Board of
Directors
Regular Meeting
December 15, 2022
Welcome
&
Call to
Order
Roll
Call
4 Items to
be Added,
Withdrawn
or
Reordered
on the
Agenda
Public
Comment
for Items
NOT
on the
Agenda
7 Consent
Agenda
1. Approval of Findings to Continue Holding
Remote/Teleconference Meetings
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361
2. Receive and File Treasurer’s Report for
Fiscal Year-end Period Ending October
31, 2022
3. Receive and File Update on Back Office
Operations
4. Receive and File Update on Marketing
and Public Relations
5. Receive and File Update on Community
Advisory Committee
8 Regular
Meeting
Agenda
Regular Agenda Items:
6. Approval of the Community Clean Energy
Innovation Grants Policy
7. Update on the Community Power Plan (CPP)
Community Needs Survey
8. Update on the Net Energy Metering (NEM)
Proceeding and Update on Regulatory and
Legislative Affairs
9. Approval of Updates to Board Compensation
and Reimbursement Policy
10.Consider SDCP Actions Necessary to
Accelerate Achievement of 100% Renewable
Energy Portfolio
9 Item 6
Community Clean Energy Innovation Grants
Recommendation:
Approve the Community Clean Energy Innovation Grants
Policy
Presenter
Colin Santulli, Director of Programs
10 Background
• SDCP’s FY22-23 budget (approved by the Board in June 2022) included the creation of a community grant program as a component of the Programs Department budget • Other CCAs have successfully implemented similar initiatives (e.g., East Bay Community Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy)
• Staff are now seeking approval of the community grant program policy, which would provide authority to SDCP’s CEO, or designee, to design and implement the program 11 Program Goals
The Community Clean Energy Innovation Grants would aim to support scalable, replicable clean energy pilot projects that provide economic, environmental, and health benefits to SDCP’s communities and increase overall energy literacy of SDCP’s customers
12 Program Focus Areas
Funded projects are expected to advance one or more of the following focus areas:
• Energy behaviors and/or education that reduce energy consumption and/or costs • Improvements in indoor and/or outdoor air quality related to greenhouse gas emissions
• Workforce development opportunities that support careers in the clean energy industry
• Energy resilience to ensure communities can avoid, prepare for, minimize, adapt to, and recover from energy disruptions
• Increased access to the benefits of clean energy technologies with a focus on underserved communities and vulnerable populations
13 Structure & Process
• Eligibility: Community-based nonprofits serving SDCP customers • FY22-23 Program Budget: Approximately $300,000
• Grant Amounts: No more than 15% of total annual program budget per grant; to be expended by grantee within 12 months from award date
• Timing: Q1 2023
• Administration: Staff may seek support for administration of the program and distribution of grant funds through a qualified consultant* *Staff will inform the Board of any grant disbursements and all program-related expenditures will comply with the SDCP Board-approved procurement policy
14 Evaluation Committee
• Grant applications will be reviewed, scored, and selected by an evaluation committee based on alignment with grant criteria and eligibility
• Evaluation committee may include SDCP staff, a CAC representative, and program administrator staff (if applicable)
15 Evaluation Criteria
• Criteria will be structured based on the following general categories:
o Project feasibility
o Community benefits
o Scalability and replicability
o Communities of Concern
o Innovation
• If applications have an equal evaluation score, a selection of projects across diverse project focus areas will be prioritized
16 Next Steps (If Approved)
• Staff will inform the Board upon finalization of the detailed program structure and process in a final program guidelines document
• Staff estimate providing an update and seeking approval of grant distributions at the February 2023 Board meeting
17 Item 6
Recommendation:
Approve the Community Clean Energy Innovation Grants
Policy
18 Item 7
Update on the Community Power Plan (CPP)
Community Needs Survey
Recommendation:
Receive and file an update on the CPP community needs
survey
Presenters
Colin Santulli, Director of Programs
Nelson Lomeli, Program Manager
Community Power Plan
Overview
20 Community Power Plan
Decision-making framework to guide SDCP’s
program strategy, selection, and development of
local programs for the next five years based on
community input.
21 Community
Power Plan
Available
funding
Organizational
goals and
priorities
Community
values, goals,
needs, and
priorities
Community Power Plan
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.
22 Engagement
External
• Community-based organization
listening sessions
• Unincorporated San Diego County
pop-up events
• Interest group interviews
• Business, key account, and public
listening workshops
Internal
• Board member interviews
• SDCP Staff Workshop
• Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
Workshop
Community Needs Survey
Overview and Promotion
24 Survey Overview
• 19 question web-based survey to further
understand the diverse needs and
priorities of SDCP’s communities
(residential and commercial)
• Open for 7 weeks between August-October 2022
• Available in English, Spanish, and
Filipino (Tagalog)
25 Survey Promotion
• Opportunity to win one of ten $50 gift cards as incentive • Power Content Label mailer sent to over 600,000 customers • Promoted via customer bills, website banner, organic social media posts, and targeted advertisements focused on hard-to-reach communities • Published paid print advertisements in Spanish and Filipino-speaking publications • Emailed a media kit to Board, CAC, community-based and business organizations, member agencies, and elected officials • Email to over 160,000 Padres subscribers
• In-person survey collection via tabling events, flyers, and working with community-based organizations
26 Survey Responses
2,980 responses
27 Survey Responses
2,980 complete, validated responses from
within SDCP’s service territory
2,849 residential
131 commercial
Community Needs Survey
Results
29 Survey responses were generally reflective across a variety of variables:
• Member jurisdiction
• Housing type and tenure
• Annual household income
Reflectiveness
10%
3% 1% 3% 2%
62%
19%
6% 4% 1% 3% 1%
79%
6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
City of Chula
Vista
City of
Encinitas
City of Imperial
Beach
City of La
Mesa
City of
National City
City of San
Diego
County of San
Diego
Member Agency Survey Participation vs. Census
Census Survey
30 General Major Challenges or Issues Faced
Residential
Top challenges/issues:
1) Finding housing that is affordable;
2) Paying for essentials like food and gas;
3) Too much traffic;
4) Not enough trees, shade, or natural
areas and open spaces; and
5) Air pollution.
Commercial
Top challenges/issues:
1) Employee recruitment and retention;
2) Cost of new construction and
development;
3) Increased cost of goods and services;
4) Reliability of infrastructure; and
5) Air pollution.
Question asked to help Staff better understand general challenges our customers face and provide context about where the community is at and what’s important to them. 31 Energy Issues
Residential
Top issues:
1) Reducing energy bills
2) Addressing climate change
Consistent when broken down by housing
type and tenure, and respondents from
most income groups (i.e., $50,000-149,000)
Commercial
Top issues:
1) Creating good, well-paying jobs in the
energy sector
2) Reducing businesses’ energy costs
3) Getting compensated for load
management
Remained the same regardless of the size
of business respondent
32 Energy Solutions
Residential
Top solutions:
1) Building more large-scale renewable
energy generating systems in the San
Diego Region
2) Improved indoor air quality through
building electrification
3) Improved outdoor air quality through
transportation electrification
4) Installing renewable energy generating
systems on rooftops or parking lots
Remained consistent across housing type,
housing tenure, and all income groups,
though the order for each varied slightly
Commercial
Top solutions:
1) Improving indoor air quality through
building electrification
2) Building more large-scale renewable
energy generating systems in the San
Diego region
3) Improving outdoor air quality through
transportation electrification,
4) Installing more renewable generating
systems on rooftops or parking lots
33 Program Awareness
Residential
• Regardless of housing type or tenure, most
aware of energy efficiency and demand
response programs, followed by electric
vehicle and solar incentives
• Nearly 20% of survey respondents were not
aware of any local programs with renters
being disproportionately unaware
Commercial
• Respondents largely aware of many local
programs – most awareness about demand
response, electric vehicle charging
equipment, and building electrification
incentives
34 Program Participation
Residential
• Energy efficiency and demand response
incentive programs most accessed across
all housing type and tenure responses
o Aligns with residential customers being
most aware of those types of programs
• Single-family and homeowner respondents
are more likely to participate in solar
incentives
• Multi-family and renter respondents are
more likely to participate in building
electrification incentives
Commercial
• Indicated participation in several program
types
o Aligns with commercial respondents
being more aware of local programs
compared to residential respondents
• Demand response, building electrification,
green rates, and energy efficiency
incentives most common program
participation
35 Barriers to Program Participation
Residential
• Program awareness is biggest barrier - over 33% have not participated in any program regardless of housing type, housing tenure, or income level.
• Cost of clean energy technologies, even when considering incentives, and not having enough time to research program details are the leading issues reported Next Steps
37 Q4 2022
• Program prioritization framework will inform program types included in CPP o Uses data from community needs assessment and a program market assessment Q1 2023
• Present draft list of program types to Board and CAC for input and feedback • Release draft CPP for 30-day public review and comment Q2 2023
• Present final CPP for Board adoption
Next Steps
38 Timeline
*
Engage
with community
members
Survey
community to
determine
most prioritized
issues
Report back to
the community on
needs uncovered
Assess
which programs
may
meet community
needs
Release a public
draft for
comments
Adopt a final
Community
Power Plan
to guide
development
July – October 2022 November – December 2022 January – April 2023 39 Timeline
*
Engage
with community
members
Survey
community to
determine
most prioritized
issues
Report back to
the community on
needs uncovered
Assess
which programs
may
meet community
needs
Release a public
draft for
comments
Adopt a final
Community
Power Plan
to guide
development
July – October 2022 November – December 2022 January – April 2023 40 Item 7
Recommendation:
Receive and file an update on the CPP community needs
survey
41 Item 8
Update on the Net Energy Metering (NEM)
Proceeding
Recommendation:
Receive and file update on the NEM proceeding and the
update on regulatory and legislative affairs.
Presenters: Sebastian Sarria, Policy Manager
42 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
Previous actions by SDCP in this proceeding:
• Filed a Joint Reply Brief with SJCE on party
proposals
• Sent a letter to Governor Newsom and CPUC
Commissioners
• Filed comments with EBCE on the old Proposed
Decision
• Filed comments with EBCE, RCEA, and PCE on
the ALJ’s ruling setting aside submission of the
record to take comment
43 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
ALJ withdraws the old Proposed Decision and issues a new one • Alice Reynolds appointed as CPUC President by Gov
Newsom
• May 5, 2022 - ALJ set aside the old PD and asked for
additional comments
• November 10, 2022 - ALJ withdraws the December 13,
2021 PD
• Concurrently, the ALJ released a new PD, setting
December 15, 2022, as the earliest the CPUC could
vote to finalize new PD
• While the new PD is not ideal, it is an improvement from the previous version.
Credit to PV Magazine USA
44 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
(1) What is included in the new PD?* • Maintains legacy status of NEM 1 and 2 customers
• Drops the grid benefit charge • Adopts a glidepath approach for new customers to lock in the Avoided Cost Calculator (ACC)
value they begin with for 9 years
• Requires new Net Billing customers to be on
electrification rates, which have a $16 fixed
charge
• Requires new customers to pay bills on a
monthly basis
*These items were advocated by SDCP and included in the PD 45 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
(2) What is included in the new PD? • New customers are placed in a Net Billing structure, with retail export compensation rates aligned with the
value of exported energy to the grid
• Proposes an adder to the ACC, known as ACC Plus
Adder, for PG&E/SCE customers, but not SDG&E • PD states that due to high rates, payback time for systems is shorter in SDG&E service area
• ACC Plus Adder to be funded by PPP charge
through all ratepayers
• SGIP proceeding to address benefits to low-income
customers
46 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
(3) What is included in the new PD? • Creates a transition period for the new Net Billing tariff.
• Deadline for NEM 2.0 customers to lock in - 120
days after adoption of the final decision,
• After 120 days, they will be temporarily placed on
the NEM 2.0 tariff until IOU systems are ready for
new tariff.
• 12 months after adoption of the decision, IOUs
must have updated billing systems to handle Net
Billing.
47 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
(1) What was SDCP’s Response? • On November 30, 2022, SDCP filed joint opening comments with other CCAs • Extend the NEM 2.0 sunset period to 180 days
• Begin sunset period after the IOUs’ billing
systems are ready
• SDG&E/SDCP customers should not pay
the PPP charges to support the ACC Plus
Adder for PG&E/SCE customers
• Consider additional incentives for low-
income customers outside of SGIP
• Non-residential customers should receive
the ACC Plus Adder
48 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
(2) What was SDCP’s Response?
• December 5, 2022, SDCP filed joint reply
comments with other CCAs.
• Support Sierra Club’s recommendation
to base the glide path step downs on
each additional GW of installed capacity
rather than annual changes.
• This allows the glide path to respond to
actual market conditions and the speed
at which solar is adopted.
49 Item 8
Update on the NEM Proceeding
CPUC Issued Redlined PD on 12/14/22 • Clarifies that PPP costs are determined utility wide. A utility’s ratepayers only pay for PPP
costs generated by that utility’s customers. • Meaning that SDG&E distribution customers will not be paying for the
adder that PG&E and SCE customers
will receive.
• Separately, Virtual NEM (VNEM) and NEM
Aggregation (NEMA) are left intact but will
look more into the matter to develop a more
comprehensive record.
50 Item 8
Recommendation:
Receive and file update on the NEM proceeding and the
update on regulatory and legislative affairs.
51 Item 9
Approval of Updates to Board Compensation and
Reimbursement Policy
Recommendation:
Approve Resolution No. 2022-21 Amending the Board
Compensation and Reimbursement Policy to Includes
Meeting of Board Committees
Presenter: Ryan Baron, General Counsel
52 Item 9
• In February 2022, the Board adopted a policy authorizing compensation of $150 for attending Board meetings, with a limit of 2x per month.
• The policy did not originally include compensation for attending meetings of Board committees, such as Financial & Risk Management Committee.
• Other regional agencies (SANDAG, MTS, etc.) authorize compensation for attending meetings of Board committees. • Proposed policy amendment would add committee meetings and increase limit from 2x per month to 4x per month to account for addition of committee meetings.
53 Item 9
Recommendation:
Approve Resolution No. 2022-21 Amending the Board
Compensation and Reimbursement Policy to Include
Meetings of Board Committees
54 Item 10
Consider SDCP Actions Necessary to Accelerate
Achievement of 100% Renewable Energy Portfolio
(consideration of a request by Director Lawson-Remer)
Recommended Action:
1. Discuss SDCP actions necessary to do the following:
a) Align default and opt-in service tiers with previously adopted operational goals regarding gradual achievement of an 100% renewable energy portfolio;
b) Increase default service tier to 75% by 2027 and 100% by 2030; and c) Establish a temporary service tier, if needed
Presenter: Director Lawson-Remer
55 Item 10
Recommended Action (Continued):
2. Consider directing SDCP staff to prepare the necessary documents, including a potential amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement and/or any updated Board Policies, as needed, and place the documents and options for action on a future SDCP agenda for consideration no later than April 2023.
3. Consider directing SDCP staff to prepare a targeted impact analysis of these potential changes, focused specifically on energy procurement from local in-fill solar versus large scale solar development projects, to assess and ensure that updates to default opt-in tiers would not hinder SDCP’s ability to accelerate development of and procurement from rooftop and in-fill solar.
Presenter: Director Lawson-Remer
Report by
Chief
Executive
Officer
57 November
Board
Meeting
58 Chula Vista's
"Starlight Nights"
Chula Vista's "Starlight Nights" tree-
lighting ceremony brings holiday life to
the community, kicking off the holiday
season in Downtown Chula Vista.
We asked the community - "How Can
You Light Up the World With
Kindness?"
59 Food Distributions -
Imperial Beach & National City
60 Justice, Equity,
Diversity, Inclusion
(JEDI) Training -
Part 2, Dec. 2
Committed to the genuine
inclusion of diverse groups, our
training took a healing-centered
approach to change efforts that
involve deep dialogue, skilled
facilitation, and systems
thinking.
•
In the second session, we met
with Salina J. Villegas,
Department of Race & Equity
for the City of San Diego &
Taryell Simmons, County of
San Diego, Equity, Diversity,
Inclusion
61 Lunch + and Learn
Workshop Series
Creating the Culture of
WE in the Workplace
December 13
"Remember, life is an echo.
What you send out comes
back.“
62 We Are (still)
Hiring!
We ARE or ARE SOON HIRING
for the following positions:
• Local Area Resource Developer
• IT Coordinator
• Sr. Marketing Manager
• Community Manager
• Chief Operating Officer
We recently HIRED the following
positions:
• Director of People (Jan start date)
63 SDCP Board of
Directors Appreciation
We celebrated the incredible service of our outgoing Board of Directors, including Encinitas Deputy Mayor Joe Mosca, National City Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis and Imperial Beach Major Serge Dedina. We also celebrated the oaths of office for new Imperial Beach Mayor Paloma Aguirre and SDCP's newest
board member, National City Councilmember Ditas Yamane
64 SDCP Welcomes New Board Members and
Their Alternates
Ditas Yamane
Council Member
National City
Primary Board Member
Marcus Bush
Council Member
National City
Alternate Board Member
Kellie Hinze
Council Member
Encinitas
Primary Board Member
Tony Kranz
Mayor
Encinitas
Alternate Board Member
65 On Deck in January
January will be a busy month!
• Welcoming our 5 New Board Members
• New Board Member Orientation: Wednesday, January 18th from noon to 6pm
• First New Board Meeting: Monday, January 23rd from 11am – 1pm • Election of Officers
• Rate Setting
• Onboarding HR and developing a performance management program • Continued progress on our CPP and Community Grants Programs 66 Thank You and Happy Holidays!
• Board
• Team
• CAC
• Partners
• Customers
Report by
General
Counsel
and
Director
Comments
Adjournment
Board of
Directors
Next Regular Meeting
January 18, 2022