Agenda packet — San Diego Community Power Board of Directors, September 22, 2022 (part 1 of 2)

AGENDA – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of
San Diego Community Power (SDCP)
September 22, 2022
5:00 p.m.

The meeting will proceed as a teleconference meeting in compliance with waivers to certain provisions of the Brown Act provided for under Government Code section 54953(e)(1)(A), in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures. There will be no location for in-person public attendance. In compliance with the Brown Act, SDCP is providing alternatives to in-person public attendance for viewing and participating in the meeting. Further details are below.

Note: Any member of the public may provide comments to the Board of Directors on any agenda item.

When providing comments to the Board, it is requested that you provide your name and city of residence for the record. Commenters are requested to address their comments to the Board as a whole through the Chair. Comments may be provided in one of the following manners:

1. Providing Oral Comments During Meeting. To provide comments during the meeting, join the Zoom meeting by computer, mobile phone, or dial-in number. On Zoom video conference by computer or mobile phone, use the “Raise Hand” feature. This will notify the moderator that you wish to speak during a specific item on the agenda or during non-agenda Public Comment.

Members of the public will not be shown on video but will be able to speak when called upon. If joining the meeting using the Zoom dial-in number, you can raise your hand by pressing *9.

Comments will be limited to three (3) minutes. Please be aware that the Chair has the authority to reduce equally each speaker's time to accommodate a large number of speakers.

2. Written Comments. Written public comments must be submitted prior to the start of the meeting by using this (web form). Please indicate a specific agenda item when submitting your comment.

All written comments received prior to the meeting will be provided to the Board members in writing. In the discretion of the Chair, the first ten (10) submitted comments shall be stated into the record of the meeting. Comments read at the meeting will be limited to the first 400 words.

Comments received after the start of the meeting will be collected, sent to the Board members in writing, and be part of the public record.

If you have anything that you wish to be distributed to the Board, please provide it via [email protected] and it will be distributed to the Members.

The public may participate using the following remote options:

Teleconference Meeting Webinar https://zoom.us/j/94794075133 Telephone (Audio Only) (669) 900-6833 or (346) 248-7799 | Webinar ID: 947 9407 5133 AGENDA – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 Welcome
Call to Order
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Special Presentations and Introductions
Report from Closed Session (If held)
Items to be Added, Withdrawn, or Reordered on the Agenda Public Comments
Opportunity for members of the public to address the Board on any items not on the agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Board. Members of the public may provide a comment in either manner described above.

Consent Calendar
All matters are approved by one motion without discussion unless a member of the Board of Directors requests a specific item to be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. A member of the public may comment on any item on the Consent Calendar in either manner described above.

1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361

2. Approval of March 24, 2022, April 28, 2022, May 26, 2022 and June 23, 2022 Meeting Minutes

3. Approval of SDCP New Representative and Alternate to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission

4. Resolution Appointing SDCP Secretary

5. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Fiscal Year-end Period Ending June 30, 2022

6. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending July 31, 2022

7. Receive and File Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Monthly Report

8. Update on Back Office Operations
Items Removed from the Consent Calendar
Regular Agenda
The following items call for discussion or action by the Board of Directors. The Board may discuss and/or take action on any item listed below if the Board is so inclined.

9. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Recommendation: Receive and file the update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs

10. Update on Marketing and Public Relations – After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
AGENDA – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 Recommendation: Receive and file the update on Marketing and Public Relations on the After-Action Report on the September Heatwave Event.

11. Update on the Community Power Plan
Recommendation: Receive and file the update on the Community Power Plan

12. Approval of Resolution Providing Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services
Recommendation: Approve resolution providing signatory authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer.

13. Approval and Authorization of CEO to enter into Master Power Purchase Agreement and associated Short Term Sales Confirmation for purchase of renewable energy from PG&E Recommendation: Approve and authorize CEO to enter into Master Power Purchase and Sale Agreement and associated Short Term Sales Confirmation for purchase of Renewable Energy from PG&E.

Director Initiated Items
Reports by Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel
SDCP Management and General Counsel may briefly provide information to the Board and the public.

The Board may engage in discussion if the specific subject matter of the report is identified below, but the Board may not take any action other than to place the matter on a future agenda. Otherwise, there is to be no discussion or action taken unless authorized by law.

Director Comments
Board Members may briefly provide information to other members of the Board and the public, ask questions of staff, request an item to be placed on a future agenda, or report on conferences, events, or activities related to SDCP business. There is to be no discussion or action taken on comments made by Directors unless authorized by law.

Adjournment
Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
SDCP Board of Directors meetings comply with the protections and prohibitions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Individuals with a disability who require a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in the public meeting may contact (888) 382-0169 or [email protected]. Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations require different lead times and should be provided at least 72-hours in advance of the public meeting.

Availability of Board Documents
Copies of the agenda and agenda packet are available at https://sdcommunitypower.org/resources/meeting-notes/. Late-arriving documents related to a Board AGENDA – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 meeting item which are distributed to a majority of the Members prior to or during the Board meeting are available for public review as required by law. Public records, including agenda-related documents, can be requested electronically at [email protected] or by mail to SDCP, PO BOX 12716, San Diego, CA 92112. The documents may also be posted at the above website. Such public records are also available for inspection, by appointment, at San Diego Community Power, 2488 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92106. Please contact [email protected] to arrange an appointment.

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Ryan Baron, General Counsel
Subject: Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Find and determine that the Board has reconsidered the circumstances of the COVID-19 State of Emergency; the State of Emergency remains in effect; state or local officials continue to impose or recommend social distancing measures; and meetings of SDCP legislative bodies may be held remotely in compliance with Government Code section 54953(e) for the next 30 days.

BACKGROUND
As more fully described in the staff report for the October 28, 2021 meeting related to AB 361, the State of California has adopted AB 361, which allows public agencies to hold fully or partially virtual meetings under certain circumstances without being required to follow certain Brown Act teleconferencing requirements. Under AB 361, a legislative body holding a fully or partially virtual meeting pursuant to AB 361 must make certain findings at least every thirty (30) days to continue holding such meetings.

If the Board desires to continue allowing Directors and members of SDCP committees to participate remotely pursuant to AB 361, the Board must reconsider the COVID-19 State of Emergency, find that the proclaimed State of Emergency remains in effect, and find either: (1) that state or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing; or (2) that as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health or safety of attendees.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Based on the continued COVID-19 State of Emergency and continued required or recommended social distancing measures, as initially described in the staff report for October 28, 2021 meeting relating to AB 361, the Board may make the findings necessary to continue allowing Board members and members of all SDCP committees to participate remotely pursuant to AB 361.

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

ATTACHMENTS
None.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
815 E Street, Suite 12716
San Diego, CA 92112
SPECIAL MEETING (4:00 P.M.)

MINUTES
March 24, 2022
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures.

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 4:02 p.m.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director LaCava (San Diego)
ABSENT: Director Baber (La Mesa) Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Also Present: General Counsel Ryan Baron and Nicholaus Norvell MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
There were no public comments.

CLOSED SESSION

ACTION ITEM

1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957 Title: Chief Executive Officer

2. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6
Agency designated representative(s): Cindy Krebs, Alliance Resource Consulting Unrepresented employee: Chief Executive Officer

3. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957 Title: Interim Chief Executive Officer

REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
General Counsel Nicholaus Norvell reported the Board met in closed session on Items 1-3 listed on the closed session agenda. Regarding Item 1, upon a motion by Chair Mosca, seconded by Director Sotelo-Solis, the Board voted unanimously, with Directors Baber and Padilla absent, to appoint Karin Burns as Chief Executive Officer of San Diego Community Power, subject to approval and execution of an employment agreement with Ms. Burns. An Employment Agreement with Ms. Burns will be considered during Item 12 of the regular Board meeting this evening. A copy of the full proposed Employment Agreement has now been posted to SDCP’s website with the agenda materials for tonight’s meeting and listed as an Update to Item 12.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 4:51 p.m.

Kimberly Isley
Assistant Board Clerk
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2488 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92106

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:04 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director LaCava (San Diego), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) ABSENT: None
Also Present: General Counsel Norvell, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) Hooven, Interim CEO Carnahan

REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
General Counsel Nicholaus Norvell reported the Board met in closed session on Items 1-3 listed on the closed session agenda. Regarding Item 1, upon a motion by Chair Mosca, seconded by Director Sotelo-Solis, the Board voted unanimously, with Directors Baber and Padilla absent, to appoint Karin Burns as MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 Chief Executive Officer of San Diego Community Power, subject to approval and execution of an employment agreement with Ms. Burns. An Employment Agreement with Ms. Burns will be considered during Item 12 of the regular Board meeting this evening. A copy of the full proposed Employment Agreement has now been posted to SDCP’s website with the agenda materials for tonight’s meeting and listed as an Update to Item 12.

ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA There were no items to be added, withdrawn, or reordered.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
Anonymous comment encouraging SDCP to have a booth at the Balboa Park Earth Day Event.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Approved.

2. Approval of December 16, 2021 Meeting Minutes
Approved.

3. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending 1/31/22 Received and filed.

4. Update on Back Office Metrics
Received and filed.

5. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Received and filed.

6. Approval of Second Amendment to Neyenesch Printing Contract Approved.

7. Adoption of Resolution Approving a Records Retention Policy and Schedule Approved.

8. Approval of Information Technology and Security Policy Approved.

9. Approval of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Data Security and Privacy Policy MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 Approved.

10. Update on Supplier Diversity and 2021 Report
Received and filed.

11. Approval of Legislative Policy Platform
Approved.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 11. The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 6-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director LaCava (San Diego), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director Dedina (Imperial Beach)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: Chula Vista

REGULAR AGENDA

12. Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and Approval of Employment Agreement Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motion to Adopt Resolution 2022-05 appointing Karin Burns Chief Executive Officer and approving execution of an Employment Agreement in substantially the form presented at the meeting, with non-substantive revisions approved by the Chair and reviewed and approved as to form by General Counsel by Director LaCava (San Diego) and seconded by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City). The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 7-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director LaCava (San Diego), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director Dedina (Imperial Beach)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: None

13. Second Amendment to Temporarily Extend Interim CEO Employment Agreement Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motion to approve the Second Amendment to the Interim CEO Employment Agreement with Bill Carnahan to temporarily extend the term until the new CEO’s employment date or April 30, 2022, whichever is earlier by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Chair Mosca (Encinitas). The motion carried by the following vote:

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 Vote: 7-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director LaCava (San Diego), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director Dedina (Imperial Beach)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: None

14. Discussion on Location and Format of Upcoming Meetings General Counsel Norvell provided on update on the Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures. Norvell presented three meeting options that comply with government guidelines; in-person, hybrid and virtual.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

15. Approval of Energy Proposal Evaluation Criteria
Managing Director, Power Services Vosburg gave a presentation on the Energy Proposal Evaluation Criteria.

Jason Anderson of CleanTech San Diego wrote in support of the Energy Proposal Evaluation Criteria.

CAC Chair Eddie Price spoke in support of CAC being involved in the process.

Christina Marquez of IBEW 569 requested the Sustainable Workforce Policy be amended to include required use of approved local and state apprentice programs.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motion to approve the staff’s recommendation as an update to the interim energy proposal evaluation criteria with one amendment to add the phrase “and can demonstrate skilled and trained workforce” to the end of the high criteria in Section 5 Workforce Development and suggests staff come back with a plan to evolve this document and involve CAC and others into the conversation and develop criteria that matches up with who we are as an organization and our strategic plan made by Director LaCava (San Diego) and seconded by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City). The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 5-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director LaCava (San Diego), and Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: San Diego County, Chula Vista
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 5 16. Update on Community Power Plan
Director of Programs, Santulli and Program Manager Lomeli provided a presentation on updates on the Community Power Plan.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

17. Update on Residential Enrollment Marketing
External Affairs Director, De la Fuente, provided a presentation on updates on Residential Enrollment Marketing
Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

18. Approval of Agreement with River City Bank for the Renewal and Increase of the Credit Facility
Chief Financial Officer Washington gave a presentation on the agreement with River City Bank for the renewal and increase of the credit facility.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motion to approve the agreement with River City Bank for the Renewal and Increase of the Credit Facility made by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Chair Mosca (Encinitas). The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 4-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director Baber (La Mesa) and Director LaCava (San Diego)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: San Diego County, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach

REPORTS BY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
There were no comments.

DIRECTOR COMMENTS
There were no comments.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 7:45 PM.

Kimberly Isley
Assistant Board Clerk
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
815 E Street, Suite 12716
San Diego, CA 92112

MINUTES
April 28, 2022
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures.

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:07 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Chair Mosca (Encinitas) thanked Interim CEO Carnahan for his time and efforts with SDCP, and introduced the new SDCP members.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County), and Director LaCava (San Diego) ABSENT: None
Also Present: Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Burns, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) Hooven, General Counsel Baron, Interim Board Clerk Wiegelman
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA There were no items to be added, withdrawn, or reordered.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
John Smith submitted a comment regarding SDCP’s vision with respect to setting rates.

Curtis M. Dowds spoke regarding time of use pricing for energy.

Dave Peterson spoke regarding recommended changes and additions to the “Example Evaluation Summary” Chart presented to the Community Advisory Committee at their February 11, 2022 meeting.

CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 1 through 7)
Maya Steinberg submitted a comment in opposition to Item 3 and encouraged the Board to consider hiring in-house legal counsel or including a do not exceed clause with a set dollar amount in the agreement with Best Best & Krieger.

Karinna Gonzalez submitted a comment in opposition to Item 3 and encouraged the Board to consider hiring in-house legal counsel or including a do not exceed clause with a set dollar amount in the agreement with Best Best & Krieger.

Tara Hammond submitted a comment in opposition to Item 3 and encouraged the Board to consider hiring in-house legal counsel or including a do not exceed clause with a set dollar amount in the agreement with Best Best & Krieger.

Joyce Lane submitted a comment in opposition to Item 3 and encouraged the Board to consider hiring in-house legal counsel or including a do not exceed clause with a set dollar amount in the agreement with Best Best & Krieger.

Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) inquired about whether the amendment to the Engagement Letter with Best Best & Krieger prevents SDCP from hiring in-house legal counsel in the future.

CEO Burns stated the amendment to the Engagement Letter with Best Best & Krieger would not prevent SDCP from hiring in-house legal counsel in the future.

Board questions and comments ensued.

1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Approved.

2. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending 2/28/22 Received and filed.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 3. Approval of Amendment to Engagement Letter with Best Best & Krieger Approved.

4. Approval of Joint Representation Agreement with Keyes & Fox LLP for Legal and Regulatory Services.

Approved.

5. Approval of Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with NewGen Strategies and Solutions, LLC for Regulatory Support and Rate-related Analysis Approved.

6. Approval of Debt Collection Professional Services Agreement with Financial Credit Network
Approved.

7. Approval of Sublease Agreement with Nuvve Holding Corporation for Temporary Office Space
Approved.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 7. The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 7-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) and Director LaCava (San Diego) No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: None

REGULAR AGENDA

8. Quarterly Update on Community Advisory Committee
Matthew Vasilakis, Community Advisory Committee (“CAC”) Member, provided an update on the CAC’s efforts.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

9. Update on Back Office Metrics/Dashboard
Data Analytics and Account Services Director Utouh provided an update on Phase 3 enrollment, reasons for customers opting out, participation rates, and overall data trends.

Board questions and comments ensued.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 Curtis M. Dowds spoke regarding collecting data on why customers are opting in to SDCP.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

10. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Director Fernandez provided an update on the Integrated Resource Planning – Modified Cost Allocation Mechanism (“MCAM”), the Resource Adequacy rulemaking, the Provider of Last Resort rulemaking, and Assembly Bill 2838.

Curtis M. Dowds spoke regarding the social cost of carbon.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

11. Update on Marketing and Public Relations
Director of External Affairs de la Fuente provided an update on the Phase 3 Marketing and Public Relations Campaign for residential enrollment.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

12. Approval of Second Amendment to Civilian Contract for Marketing and Communications Services
Director of External Affairs de la Fuente provided background on the contract with Civilian and gave an overview of the second amendment to the Civilian contract for marketing and communications services.

Director of External Affairs de la Fuente reviewed Civilian’s role in SDCP’s branding and presence.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Director LaCava (San Diego) to approve the second amendment to the contract with Civilian for marketing and communications services. The motion carried by the following vote:

Absent: None

13. Approval of a Market Salary Increase for Employees and Next Steps for a Comprehensive Salary Structure – presented by General Counsel – 5 minutes CEO Burns provided background on SDCP’s employee and salary structure and explained the reasons for requesting a market salary increase for employees. CEO Burns said a human resources firm was needed to support various efforts including the development of a comprehensive salary structure.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 5 Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)/Treasurer Washington explained the fiscal impact the market salary increase would have on SDCP’s budget.

General Counsel Baron said consistent with the recommended action in the staff report, it was proposed that all agency employees, including executive management but not the Chief Executive Officer, receive a 4.5% salary increase retroactive to January 1, 2022, or the first day of the month on which the employee was hired; no other salary or benefits compensation was being proposed.

Board questions and comments ensued.

Curtis M. Dowds spoke on the ability of customers to pay their bills in full and on time.

Richard spoke on the ability of customers to pay their bills in full and on time.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Dedina (Imperial Beach) and seconded by Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa) to: (1) approve a salary increase of 4.5% for all current SDCP employees other than the Chief Executive Officer, retroactive to January 1, 2022, or the first day of the month the employee was hired, whichever was more recent; and (2) direct the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with next steps to retain a human resources firm to support various efforts including development of a comprehensive salary structure. The motion carried by the following vote:

Absent: None

REPORTS BY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CEO Burns reintroduced herself and expressed her excitement and gratitude for being given the opportunity to be a part of SDCP. CEO Burns provided an overview of her priorities for the next 90 days.

DIRECTOR COMMENTS
The Board of Directors thanked Bill Carnahan for his commitment, dedication, and hard work as interim CEO of SDCP.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 6:53 p.m.

Megan Wiegelman, CMC
Interim Board Clerk
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
815 E Street, Suite 12716
San Diego, CA 92112
SPECIAL MEETING (5:30 P.M.)

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 6:53 p.m.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), and Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County)
ABSENT: San Diego
Also Present: Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Burns, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) Hooven, General Counsel Baron, Interim Board Clerk Wiegelman
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA

1. Board and Employee Child Care During Attendance at Certain Meetings or Events on Behalf of SDCP
Assistant General Counsel Norvell summarized the proposed amendment to the Board Compensation and Reimbursement Policy and explained the purpose for the proposed amendment.

The amendment to the Board Compensation and Reimbursement Policy was as follows:
• Authorize the Directors to receive reimbursement for reasonable child care expenses for attending a Board of Directors meeting other than regularly scheduled Board of Directors meetings; because the need to attend special meetings can sometimes arise at the last minute, the reimbursement for those special meetings would not be required to be pre-authorized by the Board of Directors. The reimbursement rate for childcare expenses would be limited to $20 per hour for the length of the meeting. The Director would be required to submit a claim form and supporting documentation regarding the expenditure.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego Couny) and seconded by Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista) to: (1) adopt Resolution No. 2022-06 amending the Board Compensation and Reimbursement Policy to provide reimbursement for reasonable child care expenses during attendance at certain meetings of the Board of Directors and to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to establish a program to provide employee child care and/or reimbursement of reasonable child care expenses for attendance at meetings or events outside of business hours; and (2) direct the Human Resources personnel, once hired, to conduct a comprehensive review of all San Diego Community Power’s policies including the child care policy. The motion carried by the following vote: Lawson-Remer/Padilla Vote: 6-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Vice Chair Padilla (Chula Vista), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Alternate Director Humora (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), and Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: San Diego

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.

Megan Wiegelman, CMC
Interim Board Clerk
MINUTES– BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2488 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92106

MINUTES
May 26, 2022
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures.

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:03 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City), Director LaCava (San Diego) (arrived at 5:08 p.m.), and Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) (arrived at 5:08 p.m.) ABSENT: Chula Vista
Also Present: Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Burns, Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) Hooven, General Counsel Baron, Interim Board Clerk Wiegelman

ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA There were no items to be added, withdrawn, or reordered.

MINUTES– BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.

CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items 1 through 6)

1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Approved.

2. Approval of January 20, 2022 Meeting Minutes for Regular and Closed Session Approved.

3. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending 3/31/22 Received and filed.

4. Update on Back Office Metrics/Dashboard
Received and filed.

5. Update on Marketing and Public Relations
Received and filed.

6. Approval of San Diego Community Power Ticket and Pass Distribution Policy Approved.

ACTION: Motioned by Director Sotelo-Solis (National City) and seconded by Director Baber (La Mesa) to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 6. The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 4-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Director Dedina (Imperial Beach), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director Sotelo-Solis (National City)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: Chula Vista, San Diego, and San Diego County
Director LaCava (San Diego) joined the meeting at 5:08 p.m.

Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) joined the meeting at 5:08 p.m.

MINUTES– BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 REGULAR AGENDA

7. Presentation of the FY 2023 Operating Budget
Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)/Treasurer Washington provided a PowerPoint presentation on the budget development for Fiscal Year 2022-2023, highlighting the timeline, key revenue assumptions, cost of energy, budget categories, comparison to other Community Choice Aggregations, and the budget focuses which included community programs, Phase 4 enrollment, community events, sponsorships, advertising, and high cost of energy. CFO/Treasurer Washington reviewed the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

8. Discussion on 2022 Legislative Platform and AB 2838; Update on Legislative and Regulatory Items

Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Director Fernandez reviewed SDCP’s 2022 Legislative Platform, highlighting the three major priorities: (1) accelerating deep decarbonization, including electrification of buildings and the transportation sector; (2) promoting local development; and (3) stabilizing community choice.

Board questions and comments ensued.

Curtis Dowds spoke regarding past legislative efforts to dissolve the California Public Utilities Commission and make the grid a property of the State.

Regulatory and Legislative Affairs Director Fernandez summarized Assembly Bill 2838 and provided an overview of the Voluntary Allocation and Market Offer (“VAMO”).

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

9. Update on Power Resources
Power Services Managing Director Vosburg provided further information on VAMO and an update on the 2021 Power Source Disclosure and Clean Firm Request for Offers.

Curtis Dowds spoke regarding the storage of energy.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

10. Update on Customer Energy Programs
Director of Programs Santulli provided an update on existing customer energy programs, programs under development, and the Community Power Plan. Director of Programs Santulli reviewed the potential funding opportunities for the customer energy programs.

Director Baber (La Mesa) left the meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Curtis Dowds spoke regarding the Feed-In Tariff program.

Following Board questions and comments, no action was taken.

MINUTES– BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 REPORTS BY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CEO Burns provided an update on the May 14, 2022, Strategic Planning Session and the hiring of a human resources consulting firm.

DIRECTOR COMMENTS
The Board of Directors thanked CEO Burns and the SDCP staff for their efforts with the strategic planning sessions.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 6:34 p.m.

Megan Wiegelman, CMC
Interim Board Clerk
MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 1 SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2488 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92106

MINUTES
June 23, 2022
This meeting was conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means consistent with Government Code Section 54953, as amended by Assembly Bill 361, in relation to the COVID-19 State of Emergency and recommended social distancing measures.

The Board minutes are prepared and ordered to correspond to the Board Agenda. Agenda Items can be taken out of order during the meeting.

The Agenda Items were considered in the order presented.

WELCOME

CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) called the SDCP Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:04 p.m.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) led the Pledge of Allegiance.

ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director Baber (La Mesa), Alternate Director Bush (National City) (arrived at 5:29 p.m.), Director LaCava (San Diego), and Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) (arrived at 5:19 p.m.)
ABSENT: Imperial Beach
Also Present: Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) Burns, General Counsel Baron, Interim Board Clerk Wiegelman

ITEMS TO BE ADDED, WITHDRAWN, OR REORDERED ON THE AGENDA There were no items to be added, withdrawn, or reordered.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 2 PUBLIC COMMENTS
Joyce Lane spoke regarding Cody Hooven’s departure from SDCP.

John Knox spoke regarding true-up billing for customers who generate renewable energy.

Dave Peterson spoke regarding a hypothetical hybrid 90/360 solar array topology comparison.

CONSENT CALENDAR

1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding Remote/Teleconference Meetings Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
Approved.

2. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for Period Ending 4/30/22 Received and filed.

3. Approval of Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Maher Accountancy for up to $223,000 for services in FY2023
Approved.

4. Approval of Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Tosdal APC for up to $314,000 for Legal and Regulatory Services in FY2023.

Approved.

5. Approval of Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Keys & Fox, LLP for up to $250,000 for Legal Services in FY2023.

Approved.

6. Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Received and filed.

7. Update on Back Office Metrics/Dashboard
Received and filed.

8. Approval of Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Reappointment of Members for Terms Ending in 2022.

Approved.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 3 ACTION: Motioned by Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista) and seconded by Director LaCava (San Diego) to approve Consent Calendar Items 1 through 8. The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 4-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director Baber (La Mesa), Director LaCava (San Diego)
No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: Imperial Beach, National City, San Diego County

REGULAR AGENDA

9. Consideration of SDCP Mission, Vision, Core Values and Goals for 2023-2027 CEO Burns provided an overview of the activities that led to the creation of draft mission, vision, core values and key organizational focus areas and summarized the proposed SDCP Mission, Vision, Core Values and Goals for 2023-2027.

Director Lawson Remer (San Diego County) joined the meeting at 5:19 p.m.

Alternate Director Bush (National City) joined the meeting at 5:29 p.m.

Board questions and comments ensued.

Eddie Price, Community Advisory Committee (“CAC”) Chair, requested the term ‘underserved communities’ be removed from item 3b of Key Focus Areas and Goals.

Board questions and comments continued.

ACTION: Motioned by Director LaCava (San Diego) and seconded by Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) to approve the SDCP Mission, Vision, Core Values and Goals for 2023-2027 as identified at the June 11, 2022 Board Workshop and Strategic Planning Session, as amended, to define ‘local’ as San Diego, Riverside and Imperial counties, and remove ‘underserved communities’ from item 3b of Key Focus Areas and Goals. The motion carried by the following vote:

Vote: 6-0
Yes: Chair Mosca (Encinitas), Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista), Director Baber (La Mesa), Alternate Director Bush (National City), Director LaCava (San Diego), and Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) No: None
Abstained: None

Absent: Imperial Beach

10. Approval of FY 2023 Operating Budget
Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”)/Treasurer Washington provided an overview of the proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Operating Budget, highlighting the development process, timeline, comparison to other Community Choice Aggregations, future staffing numbers, estimated revenues and expenditures, and the 2023 MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 4 budget focuses which included community programs, Phase 4 enrollment, community events, sponsorships, advertising, and high cost of energy. CFO/Treasurer Washington reviewed the changes made to the budget since the May 26, 2022, Board of Directors meeting.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motioned by Director LaCava (San Diego) and seconded by Director Lawson-Remer (San Diego County) to approve the FY 2023 Operating Budget. The motion carried by the following vote:

Absent: Imperial Beach

11. Approval of SDG&E Modified Cost Allocation Mechanism (MCAM) Resource Adequacy Transaction
Power Services Managing Director Vosburg provided an overview of the Edison Electric Institute (“EEI”) Transaction Confirmation for Resource Adequacy Capacity Product between SDCP and San Diego Gas & Electric (“SDG&E”) for MCAM Resources, highlighting Decisions 19-11-016 and 22-05-015 of the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”), and the proposed transaction’s contract start date, term, price and resources.

Board questions and comments ensued.

ACTION: Motioned by Alternate Director McCann (Chula Vista) and seconded by Director Baber (La Mesa) to approve the EEI Transaction Confirmation for Resource Adequacy Capacity Product between SDCP and SDG&E for MCAM Resources and authorize the CEO to execute the agreement in substantially similar form. The motion carried by the following vote:

Absent: Imperial Beach

REPORTS BY MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
CEO Burns reported on the San Diego Equality Awards, the retainment of a recruitment firm and a human resources consulting firm, the development of SMART Goals, and upcoming opportunities for the Directors to share their goals and priorities for the Community Power Plan.

MINUTES – BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER 5 DIRECTOR COMMENTS
There were no comments.

ADJOURNMENT
Chair Mosca (Encinitas) adjourned the meeting at 6:22 p.m.

Megan Wiegelman, CMC
Interim Board Clerk

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Approval of New SDCP Representative and Alternate to the City of La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve change in appointment of SDCP Representative and Alternate to the City of La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission.

BACKGROUND
The City of La Mesa’s Environmental Sustainability Commission serves as an advisory body to their City Council on how actions and policies of the city may preserve and enhance the quality of La Mesa’s environment. The Commission also serves to address the effects of climate change and assist in the identification of measures that will improve environmental sustainability in La Mesa and the region.

The Commission is made up of seven members as residents of the City of La Mesa with voting privileges and six members as advisory in nature from the business community without voting privileges. The six non-voting members are made up of representatives from the City of La Mesa’s water utility, franchise waste and recycling hauler, electricity and gas utilities, and high school and elementary/middle school district.

Early in 2021, La Mesa staff requested that SDCP staff participate as a non-voting member of the Commission after it amended Chapter 2.85.010 of the La Mesa Municipal Code to add SDCP as a non-voting representative of the Environmental Sustainability Commission, pending an appointment from the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power.

Doing so required a vote of the SDCP Board of Directors, so at the April 22, 2021, regular meeting, the Board approved the appointments of Sebastian Sarria and Nelson Lomeli as primary and alternate representatives, respectively.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Since April 2021, the External Affairs Department of SDCP has grown to include more staff focused on outreach and public engagement. Given this new capacity, staff recommends a change in appointment from Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager, to Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs, as the primary representative and from Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager, to Victoria Abrenica, Public Outreach Associate, as the alternate.

FISCAL IMPACT
N/A

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Draft Appointment Letter from SDCP
815 E Street, Suite 12716
San Diego, CA 92112
sdcommunitypower.org
September 22, 2022
City of La Mesa
Mayor and City Council
8130 Allison Avenue
La Mesa, CA 91942
RE: SDCP Representative and Alternate to the Environmental Sustainability Commission
Dear Mayor and City Council,
On behalf of the San Diego Community Power (SDCP) Board of Directors, Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs, and Victoria Abrenica, Public Outreach Associate, have been appointed to the La Mesa Environmental Sustainability Commission as SDCP’s primary and alternate representatives, respectively. They will replace Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager, and Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager, who were previously appointed in April of 2021.

Sincerely,
Karin Burns
Chief Executive Officer

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 4
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Resolution Appointing SDCP Secretary
Date: September 22, 2022
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2022-13 appointing Kimberly Isley to serve as SDCP Secretary.

BACKGROUND
In accordance with the SDCP Joint Powers Agreement, Section 5.3, the Board shall appoint a qualified person who is not on the Board to serve as Secretary. The Secretary is responsible for keeping minutes of all meetings of the Board and all other office records of SDCP, as well as other duties pursuant to applicable law.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
In November 2019, the Board of Directors appointed Megan Wiegelman, City Clerk of the City of La Mesa, to serve as interim Board Secretary until a permanent Secretary could be identified an appointed. Ms. Wiegelman’s time and expenses were reimbursed to the City of La Mesa by a reimbursement agreement between SDCP and La Mesa.

Ms. Isley has been employed by SDCP as Executive Assistant since December 7, 2020, and has trained with Ms. Wiegelman and performed many of the duties associated with the Secretary position as Deputy Secretary during this period.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
N/A

FISCAL IMPACT
N/A

ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2022-13, appointing Kimberly Isley to serve as SDCP Secretary.

RESOLUTION NO. 2022-13

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER APPOINTING THE SECRETARY
A. The Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) desires to appoint a new Secretary who will perform the various administrative and other tasks necessary to conduct the Board’s and SDCP’s affairs pursuant to SDCP’s Joint Powers Agreement and applicable law.

B. Pursuant to Section 5.3 of the SDCP Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, the Board shall appoint a qualified person who is not on the Board to serve as Secretary.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power as follows:

Section 1. Appointment. Pursuant to Section 5.3 of the SDCP Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, the Board hereby appoints Kimberly Isley to serve as Secretary. Ms. Isley will serve as Secretary until the earlier of: (a) the end of her employment by SDCP, (b) her resignation as Secretary, or (c) until removed or replaced as Secretary by the Board.

Section 2. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power held on September 22, 2022.

ATTEST:
___________________________ ___________________________ Chair, Board of Directors Secretary, Board of Directors San Diego Community Power San Diego Community Power

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 5
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Eric W. Washington, Chief Financial Officer
Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Treasurer’s Report –Presentation of Preliminary Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2023 Period ended 6/30/22
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and File Report

BACKGROUND
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) maintains its accounting records on a full accrual basis in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as applicable to governmental enterprise funds.

SDCP has prepared its preliminary year-to-date financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2022, along with budgetary comparisons.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Preliminary financial results for the period ended 6/30/22: $383.41 million in net operating revenues were reported compared to $378.05 million budgeted for the period. $327.24 million in total expenses were reported (including $317.25 million in energy costs) compared to $342.18 million budgeted for the period (including $329.52 million budgeted for energy costs). After expenses, SDCP’s change in net position of $56.58 million was reported for Fiscal Year 2022. The following is a summary of the actual results compared to the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.
• Net operating revenues finished $5.76 million (or 1.5 percentage points) over the amended budget primarily due opt outs performing better than projected.

Budget Comparison
YTD FY22 as of
6/30/22 (12 mos)
FY22 YTD
Budget
Budget
Variance ($) Budget (%)
Net Operating Revenues $ 383,814,801 $ 378,053,506 $ 5,761,295 102 Total Expenses $ 327,235,212 $ 342,177,063 $ (14,941,851) 96 Change in Net Position $ 56,579,589 $ 35,876,443 $ 20,703,146 • Operating expenses finished -$14.94 million (or -4.4 percentage points) under the amended budget primarily due savings from hedging activities.

Financial results for the period performed better than the projections presented in the year-to-date proforma. SDCP’s change in net position performed 36.1% better than the projection primarily due to better opt-out performance and to lower-than projected energy costs as a result of hedging activities.

The following is a summary to actual results compared to the fiscal year-to-date proforma.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
The report was reviewed by the Financial Risk Management Committee (FRMC) on September 1, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT
N/A

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: 2022 Year-to-Date Period Ended 6/30/22 Preliminary Financial Statements
Proforma Comparison
YTD FY22 as of
6/30/22 (12 mos)
FY22 YTD
ProForma
ProForma
Variance ($) Proforma (%)
Net Operating Revenues $ 383,814,801 $ 374,777,530 $ 9,037,271 2.41% Total Expenses $ 327,235,212 $ 333,195,322 $ (5,960,110) -1.79% Change in Net Position $ 56,579,589 $ 41,582,208 $ 14,997,381 36.07% $-
$50,000,000
$100,000,000
$150,000,000
$200,000,000
$250,000,000
$300,000,000
$350,000,000
$400,000,000
$450,000,000
Net Operating Revenues Total Expenses Change in Net Position YTD FY22 Results v. Proforma
YTD FY22 as of 6/30/22 (12 mos) FY22 YTD ProForma
1 ACCOUNTANTS’ COMPILATION REPORT
Management
San Diego Community Power
Management is responsible for the accompanying financial statements of San Diego Community Power (a California Joint Powers Authority) which comprise the statement of net position as of June 30, 2022, and the related statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position, and the statement of cash flows 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 note disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America in these interim financial statements. San Diego Community Power’s annual audited financial statements include the note disclosures omitted from these interim statements. If the omitted disclosures were included in these financial statements, they might influence the user’s conclusions about the Authority’s 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 Authority because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
August 8, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 57,076,718 $
Accounts receivable, net 50,386,990
Accrued revenue 46,939,615
Prepaid expenses 4,461,308
Deposits 6,241,057
Total current assets 165,105,688
Noncurrent assets
Restricted cash 12,500,000
Deposits 3,450,000
Total noncurrent assets 15,950,000
Total assets 181,055,688
Current liabilities
Accrued cost of energy 57,231,504
Accounts payable 624,955
Other accrued liabilities 740,006
State surcharges payable 332,586
Security deposits 42,624,000
Interest payable 113,862
Loans payable 5,000,000
Total current liabilities 106,666,913
Noncurrent liabilities
Other noncurrent liabilities 517,741
Bank note payable 31,340,082
Total noncurrent liabilities 31,857,823
Total liabilities 138,524,736
Unrestricted 42,530,952
Total net position 42,530,952 $

NET POSITION

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
As of June 30, 2022
ASSETS

LIABILITIES
See accountants' compilation report. 2

OPERATING REVENUES
Electricity sales, net 383,800,198 $
Liquidated damages 2,437,500
Total operating revenues 386,237,698

OPERATING EXPENSES
Cost of energy 319,686,027
Contract services 3,520,098
Staff compensation 3,662,441
General and administration 2,098,031
Total operating expenses 328,966,597
Operating income 57,271,101

NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Investment income 14,603
Interest and financing expense (706,115)
Nonoperating revenues (expenses) (691,512)
CHANGE IN NET POSITION 56,579,589
Net position at beginning of period (14,048,637)
Net position at end of period 42,530,952 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES

AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2022
See accountants' compilation report. 3

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from customers 300,940,324 $
Receipts from liquidated damages 2,437,500
Receipts of supplier security deposits 42,204,000
Other operating receipts 6,801,249
Payments to suppliers for electricity (284,842,750)
Payments for goods and services (5,114,220)
Payments to employees for services (3,407,133)
Payments for deposits and collateral (7,212,708)
Payments for state surcharges (808,996)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 50,997,266

CASH FLOWS FROM NON-CAPITAL FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from loans 8,500,000
Interest and related expense payments (655,717)
Net cash provided (used) by non-capital
financing activities 7,844,283

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Interest income received 14,603
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 58,856,152
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 10,720,566 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 69,576,718 $ Reconciliation to the Statement of Net Position
Cash and cash equivalents (unrestricted) 57,076,718
Restricted cash 12,500,000
Cash and cash equivalents 69,576,718 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2022
See accountants' compilation report. 4
Operating income 57,271,101 $
Adjustments to reconcile operating income (loss) to net cash provided (used) by operating activities
Provision for uncollectible accounts 3,876,770
(Increase) decrease in:

Accounts receivable (53,147,639)
Accrued revenue (34,719,306)
Other receivables 4,043,272
Prepaid expenses (4,461,308)
Deposits (5,791,057)
Increase (decrease) in:

Accrued cost of electricity 41,086,784
Accounts payable 262,672
Other accrued liabilities 650,672
State surcharges payable 321,305
Supplier security deposits 41,604,000
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 50,997,266 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2022

RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME TO NET

CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
See accountants' compilation report. 5
1 ACCOUNTANTS’ COMPILATION REPORT
Board of Directors
San Diego Community Power
Management is responsible for the accompanying special purpose budgetary comparison schedule of San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a California Joint Powers Authority, for the period ended June 30, 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 SDCP.

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.

SDCP’s 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 user’s conclusions about the Authority’s 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 SDCP because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
August 8, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com 2021/22 YTD
Amended
Budget
2021/22 YTD
Actual
2021/22 YTD
Amended
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
2021/22
YTD
Actual/
Amended
Budget %
2021/22 Annual
Amended
Budget
2021/22
Amended
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES Gross Ratepayer Revenues 380,816,532 387,676,968 $ 6,860,436 102% 380,816,532 $ 6,860,436 $ Less Uncollectible Customer Accounts (2,763,026) (3,876,770) (1,113,744) 140% (2,763,026) (1,113,744) Total Revenues and Other Sources 378,053,506 383,800,198 5,746,692 378,053,506 5,746,692 OPERATING EXPENSES Cost of Energy 329,517,592 317,248,527 (12,269,065) 96% 329,517,592 (12,269,065) Personnel Costs 4,023,175 3,662,441 (360,734) 91% 4,023,175 (360,734) Professional Services and Consultants 5,126,016 2,959,622 (2,166,394) 58% 5,126,016 (2,166,394) Marketing and Outreach 1,748,699 1,698,601 (50,098) 97% 1,748,699 (50,098) General and Administrative 783,581 828,756 45,175 106% 783,581 45,175 Total Operating Expenses 341,199,063 326,397,947 (14,801,116) 341,199,063 (14,801,116) Operating Income (Loss) 36,854,443 57,402,251 20,547,808 36,854,443 20,547,808 NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES) Investment income - 14,603 14,603 - 14,603 Debt Service and Bank Fees (978,000) (837,265) 140,735 86% (978,000) 140,735 Total Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses) (978,000) (822,662) 155,338 (978,000) 155,338 CHANGE IN NET POSITION $ 56,579,589 35,876,443 $ 20,703,146 $ 35,876,443 $ 20,703,146 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULE
Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2022

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 6
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Eric W. Washington, Chief Financial Officer
Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Treasurer’s Report –Presentation of Preliminary Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2023 Period ended 7/31/22
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and File Report

SDCP has prepared its preliminary year-to-date financial statements for the period ended July 31, 2022, along with budgetary comparisons.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Preliminary financial results for the period ended 7/31/22: $79.63 million in net operating revenues were reported compared to $79.09 million budgeted for the period. $77.02 million in total expenses were reported (including $75.09 million in energy costs) compared to $68.53 million budgeted for the period (including $64.56 million budgeted for energy costs). After expenses, SDCP’s change in net position of $2.61 million was reported for Fiscal Year 2022. The following is a summary of the actual results compared to the Fiscal Year 2022 Budget.

Budget Comparison
YTD FY22 as of
7/31/22 (1 mo)
FY22 YTD
Budget
Budget
Variance ($) Budget (%)
Net Operating Revenues $ 79,633,798 $ 79,086,391 $ 547,407 101 Total Expenses $ 77,024,940 $ 68,533,039 $ 8,491,901 112 Change in Net Position $ 2,608,858 $ 10,553,352 $ (7,944,494) • Net operating revenues finished $0.55 million (or 0.7 percentage points) over the budget and were in-line with expectations.
• Operating expenses finished $8.49 million (or 12.39 percentage points) over the budget primarily due to higher-than expected energy costs.

Financial results for the period performed better than the projections presented in the year-to-date proforma. SDCP’s change in net position performed 64.1% under the projection primarily due to energy costs coming in higher than projected.

The following is a summary to actual results compared to the fiscal year-to-date proforma.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
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FISCAL IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: 2023 Year-to-Date Period Ended 7/31/22 Preliminary Financial Statements
Proforma Comparison
YTD FY22 as of
7/31/22 (1 mo)
FY22 YTD
ProForma
ProForma
Variance ($) Proforma (%)
Net Operating Revenues $ 79,633,798 $ 79,086,391 $ 547,407 0.69% Total Expenses $ 77,024,940 $ 71,815,032 $ 5,209,908 7.25% Change in Net Position $ 2,608,858 $ 7,271,359 $ (4,662,501) -64.12% 1 ACCOUNTANTS’ COMPILATION REPORT
Management
San Diego Community Power
Management is responsible for the accompanying financial statements of San Diego Community Power (a California Joint Powers Authority) which comprise the statement of net position as of July 31, 2022, and the related statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position, and the statement of cash flows 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.

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

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
August 26, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 58,132,382
Accounts receivable, net 65,090,304
Accrued revenue 48,234,682
Prepaid expenses 5,678,870
Deposits 6,232,407
Total current assets 183,368,645
Noncurrent assets
Restricted cash 12,500,000
Deposits 3,450,000
Total noncurrent assets 15,950,000
Total assets 199,318,645
Current liabilities
Accrued cost of energy 106,351,197
Accounts payable 433,760
Other accrued liabilities 1,078,018
State surcharges payable 162,550
Security deposits 9,124,000
Interest payable 171,487
Loans payable 5,000,000
Total current liabilities 122,321,012
Noncurrent liabilities
Other noncurrent liabilities 517,741
Bank note payable 31,340,082
Total noncurrent liabilities 31,857,823
Total liabilities 154,178,835
Unrestricted 45,139,810
Total net position $ 45,139,810

NET POSITION

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
As of July 31, 2022
ASSETS

LIABILITIES
See accountants' compilation report. 2

OPERATING REVENUES
Electricity sales, net 79,623,135 $
Total operating revenues 79,623,135

OPERATING EXPENSES
Cost of energy 75,091,171
Contract services 1,207,049
Staff compensation 403,885
General and administration 188,688
Total operating expenses 76,890,793
Operating income 2,732,342

NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Investment income 10,663
Interest and financing expense (134,147)
Nonoperating revenues (expenses) (123,484)
CHANGE IN NET POSITION 2,608,858
Net position at beginning of period 42,530,952
Net position at end of period 45,139,810 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES

AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION
One Month Ended July 31, 2022
See accountants' compilation report. 3

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from customers 63,787,305 $
Other operating receipts 39,362
Payments to suppliers for electricity (27,148,515)
Payments for goods and services (1,365,254)
Payments to employees for services (358,789)
Payments for deposits and collateral (33,500,000)
Payments for state surcharges (332,586)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 1,121,523

CASH FLOWS FROM NON-CAPITAL FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Interest and related expense payments (76,522)
Net cash provided (used) by non-capital
financing activities (76,522)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Interest income received 10,663
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 1,055,664
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 69,576,718 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 70,632,382 $ Reconciliation to the Statement of Net Position
Cash and cash equivalents (unrestricted) 58,132,382 $
Restricted cash 12,500,000
Cash and cash equivalents 70,632,382 $

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
One Month Ended July 31, 2022
See accountants' compilation report. 4
Operating income $ 2,732,342
Adjustments to reconcile operating income (loss) to net cash provided (used) by operating activities
Provision for uncollectible accounts 803,058
(Increase) decrease in:

Accounts receivable (15,506,372)
Accrued revenue (1,295,067)
Prepaid expenses (1,217,562)
Deposits 8,650
Increase (decrease) in:

Accrued cost of electricity 49,119,693
Accounts payable (191,195)
Other accrued liabilities 338,012
State surcharges payable (170,036)
Supplier security deposits (33,500,000)
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities $ 1,121,523

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
One Month Ended July 31, 2022

RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING INCOME TO NET

CASH PROVIDED (USED) BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
See accountants' compilation report. 5
1 ACCOUNTANTS’ COMPILATION REPORT
Board of Directors
San Diego Community Power
Management is responsible for the accompanying special purpose budgetary comparison schedule of San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a California Joint Powers Authority, for the period ended July 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 SDCP because we performed certain accounting services that impaired our independence.

Maher Accountancy
San Rafael, CA
August 26, 2022
1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 200 San Rafael, CA 94901 415 459 1249 mahercpa.com 2022/23 YTD
Budget
2022/23 YTD
Actual
2022/23 YTD
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
2022/23
YTD
Actual/
Budget %
2022/23 Annual
Budget
2022/23
Budget
Variance
(Under) Over
REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES Gross Ratepayer Revenues 79,885,243 $ 80,427,409 542,166 101% 716,146,107 $ $ (635,718,698) Less Uncollectible Customer Accounts (798,852) (804,274) (5,422) 101% (7,161,461) 6,357,187 Total Revenues and Other Sources 79,086,391 79,623,135 536,744 708,984,646 (629,361,511) OPERATING EXPENSES Cost of Energy 64,563,885 75,091,171 10,527,286 116% 661,638,828 (586,547,657) Professional Services and Consultants 1,976,951 1,176,673 (800,278) 60% 16,881,036 (15,704,363) Personnel Costs 798,190 403,885 (394,305) 51% 7,951,499 (7,547,614) Marketing and Outreach 463,708 146,417 (317,291) 32% 4,164,167 (4,017,750) General and Administrative 320,347 72,647 (247,700) 23% 2,591,363 (2,518,716) Programs 307,083 - (307,083) 0% 1,395,000 (1,395,000)
Total Operating Expenses 68,430,164 76,890,793 8,460,629 694,621,893 (617,731,100) Operating Income (Loss) 10,656,227 2,732,342 (7,923,885) 14,362,753 (11,630,411) NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES) Investment income - 10,663 10,663 - 10,663 Debt Service and Bank Fees (102,875) (134,147) (31,272) 130% (1,314,922) 1,180,775 Total Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses) (102,875) (123,484) (20,609) (1,314,922) 1,191,438 CHANGE IN NET POSITION $ 10,553,352 $ 2,608,858 $ (7,944,494) $ 13,047,831 $ (10,438,973)

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER

BUDGETARY COMPARISON SCHEDULE
One Month Ended July 31, 2022

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 7
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager
Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Receive and File Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Monthly Report Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file CAC monthly report.

BACKGROUND
According to Section 5.10.3 of the SDCP Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Agreement:

The Board shall establish a Community Advisory Committee comprised of non-Board members. The primary purpose of the Community Advisory Committee shall be to advise the Board of Directors and provide for a venue for ongoing citizen support and engagement in the strategic direction, goals, and programs of the Authority.

At the direction of the CEO, the CAC provides quarterly presentations to the Board of Directors in the regular agenda, and monthly reports in the consent agenda.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
At the September 9, 2022, meeting of the CAC, several items took place. 1) The committee received an introduction to Jen Lebron, SDCP’s newest hire as Director of Public Affairs.
2) Karin Burns, CEO of SDCP, gave a presentation to the committee on SDCP’s mission, vision, core values, and goals for 2023-2027
3) Lucas Utouh, Director of Data Analytics and Accounts Services, and Rachel Hommel, Marketing and Outreach Manager, provided an update on public relations and back-office operations. They focused on the latest events SDCP had attended and planning to attend, as well as the latest opt-up, opt-out, and opt-down metrics. 4) Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager, provided a brief update on the status of the development of the Community Power Plan. Particularly, Nelson reiterated the survey currently available for everyone to complete and provide feedback on the Plan.

The CAC still has two openings available to represent the city of Imperial Beach and unincorporated San Diego County. Members of the public must be residents and/or business owners of the respective jurisdictions and may submit their applications here.

The next meeting of the Community Advisory Committee was rescheduled to October 13 after staff unavailability on the 14th. At the October meeting of the Board of Directors, the CAC will present its quarterly update.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
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FISCAL IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
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Staff Report – Item 8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Lucas Utouh, Director of Data Analytics and Account Services Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Update on Back-Office Operations
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file update on various back-office operations.

BACKGROUND
Staff will provide regular updates to the Board of Directors regarding San Diego Community Power’s (SDCP) back-office activities centered around tracking opt actions (i.e., opt outs, opt ups and opt downs) as well as customer engagement metrics. The following is a brief overview of items pertaining to back-office operations.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
A) Phase 3 Enrollment Update
Staff is happy to report that our Phase 3 efforts for Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Encinitas, Chula Vista, San Diego and Net Energy Metering (NEM) customers with a true up month of February through August are now complete. Our cumulative count of active accounts being served under our portfolio currently stands at 712,930 as of 9/12/2022, cementing San Diego Community Power as the 2nd largest CCA by accounts served in the State of California. Net Energy Metering (NEM) customers with a true up month of September are currently in the process of being transitioned over to our service and the enrollment process for NEM customers will continue until January of 2023.

B) Customer Participation Tracking
Staff and Calpine have worked together to create a reporting summary of customer actions to opt out of SDCP service, opt up to Power100, or opt down from Power100 to PowerOn. The below charts summarize these actions accordingly as of September 12th, 2022:

I. Opt Outs
II. Opt Ups to Power100
III. Opt Downs from Power100
IV. Participation Rate.

For Phase 3, the participation rate is fluid and will change as we continue with mass enrollment across all member cities for customers on Net Energy Metering (NEM) throughout 2022. The true participation rate for this phase will be computed once all NEM and Non-NEM customers across our member cities and are fully enrolled. In the interim, we are reporting on the opt outs and eligible accounts associated with the phase on a rolling basis as of the reporting month:

E) Contact Center Metrics
Call volumes in the month of August were lower compared to July by 24%. We believe this reduction in call volume was primarily a result of customers who transitioned to SDCP service in May and June being more familiar and comfortable with SDCP charges appearing on their bills.

Even amidst the unprecedented heat wave from August 31 through September 9, our call volumes held steady as a result of our social media campaigns which were meant to arm customers with all the pertinent information needed for flex alert events including tips on how to reduce electricity use while mitigating against extreme heat – like precooling your home and running major appliances outside of peak hours. We also provided information on where to locate Cool Zones as well as wildfire preparedness and where to access outage information.

In light of the heatwave which generally increased customers’ usage associated with cooling needs, we are anticipating higher than normal bills in October right before the transition from Summer and into the Winter season which could see opt outs increase as a result.

The chart below summarizes contact made by customers into our Contact Center broken down by month through September 12th:

Similar to other mass enrollments in other CCAs’ service territories, we are anticipating the trend of our customers calling into our Contact Center’s Interactive Voice Response system tree and being able to self-serve their opt actions using the recorded prompts as well as utilizing our website for processing opt-actions to continue accounting for over 65% of all instances. The remaining portion of customer calls are connected to our Customer Service Representatives to answer additional questions, assist with account support, or submit opt actions.
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As of this latest reporting month, we have a total of 13 Dedicated Customer Service Representatives staffed at our Contact Center. Our robust Quality Assurance (QA) procedures are firmly in place to ensure that our customers are getting a world-class customer experience when they contact us.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
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FISCAL IMPACT
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Staff Report – Item 9
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager
Stephen Gunther, Senior Regulatory Analyst
Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Review and file update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs.

BACKGROUND
Staff will provide regular updates to the Board of Directors regarding SDCP’s regulatory and legislative engagement.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
A) Legislative Updates
Addressing the Historic Heatwave
The recent historic heatwave that impacted California prompted the Governor to sign legislation aimed at protecting Californians from more frequent and severe heat waves driven by climate change. Those include:
• AB 1643 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) will create an advisory committee to inform a study on the effects of extreme heat on California’s workers, businesses and economy.
• AB 2238 by Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-Arleta) will create the nation's first extreme heat advance warning and ranking system to better prepare communities ahead of heat waves.
• AB 2420 by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) is a first-in-the-nation measure that directs the California Department of Public Health to review research on the impacts of extreme heat on perinatal health and develop guidance for safe outdoor conditions to protect pregnant workers. • SB 852 by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) will allow cities and counties to create climate resilience districts with financing power to invest in programs that tackle extreme heat, drought, wildfire and other climate impacts.

This is on top of the Governor’s Extreme Heat Action Plan from earlier this year, which will focus in the near-term on:

1. Implement a statewide public health monitoring system to identify heat illness events early, monitor trends, and track illnesses to intervene and prevent further harm.

2. Accelerate readiness and protection of communities most impacted by extreme heat, including through cooling schools and homes, supporting community resilience centers, and expanding nature-based solutions.

3. Protect vulnerable populations through codes, standards, and regulations.

4. Expand economic opportunity and build a climate smart workforce that can operate under and address extreme heat.

5. Increase public awareness to reduce risks posed by extreme heat.

6. Protect natural and working lands, ecosystems, and biodiversity from the impacts of extreme heat.

Governor’s Climate Proposals That Turned to Bills
As discussed during last month’s meeting (see pages 63-64), the Governor had issued his climate priorities for the legislature to take up for the remainder of the session which ended on August 31. Most of those priorities made into bills. Those are:
• AB 1279: This bill codifies codifying carbon neutrality goal by no later than 2045. This bill passed and is, as of 9/13/22, on the Governor’s desk for his signature.
• AB 2133: This bill would have adopted a more aggressive 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target from 40% to 55% below the 1990 level. The bill failed to pass the Assembly.
• SB 905: This bill sets the stage to establish a regulatory framework for carbon removal and carbon capture, utilization and sequestration via the State Air Resources Board. This bill passed and is, as of 9/13/22, on the Governor’s desk for his signature.
• SB 1020: This bill establishes a pathway toward the state’s clean energy goal of 100% clean electricity by 2045 in creating targets of 90% by 2035 and 95% by 2040. It also requires that all state agencies have 100% of their load be from clean sources by 2030. This bill passed and is, as of 9/13/22, on the Governor’s desk for his signature.
• SB 1137: This bill establishes a setback distance of 3,200 feet between any new oil well and homes, schools, or parks and ensures comprehensive pollution controls for existing oil wells within 3,200 feet of those facilities. This bill passed and is, as of 9/13/22, on the Governor’s desk for his signature.

SB 846: Diablo Canyon
The Governor’s proposal to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCNPP) made its way onto SB 846, which passed both chambers and was approved by the Governor on September 2, 2022. There is only one change from the Governor’s original ask, which was to maintain the option open of further extending the life of DCNPP past the original timeframe of 5 years after 2025 into an additional 5 beginning in 2030. SB 846 does not include that.

Overall, the extension of DCNPP is contingent on PG&E securing federal approvals and funding. More information will be made available in the new year, but for now SDCP is tracking how this will translate into the regulatory arena.

Particularly, the bill states that customers of all load serving entities must “contribute towards the reasonable additional costs of decommissioning planning resulting from the license renewal applications or license renewables” through the application of nonbypassable charges, or NBCs. Beyond this, the language allows Pacific Gas & Electric to recover via NBCs “[a]ny costs the commission authorizes the operation [i.e. PG&E] to recovery in rates. The application of NBCs is on every customer, regardless of the tariff that they are in.

SDCP is engaging with all key stakeholders on how this will impact our customers, and when.

Other Bills: AB 2838
No major change from last month’s staff report. The bill passed both chambers and is now on the Governor’s desk.

Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Staff continues to monitor the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

Currently, we have joined a team of CCAs which will discuss and brainstorm ways of working towards on the IRA. Moreover, SDCP staff has asked our lobbyist to look into how California’s Green Bank will be involved in receiving funds from the IRA.

B) Regulatory Updates
Disadvantaged Communities Green Tariff (DAC-GT), Community Solar Green Tariff (CSGT) and Green Tariff Shared Renewables (GTSR) As mentioned in the Programs Update staff report (see pages 70-71) of the May 2022 Board of Directors meeting, Staff will be submitting a Tier 3 Implementation Advice Letter in the first half of October 2022 to become a Program Administrator under these two programs. Tier 3 means that action is required by the Commission. To recap, these two funded programs by the CPUC will offer 100% renewable energy to customers who are eligible for the California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) or Family Electric Rate Assistance Rate (FERA) discounts and provide a 20% discount on the electricity and delivery portion of the customers’ bills. Staff expects to provide an update by December 2022 or January 2023 on the status of its advice letter and when it will become a Program Administration.

Doing so will allow SDCP to request funds from the CPUC for the implementation of the program, which encompass marketing education and outreach, power procurement, back-office operations, and project management.

Beyond this, and as communicated to the Board during the May 2022 meeting, SDCP is also involved in the consolidated applications for review of the DAC-GT/CSGT as well as the GTSR programs. The purpose of our involvement is to seek changes to the program rules surrounding DAC-GT/CSGT and ensuring that ratepayer equity is met on the question of cost recovery for stranded costs from SDG&E’s EcoChoice program. On DAC-GT/CSGT, we are asking that the CPUC allow DACs in the top 40% of CalEnviroScreen to be made eligible for the siting of projects and customer participation. This is because the DACs located in our territory are highly urbanized. Allowing other areas to participate would ensure program success and participation. Alternatively, SDCP will also be asking the CPUC to allow DACs in Imperial County to be made eligible for project siting only for the DAC-GT program. Currently, SDG&E’s EcoShare program is allowed to site resources in Imperial County, so SDCP staff is seeking a similar approach.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
N/A

FISCAL IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
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SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 10
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs
Byron Vosburg, Managing Director
Lucas Utouh, Director of Data Analytics & Account Services Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Review and file update on After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event.

BACKGROUND
From September 1 through September 9, California experienced one of the longest and most intense heatwaves in its modern history. Record temperatures were set in over a dozen cities across the state, and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) set a single day record for energy demand of over 52,000 megawatts on Tuesday, September 6 – about 55% higher than the average September peak demand of 29,000 megawatts.

The CAISO maintained flex alerts from September 1 through September 9, and, together with Governor Newsom’s office, established twice-daily calls through the heatwave with all Load Serving Entities (LSEs) to share information, best practices, and answer questions. San Diego Community Power (SDCP) key staff participated in these calls and utilized the messaging and media plan provided by the Governor’s office, which focused on peak hour (4 p.m. - 9 p.m.) power reduction and/or load shifting.

California was able to avoid CAISO-mandated rolling blackouts through a multitude of efforts including load shifting, load reduction, demand response incentivization, and increased energy imports. Coordinated, strategic messaging played a major role in reducing energy use. California’s Wireless Emergency Alert system was used for the first time for an energy crisis, which resulted in a load reduction of almost 2,000 megawatts.

As our changing climate continues to create extreme weather events, including longer and more intense periods of extreme heat, it is important that LSEs, including SDCP, develop strategies on how best to serve and communicate to our customers during these events.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Prior to the heatwave, both the State of California and San Diego Community Power have been preparing for a potential extreme heat weather event.

State Preparedness
On July 30, 2021, Governor Newsom issued an Emergency Proclamation (EP) urging all state energy agencies to ensure there is adequate electricity to meet the needs of Californians in 2022. This EP was followed by additional state resources dedicated to improving supply conditions through various grid hardening investments, including new battery storage (around 2,000 megawatts coming online through 2022).

This EP was coupled with the Governor’s “Extreme Heat Action Plan," which aims to:

1. Implement a statewide public health monitoring system to identify heat illness events early, monitor trends, and track illnesses to intervene and prevent further harm.

2. Accelerate readiness and protection of communities most affected by extreme heat, including through cooling schools and homes, supporting community resilience centers, and expanding nature-based solutions.

3. Protect vulnerable populations through codes, standards, and regulations.

4. Expand economic opportunity and build a climate smart workforce that can operate under and address extreme heat.

5. Increase public awareness to reduce risks posed by extreme heat.

6. Protect natural and working lands, ecosystems, and biodiversity from the impacts of extreme heat.

LSEs, along with the California Public Utilities Commission and the California Energy Commission, had prepared a suite of strategic messaging and demand response programs in preparation for an expected warmer 2022 summer. A notable effort was the Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP), which pays customers a per kilo-watt hour premium to reduce their use during called event days/hours.

Leading up to the heatwave, the Governor’s office developed a media kit (Attachment A) that was shared with all LSEs to promote through their media/marketing/social channels to maintain consistency in messaging.

Once California was in the heatwave, the Governor signed another Emergency Proclamation, which allowed power plants to generate additional electricity and permitted the use of backup generators to reduce the amount of energy being pulled directly from the grid.

Since the conclusion of the heatwave, the Governor’s office signed legislation aimed at protecting Californians from more frequent and severe heat waves driven by climate change, including:
• AB 1643 by Assemblymember Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) will create an advisory committee to inform a study on the effects of extreme heat on California’s workers, businesses and economy.
• AB 2238 by Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-Arleta) will create the nation's first extreme heat advance warning and ranking system to better prepare communities ahead of heat waves.
• AB 2420 by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) is a first-in-the-nation measure that directs the California Department of Public Health to review research on the impacts of extreme heat on perinatal health and develop guidance for safe outdoor conditions to protect pregnant workers. • SB 852 by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) will allow cities and counties to create climate resilience districts with financing power to invest in programs that tackle extreme heat, drought, wildfire and other climate impacts.

San Diego Community Power
SDCP launched its summer readiness webpage in July of 2022 and launched a social media campaign to share information on how best to prepare for summer heat events.

The SDCP page includes tips on how to reduce use while mitigating against extreme heat – such as precooling your home and running major appliances outside of peak hours.

Additionally, SDCP shares information on the webpage on how to prepare for summer energy emergencies, including wildfire preparedness, and where to find Cool Zones.

As part of the summer readiness campaign, SDCP also launched a partnership with Ohm Connect, a demand response program that utilizes smart thermostats and plugs to help customers shift their energy usage through incentive-based programming. Through this partnership, eligible customers could qualify for free or reduced cost thermostats, and once signed up, a $50 dollar gift card. To date, 163 customers have signed up for Ohm Connect through our partnership.

During the heatwave, SDCP posted regularly through all its social media channels and sent information to our media contacts with the summer readiness and flex alert information, as well as began a #casuallycool campaign on social media to inspire businesses to reduce their energy use by turning up their thermostats and allowing for casual business wear. SDCP also maintained a flex alert banner on its homepage from September 1 through September 9 with links to Ohm Connect and our summer readiness page.

By request of the CAISO and Governor’s office, SDCP also reached out to member agencies to share information received from the CAISO and the Governor’s office – especially the desire to move as much load to backup generation as possible during peak hours.

From a market, portfolio, and risk management perspective, SDCP has been preparing for events like these via compliance with its Energy Risk Management Policy, monthly Risk Oversight Committee meetings, routine solicitations for various energy products to hedge market risk, continued refinement of its load forecast, and establishment of significant liquidity via cash reserves and credit facilities. Due to delays in the publication of final market data (70 business days after flow), SDCP will not know the final financial impacts of the heatwave until mid-to-late December. While SDCP was fully hedged and well positioned for the heatwave, some near-term cashflow impacts are expected due to the historically high and volatile customer demand and market prices throughout the state. SDCP expects most, if not all, impacts to be beneficial over the long term – once this year’s market prices are factored into next year’s PCIA true-up calculation – and does not anticipate any issues with near-term liquidity stemming from this most recent event.

Ultimately, through the efforts of all the LSEs and the customers who heeded the calls to reduce their use, California was able to avoid rolling blackouts. However, these extreme heat weather events are only expected to increase over the coming years as our climate continues to change. This is why SDCPs efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, decarbonize the environment, and get to 100% renewable power by 2035 or sooner are critical for future generations of San Diegans.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
N/A

FISCAL IMPACT
N/A

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Governor Newsom’s Heatwave Media Kit
Save Energy, California
Media Toolkit
**Updated September 6**
California and the Western United States are experiencing unprecedented temperatures. This heat wave is on track to be both the hottest and longest on record in California for September.

Californians have stepped up to help keep the lights on so far but we are heading into the worst part of this heat wave and need your help getting the word out. The more power we all save, the less likely power outages are - and the potential of them is real this week. Yesterday, everyone rallied and we need to do it again.

Today is going to be the hottest part of the heat wave and will break demand records on the grid.

Below are ways you can help whether that’s a push notification from an app, posting to social or supporting with ad space - we need all hands on deck.

It’s critical that the word is spread, especially today and tomorrow.

Topline messages
● Extreme temperatures and the duration of this heat wave across the entire Western United States are causing record demand on California’s energy grid. ● What we’ve done so far has worked to keep the lights on. But we are now in the worst part of the heat wave and there will be even more demand on the energy grid.
● We need everyone to continue saving energy and increase their efforts to help keep the lights on in our state. If we don’t all do our part this week, we run the very real risk of power outages.

Social Posts
Hashtag: #FlexAlert
Graphics: https://govca.box.com/s/jf2gdma8dk4s7yodsmvehwuqqyogwqt7 Copy:

Climate change is causing extreme heat. As temperatures soar this week, everyone needs to do their part to save energy. Pre-cool your home to 70 degrees before 4pm, and turn your thermostat up to 78 degrees and avoid use of major appliances after 4pm.

Visit flexalert.org for more energy saving tips.
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We need YOU to help your community keep the lights on.
👉 Reduce energy use during peak hours
👉 Raise your AC to 78 after 4pm
👉 Turn off unnecessary lights & appliances
Learn more flexalert.org
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To avoid power outages, we have to do our part NOW to save energy.

Pre-cool your home at 70° and after 4pm, set your A/C at 78° or higher and avoid using major appliances.

Sign up for alerts here: flexalert.org
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The more we limit our energy use now, the less likely power outages are.

Do your part: after 4pm avoid using major appliances and set your thermostat to 78° or higher.

Sign up for alerts here: flexalert.org
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Another #FlexAlert has been issued today. We can all do our part to conserve energy.

From 4-9pm:
️ Set your A/C at 78° or higher
🚫 Avoid major appliance use
💡 Turn off unnecessary lights
Sign up for alerts: flexalert.org
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A #FlexAlert has been issued in CA and it is crucial that we all do our part to conserve energy. 💪
Pre-cool homes at 70° now and then set your A/C at 78° or higher after 4pm.

Avoid using major appliances after 4pm.

Learn more here: flexalert.org
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CA and Western States are experiencing unprecedented temperatures. This heat wave is on track to be the hottest and longest in September.

Californians have stepped up to avoid power outages so far, but the fight isn’t over yet. We need YOUR help to conserve energy and keep the lights on.

Learn more at flexalert.org
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Three things you can do to help prevent power outages during this heatwave:

Before 4pm: pre-cool your home at 70°
From 4-10pm: turn your A/C to 78° or higher & avoid use of big appliances.

Learn more flexalert.org
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The entire Western United States is experiencing a massive heat wave that’s causing strain on California’s energy grid. Do your part to help keep the lights on.

After 4pm, avoid using major appliances and turn your thermostat up to 78 or higher. Together, we can avoid power outages.
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It’s time to rally, California! We all need to do our part to help avoid power outages this week.

Before 4pm, pre-cool your home. After 4pm, avoid use of major appliances and turn your thermostat to 78 or higher.

Let’s keep the lights on, California.
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There is a #FlexAlert today! We can all help avoid an outage if we use less energy from 4-9PM. Try these simple ways to help! 👇 👇 👇 ✅ Delay dishes & laundry
✅ Turn thermostats to 78
✅ Unplug unused devices
Learn more: flexalert.org
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There is a #FlexAlert today! From 4-9PM, help stop an outage AND get rewarded with Power Saver Rewards 💪⚡💰
Try these simple tips to save energy and earn at the same time👇 ✅ Delay dishes & laundry
✅ Turn thermostats to 78
✅ Unplug unused devices
Learn more: PowerSaverRewards.org

SPANISH
Todo el oeste de los Estados Unidos está experimentando una ola de calor masiva que está causando tensión en la red de energía de California. Haz tu parte para ayudar a mantener las luces encendidas. Después de las 4 p.m., evita usar electrodomésticos grandes y sube el termostato a 78 grados o más.

Juntos, podemos evitar cortes de energía.
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¡Trabajemos juntos, California! Todos debemos hacer nuestra parte para ayudar a evitar cortes de energía esta semana.

Antes de las 4 p. m., enfría previamente tu hogar. Después de las 4 p. m., evita el uso de electrodomésticos grandes y sube el termostato a 78 grados o más.

Mantengamos las luces encendidas, California.
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¡Hoy hay una #FlexAlert! Todos podemos ayudar a evitar un apagón si usamos menos energía de 4 a 9 p. m. ¡Prueba estas formas sencillas de ayudar! ✅ Retrasa lavar los platos y la ropa
✅ Pon el termostato a 78 grados
✅ Desenchufa los dispositivos que no uses
Aprende más en flexalert.org
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¡Hoy hay un #FlexAlert hoy! Entre las 4-9 pm. Ayuda a evitar un apagón y gana un premio de Power Saver 💪⚡💰
Prueba estos consejos prácticos para ahorrar energía y ganar al mismo tiempo👇
✅ Retrasa lavar los platos y la ropa
✅ Pon el termostato a 78 grados
✅ Desenchufa los dispositivos que no uses
Aprende más en PowerSaverRewards.org
Create your own content
Individual with a large audience? Unique content will help reach Californians the best.

Help encourage Californians to flex their power!
- Record a video of you turning your thermostat up to 78 degrees, turning off lights in rooms you aren’t in, etc. Get creative. The more personal or tailored to your audience, the better.
- Post a photo of you “staying cool” drinking a glass of ice water, closing curtains, pre-cooling your home, etc.
- After you share, send a link to [email protected] so the Governor’s Office can amplify
Text only- App push notifications, text banner space on websites, etc.

Running an app? Help us notify California users that they can flex their power! Got space for a text pop-up on your site?
● Extreme Heat Warning, California! Save energy to avoid power outages - after 4pm, avoid using big appliances and set your thermostat to 78 or higher.

PSAs
Got video, audio or banner ad space? Below are assets that you can use.

Flex Alert Assets:
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● Video: :15 Alert video, Spanish + English; :06 Alert video, English ● Banners - Thermostat Tip: 300x250, English, 300x600, English ● Static Instagram post, Thermostat Tip, English + Spanish Awareness assets:
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● TV: :30 spot, Spanish + English; Online Video
● Radio
○ 2x :30 Radio Spots, Spanish + English
○ 2x :15 Radio Spots, English Only
● Static IG Story, Spanish + English
● Animated Display Banners
○ 300x600, Spanish + English
○ 300x250, Spanish + English

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 11
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Colin Santulli, Director of Programs
Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager
Alyson Scurlock, Program Associate
Subject: Community Power Plan Update
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file an update on the development of the Community Power Plan (“CPP”).

BACKGROUND
In November 2021, Calpine Energy Solutions (“Calpine”), on behalf of SDCP, issued a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) for a firm (or firms) to provide professional services to SDCP in preparing a Community Power Plan (“CPP”). The CPP would provide a decision-making framework to guide SDCP’s program strategy and selection and development of local programs.

In February 2022, Calpine selected Arup US, Inc. (“Arup”) from the RFP submissions received in coordination with SDCP Staff and Community Advisory Committee (“CAC”) members Carolyn Scofield and Matt Vasilakis. Arup was selected due to their previous experience developing a similar plan for Clean Power Alliance and assistance to the County of San Diego on their Departmental Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan Equity Strategies and Engagement.

Since Spring 2022, SDCP Staff have been working with Arup and their subconsultant, Kearns & West (“K&W”), a collaboration and strategic communications firm, to engage with the community, conduct a community needs assessment, conduct a market analysis and ultimately, develop the CPP. Collectively, SDCP Staff, the CAC members Scofield and Vasilakis, Arup, and K&W are the CPP Project Team.

DISCUSSION
The initial phase of the CPP project, the community needs assessment, is a discovery exercise that will provide insight into the values, needs, and priorities of SDCP’s customers and stakeholders (internal and external). Moreover, the community needs assessment is intended to identify what customer energy programs and information SDCP customers have access to and how to effectively bridge the gaps. The community needs assessment is being undertaken to ensure that the programmatic offerings and strategies developed align with the priorities, needs, and goals of the community and consider organizational priorities.

Community Engagement
Community Engagement Strategy
The strategy for the information gathering element of the community needs assessment was largely informed by a series of interviews with local community groups and public agencies. In the interviews, the CPP Project Team sought out best practices from entities with extensive community engagement experience within SDCP’s service territory (including National City and Unincorporated San Diego County). An additional benefit of the interviews was to continue to increase awareness of SDCP and build relationships with community-based organizations (CBOs) that serve SDCP customers.

The resulting engagement strategy provided a framework for community engagement during the development of the CPP, with a focus on Communities of Concern1. A key point of the strategy was placed on gathering information from communities historically and currently underrepresented in public engagement processes. Accordingly, the strategy integrates equitable and inclusive engagement principles. Equitable and inclusive engagement methods seek to acknowledge, understand, and address the implications that the differences in individuals’ and communities’ backgrounds, including race, culture, ability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, and immigration status have in the engagement process. Equitable and inclusive engagement is also mindful and responsive to societal inequities, underserved communities, and unequal environmental impacts on communities.

As such, the engagement strategy focused on understanding community characteristics, historic and current challenges, barriers for effective engagement, and partnering with local organizations and stakeholders who work directly with community members and can advocate for their needs and best practices for meaningful engagement. Targeted engagement methods that complement standard engagement methods were often required.

Lastly, throughout this process, the CPP Project Team aimed to foster open and transparent communication about how input from community members will be used to inform the CPP. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, engagement activities were purposely crafted to be flexible and adaptive to adhere to public safety measures and reflect the comfort levels and health concerns of communities and individuals.

See Attachment A for the complete engagement strategy including the principles of equitable and inclusive engagement, the engagement and planning process integration, 1 Defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, known as Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), as well as the additional census tracts identified by the Cities of San Diego and Chula Vista through their Climate Equity Index (CEI) reports. Specifically, the City of San Diego identified these census tracts as areas with very low, low, and moderate access to opportunity, whereas the City of Chula Vista defined them as the top 25% scoring areas within its own analysis. If other member agencies were to identify additional census tracts as the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista have done, SDCP would recognize those designations under the umbrella of Communities of Concern. and details on the role of CBOs in the engagement process. Note that the engagement conducted to date has varied slightly from the engagement strategy.

Community Engagement Methods
To understand what SDCP’s customers value and prioritize, the CPP Project Team engaged with residential and business customers in a variety of forms. Focused conversations with CBOs and their members, public listening sessions, interviews with key business customers and interest groups, and a customer survey were all employed.

The information gathered from community members, commercial customers, interest groups and the public served two purposes. First, key themes were identified across the groups which will be incorporated as qualitative data into our community needs assessment. Second, the key themes largely influenced the customer survey instrument.

The following community engagement methods were used during the community needs assessment:

Community-Based Organization Co-hosted Listening Sessions A central component of the community engagement effort was focused conversations with community members. To accomplish this, SDCP co-hosted listening sessions with five (5) CBOs and their members – Casa Familiar, Project New Village, MAAC, Art Produce, and The Chicano Federation – that engaged nearly 200 community members. Sessions were held in multiple languages with interpretation services available. See Attachment B for more information on CBO engagement activities and detailed account of the information gathered.

Unincorporated San Diego County Pop-up Events
Community members in unincorporated San Diego County are not yet enrolled in SDCP’s service, and thus are less likely to have awareness of the organization or its mission. This, coupled with the vast geographic area and rural area unique to SDCP’s jurisdiction, motivated a different initial engagement method for this area. The CPP Project Team gathered information from over 100 unincorporated San Diego County residents at six (6) pop-up events. Most pop-up events took place at County libraries on busy days recommended by library staff or during food distribution. See Attachment C for more information on the unincorporated San Diego County pop-up events.

Interest-Group Stakeholder Interviews
To supplement the listening sessions, SDCP interviewed representatives from the Chula Vista Community Collaborative, Community Resources Center in Encinitas, San Diego Housing Federation, Logan Heights Community Development Corporation, San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (or IBEW) Local 569. These interviews with interest-group stakeholders were held since they have a close relationship with community members and understand the needs, priorities and challenges of the community or represented populations that SDCP wanted to ensure were engaged in this process.

Business, Key Account, and Public Listening Workshops
SDCP hosted five (5) listening workshops to hear from a broad spectrum of customers including local businesses, key customers, and the general public. Understanding the challenges local business and major institutions are having around energy, energy trends in the region’s business sector, and the kinds of customer programs that could help these customers meet their goals was the primary focus of the business and key customer sessions. The sessions were all virtual with over 40 attendees total. See Attachment D for a summary of the workshop objectives and meeting details, notification and outreach methods, format, and input themes as well as detailed input from each session.

Customer Survey
The method determined to reach the most customers in the service territory is a survey. The survey is translated into multiple languages and is primarily delivered online; paper copies are also available and used for in-person survey collection. The survey will determine customer needs, priorities, and challenges that SDCP programs could help address. The survey questions were highly informed by information shared by community members in early listening sessions. The survey results will provide quantitative data to inform the program prioritization framework to be developed in Q4 2022.

Extensive promotional efforts are underway to ensure awareness and access to the survey for all our customers. Promotional effort highlights include:
• Highlighting the survey in the Power Content Label mailer sent to over 600,000 customers.
• In partnership with the Padres, highlighting the survey in email campaign to over 160,000 Padres email subscribers.
• Email campaigns to Board members, CAC members, CBOs, member agencies, business organizations, city councils, and other groups requesting support promoting the survey to their members and community, supported by complete media kit to facilitate partner promotion.
• Paid social media campaign with multi-lingual ads targeting unincorporated San Diego County, National City, and SDCP’s Communities of Concern. SDCP will adjust targeting based on initial representativeness of responses relative to member agencies and other variables.
• Tabling events encouraging community members to take the survey through a tablet or scanning of a QR code on their phones. Multilingual informational fliers with information on the survey were distributed at events.

As of September 13, 2022, over 1,600 responses from SDCP’s territory have been received. The survey will stay open until October 15, 2022. Once the collection period has closed, responses to the survey will be analyzed and key findings will be shared back with the community through additional CBO co-hosted listening sessions.

Community Engagement Initial Findings
Initial findings on community needs and challenges varied greatly depending on geography, customer type (residential vs commercial), and income level, among several other variables. However, several initial key themes emerged across nearly all community engagement conducted as of September 2022 including:
• Cost: Unpredictable and high energy costs strain many residential customers’ monthly budgets. Need for programs that help reduce energy bills and create consistency in bills over time, especially for low-income customers and those on fixed incomes. Relatedly, there are concerns about increased energy costs in an all-electric future.
• Energy Education: Lack of understanding on all things energy related: how energy use impacts bills, how to reduce use, how to read and understand energy bills, how appliance use affects their bills, how SDCP’s services can benefit customers, and what customer energy programs are available. The community emphasized the importance of providing materials in multiple languages that is culturally responsive.
• More Rooftop Solar: Customers understand the benefits of solar in reducing high energy bills. However, they noted that multiple barriers still exist including high installation costs, not being a homeowner, not living in a single-family home, confusion around how to embark in the process, and the lack of a trusted source of vetted solar installers.
• Heat Impacts: Residents are faced with increasing challenges, both health and financial, due to increased heat due to climate change. • Clean Transportation: Desire for expanding access to all types of electric vehicles and access to affordable charging stations. Desire for low-cost public transportation with safe transit stops and more frequent service. • Inadequate or Failing Infrastructure: Homes and businesses may need significant infrastructure upgrades (e.g., panel upgrades or new service drops) to electrify or add cooling to manage rising temperatures.

See Attachments A, B, C and D for findings and themes from each specific engagement method. It is important to note that the customer survey results will not be analyzed until October 2022 and, accordingly, the initial findings below are only informed by the initial listening sessions outlined in the Community Engagement Methods section above.

Internal Organizational Engagement
Internal engagement focused on information gathering from SDCP Board members, SDCP staff, and SDCP’s CAC about priorities and needs around energy-related issues across the represented communities and from within the organization. For all the internal engagement interviews and workshops, the general objective was to hear about organizational goals and priorities as they relate to potential future programs from those who work most closely with SDCP and more intimately know the CCA business model and structure.

Internal Organizational Engagement Methods
Various internal organizational engagement were methods employed during the community needs assessment. See Attachment E for a complete summary including each engagement session’s workshop/interview objectives, meeting details, format, and input themes, as well as detailed input from each interview/workshop.

Board Member Interviews
As of September 15, 2022, the CPP Project Team has interviewed four (4) of the seven (7) Board members with two (2) Board interviews scheduled for late September 2022. One (1) Board member declined to be interviewed. The CPP Project Team interviewed each SDCP Board member using the same format largely structured around a Q&A with a set of discussion questions. The discussion questions focused on understanding a variety of items including the member’s priorities related to the growth and development of SDCP, how programs can support the needs of the communities they represent, and how programs fit into the larger context of delivering SDCP’s mission.

SDCP Staff Workshop
Arup facilitated a 2-hour workshop with SDCP Staff to understand input and knowledge regarding overarching SDCP business strategies and how programs fit into the larger context of delivering SDCP’s operations and future investments. The CEO, CFO, Managing Director of Power Services, and Directors and/or Managers from all departments were represented in the workshop. A follow-up staff workshop is expected in Q4 2022.

Community Advisory Committee Workshop
Arup facilitated a workshop with SDCP’s CAC during a regularly scheduled CAC meeting. The 1-hour virtual workshop leveraged the Mentimeter platform which offers a live survey format with open-ended comment boxes. Participants had the opportunity to provide input through the live survey format as well as verbally within the Zoom platform. All 13 of the active CAC members participated in the workshop.

Internal Organizational Initial Findings
Several key themes emerged during our internal organizational engagement. Initial key themes include:
• Fiscally Responsible: Program investment must be done in the context of building reserves, financial solvency, and remaining cost competitive. Financial responsibility in the near-term will allow SDCP to invest additional resources toward programs in the future.
• Visibility: An initial focus on projects/programs within the community that are visible and show customers that SDCP is delivering benefits locally. Be more than a renewable energy provider, be a community partner by investing profits back into communities in ways that provide broad benefits (e.g., job creation, accessible housing options, public health).
• Equity: Prioritize support for Communities of Concern and those who are struggling the most. Keeping energy affordable for our customers is critical. • Energy Education: Customers need trusted sources of information on all things energy. Partnerships with schools to create K-12 educational programs are a proven way to educate residents on public benefit initiatives. • Transparency and Trust: The CPP needs to be a transparent, evaluative framework for programs based on what we are hearing from the community. The CPP should be the strong foundation that builds trust in communities over time.

Programs should be a catalyst for developing deep and lasting partnerships with CBOs and their members.
• Distributed Energy Resources: The community wants locally produced energy:
rooftop solar, community solar, and energy storage. Partnerships and collaboration with member agencies and other local governments will accelerate local resource development.

Next Steps
The community needs assessment is the basis for the CPP. Several elements of the community needs assessment, including the customer survey and outstanding Board member interviews, will be completed in September and October 2022.

Following the completion of the remaining community needs assessment elements, the CPP Project Team will analyze data and input gathered to develop a decision-making framework for prioritizing programs. This framework will take into consideration agency goals and priorities, community needs, and priorities illustrated above, key performance indicators like greenhouse gas impacts, revenue impacts, load impacts, technology readiness, and others.

Concurrent to the development of the program prioritization framework, the CPP Project Team will be engaged in a market assessment that will help inform the potential universe of programs, determine funding sources accessible to SDCP, analyze relevant policies, and summarize lessons learned from existing CCA and other state utility programs.

The list of programs uncovered will be evaluated using the framework, ranked, and categorized to give SDCP a well-rounded portfolio of programs to consider for implementation in the next five years. The recommended programs will be categorized on short-, medium-, and long-term horizons, taking into account funding opportunities and other implementation considerations.

SDCP Staff anticipates that a draft of the CPP will be available in Q1 2023 for public review and comment. The CPP Project Team will re-engage with the community, stakeholders, and the CAC to solicit feedback on the draft plan. Ultimately, SDCP Staff will seek Board adoption of the CPP after the public and Board input is received and incorporated into a final version. The approved CPP will be translated into Spanish and Tagalog.

The CPP will allow SDCP to successfully deliver programs to our customers that, per the Joint Powers Agreement, are centered on economic, environmental, and social equity.

This will ensure that our programs best serve the needs of customers and member agencies, our local communities, and support regional sustainability efforts.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
The CAC is an active member of CPP project, with representatives meeting weekly with the project team. The CAC has a standing agenda item to receive ongoing CPP updates.

FISCAL IMPACT
None. Funding for the development of the CPP comes from Calpine as part of their Data Management Agreement. Any fiscal impacts from SDCP for promotional activities are factored into the FY22-23 budget.

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: San Diego Community Power Plan Community Engagement Strategy Attachment B: Community-Based Organization Co-Hosted Listening Sessions Summary Attachment C: Unincorporated Communities Pop-Up Engagement Summary Attachment D: Public and Business Listening Workshops Summary Attachment E: Internal Organizational Engagement Summary Attachment A
San Diego Community Power Plan Community Engagement
Strategy
Attachment B
Community-Based Organization Co-hosted Listening Sessions Summary
Attachment C
Unincorporated Communities Pop-Up Engagement Summary
Attachment D:

Public and Business Listening Workshops Summary
Attachment E:

Internal Organizational Engagement Summary
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Community Engagement Strategy
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Kearns & West in coordination with Arup
Table of Contents

1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................1 A Note on the COVID-19 Pandemic................................................................................................................1 Document Organization......................................................................................................................................1

2. Engagement Objectives..........................................................................................................................................1

3. Principles of Equitable and Inclusive Engagement..........................................................................................2 Language Justice ...................................................................................................................................................3

4. Engagement Focus...................................................................................................................................................4 Communities of Concern ....................................................................................................................................4 Dispersed Communities in Unincorporated Areas .......................................................................................5

5. Community-Based Organizations ........................................................................................................................5 Role in Community Engagement Strategy......................................................................................................5 Community-Based Organization Identification .............................................................................................6 Compensation Approach.....................................................................................................................................6

6. Engagement and Planning Process Integration................................................................................................6 Phase 1: Listening .................................................................................................................................................7 Phase 2: Community Survey ..............................................................................................................................7 Phase 3: Community Survey Results, Feedback, and Strategy Exploration ...........................................7

7. Engagement Activities and Methods ..................................................................................................................7 Member Agency Staff and Community Leader Meetings...........................................................................7 Listening Sessions .................................................................................................................................................8 Community Survey ...............................................................................................................................................8 Tabling Events and Other Targeted Engagement.........................................................................................8

8. Materials and Content ............................................................................................................................................9 Phase 1: Listening .................................................................................................................................................9 Phase 2: Community Survey ..............................................................................................................................9 Phase 3: Community Survey Results, Feedback, and Strategy Exploration ...........................................9 Appendix
A – Communities of Concern Distribution
B – Working List of Community-Based Organizations
C – Community-Based Organization Compensation Approach
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1. Introduction
San Diego Community Power (SDCP), with support from Arup and Kearns & West, is developing a Community Power Plan that will provide a decision-making framework to guide its program strategy and selection and development of local programs. Based on community needs and gaps in program offerings evaluated in a Community Needs Assessment, the Community Power Plan will guide investments in developing local renewable generation, demand reduction, storage, and other distributed energy resources in SDCP’s service territory.

SDCP is a new electricity provider for the cities of Imperial Beach, Encinitas, La Mesa, Chula Vista, San Diego, and National City, and unincorporated San Diego County. SDCP began service to these member agencies in 2021 and will complete enrollment in the first five cities by mid-2022 and National City and unincorporated San Diego County by 2023.

The purpose of this Community Engagement Strategy is to provide a framework for community engagement in SDCP’s existing and emerging territory, with a focus on Communities of Concern, during the development of the Community Power Plan. As part of developing this Community Engagement Strategy, the project team solicited input from SDCP’s member agency staff and additional community leaders on best practices for engagement within their jurisdictions and communities. Input from those conversations has been considered and integrated throughout this Community Engagement Strategy.

A Note on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Given the continuing presence of the COVID-19 pandemic, engagement activities should be flexible and adaptive to public safety measures given surges in virus activity. Furthermore, communities and individuals need the flexibility to make choices that reflect their health concerns and overall levels of comfort. As such, while in-person meetings and activities should be offered and used to meet people within their communities, virtual engagement activities will need to remain a consistent option for engagement.

Document Organization
This Community Engagement Strategy includes the following sections: Engagement Objectives, Principles of Equitable and Inclusive Engagement, Engagement Focus, Community-Based Organizations, Engagement and Planning Process Integration, Engagement Activities and Methods, and Materials and Content.

2. Engagement Objectives
The following objectives guide the strategy for community engagement for the Community Power Plan:
• Establish relationships and build trust with communities, raise awareness about SDCP, and set a foundation for future engagement and partnerships
• Engage and solicit input from as many community members as possible to inform the Community Needs Assessment, with a focus on Communities of Concern1 and other 1 Defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, known as Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), as well as the additional census tracts identified by the Cities of San Diego and Chula Vista through their Climate Equity Index (CEI) reports. Specifically, the City of San Diego identified these census tracts as areas with very low, low, and I 2
communities generally considered underrepresented, marginalized, energy burdened as mapped by the California Public Utilities Commission Socioeconomic Vulnerability Index (SEVI), and/or disadvantaged as mapped by a score of 75% or higher on CalEnviroScreen • Foster open and transparent communication about how input from community members will be used to inform the Community Power Plan
• Build on the recent community engagement conducted by SDCP’s member agencies as part of their Climate Action Plans and equity initiatives

3. Principles of Equitable and Inclusive Engagement
This Community Engagement Strategy integrates equitable and inclusive engagement principles.

Equitable and inclusive engagement methods seek to acknowledge, understand, and address the implications that the differences in individuals’ and communities’ backgrounds, including race, culture, ability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic status, and immigration status, have in the engagement process. Equitable and inclusive engagement is also mindful and responsive to societal inequities, underserved communities, and unequal environmental impacts on communities.

An equitable and inclusive engagement framework focuses on understanding community characteristics, historic and current challenges, barriers for effective engagement, and partnering with local organizations and stakeholders who work directly with community members and can advocate for their needs and best practices for meaningful engagement. Targeted engagement methods that complement standard engagement methods are often required.

Specific equitable and inclusive engagement principles for the Community Power Plan, informed by member agency and community leader input, are noted below:
• Engagement strategies that are responsive to people’s different needs and circumstances, and/or varying experiences interacting with government agencies will be implemented.

Strategies and activities will be employed to minimize obstacles to participation, including the amount of time required for participation. Maintaining flexibility and adaptability to incorporate “lessons learned” and new information during the engagement process is essential.
• Local and lived knowledge, and understanding people’s priorities and initiatives for their communities, will be valued and sought out by the project team as part of soliciting input.

This includes seeking perspectives about what communities are working on, their goals, and their ideas for solutions.
• Partnerships with community-based organizations, key stakeholders, and community members will be established. Through working with community members, these organizations and individuals may have a better understanding of community issues, priorities, and effective engagement methods. They may also serve as partners in community engagement. • Recognize the multiple day-to-day challenges and pressures community members face and align subject matter to their needs and experience. Climate resiliency and decarbonization may not be top priorities for community members facing multiple types of insecurities and threats. Additionally, rising costs – specifically increasing electricity bills – and the large moderate access to opportunity, whereas the City of Chula Vista defined them as the top 25% scoring areas within its own analysis. If other member agencies were to identify additional census tracts as the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista have done, SDCP would recognize those designations under the umbrella of Communities of Concern.

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number of households behind on bills and at risk of service shutoffs will likely generate some initial distrust in SDCP and/or questions as to what SDCP is doing. • Accessibility will be considered for the broadest range of community characteristics, including language, internet access, physical disability, time limitations, and subject matter understanding. Materials and presentations should be written for broad understanding in "everyday" terms.

Language Justice
Recognizing the power of language and the ways that it intersects with and reflects a community’s history, culture, and identity is a key part of establishing trust and understanding. A language justice approach to community engagement ensures that everyone involved in the process can speak, understand, and be understood in the language(s) in which they feel most comfortable. It also includes a commitment to creating multilingual and cross-language opportunities where all communities, especially those who do not communicate in the "dominant language," can be present, heard, seen, and valued as equal participants. Language justice also supports the development of accessible and relevant communication tools and strategies that connect with the unique and varied experiences, interests, and priorities of communities.

Language justice strategies that will support an equitable and inclusive community engagement process include:
• As needed, providing interpretation and in-language facilitation at community engagement opportunities in English, Spanish, Tagalog, and other relevant languages (including listening sessions and pop-up engagement).
• Considering language parity in multilingual spaces and encouraging the inclusion of speakers, facilitators, and presenters in Spanish, Tagalog, and other languages to affirm that mainstream English is not the only language of power, knowledge, and expertise. • Developing and translating engagement materials in Spanish, Tagalog, and English using language that is accessible, understandable, and relevant to communities. • Soliciting and welcoming the ongoing feedback of individual participants, community-based organizations, local agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure our linguistic approach throughout the engagement process is as accessible, consistent, culturally relevant, and empowering as possible.

Estimates of the top five languages spoken by percentage of the total population for SDCP’s member agencies is provided in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Estimates of Top Five Languages2 Spoken by Percentage of Total Population for SDCP Member Agencies3
Member Agency English Spanish Tagalog Chinese Vietnamese Korean Arabic County of San
Diego –
Supervisor District
2 (south
unincorporated)
77% 15% Approximately 9% Asian/Pacific Islander and Other 2 Sources: Cities: www.neighborhoodscout.com/; Unincorporated Areas: https://datasurfer.sandag.org/ 3 Percentages for languages other than English are likely higher in Communities of Concern.

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County of San
Diego –
Supervisor District
5 (north
unincorporated)
69% 24% Approximately 6% Asian/Pacific Islander and Other San Diego 61% 22% 3% 3% 2% * *
Chula Vista 42% 47% 7% * 1% 1% *
Encinitas 83% 12% * * * * *
La Mesa 77% 12% * 2% 1% * 1%
Imperial Beach 57% 34% 3% * * * *
National City 32% 52% 13% * 1% * *

4. Engagement Focus
This Community Engagement Strategy generally focuses on the Communities of Concern and input from SDCP’s member agencies and additional community leaders, with recognition that SEVI, CalEnviroScreen, and other mapping efforts do not capture more dispersed distributions of impacted community members, especially in rural environments in unincorporated San Diego County. Because of this, broader engagement techniques will be used for these areas to solicit as much input as possible.

Communities of Concern
For the Community Power Plan, Communities of Concern are generally defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, known as Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), as well as the additional census tracts identified by the Cities of San Diego and Chula Vista through their Climate Equity Index (CEI) reports. Specifically, the City of San Diego identified these census tracts as areas with very low, low, and moderate access to opportunity. Meanwhile, the City of Chula Vista defined them as the top 25% scoring areas within its own analysis. If other member agencies were to identify additional census tracts as the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista have done, SDCP would recognize those designations under the umbrella of Communities of Concern.

The current designations for Communities of Concern for each of SDCP’s member agencies are listed in Table 2 below and Communities of Concern maps for SDCP’s service area are provided in Appendix A.

Table 2: Communities of Concern Approaches
Member Agency Communities of Concern Approach
County of San Diego Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen San Diego Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen + CEI Chula Vista Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen + CEI Encinitas Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen
La Mesa Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen
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Imperial Beach Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen National City Top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen Dispersed Communities in Unincorporated Areas
SEVI, CalEnviroScreen, and other mapping efforts are generally less effective in identifying dispersed distributions of impacted community members, especially in rural environments in unincorporated San Diego County. Therefore, broader engagement techniques will be employed to hear the needs and perspectives of these community members. For the sake of the engagement activities, unincorporated San Diego County will be organized into four sub-areas as displayed in Figure 1 below: North, Central, South, and Desert.

Figure 1: Unincorporated Community Sub-Areas for Engagement

5. Community-Based Organizations
Role in Community Engagement Strategy
Central to the Community Engagement Strategy is coordination with community-based organizations throughout the SDCP service area. Many community-based organizations work with and support Communities of Concern around issues that intersect with power and energy, such as climate, resiliency, health, and equity. When they have capacity to help, community-based organizations can assist in connecting important programs like the Community Power Plan to their community members North
Desert
Central
South
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and engaging them in conversations that yield important input. Community-based organizations, often trusted more than government agencies by community members, are also experts in the most effective methods of engagement for their communities
Community-Based Organization Identification
Appendix B includes a table of community-based organizations who have connections with communities and interests related to Communities of Concern throughout SDCP’s service area.

Announcements about upcoming engagement activities and the community survey link will be sent to this list of community-based organizations. In addition, select community-based organizations have been targeted to co-host two rounds of listening sessions focused on Communities of Concern based on the following objectives reflecting geographic and demographic representation across SDCP’s service area. Community-based organizations:
• need to represent residents who live in communities historically underrepresented, including those who live in Communities of Concerns as defined below or by SDCP’s member agencies. • should serve communities across multiple member agencies in SDCP’s service territory, when feasible.
• need to geographically reach the communities they serve and have the trust of community members.
• should have experience with community engagement and/or have an ongoing touchpoint with the community they serve (e.g., monthly meetings with community members). • need to be able to gather community members for a listening session. • should have relationships and established trust with community members. • should have an organizational focus on sustainability, social equity, environmental justice, energy, climate, housing, and/or a similar field.

The following five community-based organizations have been targeted to co-host six listening sessions based on the above objectives:
• MAAC (2 sessions)
• Mid-City Community Advisory Network (CAN)
• Project New Village
• Environmental Health Coalition
• Casa Familiar
Compensation Approach
A total of $20,000 has been allocated for compensation to community-based organizations as part of this Community Engagement Strategy. This compensation is envisioned to be provided to the community-based organizations that co-host the two rounds of listening sessions focused on Communities of Concern. More detailed information about the community-based organization compensation approach is outlined in Appendix C.

6. Engagement and Planning Process Integration
Three phases of community engagement are planned during the development of the Community Power Plan. The purpose of each phase is described in the below sections.

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Phase 1: Listening
The first phase of community engagement will focus on broad listening and information gathering on community priorities and needs and energy-related issues across different communities to inform development of the community survey (see Phase 2 below) and the Community Power Plan, including the Community Needs Assessment. This phase will include three types of listening sessions to hear from a range of perspectives:

1. Listening Sessions Co-Hosted by Community-Based Organizations

2. Listening Sessions with Interest Groups

3. Community Listening Workshops
Phase 2: Community Survey
The second phase will focus on administering a community survey across the SDCP service area to collect input on the identification and prioritization of energy issues. Available in multiple formats and multiple languages, the survey will be coupled with many kinds of flexible outreach to maximize the number of responses.

Phase 3: Community Survey Results, Feedback, and Strategy Exploration The third phase will focus on reporting the results of the community survey back to community members. This phase will include a second round of listening sessions co-hosted by community-based organizations.

7. Engagement Activities and Methods
This section outlines the engagement activities and methods that are planned throughout the development of the Community Power Plan, including the purpose, planning phase, and description.

More detailed information regarding preparation and implementation of each engagement activity will be provided in detailed Logistics Plans. An important consideration to be addressed in the Logistics Plans is balanced geographic coverage. The estimated timing for all planned engagement activities described below can be found at the following link.

Member Agency Staff and Community Leader Meetings
• Purpose: To solicit input from SDCP’s member agency staff and additional community leaders in SDCP’s service area on best practices for community engagement in their jurisdictions and communities.
• Planning phase: Phase 1: Listening
• Description: The following meetings have been conducted with member agency staff and additional community leaders:
− Member Agency Staff Check-In (Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Encinitas, County of San Diego) − County of San Diego
− City of San Diego
− Environmental Health Coalition
− Greenlining Institute
− San Diego Food System Alliance
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Listening Sessions
• Purpose: To solicit input on community needs around energy issues from a range of community members.
• Planning phase: Phase 1: Listening and Phase 3: Community Survey Results, Feedback, and Strategy Exploration (Phase 3 only for Listening Sessions Co-Hosted with Community-Based Organizations)
• Description: The following types of listening sessions are planned concurrently:
− Listening Sessions Co-Hosted with Community-Based Organizations o Two rounds of virtual or in-person listening sessions co-hosted by five community-based organizations to hear perspectives of Communities of Concern. These listening sessions are envisioned to include 10-30 community participants invited by each community-based organization. The first round of listening sessions will focus on soliciting input on community needs, challenges, and gaps in program offerings to help inform the Community Needs Assessment and content for the community survey. The second round of listening sessions will focus on reporting back the results of the community survey to community members.
− Listening Sessions with Interest Groups
o One round of virtual or in-person listening sessions with up to 10 members of interest groups. The listening sessions will focus on gathering input from stakeholders already organized around Communities of Concern for the Community Power Plan. − Community Listening Workshops
o One round of five virtual community listening workshops with an open invitation to key customers, local businesses, and community members in SDCP’s service area. The community listening workshops will generally have the same format but will target different participants. Multiple sessions will be held on different days and times of the week for some of the sessions to optimize convenience for participants. The following community listening workshop sessions will be held:
 Key Customers (1 session)
 General Business Accounts (2 sessions)
 General Public (2 sessions)
Community Survey
• Purpose: To gather a wider scope of input from a broader community base on prioritization of community needs to help inform the customer programs included in the Community Power Plan.
• Planning phase: Phase 2: Community Survey
• Description: A 10-15 question web-based and hard-copy survey that is administered to as many community members as possible. The community survey will be publicized using tabling events and other types of pop-up engagement, will be included on a direct mailer to SDCP’s first five member agencies, promoted on SDCP’s social media channels, and shared with community-based organizations, member agency staff, and community leaders to distribute to their own networks. Upon completion of the community survey, participants will have the option to enter a raffle to win a prize (to be determined by SDCP).

Tabling Events and Other Targeted Engagement
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• Purpose: To get the word out about SDCP, solicit input on community needs around energy issues from a range of community members, and publicize the community survey in places where community members are already gathered.
• Planning phase: Phase 1: Listening and Phase 2: Community Survey • Description: Tabling events and other pop-up engagement throughout SDCP’s service area, including partnering with the County of San Diego on engagement events that they are planning in unincorporated areas during the same timeframe.

8. Materials and Content
This section includes a preliminary list of materials that will be used throughout the development of the Community Power Plan. Further details will be provided in detailed Logistics Plans for the different engagement activities.

Phase 1: Listening
Materials
• Presentation slides
• Flyers (listening sessions)
• Engagement activity materials
• Tabling and pop-up engagement materials
Promotion
• Email blasts
• Social media
• Website updates
Phase 2: Community Survey
Materials
• Digital and hard copy surveys
• Flyers
• Tabling and pop-up engagement materials
Promotion
• Mailer with survey link and QR code
• Email blasts
• Social media
• Website updates
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Materials
• Presentation slides
• Flyers (listening sessions)
• Engagement activity materials
Promotion
• Email blasts
• Social media
• Website updates
Appendix A
Communities of Concern Distribution
City of San Diego
City of Chula Vista
City of Encinitas
City of La Mesa
City of Imperial Beach
City of National City
Appendix B
Working List of Community-Based Organizations
Community-Based Organization
Logan Heights Community Development Corporation
City Heights Community Development Corporation
I am Green
Protect our Communities Foundation
Grid Alternatives
IBEW 569 and Local 465
San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council
Chula Vista Community Collaborative
South County Economic Development Council
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
Unite Here Local 30
Labor Council
South Bay Community Services
South Bay Economic Development
Regional Chamber of Commerce
Environmental Health Coalition
MAAC
Greenlining Institute
Casa Familiar
San Diego Food System Alliance
San Diego Farm Bureau
San Diego 350
Family Health Center
Via International
Imperial Beach Collaborative
Suncoast Market
Feeding San Diego
San Ysidro Health
Borrego Health
United Farm Workers
Farm Worker Care Coalition
Climate Action Campaign
Mid-City Community Advisory Network
San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition
Institute for Local Government
Project New Village
The Urban Collective
Jewish Family Services of San Diego
Escondido Education COMPACT
Vista Community Clinic
Poder Popular
Vision y Compromiso - Network of Promotoras
South Bay Community Services
El Cajon Collaborative
Newcomers Support and Development
Imperial Beach Neighborhood Center
Community Resource Center
Leichtag Foundation
Sierra Club San Diego
EcoFest
Building Electrification Coalition
City of La Mesa Adult Enrichment Center
La Mesa Chamber of Commerce
La Mesa Village Association
La Mesa Rotary
City of La Mesa Boards and Commissions
La Mesa Park and Recreation Foundation
City of La Mesa Economic Development
Leucadia 101 Main Street
Encinitas 101 Main Street
Cardiff 101 Main Street
Encinitas4Equality
Encinitas Hispanic Community
Encinitas Chamber
South Bay Sustainable Communities Network
Community Through Hope
MANA de San Diego
County of San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce
Pilipino Worker Center
Philippine American Youth Organization
Solidarity Farm and Foodshed
Indian Health Council, Inc.

Goodwill Industries of San Diego County
California Rural Legal Assistance
Rotary Club of Fallbrook
Café Moto
San Diego EV Association
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
SD County Rental Housing Association
SD Housing Federation
San Diego Tenants Union
Appendix C
Community-Based Organization Compensation Approach
Purpose
As SDCP commits to equitably engaging and soliciting input from as many community members as possible, with a focus on Communities of Concern, it recognizes the value and expertise shared by local leaders, residents, and community-based organizations. Community-based organizations and community members are integral to informing the Community Needs Assessment and Community Power Plan. The approach below describes the framework for compensation for community-based organization partners for their help in co-hosting two rounds of listening sessions.

Role of Community-Based Organization Partners in Listening Sessions Community-based organization partners are integral to the engagement of community members during the development of the Community Power Plan. SDCP will work with community-based organization partners to co-host listening sessions to hear from community members about current energy service issues and local needs and priorities. Throughout the Community Power Plan engagement process, community-based organization partners will:
• Co-host two rounds of listening sessions, the first in July and the second in October 2022 • Help to customize the listening session discussion format • Identify a location and/or place that will be convenient and accessible • Recruit community members to participate (at least 10 and up to 30) • Stay in communication with SDCP staff/the project team Selection of Community-Based Organization Partners for Co-Hosting Listening Sessions Community-based organization partners for the listening sessions will be selected based on objectives reflecting geographic and demographic representation across SDCP’s service area (i.e., Imperial Beach, Encinitas, La Mesa, Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego, and unincorporated San Diego County). Community-based organizations:
• Need to represent residents who live in communities historically underrepresented including those who live in Communities of Concerns as defined below or by SDCP’s member agencies. • Should serve communities across multiple member agencies in SDCP’s service territory, when feasible.
• Need to geographically reach the communities they serve and have the trust of community members.
• Should have experience with community engagement and/or have an ongoing touchpoint with the community they serve (e.g., monthly meetings with community members). • Need to be able to gather community members for a listening session. • Should have relationships and established trust with community members. • Should have an organizational focus on sustainability, social equity, environmental justice, energy, climate, housing, and/or similar field.

Payment Amount and Schedule
Kearns & West will field, process, track, and provide payments in the form of a grant to community-based organizations for their participation in co-hosting the listening sessions. The compensation amounts, process, and timeline are outlined below.

Compensation Amounts
SDCP has allocated $20,000 for compensation to community-based organizations for co-hosting the two rounds of listening sessions. The compensation amount will be divided evenly among the community-based organizations partners (e.g., $4,000 will be given to each community-based organization if a total of five community-based organizations participate).

Compensation Process and Timeline
Within 30 days following completion of the second listening session, Kearns & West will process and send payment.

Agreement Process
Kearns & West will issue a commitment letter that establishes the terms and commitments (reflecting the components of this approach) for the community-based organization director to sign and return.

Austin TX Charleston SC Davis CA Denver CO Los Angeles CA Portland OR Riverside CA Sacramento CA San Diego CA San Francisco CA San Juan Capistrano CA Seattle WA Washington DC San Diego Community Power Plan
Phase 1: Listening
Summary – Listening Sessions Co-Hosted
with Community-Based Organizations
September 15, 2022
Prepared for
San Diego Community Power
Prepared by
Kearns & West
Table of Contents

1. Overview.............................................................................................................................................................1

2. Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................................1

3. Community-Based Organization Partners ....................................................................................................1 Selection Approach...........................................................................................................................................1 Community-Based Organization Compensation and Roles......................................................................2

4. When and Where ..............................................................................................................................................2

5. Listening Sessions..............................................................................................................................................3 Casa Familiar.......................................................................................................................................................4 Project New Village...........................................................................................................................................5 MAAC (North Session) .....................................................................................................................................6 MAAC (East Session).........................................................................................................................................7 Art Produce.........................................................................................................................................................7 Chicano Federation...........................................................................................................................................8 Appendix
A – Casa Familiar Input
B – Project New Village Input
C – MAAC Input (North Session)
D – MAAC Input (East Session)
E – Art Produce Input
F – Chicano Federation Input
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1. Overview
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) is developing a Community Power Plan (“CPP”) that will provide a decision-making framework to guide its strategy and development of local programs. Based on findings from a Community Needs Assessment, the CPP will guide investments in developing local renewable generation, demand reduction, storage, and other distributed energy resources in SDCP’s service territory.

The first phase of community engagement for the CPP focused on listening and information gathering about community priorities and needs around energy-related issues across different communities to inform the development of the community survey and CPP, including the Community Needs Assessment. SDCP co-hosted a first round of six listening sessions with community-based organizations in July and August 2022 to hear from a range of community members in Communities of Concern. A second round of listening sessions is planned for October/November 2022.

This summary documents the listening session objectives, community-based organization partners, when and where the listening sessions occurred, format, and the input themes from each session.

Input from each listening session can be found in the appendices.

2. Objectives
The specific objectives for SDCP’s first round of listening sessions co-hosted by community-based organizations were to:
• Introduce SDCP as a long-term community partner that is able help meet community needs, with recognition that many communities have not been able to share in the benefits of clean energy customer programs and/or have been impacted by the power utility system • Hear input and local knowledge regarding:
What communities are working on right now
Communities’ needs and challenges in general
How people see change affecting their communities, residents, local businesses, and schools
General concerns around electricity and power service The kinds of power customer programs that could help community members meet their needs and accomplish community goals

3. Community-Based Organization Partners
Selection Approach
In addition to the objectives for the listening sessions stated above, the approach for identifying community-based organization partners also considered a range of factors, including geographic and demographic representation across SDCP’s service area, including:

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• Representation of residents who live in historically underrepresented communities, including those who live in Communities of Concern1 or by SDCP’s member agencies • Service footprint with communities across multiple member agencies in SDCP’s service territory, when feasible
• Experience with community engagement and/or have ongoing touchpoints with the community they serve (e.g., monthly meetings with community members) • Ability to gather community members for a listening session • Relationships and established trust with community members • Organizational focus on sustainability, social equity, environmental justice, energy, climate, housing, and/or a similar field
Using this approach, the following five community-based organizations were selected to co-host six listening sessions: Art Produce, Casa Familiar, Chicano Federation, MAAC (2 sessions), and Project New Village.

Community-Based Organization Compensation and Roles
Community-based organization partners are integral to the engagement of community members during the development of the CPP. SDCP provided compensation to the organizations for their time spent co-hosting the listening sessions and provided additional assistance for interpretation services, children’s activities, food and drinks, gift cards for compensating participants’ time, transportation, and other needs as suggested by the organizations.

The compensation agreements established the following roles for the community-based organization partners:
• Co-host two rounds of listening sessions, the first in July/August 2022 and the second in October/November 2022
• Help to customize the listening session discussion format • Identify a location and/or place that would be convenient and accessible • Recruit community members to participate (at least 10 people and up to 30) • Stay in communication with SDCP staff/the project team

4. When and Where
The listening sessions were held in-person or virtually depending on the community-based organization’s recommendation based on their community knowledge. Table 1 summarizes the listening sessions information, including the community-based organizations and the communities 1 Defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, known as Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), as well as the additional census tracts identified by the Cities of San Diego and Chula Vista through their Climate Equity Index (CEI) reports. Specifically, the City of San Diego identified these census tracts as areas with very low, low, and moderate access to opportunity, whereas the City of Chula Vista defined them as the top 25% scoring areas within its own analysis. If other member agencies were to identify additional census tracts as the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista have done, SDCP would recognize those designations under the umbrella of Communities of Concern.

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they represent or targeted for the listening sessions, date, time, and location of the sessions, estimated attendees, and languages the sessions were held in, including if interpretation was offered.

Table 1: Listening Sessions Information
Community-Based
Organization
and Geography
Date/Time Location Estimated
Attendees
Language and
Interpretation
Casa Familiar
(San Ysidro)
Thursday, July 28,
2022
5:00-6:00 p.m.

El Salon
114 West Hall Avenue
San Ysidro, CA 92173
35 Spanish with
English
interpretation
Project New
Village
(Southeastern
San Diego)
Saturday, July 30,
2022
12:00-1:00 p.m.

Educational Cultural
Complex
4343 Ocean View Blvd
San Diego, CA 92113
45 English with
Spanish
interpretation
MAAC (North
County)
Tuesday, August 9,
2022
6:00-7:00 p.m.

Virtual (Zoom) 30
Spanish with
English
interpretation
MAAC (East
County)
Thursday, August 11,
2022
6:00-7:00 p.m.

Virtual (Zoom) 70
English with
Spanish
interpretation
Art Produce
(Mid-City San
Diego)
Thursday, September
8, 2022
5:30-7:30 p.m.

Art Produce Gallery
3139 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92104
15 English
Chicano
Federation
(Portside)
Wednesday,
September 14, 2022
10:00-11:00 a.m.

SDCCU North Park Branch
3180 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92104
15 Spanish with
English
interpretation

5. Listening Sessions
The following sections summarize the major input themes from each of the listening sessions. All input is documented in the appendices [Appendix A: Casa Familiar, Appendix B: Project New Village, Appendix C: MAAC (North Session), Appendix D: MAAC (East Session), Appendix E: Art Produce, Appendix F: Chicano Federation]. The discussion questions varied by discussion group depending on the meeting formats but generally covered the following:
• How can SDCP help you and your community?
• When it comes to electricity and energy at your house, what issues do you face? I 4
• What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? • How is climate change affecting you?
• What interests you about renewable energy (i.e., clean energy or green energy)? Casa Familiar
Format
The Casa Familiar listening session was held in Spanish with English interpretation and took place in person at El Salon, Casa Familiar’s community theatre room. As participants entered, they were welcomed by Casa Familiar staff and the project team and asked to sign in. Participants were then invited to participate in an activity where they placed sticky dots on a board to indicate the climate and energy solutions that most interested them.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process by SDCP staff and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. Participants were moved into three discussion groups that were facilitated by Kearns & West and SDCP staff, mainly in Spanish with assistance of bilingual team members and interpreters. Participants had the opportunity to provide input verbally while the facilitators took written notes.

Input
Major input themes from the session are summarized below with all input received included in Appendix A: Casa Familiar Input.
• Key priorities identified by participants included:
Reduce the cost of electricity and expand program qualifications for different income ranges
Improve access to information about programs and resources on how to reduce electricity use
Improve community safety, security, lighting, and basic needs Increase access to energy-saving resources such as more energy efficient appliances and efficient electric technology
Expanding access to solar panels for the community and schools • Participants talked about how San Diego residents are facing high utility rates and bills, particularly low-income residents. Several expressed the need for more equity programs that are income-based and responsive to Communities of Concern. • Access to educational resources to better understand Time-of-Use (TOU) rates and limiting energy usage during peak periods were identified as challenges. Inconsistent energy, especially when multiple appliances are running, was identified as another key concern. • Some talked about using the California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program and other low-income assistance programs with SDG&E. Other community members noted that they are mindful of their energy use and turn off lights and appliances when possible. In general, residents noted that they currently have limited information about available programs and expressed interest in receiving more information.

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• Several community members stated that they are facing higher costs due to climate change, such as higher utility bills due to using air conditioning more frequently with rising temperatures. Others noted increased health impacts and concerns about water availability and natural disasters.
• Community members expressed interest in accessible, affordable, and sustainable renewable energy. Several residents also highlighted the community’s ability to sell electricity and make money in the renewable energy transition.
• Community members noted general community improvements like better security, improved streetlights, improved quality of roads, lower cost public transportation, affordable cost of rent, and job training and career pathways.

Project New Village
Format
The Project New Village listening session was held in English with Spanish interpretation and took place in person as part of Project New Village’s Health & Healing Summerfest event. As participants gathered, they were welcomed by Project New Village staff and the project team and asked to sign in. Participants were then invited to participate in an activity where they placed sticky dots on a board to indicate the climate and energy solutions they were most interested in.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process by SDCP staff and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. Participants were asked to participate in a large group discussion facilitated by Kearns & West and SDCP staff. Participants had the opportunity to provide input verbally while the facilitator took written notes or write their input on sticky notes and place them on boards.

Input
Major input themes from the session are summarized below with all input received included in Appendix B: Project New Village Input.
• Numerous community members expressed affordability and the need to reduce the cost of electricity and energy burden for communities as major issues. Some shared that residents are limited to SDG&E’s service and that it should be a public-owned utility to lower delivery charges. Others identified peak Time-of-Use (TOU) hours as impractical for working people. • Several community members expressed the need to create opportunities for community members to expand microgrids in their communities and/or go “off-grid”, and provide education and opportunities for helping communities transition to more energy efficient appliances and technology.
• Some residents signed up for the CARE program, installed solar panels and enrolled in Net Energy Metering (NEM) through Grid Alternatives, noting the importance of partnerships with community-based organizations, community leaders, and other local efforts. They expressed the importance of expanding access to existing state programs. • Community members expressed interest in providing support for home infrastructure upgrades and building electrification. They noted the importance of working underground powerlines for health, safety, and aesthetics reasons
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• Some community members stated that they feel guilt from their increased energy consumption as they are using more air conditioning and energy to manage their home temperature with rising heat. Fears and anxiety were expressed about the future and impacts from natural disasters (e.g., flooding, heat, extreme weather) and the slowness of cities to act. • Community members noted increased health impacts, such as asthma and other respiratory issues,. Several community members highlighted environmental justice, financial burdens, and higher costs of water, food, and energy as a result of climate change. • Community members expressed interest in renewable energy because it will be sustainable and healthier.

MAAC (North Session)
Format
The MAAC listening session targeting North County community members was held in Spanish with English interpretation and took place virtually on Zoom. As participants joined, they were welcomed by MAAC staff and the project team.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process by SDCP staff and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. Participants were moved into two breakout discussion groups, one facilitated in Spanish with English interpretation and one facilitated in English with Spanish interpretation. Participants had the opportunity to provide input verbally or via chat.

Input
The following sections summarize the major input themes with all input received included in Appendix C: MAAC Input (North Session).
• Many community members expressed the need for education and information on what is impacting their electricity use, ways to reduce their electricity use, and how to understand their bills. Several attendees emphasized the importance of translating all materials and information provided.
• Several residents are using the California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), but some noted that they don’t use CARE because they are homeowners or because they believe it should be used by those that need it most. Several community members expressed the need to expand the CARE program to include homeowners and to create easier access to CARE and other programs. Outside of customer programs, other participants shared that they reduce their energy use by using energy efficient appliances and using electricity for less time. • With increases in heat and extreme weather events due to climate change, participants stated that they are using more air conditioning and utilizing cool zones (e.g., malls and libraries) when it is too hot to stay home.

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MAAC (East Session)
Format
The MAAC listening session targeting East County community members was held in English with Spanish interpretation and took place virtually on Zoom. As participants joined, they were welcomed by MAAC staff and the project team.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process by SDCP staff and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. The session was facilitated by Kearns & West and an interpreter. Participants had the opportunity to provide input throughout the session verbally, via chat, or by entering responses into a polling software (Poll Everywhere).

Input
Major input themes from the session are summarized below with all input received included in Appendix D: MAAC Input (East Session).
• Community members emphasized the need to create local job opportunities in the renewable energy transition.
• Numerous community members expressed the high cost of electricity as a major issue and noted the importance of customer service. Participants also noted concerns over the weather. • Some residents are using the California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program and Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Several participants shared that they try to reduce their electricity use by unplugging electronics when not in use, limiting use of high consumption appliances, and by using natural light. • Many community members stated that they are experiencing higher temperatures from climate change, and some shared that they are using their air conditioning more and thus more energy as a result. Concerns about weather, droughts, flooding, and impact to agriculture were noted as well.
• Community members expressed interest in renewable energy because it is a clean, stable energy source that is less polluting to the environment and provides benefits for future generations such as improved air quality, water quality, and public health benefits. They noted that more renewable energy also should result in more stable energy prices since it’s reliable and not finite.

Art Produce
Format
The Art Produce listening session was held in English and took place in person at Art Produce’s gallery. As participants entered, they were welcomed by Art Produce staff and the project team and asked to sign in. Participants were then invited to participate in an activity where they placed sticky dots on a board to indicate the climate and energy solutions that most interested them.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. Participants were moved into two discussion groups and had the opportunity to provide input verbally while project team members took written notes.

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Input
As of September 15, 2022, input is still being compiled from this session.

Chicano Federation
Format
The Chicano Federation listening session was held in Spanish with English interpretation and took place in person at Chicano Federation’s office inside of the SDCCU North Park Branch building. As participants gathered, they were welcomed by Chicano Federation staff and the project team and asked to sign in. Participants were then invited to participate in an activity where they placed sticky dots on a board to indicate the climate and energy solutions they were most interested in.

The listening session began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process and was followed by a Q&A and set of discussion questions. Participants were asked to participate in a large group discussion facilitated by the project team. They had the opportunity to provide input verbally while project team members took written notes.

Input
As of September 15, 2022, input is still being compiled from this session.

Appendix A
Casa Familiar Input
General Questions and Comments
• Are you taking solar (power) through the panels?
• Are you also providing gas?
• Do we have two different bills?
• What is the price difference between the two?
• When did the switch to SDCP happen?
• Will there be a low-income discount?
• Some solar panels aren’t working with SDG&E programs. • How can you change to an electric vehicle?
• Some people are being sold energy upgrades they can't afford. • Is electricity in San Diego more expensive than other areas in California? • Will there be another meeting to inform the community when SDCP decides on programs? Dot Activity Results: What types of energy and climate solutions would you be most interested in?
• Solar panels: 16
• All-electric appliances: 6
• Electric transportation and charging: 9
• More efficient appliances: 8
• Improved comfort through insulation, efficient windows, or other weatherization: 11 • Smart, internet-connected thermostats: 11
• More efficient lights: 7
• Batteries (energy storage): 2
• Other: 4
How can SDCP help you and your community? (¿Cómo puede SDCP ayudarlo a usted y a su comunidad?)
• Change to energy-saving light bulbs for all of San Ysidro • Ensure community members can use medical devices
• Improve access to energy-saving resources and appliances • Improve air quality
• Improve security
• Improve the quality of roads and streets
• Job training and careers pathways
• Low-cost transportation
• Lower the cost of rent
• Make electric boilers available to help with electrifying panels • More parking and parking structures
• More resources and technical assistance to help community members learn more about programs
• Programs for people with disabilities
• Provide solar panels to community members
• Reduce electricity use at home by using efficient appliances • Reduce the cost of renewable energy
• Reduce the cost of transportation (electric vehicles) and provide support for community members to access electric vehicles
• Work with car dealerships to reduce costs
• Broaden the income ranges of who qualifies for programs (e.g., retired, middle income community members)
• Ensure people can access essential services such as laundry • Improve security and police in communities
• Improve street lighting in communities
• Improve ways to help community members understand how to reduce electricity use • Offer workshops and education on electricity use, bill reduction, tiers, and Time-of-Use (TOU) rates
• Provide better incentives for solar panels
• Provide support for LED lightbulb transitions and a home conversion appliance replacement program
• Provide the best prices
• Educate people about green/renewable energy and how to use it • Education about energy efficient appliances to buy
• Help community members take advantage of programs and benefits • Keep community members informed about programs
• Lower electricity prices
• Make solar panels in homes and apartments more available to help community members save money
• Provide education on how to save money and electricity • Provide solar panels in schools
• It is important to value community voices.

When it comes to electricity and energy at your house, what issues do you face? (Cuando se trata de electricidad y energía en su casa, ¿a qué problemas se enfrenta?) • High bills to maintain cool home
• Inconsistent energy – stove and lights don’t always work (One community member noted that they live in a trailer with an electric stove, but many community members have stoves that are gas.)
• Lights dim, shut off, and the lightbulb color is too bright • No blackouts or brownouts
• Washers and dryers use a lot of energy.
• Community members need more equity programs that are income-based and responsive to Disadvantaged Communities.
• It is difficult to understand the tiers and higher Time-of-Use (TOU) rates. • Limiting the time of energy usage is challenging.
• Programs should prioritize social equity and focus on environmental justice communities. • Car crashes into nearby light poles resulted in residents losing power. It took two years to repair the pole.
• Community members need support with buying energy saving lightbulbs. • Some new light poles in front of residents’ houses are not working. • There should be a control on rate increases and a cap on rates. • Transformers exploded in some communities and left them without power. • When some customers receive their electricity bill, the rate is higher despite using the same amount of energy.
• When turning on multiple appliances, the lights dim or turn off. Some residents cannot run multiple appliances at the same time.
• All residents should qualify for lower cost (some residents that are homeowners don't qualify for programs and can't afford the bill/bill increases). • Community members can't live without electricity (people need food in the fridge, clean clothes, etc.).
• Electricity bills have gone up.
• Some residents have to make tradeoffs between food and utilities to pay the bills.

What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? (¿Qué programas utiliza para reducir su consumo de electricidad o su factura de electricidad?) • Disconnect appliances and chargers not in use
• Don't use hot water when the weather is hot
• Resident’s children remind them to unplug anything not in use. • Medical devices
• Residents noted that they use both gas and electric water heaters. • Some community members’ apartments pay for electricity and gas. • Some customers are mindful of appliances aging.
• Turn off lights and appliances during peak times
• Use cool zones, or go to the pool or beach to avoid using energy in the home • Use efficient light bulbs and windows
• Well-maintained electric plugs positively affect the operation of appliances. • California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program • Family-based program
• Low-income programs
• Information about programs is important for some community members. They noted they don’t have any information now.
• Live in Section 8 housing and don't have to pay for electricity • Neighbors reduce use because of lost jobs (and inability to pay their high bills). • Load washers with more to do fewer loads
How is climate change affecting you? (¿Cómo le está afectando el cambio climático?) • Air pollution increases allergies and eye irritation
• Drought; the community is drier and water is drying up. • Homes feel suffocating from the heat and some residents are using more air conditioning as a result
• Less water in the estuary
• Loss of glacial ice habitat
• Loss of species
• Many animals are leaving their habitats because they are losing habitat. • More hurricanes and tornados
• No rain/less rain than usual
• Outlets in some homes are heating up
• Sea levels rising
• Skin issues are increasing from the sun.
• Some residents are becoming dehydrated faster. They are changing their schedules based on the sun and heat.
• The number of earthquakes is increasing (some noted this is because of the increased heat) • The weather is not as cold during the winter; some residents use their heaters less during winter.
• Wildfires
• Air pollution is increasing from cars.
• Climate change is expensive and many community members are facing other social and income-related issues.
• Energy bill increases due to running the air conditioning more • Heat island effect; some communities need more trees and canopy to counter this. • Increased gas use
• Increased stress on low-income communities as a result of climate change • Asthma and other chronic illnesses are occurring more commonly. • Cars are overheating.
• Increased use of fans in summer and heaters during winter • Kids get sick, are stressed out, and are upset when it is hot. • Smog is increasing.
• Some community members haven’t turned on air conditioning because it is expensive despite being very hot in the home.
• The Tijuana River and landfill smells get worse when the temperature rises.

What interests you about renewable energy (i.e., clean energy or green energy)? (¿Qué le interesa de la energía renovable (es decir energía verde o limpia)?) • Accessible to community
• Green energy is life.
• It recuperates the earth.
• There is less pollution as a result.
• Affordable transition
• Community’s ability to sell electricity and make money • Electric vehicle stations and access in the community • It will be a sustainable system.
• The cheapest option is of interest.
• It seems that it will cost less.
• We need more information about renewable energy.

Appendix B
Project New Village Input
General Questions and Comments
• Can there be a cap on bill/rates?
• Is SDCP advocating for customers in Sacramento?
• Is SDCP advancing local energy development to reduce transmission costs? • SDCP needs to make the local investment.
• What is delivery charge vs. generation charge?
• Is SDCP an alternative to SDG&E? Do I still need SDG&E for delivery? • Are you here to hear from us about where we want solar? • Even when SDG&E is reprimanded, they keep raising rates. • What programs will reduce my delivery fee?
• Is there a plan for policy advocacy? How does the community and those connected to it help? • Why does SDG&E still have to be in the equation (delivery fee)? Dot Activity Results: What types of energy and climate solutions would you be most interested in?
• Solar panels: 8
• All-electric appliances: 5
• Electric transportation and charging: 6
• More efficient appliances: 4
• Improved comfort through insulation, efficient windows, or other weatherization: 4 • Smart, internet-connected thermostats: 2
• More efficient lights: 2
• Batteries (energy storage): 2
• Other: 4 (reasonable public transit, reduce vehicle miles) How can SDCP help you and your community?
• Be able to afford additional lights
• Be intentional with outreach and expand who outreach is done with • Cooling centers so community members don't have to turn on air conditioning at home (provide cooling centers that are open after hours)
• Create programs to help customers meet challenges and help them understand bills • Don’t let San Diego renew the SDG&E 10-year franchise deal • Help community members examine their solar options
• Expand the number of people in the conversation
• Expanding or making programs like Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) accessible to apartment owners (change the policy)
• Focus on CalEnviroScreen areas (they should be the first priority for alternative energy) • Give money to those most in need to reduce environmental impact • Help everyone get off the grid
• Help community members assess solar options and understand options besides the bigger companies
• Home infrastructure upgrades and panel upgrades
• Invest in building electrification
• Lowering delivery charge
• Map cooling centers
• Microgrids/off-grid solutions
• Microgrid capacity building for community-based organizations • Microgrids in Communities of Concern
• Minimize transmission
• New construction should include renewable energy.
• Partner with environmental leaders, community leaders, and other local efforts • Create policies to ensure a just transition
• Prioritize solar locally
• Reduce the energy burden for communities
• Sell power to SDCP (instead of buying power)
• Underground power lines in communities – it is healthier and improves aesthetics • Help community members with understanding bills and provide technical assistance • Ensure community members can leave lights on for safety without being afraid of high bills When it comes to electricity and energy at your house, what issues do you face? • Affordability
• Residents are limited to SDG&E. Make it a public-owned utility. • Peak Time-of-Use (TOU) hours are not practical for working people. • California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program participants are excluded from TOU rates.
• Conduct a feasibility study for San Diego for public power and meeting the requirements What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? • Solar panels and Net Energy Metering (NEM) make differences in bills – used Grid Alternatives. Provide grants to help people. (2 comments) • Grants for panel and home infrastructure upgrades (e.g., solar) • CARE program to ensure residents have the same bill or a stable bill How is climate change affecting you?
• Kids have more asthma at earlier ages.
• Hotter weather and fewer cool temperatures in the evenings; it is more uncomfortable in homes, especially for residents with no air conditioning. • Algae blooms are increasing, which impacts the drinking water. Algae blooms are affecting the water and increasing costs.
• The cost of air conditioning is too high/residents are running air conditioning more. • Some residents are changing when they do laundry to manage costs. • The water is warmer.
• Food insecurity due to higher prices
• Increases in wildfires
• Ecological anxiety and concerns for the future
• Some residents feel a sense of guilt for their consumption and energy use. • Fears for the future and more people experiencing climate disasters • Anxiety about climate change and the slowness of the City of San Diego Climate Action Plan • Some community members are driving more because it's too hot to walk or bike. • Flooding and extreme weather events are affecting families • Climate change is affecting everyone through environmental justice, financial burdens, higher costs of water, food, energy, and many others.

What interests you about renewable energy (i.e., clean energy or green energy)? • Clean/green energy are healthier options.
• It allows for self-sustainability/ownership.

Appendix C
MAAC Input (North Session)
General Questions and Comments
• Is this a new project in partnership with SDG&E?
• Will all San Diego County have the option to change to this new program and starting when? How can SDCP help you and your community? (¿Cómo puede SDCP ayudarlo a usted y a su comunidad?)
• Help us find ways to reduce electricity use at home with more efficient electronics. • Bring more knowledge to community
• Interpret in different languages
• Explain the SDG&E bill
• People are not sure where all of the energy they are consuming is coming from. • Offering community knowledge of bills and how to find ways to reduce energy bills would be very helpful.
• I agree with transparency on what’s being billed.
• How can solar power be an option for schools and healthcare facilities? Creating a win-win • I agree about knowledge.

When it comes to electricity and energy at your house, what issues do you face? (Cuando se trata de electricidad y energía en su casa, ¿a qué problemas se enfrenta?) • How to keep the level of use low when everything in our apartments is electric • Unplug electronics when not in use and choose the right LED bulb • Knowing whether fans or air conditioning takes more energy • When and for how long can I use certain types of (cooling options) • Why don’t you partner with the City of Chula Vista and the Nature Center? Make it more effective even for people who pay rent on the lease?
• At times the bills are so high.

What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? (¿Qué programas utiliza para reducir su consumo de electricidad o su factura de electricidad?) • I once bought energy efficient appliances that use less energy, like a washing machine. • I sometimes minimize the rate at which I fast to save energy. I basically cook fast food. • California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program • CARE program really helps; it’s there if you need it. • Does not use CARE; they are young and able to work, so as a family feel like they should leave those resources to people who are in even more need • Does not use CARE
• Homeowners pay more than low-income or people who don’t have low incomes. Both parties need help in the CARE program.
• Many people don’t think they’ll qualify and don’t want to go through the hassle of getting documents.
• For a lot of communities, language is a barrier.
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) has really been helping so far in providing assistance to low-income families.

How is climate change affecting you? (¿Cómo le está afectando el cambio climático?) • Using air conditioning much more
• Climate change is affecting everyone
• People go places like malls and libraries to cool down • Extreme weather events
What interests you about renewable energy (i.e., clean energy or green energy)? (¿Qué le interesa de la energía renovable (es decir energía verde o limpia)?) • Really important that SDG&E promote their use of clean energy Appendix D
MAAC Input (East Session)
How can SDCP help you and your community?
• Creation of local jobs
• To create jobs
• To have better lighting for more security within the communities (Tener mejor alumbrado para más seguridad en la comunidad .
• Creating more jobs
• It would help most low-income families with sustainability. • Be able to give quick responses to complaints
• Make services cheaper
• Creating job opportunities
• Cleaner and renewable power to support healthier communities • Creation of jobs
• Due attention should be given priority
• Prioritize employment of locals
• I think creating job opportunities and paying necessary attention to details When it comes to electricity and energy at your house, what issues do you face? • High cost (9 comments)
• Weather (2 comments)
• Improve electricity
• High voltage
• Large consumption rate of electricity by some machines • Grid modernization
What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? • California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE) program through SDG&E • The electricity bill is included in my apartment, but we are still trying to reduce electricity usage.
• Adjust my appliances’ temperature (e.g., refrigerator) • Unplug unused electronics
• Reduce some power
• Turning off high-consumption electric appliances
• Using natural light
• Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through SDG&E • Avoid using high energy consumption machines (e.g., washing machine) • Turning off appliances when not in use
• Power reduction (2 comments)
• Taking shorter showers
• Use LED bulbs
• Using natural light (2 comments)
How is climate change affecting you?
• Higher temperatures
• It is a significant impact because of the heat it requires the need to use air conditioning more often, which uses more energy.
• More health risks
• Take more showers (more water consumption)
• Seriously
• Fairly at the moment (2 comments)
• Not so much
• Not too bad
• Temperature is a bit unfriendly. It has been a bit high for me. I do not know if everyone feels the same way.
• Higher electrical bills and blackouts
• I am surely not a friend of high temperatures and that is exactly what I experienced recently. I feel a lot of discomfort.
• Climate change has led to a scarcity of water, seasons of drought, and excess flood, which affected agricultural activities and caused loss of food, and affected animals. Those in agriculture know better.
• High electricity
• Weather is unfriendly at the moment.
• High temperature
What interests you about renewable energy (i.e., clean energy or green energy)? • Have a better quality of energy for a better future of our children • That it provides a path to end our dependence on fossil fuels • Clean air
• It is absolutely clean.
• It is ecosystem friendly.
• Zero carbon emissions
• It’s environmentally comfortable.
• It's certainly clean.
• No pollutants (2 comments)
• They don’t emit greenhouse gasses.
• Reduces carbons emission
• Clean air and water (2 comments)
• Promote sound health
• Less polluting to the environment
• No carbon emissions polluting the atmosphere
• Green Energy: Because it creates stable energy prices • It never runs out.
• Stability
• It is reliable
• Improve public health
• It reduces pollution and ensures a clean environment, thereby preventing some diseases that could spread due to a polluted environment.
• Has less effect on global warming
• Increase clean energy production
Appendix E
Art Produce Input
The listening sessions was held September 8, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. and as of the writing of the September 22, 2022 Board of Directors meeting staff report, input is still being compiled from this session.

Appendix F
Chicano Federation Input
The listening sessions was held September 14, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. and as of the writing of the September 22, 2022 Board of Directors meeting staff report, input is still being compiled from this session.

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Phase 1: Listening
Unincorporated Communities Pop-Up
Engagement Summary
September 15, 2022
Prepared for
San Diego Community Power
Prepared by
Kearns & West
Table of Contents

1. Overview.............................................................................................................................................................1

2. Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................................1

3. When and Where ..............................................................................................................................................1

4. Format .................................................................................................................................................................3

5. Input.....................................................................................................................................................................3 Borrego Springs .................................................................................................................................................3 Dulzura ................................................................................................................................................................4 Julian ....................................................................................................................................................................4 Lakeside...............................................................................................................................................................4 Ramona................................................................................................................................................................5 Valley Center......................................................................................................................................................5 Appendix
A – Borrego Springs Input
B – Dulzura Input
C – Julian Input
D – Lakeside Input
E – Ramona Input
F – Valley Center Input
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1. Overview
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) is developing a Community Power Plan (“CPP”) that will provide a decision-making framework to guide its strategy and development of local programs. Based on findings from a community needs assessment, the CPP will guide investments in developing local renewable generation, demand reduction, storage, and other distributed energy resources in SDCP’s service territory.

The first phase of community engagement for the CPP focused on listening and information gathering about community priorities and needs around energy-related issues across different communities to inform the development of the community survey and CPP, including the community needs assessment. SDCP conducted six pop-up engagements throughout unincorporated San Diego County in July and August 2022 to get the word out about SDCP and hear from a range of community members who have not yet been enrolled in SDCP’s service.

This summary documents the pop-up engagement objectives, when and where the pop-up engagements occurred, format, and input themes. Input from each pop-up engagement can be found in the appendices.

2. Objectives
The specific objectives for conducting pop-up engagement in unincorporated San Diego County during Phase 1: Listening were to:
• Begin to build relationships and communication channels with communities in the unincorporated areas, including learning about their goals, priorities, and needs. • Introduce SDCP and its 2023 rollout.
• Solicit input for the development of the Community Needs Assessment and CPP. • Target engagement of Communities of Concern1 and seek engagement across the unincorporated areas, recognizing that goals, priorities, and needs may vary geographically.

3. When and Where
For the purposes of pop-up engagement, unincorporated San Diego County was organized into four sub-areas as displayed in Figure 1: North, Central, South, and Desert. At least one pop-up engagement was planned in each sub-area for geographic representation. Most pop-up engagements took place at County libraries on busy days recommended by library staff or during food distribution events to target individuals from Communities of Concern. Table 1 includes the pop-up engagement locations by sub-area, dates and times, event information, estimated engagement number, and if a bilingual outreach team was present.
1 Defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, known as Disadvantaged Communities (DACs), as well as the additional census tracts identified by the Cities of San Diego and Chula Vista through their Climate Equity Index (CEI) reports. Specifically, the City of San Diego identified these census tracts as areas with very low, low, and moderate access to opportunity, whereas the City of Chula Vista defined them as the top 25% scoring areas within its own analysis. If other member agencies were to identify additional census tracts as the cities of San Diego and Chula Vista have done, SDCP would recognize those designations under the umbrella of Communities of Concern.

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Figure 1: Pop-Up Engagement Sub-Areas
Table 1: Pop-Up Engagement Details
Sub-Area Location Date/Time Event
Estimated
Engagement
Number
Bilingual
Outreach
Team
Desert
Borrego Springs
Library
2580 Country Club Rd.

Borrego Springs, CA
92004
Tuesday, August 2,
2022
12:00-5:00 p.m.

General Tabling
and Presentation
10 members
of the public Yes
South
Dulzura Mini
Market/Post Office
17023 Highway 94
Dulzura, CA 91917
Saturday, July 23,
2022
12:00-3:00 p.m.

General Tabling 15 members
of the public Yes
Central
Julian Library
1850 Highway 78
Julian, CA 92036
Wednesday, July
27, 2022
9:00-11:00 a.m.

Tabling during
Food
Distribution
20 members
of the public Yes
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Central
Lakeside Library
9839 Vine St.

Lakeside, CA 92040
Thursday, July 21,
2022
1:00-4:00 p.m.

General Tabling 25 members
of the public Yes
Central
Ramona Library
1275 Main St.

Ramona, CA 92065
Tuesday, July 26,
2022
2:00-5:00 p.m.

Tabling during
Food
Distribution
25 members
of the public No
North
Valley Center Library
29200 Cole Grade Rd.

Valley Center, CA
92082
Wednesday,
August 3, 2022
12:00-3:00 p.m.

Tabling during
Food
Distribution
5 members of
the public Yes

4. Format
Each pop-up engagement had the same format. An outreach team set up flipcharts with discussion questions and a table with information about SDCP and giveaways. Team members recorded input from community members on the flipcharts. A form was also made available if community members preferred to write their answers to the discussion questions.

The following questions were asked during the pop-up engagements:
• What is your community working on right now?
• When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community?

5. Input
The following sections summarize the major input themes from each of the pop-up engagements. All input is documented in the appendices (Appendix A: Borrego Springs, Appendix B: Dulzura, Appendix C: Julian, Appendix D: Lakeside, Appendix E: Ramona, Appendix F: Valley Center).

Borrego Springs
• It is very hot in Borrego Springs during the summer months leading residents to flee the area.

Fulltime residents may be faced with health risks if they do not keep their air conditioners on, resulting in very high energy bills due to increased energy use and summer rates. People want SDCP to support switching to efficient air conditioning appliances like mini-split heat pumps. • Many residents cannot afford increased bills. Education about how energy use affects bills would be helpful.
• Residents want to see programs that support lower energy bills (e.g., summer energy bill rebates, smart thermostats, energy efficient appliances, affordable solar).

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• Power outages are a frequent issue, causing residents to be without power for hours at a time. People expressed interest in rebates for backup generators and solar batteries, as well as going off-grid entirely.

Dulzura
• Dulzura is on a well water system and there are concerns over limited water availability with population growth and new development.
• The main issues that people face are high energy costs, wildfire threat, and power outages that can last for days when a wildfire is in the vicinity. • Residents are interested in solar assistance programs. There are concerns about the right available options, interconnection, and solar for apartments. • People expressed interest in electric vehicles and charging stations. There is specific interest in larger electric vehicles and electric vehicles that have extended range and increased towing capacity.

Julian
• Power outages can last for days when a wildfire is close by, affecting residents’ access to services, some of which are already limited due to Julian being a small town (e.g., losing food in freezers, access to well water, gas stations closing, ATMs not functioning). • Barriers for accessing solar include the high price of solar installation, not having a suitable property due to too much shade, living in a mobile home, and being a renter. • Residents noted that they are seeing many problems and scams related to solar and want a trusted source for solar installers.
• Residents are interested in assistance programs for backup generators, battery storage, electric vehicles and charging stations, and solar.
• Residents also noted the need for improved public transportation service.

Lakeside
• The main issues people face relate to high and unstable energy bills. Low-income residents aren’t able to afford their monthly bills.
• There are concerns associated with electric vehicles (e.g., electric vehicles not having enough range, high replacement battery costs, and lack of charging stations). • Housing costs are high and renters are not able to access solar or take advantage of energy savings programs.
• Residents are interested in programs that provide energy discounts, incentivize solar, energy efficient appliances, access to electric vehicle adoption, and recycling/composting. • Lower housing and public transit costs were also identified as interests.

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Ramona
• Many residents face high energy bills and rate increases, especially during the summer months. Air conditioning is necessary, but some are forced by financial constraints to not use their air conditioners and suffer in the heat to limit their energy bills. • Power outages are an issue. Some people are interested in additional support being provided during blackouts/brownouts (e.g., medical aid).
• People expressed interest in programs for low-income residents that provide bill discounts and incentivize energy efficient appliances, as well as programs aimed at saving energy during the summer.
• Residents are interested in incentivizing solar for homeowners and renters.

Valley Center
Please note that engagement was very low at the Valley Center event and therefore the input does not reflect a range of community perspectives.
• The Valley Center community is working on water access and resiliency efforts for drought. • Residents face issues with solar panels and not having access to solar on mobile homes. • One person was interested in direct solar installation from SDCP instead of having to go through solar companies.

Appendix A
Borrego Springs Input
What is your community working on?
• Being off the grid completely
• Residents and businesses leave in the summer because rates are so high; it is cheaper to rent a place elsewhere.
• Helping the food banks with donations
When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • High power bill and increasing costs
• Costs of bills
• Hot and have to keep the air conditioning running, resulting in $1,000 monthly bills • Too expensive
• Don’t know when electricity is more expensive during the day (Time-of-Use rates) • Power outages
• Solar for renters
• Costs
What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • Backup generator rebate programs
• Solar programs that are affordable
• If I knew more about programs, I would apply.
• Smart thermostat programs
• Energy saving programs/education
• Backup power for cool zones (e.g., library) during planned outages • Solar battery rebate programs
Presentation Input
• SDCP should offer programs specifically to help subsidize summer energy costs for fulltime Borrego Springs residents. Air conditioning is lifesaving, and many cannot afford to turn it off during summer for health reasons. Some will turn off their air conditioning to save power but it’s a huge health risk because of the heat (e.g., strokes). • Rebates could go a long way in helping residents (only about 1,500 people who live in Borrego Springs full-time).
• SDCP could help support people switching to more efficient air conditioning units such as mini splits.
• Some people are willing to pay for energy costs, but Borrego Springs residents might not be able to take on additional cost increases.
• Energy bills are not clear; concern for people who cannot afford electricity – with inflation, gas prices, etc., people are having trouble paying for food. Want to make sure that bills do not rise above what people are already paying.
• Suggested doing more outreach in the fall to connect with more people (many people leave during the summer) – “Borrego Days” hosted by the Chamber of Commerce (October 22nd and 23rd this year) is a huge event that brings in a lot of people from the backcountry. • Interested in if SDCP would support Borrego Springs getting off the grid entirely (referenced a community in Julian that is complete off the grid)
• There are a lot of power outages – sometimes there are up to 4-hour or longer delays for the power to turn back on since SDG&E does not have someone stationed in Borrego Springs (transmission issue, not generation). It would be helpful for residents to have backup home batteries for outage events.
• Resiliency is connected to heat and impacts to health. • SDG&E did offer a program for people to purchase home generators, but the cost was not affordable.
• Suggestion for SDCP to present to the Infrastructure Committee in the fall Additional Notes
• None
Appendix B
Dulzura Input
What is your community working on?
• Fire readiness and informational programs where people assess residential properties and offer grant funding
• People living the best they can while dealing with rising prices (“Bidenomics”) • Shaping the cowboy culture of the Old West
• Leaving food donations at the post office
• Dulzura is on a well and there is only so much available water before there is a need to go deeper.
• With population growth, natural resources such as water are limited. • Concern that the new Border Patrol Station will be taking all the water • Population growth is an issue.

When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • Purchased solar and having trouble hooking it up
• Don’t like SDG&E’s agenda
• Whether or not to hook-up the jacuzzi
• Concern about which solar option to go with
• Cost is way too high
• Cost of power is up
• Brownouts/blackouts
• Accessing solar on apartments
• Comfort while sleeping (need air conditioning during summer) • Live in an RV, but will pass along SDCP’s information to tenants • High price of electricity
• Another person who owns solar
• Blackouts that could last for days every time there is a fire in close vicinity What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • Assistance getting solar – specifically interested in receiving clean energy • Feed-In Tariff program
• Extended range for electric vehicles
• Large electric vehicles
• Towing capacity of electric vehicles
• More charging stations
• We are far behind in requiring solar on new buildings. • Excited that they won’t be relying on SDG&E
• General interest in the types of renewable energy SDCP is using • Opted out of SDCP
Additional Notes
• Encountered many homeowners with solar panels (5+)
• Post office patrons were easier to engage than people who showed up to the market for lunch.

Appendix C
Julian Input
What is your community working on?
• More bike trails
• County took over Jess Martin Park
• Volunteer who helps feed veterans and offers repairs to their homes • Julian and Borrego Springs recently received a Dark Sky Place designation – the initiative supports maintaining a dark sky by limiting lighting and encouraging programs to reduce energy so that people can enjoy the stars and the initiative supports wildlife • Julian Natural Wonderfest on August 20th – astronomy/educational event with a lot of environmental organizations represented
• Recent designation of Volcan Preserve
When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • Power outages
• Lost freezer during brownout
• Wanted solar but has too much shade on their property • Power outages lead to not being able to access water from wells, medical issues, inability to feed animals, gas stations closing, and ATMs not working – very unsettling issues • Investment in generators
• Power outages
• SDG&E will turn off power for days in a heartbeat with concerns of fire • Crop season looks two months ahead, blooming sooner and then drying up • Choosing to move and scale down house to get solar
• High costs and not being able to access solar as renters • Received a free SDG&E generator, which offers peace of mind for animals, food, etc. – although have heard other people in Julian say they don’t qualify for the free generator • Rely heavily on air conditioning during the summer months What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • Limited by only one gas station
• When electricity goes out, gas stations and ATMs close. • Would like a generator
• Switch to 100% LED bulbs
• Backup battery
• Mobile homes can’t access solar
• Better bus service
• Replace solar panels that have reached their lifeline • Battery storage to reduce energy
• Ability to be off the grid during peak hours to save money • Fee reduction
• Solar programs for renters
• Electric vehicle charging stations
• Solar companies you can trust – people are facing too many problems and scams. • Proudly off the grid (Cuyamaca Woods is not connected to SDG&E) • Buying a house and can’t afford solar
• As an uneducated senior, paying bills on public assistance is very difficult. • Wish they could afford an electric vehicle
• Invest in sand batteries
Additional Notes
• Residents were friendly, talkative, and easy to engage with and outreach team was well received by library staff.

Appendix D
Lakeside Input
What is your community working on?
• Electronics recycling at Albertsons
• Supporting the homeless by personally giving food away • Upgrades to lake
• Electric car stations at Lakeside Library
• New zero-emission Lakeside Library
• A lot of people have invested in solar in Lakeside.

When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • High bills
• How much they will owe now that their household is on solar • There isn’t always power available while camping.
• Financial support
• We don’t want to pay more on our bill.
• Electric vehicles don’t have enough range.
• Electric vehicle cost for battery replacement is not sustainable. • Not enough electric vehicle charging stations
• Inefficient and wasteful (referencing solar/clean energy) • Being a renter is a barrier to solar.
• Low-income resident can’t afford their monthly bill.
• Renter can’t take advantage of energy savings programs because property owner isn’t interested
• Net energy metering – tax on solar
• Cost – they have their energy on all the time
• Excessive energy use for cooling and medical needs
What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • They saved for a long to time to purchase solar infrastructure and took advantage of tax savings.
• Afraid of roof issues connected to solar
• Putting up windmills and solar panels
• We have solar and have no complaints – it’s a major cost savings. • Composting
• Incentive to replace water heater
• Not enough incentives for solar
• Planting trees
• Rebates on electric vehicles
• Bringing portable solar panel batteries while out
• Maintaining low-income discounts with SDCP’s service
• Financial support and distribution of solar panels
• Can’t get through to the support programs that they qualify for • More efficient energy appliances
• Community grants for access to electric vehicles
• Ways to recycle that are more ecological
• Getting surcharge for electric vehicle registration
• Lowering rent
• Investing in home solar power
• Solar for low-income individuals
• Public transit should be more affordable
• Caps on rent
• Expansion on community engagement/town hall for ideas Additional Notes
• At least 6-8 homeowners that we spoke to have solar.
• Staff members at the library received the outreach team very well.

Appendix E
Ramona Input
What is your community working on?
• I don’t know.
• Building more homes and stores
• Proposal for a skate park
• Schools providing meals
• Library is the hub of the town, a lot of resource groups come here to table • Celebrating National Night Out soon with a safety/police focus • PATH is providing resources for those who are unsheltered and families in need • Senior Center and Boys & Girls Clubs provide community activities and support When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • Tries to keep energy off as much as possible
• Bills decreased from $250 to $45 in one month since they hardly keep the energy on (i.e., they are financially forced not to)
• Has no money to pay the energy bill
• High price
• Cost
• The need for air conditioning and heat, but it is too expensive • Not happy about rate hikes
• They have solar, but even with a tenant, the cost is too high. • On low-income program and not able to use electricity between 4:00-9:00 p.m. – their monthly bill was $433
• The price
• The bills are going up, especially during this heat. In years past, they could pay their bill, but now they choose to endure and suffer by not using electricity/air conditioning. • Charging stations for electricity
• High electric bill – they are 83 years old and keep their air conditioning off until they can’t handle it to save money.
• Has solar and updated air conditioning to connect with solar • Medical dependency; power outage concerns
• With all electric appliances, the bill is too high. With a 9-5 job, you come home at peak hours and using electricity can’t be avoided.
• It’s pricey, especially during summer and winter and with tenants driving up the prices. • As a landlord, there may be limited space for installing solar.

What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • Summer programs that support energy savings
• Medical aid during power outages
• Economic support
• Information on how to save energy – targeting the Latino community • Would like to see SDG&E go out of business
• Solar and wind energy
• Level Pay Program roll-over
• Programs that are severely discounted and handle back payments • Energy efficient appliances – recommendations of brands on heaters and portable air conditioning units
• Programs for low-income residents
• Landlords incentivized to install solar
• Upgrade with energy efficient appliances
• Financial support for solar
• LED flood lights
• Free solar
• Support during brownouts/blackouts
• Want to feel the difference in price
• No change to SDG&E CARE Program, even though it was $433 last month • Access to solar panels for renters
• Financial support for solar
• More credible solar companies – company messed up their roof and isn’t taking responsibility • Homeowner would like solar
• Wants clean energy as long as all of the other pieces are thought through • As long as SDCP doesn’t affect the bill
• Protection from SDG&E surcharges/unknowns
• Would like landlord to invest in solar as a renter
Additional Notes
• Overall great outreach event – outreach during food distributions allowed for even more engagement.
• A couple of people mentioned that they are locked out of their electricity during peak hours. • Librarian who also played the role as the food pantry host introduced incoming people to the outreach team as their community partner.

Appendix F
Valley Center Input
What is your community working on?
• Water access and resiliency efforts for drought
When it comes to electricity and power at your house, what issues do you face? • Mobile/manufactured home, can’t add solar
• Solar
• Solar panel issues
What kinds of customer energy programs could help you and your community? • For SDCP to provide solar directly, provide direct installation from SDCP to avoid having to work with solar companies
Additional Notes
• None
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Phase 1: Listening
Public and Business Listening Workshops
Summary
September 15, 2022
Prepared for
San Diego Community Power
Prepared by
Kearns & West
Table of Contents

1. Overview.............................................................................................................................................................1

2. Objectives ...........................................................................................................................................................1

3. When and Where ..............................................................................................................................................2

4. Notifications and Outreach .............................................................................................................................3

5. Format .................................................................................................................................................................3

6. Input.....................................................................................................................................................................4 Businesses and Stakeholders ..........................................................................................................................4 General Public ....................................................................................................................................................5 Appendix
A – Local Businesses Input
B – Key Stakeholders Input
C – General Public Input
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The first phase of community engagement for the Community Power Plan focused on listening and information gathering about community priorities and needs around energy-related issues across different communities to inform the development of the community survey and CPP, including the Community Needs Assessment. SDCP hosted five listening workshops in July and August 2022 to hear from a broad spectrum of community members including local businesses, key stakeholders, and the general public.

This summary documents the workshop objectives and meeting details, notification and outreach methods, format, and input themes. Input from each workshop can be found in the appendices.

2. Objectives
The listening workshops were targeted at three groups: local businesses (two sessions – one in the morning and one in the afternoon to allow for attendance flexibility), key stakeholders (one session), and the general public (two sessions – one in English with Spanish interpretation and one in Spanish with English interpretation). For all listening workshops, the general objective was to introduce SDCP as a long-term community partner that can help meet community needs, with a recognition that many communities have not been able to share in the benefits of clean energy customer programs and/or have been impacted by the power utility system.

The specific objectives for the local businesses listening workshops were to hear input and local knowledge regarding:
• What discussions local businesses are having around energy • Energy trends in the region’s business sector
• Businesses’ evolving energy needs
• The kinds of power customer programs that could help local businesses meet their needs and accomplish their goals
The specific objectives for the key stakeholders listening workshop were to hear input and local knowledge regarding:
• What discussions major businesses/institutions are having around energy • Energy trends in the region’s business sector
• Businesses’/institutions’ evolving energy needs
• The kinds of power customer programs that could help major businesses/institutions meet their needs and accomplish their goals
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The specific objectives for the general public listening workshops were to hear input and local knowledge regarding:
• What communities are working on right now
• Communities’ needs and challenges in general
• How people see change affecting their communities, residents, local businesses, and schools • General concerns around electricity and power service • The kinds of power customer programs that could help community members meet their needs and accomplish community goals

3. When and Where
The listening workshops were held virtually on the Zoom platform. Table 1 includes the target audience, dates, and times for each workshop, estimated attendees, and language the workshops were held in, including if interpretation was offered. Sessions were held on different days and times of the week to provide options and optimize convenience for participants.

Table 1: Listening Workshops Information
Workshop and Target
Audience Date/Time Estimated Attendees
Language and
Interpretation
Local Businesses
Listening Workshops
Thursday, July 21, 2022
8:00-9:00 a.m.
15 English
Thursday, July 21, 2022
4:00-5:00 p.m.
5 English
Key Stakeholders
Listening Workshop
Thursday, July 21, 2022
12:00-1:00 p.m. 10 English
General Public
Listening Workshops
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
6:00-7:00 p.m. 15 English with Spanish
interpretation
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
6:00-7:00 p.m. 0* Spanish with English
interpretation
*The second general public listening workshop, offered in Spanish with English interpretation, was originally scheduled for July 27, 2022. Due to low registration, the workshop was rescheduled to expand outreach efforts and encourage more participation. Although outreach efforts were expanded and there were registrants for the rescheduled workshop held on August 17, 2022, no members of the public attended.

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4. Notifications and Outreach
SDCP used a variety of methods to inform community members about the listening workshops and encourage participation, as shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Listening Workshops Outreach Methods
Method Description
Website Information about the listening workshops was posted on the CPP webpage, hosted by SDCP
(SDCommunityPower.org/CPP).

Email Invitations Invitation emails with a request to forward the listening workshops information were sent to several email lists, including SDCP’s member agencies, Community Advisory
Committee members, Board members, community-based
organizations, and outreach partners including Chamber of Commerce’s, Business Improvement District Managers,
and Economic Development departments.

Direct Engagement Key stakeholders were invited directly by SDCP’s Account Manager.

Social Media Posts Information about the listening workshops was posted on SDCP’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
accounts.

Paid Social Media Ads Paid social media ads (“boosted posts”) were administered for social media posts on SDCP’s Instagram and Facebook

5. Format
Each listening workshop generally had the same format. The workshop began with a short presentation about SDCP and the CPP process by SDCP staff and was followed by a Q&A and a set of discussion questions. Participants had the opportunity to provide input verbally or via the chat box.

The discussion question format for each listening workshop was adjusted based on attendance; for smaller groups, input was shared through verbal comments and the chat box, and for larger groups, input was shared through polling software in addition to verbal comments and the chat box.

An online comment form was also made available via email after each workshop to provide an additional input opportunity for community members.

The discussion questions varied slightly for each workshop depending on the target audience. All questions are shown below:

Local Businesses
• What are some of the challenges your business is facing? • What are local businesses discussing around energy and electricity? • What are energy concerns that local businesses in the San Diego region are facing? How do you see future legislation or regulation impacting your business? I 4
• How are you seeing your businesses’ energy needs evolve in the future? • How is climate change impacting your business?
• What kinds of power customer programs could help your business? How can SDCP help you? Key Stakeholders
• What are some of the challenges your business or organization is facing? • What tools are needed to support your efforts in creating clean energy and decarbonization goals for your organization?
• How are you seeing your businesses or organization’s energy needs evolve in the future? • How is climate change impacting your business or organization? • What kinds of power customer programs could help your business or organization? General Public
• What is your community working on right now?
• How can SDCP help you and your community?
• What issues do you face when it comes to electricity and energy at your house? • What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? • What types of energy and climate solutions would you be most interested in? For example:
− Electric vehicles and charging
− More efficient appliances (like air conditioners/heaters and refrigerators) − Solar panels
− Batteries (e.g., energy storage)
− All-electric appliances (like electric induction stoves and heat pumps) − Improved comfort through insulation, efficient windows, or other weatherization − More efficient lights (like switching to LED bulbs)
− Smart, internet-connected thermostats
• How is climate change affecting you?
• What interests you about clean energy or green energy?

6. Input
The following sections summarize the major input themes by target audience. All input is documented in the appendices (Appendix A: Local Businesses, Appendix B: Key Stakeholders, and Appendix C:

General Public).

Businesses and Stakeholders
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• Businesses, like residents, are facing an energy affordability crisis with energy costs rising quickly and unpredictably. This is in addition to the challenging business environment created by the Covid-19 pandemic and rising business costs.
• The increasing cost of living and energy costs cause strain on San Diego residents and businesses. Reduction of energy costs is a priority.
• Many homes and businesses need infrastructure additions and upgrades, such as adding air conditioning units and switching to more energy-efficient appliances and equipment. • Electrification will lead to significant upgrades not only to the electrical grid but also facility infrastructure and will require a reliable source of qualified maintenance resources for when issues arise. It would be helpful if SDCP could provide assistance to businesses and organizations to support cleaner construction projects and more energy efficient infrastructure upgrades.
• Solar panels are an asset to renewable energy except for their low battery storage capabilities. Investing in long-lasting battery storage for renewable energy will extend its usage window.
• Businesses and organizations are developing sustainability goals or have existing goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet sustainability targets. Renewable energy is a high priority in achieving their goals and there is a need for public-private partnerships to help meet sustainability goals.
• As reliance on the grid intensifies due to electrification, more energy storage options may be needed for backup power. Businesses and organizations are looking for alternatives and diverse sources of energy to large scale backup power plants and diesel generation. • Educating residential and business customers about SDCP’s rates and services offered, in addition to the benefits of transitioning to renewable energy, should be prioritized. There’s a need for correct and clear information to be provided to overcome misinformation and misleading facts.

General Public
• With increasing electricity costs, reducing electric bills is a high priority for community members.
• Residents are interested in ways to transition to 100% renewable energy. SDCP should invest in programs that help communities access clean, renewable, and affordable energy, especially low-income communities. The community noted the importance of converting from [natural] gas to electric and expressed interest in heat pump technology and electric appliances such as [induction] stovetops, especially for renters and the need for financial assistance. • The community is concerned about health impacts (e.g., increased asthma rates and allergies), rising temperatures due to worsening air pollution, less rainfall, and increased heat related events. The need for cooling (air conditioning) and the importance of weatherization programs were noted.
• Infrastructure additions, adding rooftop solar to complexes and homes, expanding electric vehicle charging stations (especially at apartments), and adding battery energy storage needs to be supported for renters as well as homeowners. Energy efficiency upgrades should be expanded for renters.

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• In addition to offering SDCP-specific energy rebates and bill reduction programs, partnerships with existing discount programs should be considered, such as OhmConnect and Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH), to help residents with utility bills. • The community also noted the importance of increasing access to electric vehicles for low-income residents, access to electric bikes (e-bikes), and creating transportation hubs to decrease traffic speed and increase road safety.

Appendix A
Local Businesses Input
General Questions and Comments
• Could you explain what the options are with renewable energy battery storage systems? • For a business that might be on the fence about opting into Power100, what are the talking points you might use to help the business understand that it is beneficial? • What plans are there to invest in nuclear power using uranium or thorium, so you can provide less expensive and more reliable power?
What are some of the challenges your business is facing? • Lower enrollment compared to pre-Covid-19 enrollment numbers • Outrageous electric bills
• Achieving sustainability goals, reducing air emissions, and cleaner energy • Getting correct and clear information, not “misleading” facts about SDCP • Safety
• High energy costs
• Deciding between different options to best meet our corporate sustainability goals • Energy costs are rising very quickly
• The electrical union is always looking for people for apprenticeship programs and getting journeymen electricians. Educating and reaching out to the community about electrician vocational careers, especially to students in the County of San Diego’s Communities of Concern.

What are local businesses discussing around energy and electricity? • Hight cost and alternative sources of energy
• More dialogue about getting the chambers involved
• What can we do to reduce electricity costs and upgrade the efficiency of our current equipment?
• Are heat pump water heaters considered another form of energy storage? • Adding a white coat sealant on the roof to reflect off some of the heat to make systems work better, adding two more air conditioning units, and replacing light switches to try to reduce the energy bill
• The cost of living in San Diego County is the highest in the nation. Residents want lower energy costs. How can SDCP help with that?
What are the energy concerns that local businesses in the San Diego region are facing? • The drastic increase in costs seems to be the biggest concern • High costs
• Is enough power being produced for everyone to enroll and still get the amount they need? How are you seeing your businesses’ energy needs evolve in the future? How do you see future legislation or regulation impacting your business? • Climate change affects the need for heating and cooling due to shifts in weather. • Electrification of building requirements
• With the potential for more electric vehicles, adding charging stations will be important to bring in customers and support employees.
• More appliances and more air conditioning units are needed for tenants • Replacing appliances with appliances that are energy efficient; added solar systems but still working on the energy storage capabilities
How is climate change impacting your business?
• Infrastructure is beginning to fail for coastal businesses due to flooding, sinkholes, and disrupted roads to and from businesses.
• Removing valuable resources
• Now installing air conditioning units at beach properties as more people are concerned about making sure they can control their environments
• The local, state, and federal governments have guidelines and goals for decarbonization and moving to electrification. Electrification is not the whole answer; there are alternative energy sources such as hydrogen. However, with electrification comes upgrades to the electric grid and increased partnerships with solar and wind power.

What kinds of power customer programs could help your business? How can SDCP help you?
• Save on costs
• Anything to reduce electric bills
• Solar power and battery storage
• Learning more about the benefits of Power100
• Grants for upgrading infrastructure and equipment
• Reliable maintenance if issues arise with equipment
• Can battery storage be used to store energy during off-peak time and run equipment during peak times?
Appendix B
Key Stakeholders Input
What are some of the challenges your business or organization is facing? • The cost of energy and the volatility of that cost in the USA and Europe • The erosion of success in creating green spaces
• There are challenges from every business area such as overhead costs, staffing, and supplies.

For every dollar that businesses can save on energy, it goes back into the community. • Reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions
• Hoping that SDCP can offer rebates and discounts that are like SDG&E • A rise in Covid-19 cases
• Working around construction and infrastructure projects, particularly with the cost of capital • We are extremely sensitive to electricity costs. Proud customer of SDCP’s Power100 program.
• Being active in decarbonization efforts
• Getting creative with grant funding opportunities
• The public is becoming more interested in how energy works. The dispersal of energy information and where energy comes from will become vital as SDCP continues to provide services.
• We are looking at becoming a Power100 customer. There is a balance between staying profitable as an organization while also being aware of the external pressures to reduce gas emissions.
• Making upgrades to facility infrastructure
• How can SDCP partner with large organizations and companies in their efforts to reduce their carbon footprint? Being a local agency is a benefit to connecting with the community and helping local companies meet their sustainability goals.

What tools are needed to support your efforts in creating clean energy and decarbonization goals for your organization?
• Educating company executives that clean energy should be a high priority • Clear understanding of SDCP’s rates in comparison to SDG&E’s rates; SDCP can provide healthy competition to SDG&E.
• Explaining the benefits of investing in renewable energy to a company’s bottom line How are you seeing your businesses or organization’s energy needs evolve in the future?
• A few other Community Choice Aggregations are working on battery storage programs:
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• As more facilities are electrified and electric vehicles become more common, reliance on the electric grid intensifies. These changes create a need for backup generators. It opens the door for looking into energy storage and long-lasting batteries. • Many people do not want to hear that adding too much electricity to the system could lead to more problems someplace else.
• Under Navy regulations, there is an emphasis on emergency preparedness, resulting in a large diesel generator at the San Diego Port. Interested in alternative solutions to a diesel generator and would like to diversify its sources of energy. • Creating large-scale plants for backup power
How is climate change impacting your business or organization? • The San Diego International Airport has a resiliency plan that looks at heat and sea level rises, but it also looks at airplanes’ effects on climate change. It is an idea called flight shaming.

AGood Traveler program has been implemented that helps passengers consider the impacts of climate change and offset their carbon footprint.
• Due to the pandemic, many employees are still working at home, which decreases the cost of buildings and their operations.
• The health of people is inherently tied to the health of the environment. Pollution, mosquitos, food supply shortages, etc. all have a ripple effect on the health of the population.

What kinds of power customer programs could help your business or organization? • Funding infrastructure projects that reduce energy usage • Prioritizing clean construction projects
• Educating customers on the benefits and structure of SDCP’s services • Moving to electric-only is a time-consuming and costly process. Programs that help companies convert their infrastructure to electric or take advantage of discounts and rebates as part of this journey.

Appendix C
General Public Input
General Questions and Comments
• Please describe the structure of SDCP in more detail. Particularly, who is the customer paying – SDCP or SDG&E?
• Can SDCP explain more about the projected $10 million reinvestment back into the community? What is the breakdown of sources between SDCP revenue, grants, and state or federal funding that makes up the $10 million?
• Is SDCP well situated to compete for state and federal funding compared to other utility companies?
• What is the difference between the services SDCP offers now and the CPP? • Are there going to be opportunities for customers to take advantage of programs that reduce electricity bill costs, such as OhmConnect, through SDCP? • Is SDCP able to share how many have signed up for Power100 so far? What is your community working on right now?
• As an advocate in National City, residents in affordable housing want to participate in the Solar on Multifamily Affordable Housing (SOMAH) program and get solar on these housing complexes.
• Awareness of increases in utility bills, solar affordability, and accessing electric vehicles for low-income residents
• Creating transportation hubs to encourage slow-speed streets and bike safety • Transition to 100% clean energy by 2035 in our city
• Converting from gas to electric
How can SDCP help you and your community?
• Reduce costs of electricity
• Invest in clean energy jobs and businesses
• Prioritize community-based organization informed programs for under-resourced communities
• Help secure city, regional, and state funding
• Financial support for putting in electric vehicle charging stations for renters • Easier access to e-bikes
• Provide competition to SDG&E to reduce costs
• Invest in programs that help low-income communities access clean, renewable, and affordable energy
• Keeping rooftop solar beneficial to households (single family) What issues do you face when it comes to electricity and energy at your house? • Keeping it cool amidst rising utility costs
• Trying to conserve energy due to high prices
• Unpredictable costs in the future with SDG&E rates
• There are limited efficiency upgrades or options when renting a home. • The need to keep the air conditioning on during hot days • Energy rates are continuing to increase while many residents are on fixed incomes • Want the cleanest energy possible for an affordable price • Renters struggle with staying warm in the winter without good heating and staying cool in the summer without air conditioning.

What programs do you use to reduce your electricity use or your electric bill? • OhmConnect – a program to reduce energy when it is most expensive and start saving on electricity bills
• Using cooling strategies such as closing the windows and shades or blinds to keep the stifling air and sunlight out during hot days
• Turning off the lights when not in the room
• Putting solar on the rooftop
• Energy discount programs from SDG&E
What types of energy and climate solutions would you be most interested in? For example, 1) Electric vehicles and charging; 2) More efficient appliances (like air conditioners/heaters and refrigerators); 3) Solar panels; 4) Batteries (aka energy storage); 5) All-electric appliances (like electric induction stoves and heat pumps); 6) Improved comfort through insulation, efficient windows, or other weatherization; 7) More efficient lights (like switching to LED bulbs); and 8) Smart, internet-connected thermostats.
• All the above examples
• Rooftop solar and heat pumps
• Solar and zero electric vehicles
• All-electric appliances
• Storage of batteries
• Batteries and more energy-efficient appliances
• Solar and battery storage in municipal-owned facilities to serve as a resilience hub and/or cooling centers
• Adding electric vehicle charging stations at apartment buildings • Helping to pay for electric appliances such as stovetops, especially for renters • Energy-efficient heat pumps
• Weatherization programs for buildings, electric vehicle charging, and battery storage • Battery storage by utility services
• Financial assistance to support electrifying homes
How is climate change affecting you?
• Hotter days mean worse air pollution, which triggers allergies. • Water conservation
• Drought
• Getting so hot that the air conditioning must be on 24/7 • Concerned how the rising heat will impact children, plants, and animals • Concerned about wildfires and drought
• It is getting hotter and drier with less rainfall. More water use is needed for landscaping. • Residents in National City are suffering from poor air quality resulting in extremely high rates of asthma.
• Habitability of certain areas moving forward will decrease.

What interests you about clean energy or green energy?
• Clean energy will help ensure a future for me and my community. • How can our cities rapidly transition to 100% clean energy? • Survival for future generations
• Achieving 100% clean energy
• Leaving a healthier planet for our children and future generations • Reduce household greenhouse gas emissions
• Energy usage to be at least mostly clean
• Creating electric grid resiliency
• How can we promote localized, community-based energy programs? • It is an environmental justice issue. A healthy, clean, and sustainable environment is a human right, not just for affluent communities.
• How can we pull from multiple sources and use energy storage to achieve 100% clean energy?
• Will new clean energy jobs pay livable wages?
• Integrating 100% clean energy for low-income and government housing for free • Need to avoid ruining our habitat
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1. Overview 1

2. Objectives 2

3. When and Where 3

4. Format 4

4.1 SDCP Board Member Interviews 4

4.2 SDCP Staff Workshop 4

4.3 SDCP Community Advisory Committee Workshop 4

5. Input 6

5.1 SDCP Board Members 6

5.2 SDCP Staff 6

5.3 SDCP Community Advisory Committee 7
Tables
Table 1: Interviews and Workshops Information 3
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Appendices
A.1 SDCP Board Input 8
A.2 SDCP Staff Input 11
A.3 SDCP Community Advisory Committee Input 13
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1. Overview
San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) is developing a Community Power Plan (“CPP”) that will provide a decision-making framework to guide its strategy and development of local programs. Based on findings from a Community Needs Assessment, the CPP will guide development of local programs available to customers in SDCP’s service territory.

The first phase of community engagement for the CPP focused on listening and information gathering about community priorities and needs around energy-related issues across different communities to inform the development of the community survey and CPP, including the community needs assessment. The initial key findings of the community needs assessment are noted in other summaries provided by Kearns & West (“K&W”).

The internal engagement focused on listening and information gathering from SDCP Board members, SDCP staff, and SDCP’s Community Advisory Committee (“CAC”) about priorities and needs around energy-related issues across their represented communities. The goals and priorities of SDCP, along with the needs of the community will directly inform the approach to program prioritization, selection, and recommendations in the final draft of the CPP.

The consultant team along with SDCP’s Director of Programs and SDCP’s Program Manager hosted four interviews with SDCP Board members, one staff workshop, and one workshop with SDCP’s CAC in July and August 2022. Remaining interviews with SDCP Board members are scheduled for September 2022.

This summary documents the interview and workshop objectives, meeting details, format, and input themes. Input from each interview and workshop can be found in the appendices.

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2. Objectives
For all the internal engagement interviews and workshops, the general objective was to hear specifically about the goals, priorities, and expectations for programmatic offerings from those who work most closely with SDCP and intimately know the CCA business model and structure. These sessions are in addition to the broader engagement with community-based organizations, the public, and other stakeholders to understand their key issues and priorities.

Understanding how the internal goals, priorities, and expectations align with community needs and priorities will inform the initial program suite considered in the CPP.

For SDCP Board members, the specific objectives were to hear input and knowledge regarding:
• Board member’s priorities for how SDCP programs can best meet the needs of the communities they represent
• Board member’s priorities related to the growth and development of SDCP as an organization
• How customer programs fit into the larger context of delivering SDCP’s mission For SDCP staff, the specific objectives were to hear input and knowledge regarding:
• Overarching business strategies for SDCP as an organization • How customer programs fit into the larger context of SDCP’s operations and investments
For the CAC, the specific objectives were to hear input and knowledge regarding:
• The driving concerns that CAC members are hearing from their respective communities
• What CAC members hope that customer programs will accomplish in their communities
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3. When and Where
The SDCP Board member interviews and the CAC workshop were held virtually on the Zoom platform, while the SDCP staff workshop was held in person at SDCP’s office in San Diego, CA. Table 1 outlines information about the interviews and workshops, including the dates, times, and attendees. The attendees count does not include consultant and project team members.

Table 1: Interviews and Workshops Information
Event Date/Time Attendees
SDCP Board Member
Interviews*
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
9:00-10:00 a.m.
1 Monday, July 25, 2022
2:00-3:00 p.m.
1 Friday, August 5, 2022
10:00-11:00 a.m.
1 Tuesday, August 16, 2022
3:00-4:00 p.m.
1 SDCP Staff Workshop Monday, August 15, 2022
1:00-2:30 p.m.
8 SDCP CAC Workshop Friday, August 12, 2022
1:30-3:00 p.m.
13 *Remaining Board member interviews are scheduled in September 2022.

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4. Format

4.1 SDCP Board Member Interviews
Each SDCP Board member interview had the same format. The interview began with introductions, an overview of the CPP, and goal of the session by SDCP staff. This was followed by a set of discussion questions facilitated by Arup staff that had previously been shared with the Board member. Held as one-on-one interviews, the Board member had the opportunity to provide input verbally. The discussion questions are shown below:
• What are the most pressing issues in your community?
• How does SDCP fit into local planning or policy initiatives? • What are your priorities for SDCP’s programs? What do you want to see? • How would you describe SDCP's business strategy?
• What are your priorities in terms of SDCP’s investments?

4.2 SDCP Staff Workshop
The SDCP staff workshop began with introductions, an overview of the CPP, and the goal of the session by SDCP staff. This was followed by a set of discussion questions facilitated by Arup staff. Held as an in-person group activity, participants had the opportunity to provide input verbally. The discussion questions are shown below:
• How would you describe SDCP's business strategy?
• What are your priorities in terms of SDCP’s investments for the next two years? Next five years?
• What are the biggest opportunities you see on the horizon in the next two years? Next five years?
• What are the biggest challenges you see for SDCP over the next two years? Next five years?
• What does “program” mean to you?
• What are your expectations for SDCP’s programs?
• What metrics should be used to measure programs? How would you rank them? • Thinking five years from now, what do you hope SDCP has accomplished?

4.3 SDCP Community Advisory Committee Workshop
The CAC workshop took place as an agenda item during their regularly scheduled August meeting. The workshop began with introductions of the project team to the committee, followed by an overview of the CPP and the goal of the session. Arup staff then facilitated feedback with a set of discussion questions. The workshop relied on using the Mentimeter platform to capture live feedback from committee members in open-ended comment boxes and word clouds. Participants had the opportunity to provide input through Mentimeter as well San Diego Community Power Community Power Plan
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• What community do you represent?
• What issues are you hearing about from your community? • What energy issues are most important to your community? • What do you most think SDCP’s programs should accomplish for your community? • What customer programs are you most interested in?
• Why are you interested in those program types?
• What energy solutions will work best in your community? • Over the next five years, what would be your vision for a clean energy community? • What else is on your mind that you want the project team to know about? San Diego Community Power Community Power Plan
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5. Input
The following sections summarize the major input themes from each of the interviews and workshops. All input is documented in the appendices.

5.1 SDCP Board Members
• Deliver a transparent, evaluative framework for programs based on what we are hearing from the community. Create a diverse suite of programs that measurably contributes to goals/priorities and that that benefits most people and contributes toward SDCP and its member agencies’ greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitments. • Investment in programs needs to be done in the context of building financial solvency, building up reserves, and remaining competitive. Focus should be on building enrollment, keeping rates competitive, and building programs with external sources of funding. Financial responsibility in the near-term will allow SDCP to invest additional resources toward programs in the future.
• SDCP needs to be authentic, accountable, and transparent. It needs to deliver on its promises and reasons for formation. SDCP should add value and go above and beyond traditional utilities including providing customer advocacy at the State level. • Prioritize support for Communities of Concern and those who are struggling the most.

Recognize that people are struggling financially, and that these same people will struggle the most with the impacts of climate change. Keeping energy affordable for our customers is critical right now.
• Focus on projects within the community that are visible and show people that SDCP is showing up for them and delivering benefits locally. SDCP needs to be more than a renewable energy provider, be a community partner by investing profits back into communities in ways that provide broad benefits (e.g., job creation, accessible housing options, public health). Community buy-in is critical.
• SDCP should help communities achieve their climate action plans, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by supporting building and transportation electrification, and support renewable energy growth locally by investing in distributed energy sources. • SDCP should cultivate partnerships with regional agencies and the private sector on energy and education projects.
• Communities across the San Diego region are struggling with issues that are outside of the scope of SDCP but are related to or impact energy like affordable housing, cost of living, inflation, supply chain issues, aging infrastructure, economic disparity, and homelessness.

5.2 SDCP Staff
• SDCP was developed by and for the community. Customers are the cornerstone of the organization. Customers must be well served with competitive rates and programs that work for them locally.

San Diego Community Power Community Power Plan
September 15, 2022 | Arup US, Inc. | | September 12, 2022 | Arup US, Inc. Internal Engagement Summary Page 7 • In order to create a stable foundation, SDCP must put profits toward growing reserves over the next few years. A conservative budget has been allocated for customer programs. Additional program resources must come from other sources. As reserves grow and credit rating is stabilized, additional resources from profits can go toward programs.
• Prioritize programs that have a multiplier effect—those that can enable additional funding, that also support procurement goals, or that can be leveraged in other ways. • Have a positive impact on equity, especially in Communities of Concern. Develop deep and lasting partnerships with community-based organizations to build trust in communities over time. Education and partnerships are essential. • The market is dynamic and complex. Lay a strong foundation that meets the needs of our customers and that we can build from. Be smart, strategic, and flexible to leverage opportunities as they arise.

5.3 SDCP Community Advisory Committee
• People are struggling with a lot of issues right now; these are challenging times for many. People are concerned about energy, but it isn’t always the top concern when communities are thinking about inflation, affordably, homelessness, employment, and federal politics. Keeping energy affordable is key.
• A lot of people are confused about their energy bills, and about what SDCP is.

Education is important to make energy issues more accessible and enable more people to participate in things like energy programs.
• Electrification of buildings, energy efficiency upgrades, and rooftop solar, especially in low-income housing, rose as a priority.
• Invest profits back into communities in ways that provide local benefits, particularly around supporting low-income housing, good jobs, and reducing energy bills. • Prioritize equity and meet communities where they are. Add people into the conversation from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures and develop lasting partnerships.

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What are the most pressing issues in your community?
• Affordable housing
• Cost of living
• Inflation
• Unemployment
• Uncertainty around pandemic
• Supply chain issues
• Aging infrastructure
• Homelessness
• War abroad
• Economic disparity (higher income, low income)
• Mobility, connectivity, transportation (car centric, bicycle injuries) • Climate action (flooding, bluff instability, fires, heat days, water) • Crime (perception it’s higher than what objective data reports) • Safety
How does SDCP fit into local planning or policy initiatives? • Climate Action Plan initiatives (would not be able to reach goals without SDCP) • Engage residents/business owners to SDCP’s 100% renewable energy plan (i.e., Power100)
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• Support renewable energy growth
• Generate energy locally
• Help low-income communities convert to all-electric (city initiative) • Recognize and validate work community is already doing – use that lens to help climate action goals
What are your priorities for SDCP’s programs? What do you want to see? • Transparent tool that measures the tensions across goals and evaluates the trade-offs; evaluative framework/matrix (here are all the factors we’ll put a value on, we’ll look at this suite of things; here are the things we’re going to consider and why) • Look at different kinds of program options based on data (not a preference for a kind of technology, strategy, or location – that falls out of exercise) • Don’t outpace promises
• Consider rate of technological change
• Community buy-in is critical. We need to show people how SDCP is showing up for them.
• Impact (mostly good for most people, maximum impact toward policy goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and growth of renewable sources etc.) • Being cutting edge and pilot projects are fun, but not the priority unless direct alignment with policy goals
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• Based on what we are hearing from the community, provide a diverse suite, broad spectrum, mix of programs
• Be more than providing renewable energy to our residents • Provide advocacy at the state level to shift policy and discussion throughout entire region and state of California, influence legislation
• Enable SDCP as a force for doing something good for climate change • Communities are interested in distributed energy (rooftop solar, community solar, storage)
• Communities are less interested in utility scale projects in neighborhoods • Building decarbonization (i.e., could do more with city-owned facilities and help people convert to all-electric)
• Support multifamily housing
• Energy efficiency
• Electric vehicle charging stations
• Move market for geothermal power
• Support innovation in technology (to be ready for 100% renewable energy) • Ensure no one is left behind
• Help achieve climate action goals
• Enable good paying jobs that allow people to live in our region (set expectation on how many jobs to do installation and maintenance? Couple hundred, couple hundred thousand? Clarify not taking transmission and distribution jobs from SDG&E) • Enable workforce development (re-education, opening lines to say have you ever thought about this?)
• Partner with private sector and regional agencies (e.g., San Diego Metropolitan Transit System and North County Transit District)
• Partner for land access for community solar and storage (e.g., right aways held by wastewater agency could be place to add energy storage on vacant parcels) • Partner with agencies on education (e.g., energy literacy and customer education, tell a story and emotionally connect with people, have it make sense, energy bill 101) • Show how it’s better (e.g., community has peaker plants, be able to show distributed solar and storage is cleaner than the peaker plants, show what it’s for) How would you describe SDCP's business strategy?
• Motivation to start SDCP stemmed from frustration with investor-owned utilities (IOU) and lack of clarity/cost increases around electricity rates • Authenticity, accountability, transparency
• Provide community with choices
• Deliver 100% renewable energy, with reliable sources on a consistent basis, at a level price point
• Procure power in bulk on behalf of the community
• Emphasis on cost competitive, remaining solvent, and educating people—we're going to need community support, political support at every level, knowledge helps us achieve what we need to do
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• Attract external funding (i.e., regional, state, federal, other) • Need some products (i.e., rates) less than the IOU alternative • Mission is not solely race to bottom, cheapest agency out there, it has to be adding value; challenge to always be the lowest out there if offering premium products • Go above and beyond IOUs (e.g., provide innovation and programs that ensure people aren’t left behind)
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How would you describe SDCP's business strategy?
• Reach 100% renewable energy by 2035 while prioritizing investments in communities • Customers are the cornerstone: retain customers, keep customers happy, keep customers as cornerstone
• Run efficient utility to use profits that enable impact for communities in a positive way What are your priorities in terms of SDCP’s investments for the next two years? Next five years?
• Build up reserves and rent stabilization fund, enable more affordable rates, stabilize organization and credit rating. That will then enable programs that reduce cost and make more funds available for programs. The quicker reserves are built up, the more programs SDCP can launch.
• Need to compete with rates and maintain advantage
• Targets set for cash on hand to obtain credit rating (90-day target - projected to hit November 2024, 180-day target - projected to hit 2025/2026) which opens financial doors/allows borrowing money at a lower cost
• Two to three years from now, different strategy for programs after those targets are reached; current first order of hierarchy is to exist for a few years and build reserves, then invest in program offerings
• Will spend money on procuring power, makes sense to spend money on programs that have multiplier effect (e.g., peak load reduction, resource adequacy needs, enable match funding); how can programs allow more risk in hedge strategy for procurement which saves money for SDCP
• Dollars could go to budget, reserves, programs, procurement; volatile market, fluid, dynamic analysis year-to-year; more than simple 1 in 4 buckets, investment vehicles for reserves receive earnings, invest those earnings into programs • Chase external funding, such as California Public Utilities Commission, add weight to programs that have that available
• Consider how to leverage SDCP money to partner and attract outside funds (admin fee and cost to apply for external funding), “funnel” to match funds and do something good • Assume every year budget for programs can grow, but by how much gets flushed out in budget process
• Get contractors on board in order to move the market. We won’t directly provide many jobs through hiring, but we can support labor through training and demand. • Develop a pipeline of pilot efforts that become programs, and eventually the best programs become a service
What does “program” mean to you?
• Something that is offered
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• Measurable
• Intervention
• Enables market change
• Supports Communities of Concern
• Help SDCP achieve goals set out in strategic plan
• Tries something new
• Distinct from service offerings (i.e., PowerOn, Power100) and rates • Some defining still needed (i.e., net energy metering is a program and also a service, California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE) is a rate and a program, a pilot rate for DC fast charger could be a program that if successful becomes a service) • Could become a form of service like “Healthy Homes” that have multiple programs under it (e.g., induction cooktop, electric vehicle charging, etc.) or a combination (e.g., energy audit, assess for electrical upgrades, electric vehicle chargers) What metrics should be used to measure programs? How would you rank them? • Utilization by customers (not always aligned with overall usage reduction if focuses on major users) define metric for success (e.g., 10 customers may be successful if major commercial while 10,000 customers may be if light bulb program) • Money is being spent (avoid barrier in program design if people are kept from accessing it)
• Investment in community
• Diversity of metrics to meet customer needs, support Communities of Concern, equitable
• Visibility for the organization
• Does it save customer money through bill reduction?
• Does it enable electrification, lower greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality? • Scalability
• Leverage-ability
• Readiness (time to get up and running)
• Feasibility
• Cost-effectiveness
• Level and quality of service
• Solve multiple problems at once/co-benefits
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What issues are you hearing about from your community?
• Inflation, increasing costs, affordability
• Environmental justice, water quality, air quality
• Insurrection, future of democracy
• Covid-19, health and wellness, mental health services • Equity, social justice, systemic racism, police brutality • Employment, livable wages, green jobs
• Homelessness, affordable housing, cost of housing
• Local, clean energy, state regulations, bold climate action • Climate crisis, wildfires, food shortages, high temperatures • Long commutes, public transportation
• Cannabis store locations
• Gentrification
What energy issues are most important to your community? • Costs, saving money, affordability, increased prices
• Bill confusion, not understanding “CCA charge”
• 100% clean, local energy
• Rooftop solar
• Energy storage, lithium production
• Charging stations, electric vehicles
• Clean transportation, electric shuttles, reduced vehicles miles traveled • Building electrification, heat pumps, reach code to ban gas • Energy equity, access to electricity, opportunity access • Climate action, greenhouse gas emissions reductions
• Heat
• Clean air, pollution beyond borders
• Resiliency
• Workforce development, good, local jobs
• Burying electric wires
• Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA) charge
What do you most think SDCP’s programs should accomplish for your community? • Affordable, accessible, abundant, 100% clean, local electricity with smooth transition • Maximize rooftop solar and storage
• Low cost, reduced bills, lower cost for low-income families, investing profits back to power low-income and government housing
• Electrify low-income/disadvantaged housing without increasing bills • Workforce and career development, good paying jobs, job training, local green jobs, focus on Meaning: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color San Diego Community Power Community Power Plan
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• Easy upgrades for residential homes and apartments, good service • Equitable programs, energy equity
• Encourage less energy use, increase energy efficiency, energy audits • Prevention of wildfires
• Cleaner air
• Resilience
• Lower greenhouse gas emissions
• More green space
What customer programs are you most interested in?
• Electrification of low-income housing with bill assistance • Free energy for low-income housing
• Financial incentives/direct install programs for low-income areas • Ongoing outreach, especially to Communities of Concern • Encourage higher income areas/motivate customers to adopt Power100 • Demonstration homes/projects with job/technology events (customers visit, ask questions, get detailed information of examples with clean energy), marketing/outreach events for higher income areas
• Cost effective energy efficiency solutions, on-bill financing • Help with transitioning building electrification, heat pumps • Solar and storage, rooftop, community solar and microgrids (upfront rebates, solar shares, solar subscription)
• E-bike, electric vehicle rebates, vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home • Workforce development, electrician trade education
• Time-of-Use rates understanding function and benefit
• Easier changes to facilities, easier permits
Why are you interested in those program types?
• Improve lives of neighbors
• Improve the environment
• Improve air quality
• Beneficial economics, reduce cost, support local economy and jobs • Improve health
• Solve for heat waves when low-income communities can’t afford air conditioning • There’s only one planet
• Empower all community members to lower greenhouse gas emissions • Economic, climate, racial, and social justice
• Enable new technologies while avoiding increase in energy use through efficiency What energy solutions will work best in your community? • Community solar, rooftop solar, community storage, microgrids • Electric vehicle and bike charging
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• Financial solutions, affordable programs
• Shade trees at bus stops
• Keeping power on during safety shutoffs
• Lower costs
• Climate resilient infrastructure
• Create jobs, support local business, workforce development • Education
• Outreach to Communities of Concern, focus on equity
• Community ownership
Over the next five years, what would be your vision for a clean energy community? • Community ownership
• Non-profit
• SDCP as a household name
• Affordable
• Free energy in environmental justice communities
• Local, equitable, distributed 100% renewable energy
• Residents choose Power100
• On-track with Air Resources Board goals
• Microgrids
• Electric vehicles and charging stations
• Walking, biking
• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions
• Less heat days
• Resiliency
• Education
• Just transition
What else is on your mind that you want the project team to know about? • All voices represented, continue to get community feedback • Prioritize equity and Communities of Concern, meet communities where they are, add folks into conversation from other socioeconomic backgrounds and cultures • Be bold, set the standard, lead
• Participate in state and local fights on clean energy future • Get to zero carbon as soon as possible
• Deliver on pitch as alternative to SDG&E
• Free energy in low-income and governmental housing
• Invest in local economies, create jobs
• Customer service and customer satisfaction (be very responsive, build trust, encourage to take advantage of programs outside of baseline service) • Educate about reliable, clean energy that reduces carbon footprint and how to conserve energy
• Staff field trips
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• 24-hour solution for solar and storage
• Involve students in local outreach and engagement
• Explore new technologies, be involved, track, share knowledge about innovations, accelerate solutions like geothermal
• Support carbon fees and give dividends back to families

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 12
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From: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Resolution Providing Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve Resolution No. 2022-10 providing signatory authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services for agreements and documents in the absence of the Chief Executive Officer.

BACKGROUND
In accordance with the SDCP Joint Powers Agreement section 3.2.1, the Board of Directors has the power to make and enter into contracts. The Board has delegated its power to make and enter into contracts to the Chief Executive Officer in certain circumstances to allow for administrative flexibility and to maintain adequate safeguards and close scrutiny over SDCP business. For example, the CEO under the Energy Risk Management Policy has authority to make and enter into energy transactions on behalf of SDCP subject to certain type, tenor, volumetric, and notional value limits. The CEO also has the authority to make and enter into agreements under SDCP Procurement Policy for goods and professional services, and may have authority to sign other SDCP documents as provided for by the Board.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
In certain circumstances, organizational flexibility and scrutiny require other SDCP C-suite officers to make and enter into agreements in the absence of the CEO as the current SDCP policies may not allow for express delegation. Additional signatories to SDCP agreements would be the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services who would be authorized to execute agreements in the absence of the CEO. The CFO and PSD would still be required to follow all of the procurement requirements set forth in the applicable policy or delegation and only in the absence of the CEO. The signatory authority would apply to all SDCP agreements where the CEO has delegated authority, including the Energy Risk Management Policy, Procurement Policy, and such other policies, resolutions and Board actions where the Board has authorized the CEO to enter into an agreement. SDCP staff recommends the Board adopt the resolution authorizing the additional signatory authority.

COMMITTEE REVIEW
N/A

FISCAL IMPACT
N/A

ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2022-10 “A Resolution of the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power Providing Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services in the Absence of the Chief Executive Officer” RESOLUTION NO. 2022-10

A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER PROVIDING SIGNATORY AUTHORITY

TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, POWER

SERVICES IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A. The Chief Executive Officer has been given delegated authority to negotiate, finalize, and execute certain SDCP agreements and other documents pursuant to applicable policies or actions of the San Diego Community Power (“SDCP”) Board of Directors where such authority has been granted.

B. The Board of Directors recognizes that additional administrative flexibility regarding the signing of SDCP agreements and other documents may be needed if and when the Chief Executive Officer is unavailable, and it is necessary to maintain adequate safeguards and close scrutiny over the operations of SDCP business.

C. Signatures by the Chief Financial Officer or Managing Director, Power Services in place of the Chief Executive Officer on SDCP agreements and other documents where the Board has authorized the CEO to sign would provide administrative flexibility, adequate safeguards and close scrutiny over SDCP business.

D. The signatory authority granted herein to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services would provide the authority to negotiate, finalize, and/or execute all SDCP agreements and documents where the CEO has been delegated authority by the Board of Directors, including, but not limited to, the Energy Risk Management Policy and Procurement Policy, and only in the absence of the CEO.

E. The Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services would be required to follow all of the requirements set forth in the applicable policy or Board action.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power as follows:

Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct, and are incorporated herein.

Section 2. Updated Signatory Authority. The SDCP Board of Directors hereby updates the designated signatory on SDCP agreements and other documents to include the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services.

Section 3. Application of Signatory Authority. The signatory authority authorizes the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services to negotiate, finalize, and/or execute SDCP agreements and other documents where the CEO has been delegated authority by the Board of Directors, including, but not limited to, the Energy Risk Management Policy and Procurement Policy, and only in the absence of the CEO. The Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director, Power Services are hereby required to follow all of the set forth in the applicable policy or Board action.

Section 4. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the Board of Directors of San Diego Community Power held on September 22, 2022.

ATTEST:
___________________________ ___________________________ Chair, Board of Directors Secretary, Board of Directors San Diego Community Power San Diego Community Power

SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
Staff Report – Item 13
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: San Diego Community Power Board of Directors
From: Byron Vosburg, Managing Director
Via: Karin Burns, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Approval and Authorization of CEO to enter into EEI Master Power Purchase Agreement and associated Short Term Sales Confirmation for purchase of renewable energy from PG&E
Date: September 22, 2022
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve and authorize CEO to enter into EEI Master Power Purchase and Sale Agreement and associated Short Term Sales Confirmation for purchase of Renewable Energy from PG&E.

BACKGROUND
On December 21, 2018, the California Public Utilities Commission (“Commission” or “CPUC”) issued Decision (D.) 18-12-003 establishing a methodology for calculating a non-bypassable charge for costs associated with certain tree mortality biomass energy procurement. The non-bypassable charge recovers the net costs of the mandated biomass energy procurement intended to address California’s tree mortality crisis. The Decision requires that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) make available for sale the bundled RPS-eligible energy and associated Renewable Energy Credits (“REC”) generated by PG&E’s Tree Mortality Power Purchase Agreements in order to establish a REC value to include in the non-bypassable charge calculation.

Pursuant to the Decision, PG&E issued its 2022 Tree Mortality Non-Bypassable Charge Bundled RPS Energy Sale Solicitation on July 29, 2022 to solicit bids from participants for bundled RPS-eligible energy and associated RECs generated from PG&E’s PPAs with (1) Burney Forest Products and (2) Wheelabrator Shasta. SDCP submitted bids for energy from both bioenergy facilities and was subsequently shortlisted for negotiation regarding output from Burney Forest Products for a five-year period beginning on November 1, 2022. Staff and PG&E have since been negotiating an EEI Cover sheet and the Short Term Sales Confirmation associated with PG&E’s Tree Mortality NBC renewable energy sales, which are attached hereto and presented for your approval.

ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
Staff recommend that SDCP enter into the attached transaction with PG&E as it presents an opportunity to meet near-term renewable energy needs at fixed, competitive prices while enabling SDCP to continue longer-term procurement and development efforts that will result in construction of new renewable generation facilities during and after conclusion of the term of this agreement. Relevant details regarding the facility and associated contract are included below.

Facility Information:
• Burney Forest Products
• Burney, CA (50 miles northeast of Redding, CA)
• Wood-waste fueled biomass renewable energy generation facility • Nameplate capacity: 29 MW
• Estimated Annual Generation: ~200,000 MWh/year
Contract Summary:
• Start Date: 11/1/2022
• Term: 5 years
• Structure: Index-plus renewable premium
• Price: Confidential

COMMITTEE REVIEW
N/A

FISCAL IMPACT
The pricing of this contract is confidential, but the price and structure of this agreement would result in both value and cost certainty to SDCP and its customers.

ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: MASTER POWER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT COVER SHEET
Attachment B: EEI MASTER POWER PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT SHORT

TERM SALES CONFIRMATION BETWEEN PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

AND SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY POWER
PG&E DRAFT JULY 2022

SUBJECT TO PG&E CONTINUED REVIEW AND REVISION

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