - Total Participants
• 1 - Opt Up
• 4- Opt Down
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PIONEER COMMUNITY ENERGY
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
November 30, 2022
Minutes
Heard General Administration Functions, Part I.
Call to Order
Pioneer Community Energy Community Programs Advisory Committee ("CPAC") met in open session at 2:02 PM on November 30, 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/88322361917.
Ro ll Call
p A Title Name
X Chair Geoff McLennan
X Vice Chair Glen Kramer
X Member James Curtis
X Member David Deckman
X Member Lee Kosla
X Member Glenn Krakow
X Member Brandon Reinhardt Member arrived, then informed the Committee of a work obligation and his expected return at
about 2:30.
Public Comment
There were no comments from members of the public.
Chair McLennan expressed his appreciation for the Committee.
Entry No. 2
Acted on the Consent Agenda as follows:
Approved minutes of the October 26, 2022 Committee meeting; and as this was the final meeting of the Committee, directed staff to finalize and approve minutes for the closing meeting of November 30, 2022.
MOTION: Deckman/Kramer. Vote: 5:0:2.
ROLL CALL: Deckman, Kosla, Krakow, Kramer, McLennan.
No/Abstain: None.
Absent: Curtis, Reinhardt.
Entry No. 3
Discussed the presentation of the Community Programs Recommendations report to the Pioneer Community Energy Board of Directors on December 15, 2022.
Community Programs Advisory Committee
November 30, 2022
Chair McLennan and Vice Chair Kramer shared a preview of the presentation to the Board.
Member Kosla suggested that quarterly reports be provided to the Board to describe progress, number of participants, measures implemented, and savings to customers.
Director Riffey and Vice Chair Kramer also confirmed that staff would be meeting the reporting requirements for funding received from grants and incentives.
Presenters McLennan and Kramer are prepared to respond to Board inquiries on Phases 2, 3, 4, as well as the parking lot items with the information in the Appendix.
Director Riffey confirmed that the full report will be attached to the agenda report when the December 15 Board agenda packet is posted and distributed; as well as physical copies of the report provided to the Board Members.
At the completion of the presentation to the Board, the Committee is recommending the Board to approve the Final Report that includes Programs Recommendations for Near- and Long-Term; and to authorize staff to pursue the human and capital needs to convert the recommendations into action.
Entry No. 4
Heard General Administration Functions, Part II.
A. Closing Comments
Executive Director Eckert expressed his appreciation for the Committee; and informed them that the success will be known once the Board has received the report that they will move forward with funding approval.
Member Deckman commented that customer programs show naysayers that Pioneer does more than generate electricity.
Director Riffey commented that Pioneer's revenue collections stay within the Member Agency communities.
Chair McLennan commented that education is a key component to the plan.
Vice Chair Kramer commented that approval of these items will help to show value-added service, over and above generating electricity.
Chair McLennan inquired as to the next steps for funding the programs.
Director Riffey discussed steps for launching the programs including filing applications with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a broker license, and to the state of California programs; then to identify and contact industry contractors to get the Near-Term programs on the street.
Executive Director Eckert recommended that Chair McLennan weave specific instances of impact value to customers (i.e., elderly or disabled customers on pension or other fixed income).
Vice Chair Kramer confirmed that he would expand on accountability to the Board with quarterly reports as discussed.
Community Programs Advisory Committee
November 30, 2022
B. Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 2:51 PM
ATTEST:
Minutes approved by staff as authorized by a majority vote of the Community Programs Advisory Committee on November 30, 2022.
Teresa Willock, Board Secretary
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
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 Page I 3
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.
PCCl - 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 I 5
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.
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