Board of
Directors
Regular Meeting
September 22, 2022
Welcome
&
Call to
Order
Roll
Call
4 Kenny Key
Senior Contract
Manager,
Power Services
Tacko Diaite-Koumba
Senior Settlements
Manager,
Power Services
Jen Lebron
Director of Public Affairs
Alyson Scurlock
Program Associate
Tessa Tobar
Program Associate
SDCP Welcomes You!
Thank You for Your Service
Megan Wiegelman
Items to
be Added,
Withdrawn
or
Reordered
on the
Agenda
Public
Comment
for Items
NOT
on the
Agenda
9 Consent
Agenda
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
10 Regular
Meeting
Agenda
Regular Agenda Items:
9. Update on Regulatory and Legislative
Affairs
10. Update on Marketing and Public Relations –
After-Action Report on September
Heatwave Event
11. Update on Community Power Plan
12. Approval of Resolution 2022-10 Providing
Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial
Officer and Managing Director, Power
Services
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
11 Item 9
Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on regulatory and legislative affairs.
Presenters: Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager
12 Item 9
Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Governor’s Climate Proposals Turn into Bills
Credit to CalMatters
• AB 1279: Codifies statewide carbon neutrality goal by 2045. Bill awaits Governor’s signature.
• AB 2133: Increases the 2030 GHG reduction target
from 40% to 55% below 1990 levels. Bill failed.
• SB 1137: Establish setback of 3.2k feet between new
oil well and homes, schools, or parks; pollution
controls for existing oil wells within 3.2k feet. Bill awaits Governor’s signature.
• SB 1020: Creates interim targets for the state’s 2045 goal of 100%. Bill awaits Governor’s signature.
• SB 905: Framework for carbon removal, capture, and
sequestration. Bill awaits Governor’s signature.
13 Item 9
Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
SB 846: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCNPP)
Credit to San Diego Union Tribune
• Passed by the Governor on Sept 2, 2022.
• It extends the life of DCNPP by additional 5 years to up to 2030.
• Provides $1.4bn in loans to PG&E and directs it to
seek federal funding and approvals in order to secure
the extension of DCNPP.
• Customers will also be responsible for costs incurred in both decommissioning and extending the life of
DCNPP.
• The CPUC will determine the amount charged to
customers of all load serving entities (LSEs) via
nonbypassable charges.
• More expected in the new year from the legislature.
14 Item 9
Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022: Update
Credit to Rewiring America
• Staff continues to track the implementation of the
IRA.
• SDCP has joined a group of CCAs which will
monitor developments.
• It is anticipated that meetings and workshops
will be set up by state and federal agencies to
begin the implementation of the funds.
• Our lobbyist is tracking how the IRA will funnel
through Sacramento and the California State
Treasurer’s Green Bank.
15 Item 9
Update on Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Disadvantaged Communities and Community Solar Green-Tariff Programs Credit to GRID Alternatives
• Staff will submit a Tier 3 Implementation Advice Letter in the first half of October 2022.
• DAC-GT:
• CARE/FERA eligible residential customers in DACs
will receive 100% renewable energy and 20% off their
bills.
• CSGT:
• Same as DAC-GT and requires projects to be close to
community it serves. Allows for project sponsor(s) to
benefit from the 20% bill discount.
• Approval is expected in January, and program design will begin then. Actual service will begin once projects are secured and come online.
16 Item 9
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on regulatory and legislative affairs.
17 Item 10
Update on Marketing and Public Relations –
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on Marketing and Public
Relations – After-Action Report on September Heatwave
Event
Presenter:
Jen Lebron, Director of Public Affairs
18 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
Record heat, energy use pushes grid to the brink
Credit to National Weather Service
• Sept.1 through Sept. 9 marked one of the longest and
most intense heatwaves in California history.
• The California Independent System Operator (CAISO)
set a single day record for energy demand of over
52,000 megawatts – 55% higher than average
September peak demand.
• California was able to avoid rolling blackout due to
steps taken to prepare for extreme heat weather
events and collaboration at the state and local levels. 19 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
State Preparedness
Credit to California Office of Planning and Research
• Gov. Gavin Newsom’s July 2021 Emergency
Proclamation led to improving supply conditions
through grid hardening investments, such as battery
storage.
• Gov. Newsom’s “Extreme Heat Action Plan” aimed to:
• Implement a public health monitoring system to
identify heat illness early and monitor trends;
• Accelerate readiness and protection of
communities most affected by extreme heat;
• Protect vulnerable populations through codes,
standards and regulations;
• Increase public awareness to reduce risks posed
by extreme heat.
20 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
San Diego Community Power Preparedness
• SDCP updated its “Summer Readiness” webpage in
July.
• Social media channels, such as Instagram, Facebook
and Twitter were used to share information about how
to prepare for extreme heat events.
• The partnership with Ohm Connect encourages
customers to use smart thermostats and plugs to shift
their usage through incentive-based programming.
21 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
Coordinated messaging curbs usage
• CAISO and the Governor’s office led twice-daily calls with all Load Sharing Entities, such as SDCP.
• Coordinated, innovative messaging helped
Californians curb their use.
• California used its emergency alert system for the first time for an extreme heat weather event.
• Energy use dipped 2,000 megawatts within an
hour.
Credit to Bloomberg.com US Edition
22 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
SDCP takes action
• SDCP shared this information with local stakeholders, including board members, the community advisory
committee and the media.
• Social media was used to spread the word to broader
audiences.
• SDCP started a #casuallycool challenge to encourage
agencies and businesses to turn up their thermostats
while allowing employees to dress down for the day.
23 Item 10
After-Action Report on September Heatwave Event
What’s next?
• SDCP was well positioned for the heatwave, but the
full financial impacts will not be known until December. • Over the next several months, SDCP will develop an
action plan for the next extreme heat weather event.
24 Item 10
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on Marketing and Public
Relations – After-Action report on September Heatwave
event
25 Item 11
Update on Community Power Plan
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on the Community Power Plan Presenter:
Colin Santulli, Director of Programs
26 Project Team Introductions
Heather Rosenberg
Associate Principal – Resilience Skills Leader
Arup US, Inc.
Joan Isaacson
Principal – Public Involvement and Facilitation
Kearns & West
Community Power Plan
Overview
28 Decision-making framework to guide SDCP’s
program strategy, selection and development of local
programs for the next five years based on
community input.
Community Power Plan
29 Community Needs Assessment
• Focus on hearing the values, goals, needs, and
priorities of our community and stakeholders (internal
and external)
• Identify what energy programs and information the
community has access to and how to bridge the gaps
• Ensures that SDCP’s programmatic offerings and
strategies align with:
1. Values, goals, needs, and priorities of the
community; and
2. Organizational goals and priorities.
Community Power Plan
Community
Power Plan
Available
funding
Organizational
goals and
priorities
Community
values, goals,
needs, and
priorities
30 Timeline
Q3 & Q4 2022
*
Engage
with community
members
Survey
community to
determine
most prioritized
issues
Report back to
the community
on findings
Assess
programs and
draft CPP
document
Draft
Community
Power Plan
presented for
public comment
Listening Sessions
Co-hosted with
community-based
organizations
Interest groups
General public
Businesses
Community-wide
Survey
Community
priorities and
program
interest
Reporting
results of
survey &
Listening
Sessions
Database of
possible
programs
Ranked list of
programs
that meet
needs
Community Power Plan
Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023
Community Engagement
32 • Informed by best practices learned from community
leaders and member agency staff
• Key focus was on facilitating participation from
Communities of Concern, and equitable and
inclusive engagement
• Partnership with local community-based
organizations and stakeholders who work directly
with community members
• Aimed to foster open and transparent
communication about how community member
input will be used to inform the Community Power
Plan
Community Engagement Strategy
SDCP Service Territory
33 Initial engagement serves two purposes:
1. Inform community needs assessment
2. Inform community needs survey questions
Community-Based Organization Partnerships
• Six listening sessions with nearly 200 community members with compensation to organizations and participants
• Trusted source for survey distribution and event partnership • Reporting back community needs assessment results
Community Engagement Methods
34 Community-Based Organization Partnerships
Casa Familiar Co-Hosted
Listening Session
Project New Village Co-Hosted Listening Session
35 Community Engagement Methods (cont’d)
Unincorporated San Diego County Pop-Up Events
• Engaged over 100 community members at six pop-up
events in partnership with County of San Diego
Libraries
Interest Group Interviews
• Focused conversations with stakeholders from six
interest groups working with/serving community
members
Business, Key Account, and Public Listening Workshops
• Five listening workshops with over 40 participants
from local businesses, key accounts, and the general
public
Borrego Springs
Dulzura
Lakeside
36 Cost
Heat Impacts
Energy Education
Rooftop Solar
Clean Transportation
Inadequate or Failing Infrastructure
Community Engagement Initial Findings
Internal Organizational
Engagement
38 Board Member Interviews
• Individual conversations with Board members
SDCP Staff Workshop
• Two-hour workshop with SDCP Executive Team and Directors/Managers from all departments
SDCP Community Advisory Committee Workshop
• One-hour workshop with 13 CAC members during regularly scheduled meeting Internal Organizational Engagement Methods
39 Internal Engagement Initial Findings
Fiscally Responsible
Equity
Energy Education
Community Presence
Transparency and Trust
Distributed Energy Resources
Next Steps
41 Next Steps
Community Needs Survey
• Community-wide needs assessment survey
• Over 1,700 responses as of 9/20/22
Survey Promotion
• Power Content Label mailer sent to over 600,000 customers • Email to over 160,000 Padres subscribers
• Email campaigns to Board, CAC, community-based
organizations, member agencies, and business organizations with media kit
• Targeted paid social media campaign with multilingual ads • Tabling events with multilingual informational flyers 42 Next Steps
• Community needs survey is now live at:
SDCommunityPower.org/survey
• Please share with your friends, neighbors,
family, and colleagues!
• Available in three languages:
• English
• Spanish
• Filipino (Tagalog)
• Survey will close on October 15, 2022
43 Timeline
Q3 & Q4 2022
*
Engage
with community
members
Survey
community to
determine
most prioritized
issues
Report back to
the community
on findings
Assess
programs and
draft CPP
document
Draft
Community
Power Plan
presented for
public comment
Listening Sessions
Co-hosted with
community-based
organizations
Interest groups
General public
Businesses
Community-wide
Survey
Community
priorities and
program
interest
Reporting
results of
survey &
Listening
Sessions
Database of
possible
programs
Ranked list of
programs
that meet
needs
Community Power Plan
Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023
44 Item 11
Recommendation:
Receive and file the update on the Community Power Plan 45 Item 12
Approval of Resolution 2022-10 Providing Signatory
Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing
Director, Power Services
Recommendation:
Approve Resolution 2022-10Providing Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director,
Power Services.
Presenter:
Dr. Eric Washington, Chief Financial Officer
46 Signature Authority
CEO
Signature Authority
Application of Signature Authority
CFO
Managing
Director,
Power
Services
The resolution applies only in the
absence of the CEO.
47 Item 12
Recommendation:
Approve Resolution 2022-10 Providing Signatory Authority to the Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director,
Power Services.
48 Item 13
Approval and Authorization of CEO to enter into Master
Power Purchase Agreement and associated Short Term
Sales Confirmation or purchase of renewable energy
from PG&E
Recommendation:
Approve and Authorization of CEO to enter into Master Power Purchase Agreement and associated Short Term Sales
Confirmation or purchase of renewable energy from PG&E
Presenter:
Byron Vosburg, Managing Director, Power Services
49 Item 13
CPUC Decision 18-12-003 (December 21, 2018)
• Established a methodology for calculating a non-bypassable charge for costs associated with certain tree mortality biomass energy procurement.
• The decision required 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.
• PG&E issued its 2022 Tree Mortality Non-Bypassable Charge Bundled RPS Energy Sale Solicitation on July 29, 2022 to solicit bids.
50 Item 13
Facility and Contract Information
• 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
Credit to forestry.trimble.com
51 Item 13
Staff Analysis
• This agreement provides SDCP 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.
• 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, templates of which are attached hereto and presented for your approval. • The price and structure of this agreement would result in both value and cost certainty to SDCP and its customers.
52 Item 13
Recommendation:
Approve and Authorization of CEO to enter into Master Power Purchase Agreement and associated Short Term Sales
Confirmation or purchase of renewable energy from PG&E
Report by
Chief
Executive
Officer
54 2022 Zero
Energy Summit
The ZE Summit, sponsored by
Green.Org, brough together
people committed to creating a
sustainable future for our global
community.
We moderated a panel
entitled: Climate Action Agents -
Programs and Technologies
Making a Difference Now.
Panelists included the Port of
San Diego, one of our own
Power100 Champions- the San
Diego Int'l Airport; and the
California Air Resources
Board.
55 2022 Fully Charged
Live North America
56 California Green Summit & Live Stream
57 SD Wave Fan Fest - Snapdragon Stadium
SDCP participated in the largest National Women's Soccer League event in history – over 32,000 tickets sold & 10,000+ reach for Fan Fest! 58 Upcoming Event Sponsorships
Sponsoring the Climate Action Campaign Conference - NEXUS: exploring solutions at the intersection of climate, housing, transportation, energy, and health justice, co-hosted by San Diego State University’s Associated Students Green Love.
As Title Sponsor, this free, annual, family-friendly event celebrates more than 13 years of bringing together eco-minded businesses and organizations with over 2,000 North County residents in a fun, interactive atmosphere.
59 The #PathTo100 is going to be
completed when we all work together
We had a great conversation with
CAAssemblymember David Alvarez to
discuss the future of
SDCP& how we can better serve San
Diegans across the region.
Power100 Champions are local
businesses dedicated to securing our
region’s cleaner, greener future by
opting up to 100% renewable energy.
60 San Francisco
& Sacramento
Executive Trip
61 We Are (still)
Hiring!
We are hiring for the following positions:
• Director of People / HR
• Database Engineer
• Senior Program Manager
We are making offers for the following
positions:
• Sr. Portfolio Manager – Power
• Portfolio Manager – Power
• Financial Analyst
Report by
General
Counsel
Director
Comments
Adjournment
Board of
Directors
Next Regular Meeting
Thursday, October 27, 2022