Staff Report – Item 1g
Item 1g: Receive Executive Committee Report
To: Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors
Prepared by: Yvonne Martinez Beltran, Executive Committee Chair Date: 4/9/2025
The Executive Committee met March 28, 2025 and heard a request from staff to recommend support to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute contracts from the Hanford Mitigation Fund, a request to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to approve the CalCCA Annual Budget and dues per CalCCA’s fiscal year, provided feedback on how staff can solicit input for the community space at the new SVCE headquarters, and heard two informational items.
Pamela Leonard, Deputy Director of Marketing and Communications, and Juliette Pascual, Community Outreach Specialist, presented a request for the Executive Committee’s support to recommend that the Board of Directors authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute contracts with Kings Community Action Organization and Self-Help Enterprises from the Hanford Mitigation Fund, which will help reduce emissions from greenhouse gases through electrification activities in disadvantaged or low-income communities in Kings County. The Executive Committee received two funding options to select from if supporting to authorize the CEO to execute contracts with Kings Community Action Organization and Self-Help Enterprises: 1) Execute contracts with an amount not to exceed $761,000 from the Hanford Mitigation Fund, which would cover a two-year commitment to Kings Community Action Organization for weatherization programs and two-year commitment to Self-Help Enterprises for two programs, or 2) Execute contracts with an amount not to exceed $1.5 million from the Hanford Mitigation Fund, which would cover a two-year commitment to Kings Community Action Organization for weatherization programs and a five-year commitment to Self-Help Enterprises, which would add an additional program for electrification hub and education program at Lakeview Terrace in Corcoran, CA for a total of three programs. Following a robust discussion, the Executive Committee voted unanimously to support recommending the Board of Directors authorize the CEO to execute contracts with Kings Community Action Organization and Self-Help Enterprises from the Hanford Mitigation Fund in an amount not to exceed $1.5 million. This item will be presented to the Board of Directors at the April board meeting for consideration.
Maren Wenzel, Director of Regulatory, Policy and Planning, presented a request for the Executive Committee to support a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to authorize payments for the CalCCA annual budget and dues, not to exceed $750,000 per CalCCA’s fiscal year. The committee unanimously supported the request, which will be on the Consent Calendar at April’s board meeting.
Zoe Elizabeth, Director of Decarbonization Policy and Community Strategies, requested feedback on how to best receive input for the community space at the new SVCE office building headquarters in Sunnyvale. The group discussed the importance of all members of the Board having an opportunity to share ideas within the relatively short timeframe, and ultimately were in agreement that staff should hold a special meeting to facilitate initial ideas with the full board, then distill the feedback received to the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee would then formulate a recommendation to be presented at a future regular board of Item 1g
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directors meeting. As a result of this discussion, staff sent a poll for availability for a special meeting Board of Directors meeting in May.
The Committee received two informational items: 1) an update on Clean Power Procurement Efforts from Willy Wang, Power Resources Planner, and 2) an overview of programs marketing strategy from Shawn Orgel-Olson.
Materials from this meeting can be found on SVCE’s website: SVCE Executive Committee Meeting, March 28, 2025
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be April 22, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.; materials will be posted no later than 72 hours in advance of the meeting.
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Staff Report – Item 1h
Item 1h: Receive Additional Committees Report
To: Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors
Prepared by: Andrea Pizano, Sr. Executive Assistant and Board Clerk Date: 4/9/2025
There are no reports for the 2025 Legislative Ad Hoc Committee, Finance and Administration Committee, and Audit Committee, as they have not met since the last report.
The 2025 Legislative Ad Hoc Committee and Finance and Administration Committees are expected to meet in May, and the Audit Committee is expected to meet in September. Meetings will be scheduled based on member availability; materials will be posted 72 hours in advance of the meeting dates.
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Staff Report – Item 1i
Item 1i: Receive California Community Power Report
To: Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors
From: Monica Padilla, CEO
Date: 4/9/2025
Per direction from the SVCE Board on December 9, 2020 for the CEO to provide a report of the ongoing activities of California Community Power (CC Power) after each of its meetings, this is to report CC Power held a regular board meeting on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
Attached is a March summary report from General Manager Alex Morris; materials from the March board meeting can be found here on the CC Power website: CC Power Meeting, 3/19/25 The next meeting of the board will be April 23, 2025 at 1:00 p.m.; meeting materials can be found on the CC Power website: https://cacommunitypower.org/meetings/
ATTACHMENTS:
1. CA Community Power Board Meeting Summary from General Manager Alex Morris, March 19, 2025 Item 1i
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901 H St, Ste 120 PMB 157, Sacramento, CA 95814 | cacommunitypower.org A Joint Powers Agency whose members are:
Central Coast Community Energy | CleanPowerSF | East Bay Community Energy | MCE | Peninsula Clean Energy | Redwood Coast Energy Authority | San José Clean Energy | Silicon Valley Clean Energy | Sonoma Clean Power | Valley Clean Energy
TO: CC Power Board of Directors and Alternates DATE: 3/26/25 FROM: Alex Morris – General Manager
SUBJECT: Report on CC Power Regular Board of Directors Meeting – March 19, 2025 The CC Power Board of Directors held its December Board Meeting on March 19, 2025, via Zoom.
Details on the Board packet, presentation materials, and public comment letters can be found under the Meetings tab at the CC Power website: Meetings and Agendas – ca community power Highlights of the meeting included the following:
• Matters subsequent to posting the Agenda. None.
• Public Comment. None.
• Consent Agenda - The Board approved the following items:
o Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held on January 22, 2025. • Regular Agenda Items:
o Work-Planning and Budget Ad Hoc Committee Update:Chair Lori Mitchell (SJCE) shared about timelines and approaches to establishing the 2025-2026 CC Power budget. By April, a draft budget will be available. Board consideration is expected in April or May. The Ad Hoc Committee includes Chair Mitchell, Treasurer Mitch Sears (VCE), Monica Padilla (SVCE), and Shawn Marshall (PCE)
o General Manager Report: the General Manager provided updates to the Board, including on current work to explore wind and energy storage projects for member consideration, dates and target locations for the Fall Forum annual event, and on the member-survey for work-planning. Market conditions for power projects are showing higher uncertainty due to tariffs and Federal positions on certain resource-types and permitting. o Discussion on Coordinated Operations Agreement: CC Power’s Tumbleweed energy storage project is scheduled to come online in April 2026 (13-months).
Pursuant to CC Power’s established contracts, CC Power must work with members to develop a Coordinated Operations Agreement (COA) under which operating decisions for power projects are made, including how participating members can provide input on power project operations, such as outage management, bidding strategies, etc. CC Power staff shared potential approaches and feedback from member-staff to date, notifying the Board that a draft-final COA will be brought for Board Consideration in April.
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Staff Report – Item 2
Item 2: CEO Report
To: Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors
Prepared by: Monica Padilla, CEO
Date: 4/9/2025
REPORT
Staff Updates
Kaila Keifer started her new role at Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) April 1, 2025 as Energy Services Specialist.
Kaila first joined SVCE in 2024 as a Decarbonization Fellow, where she supported small-business rebate programs and contributed to research and data collection to support residential programs. Prior to SVCE, Kaila brought experience in customer relations, systems optimization, and outreach and engagement. Kaila holds a Bachelors in Environmental Studies from CSU San Bernadino and a Master of Environmental Law and Policy from the Vermont Law School.
Adam Pearse was recently promoted from Senior Regulatory Analyst to Senior Regulatory Analyst and Associate General Counsel. Adam joined SVCE in October 2023 as part of the Regulatory, Policy, Planning and Legislative Department where he focused on key regulatory proceedings at the California Public Utilities Commission. In his new role, he will continue to focus on energy policy and regulatory advocacy while also providing support to SVCE’s general counsel. Adam holds a law degree from Tulane University and is licensed to practice in California.
Personnel Officer Update
Recruitment efforts continue for a Senior Financial Operations Analyst. This month, staff will be posting several summer intern opportunities across the organization including Customer Success, Finance and Administration, and Power Resources and Operations. A Rotational Power Analyst Role has been posted internally that will provide a training opportunity for a candidate to learn various roles in Front, Middle and Back Office as well as Regulatory. Should no internal candidate be interested in the role, it'll be posted externally in the coming weeks.
Job descriptions and applications for the above positions can be found on SVCE’s website: Current Job Openings Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Capital Program Implementation Grant for Charging Infrastructure Awards
Silicon Valley Clean Energy would like to congratulate the City of Morgan Hill, the City of Gilroy, and the County of Santa Clara for being selected as recipients of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Capital Program Implementation Grant for Charging Infrastructure. SVCE offered matching funds to all 13 member agencies for the Charging Infrastructure track. The City of Morgan Hill and the City of Gilroy had high-priority sites and took advantage of the offered 11.47% match for their separate applications. SVCE will provide $136,266 to Morgan Hill and $68,302 to Gilroy. The County’s sites were located outside of SVCE’s service territory. SVCE will continue to work with member agency staff to support the MTC grant and confirm the transfer of matching funds to Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
Excellence in Public Information and Communications (EPIC) Award Silicon Valley Clean Energy has won an Excellence in Public Information and Communications (EPIC) Award, presented by the California Association of Public Information Officials (CAPIO). The EPIC awards honor outstanding public agency information and communications programs and this highly competitive awards program Item 2
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had a record high of 500 entries from public agencies throughout the state. The marketing and communications team accepted the award at the CAPIO annual conference in Napa on April 2, 2025.
Power Resources & Clean Energy Update
In 2023, the SVCE Board approved a 12 year contract with Middle River Power allowing for the use of the existing Hanford 99.4 MW peaker plant for reliability and compliance purposes and for the addition of a new 16 MW, one-hour lithium-ion BESS to meet to enhance grid reliability, reduce plant emissions and meet certain California procurement mandates. Staff invites the Board to join us at the Hanford Natural Gas Peaker and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project ribbon cutting event on April 17, 2025 in Hanford, CA.
Please see Attachment 1 for a summary of SVCE’s clean energy efforts including progress on meeting mandates, on-boarding of new power purchase agreements and a summary of utility-scale storage contracts.
Customer Success Department Updates
The SVCE Marketing Team has launched a new ad campaign called Power Squad, which personifies SVCE as the local resource to answer all customer energy questions. The campaign directs customers to visit the newly improved eHub to learn more about electrification and find relevant SVCE programs. The ads are running from mid-March through early-May across digital platforms, print ads in local papers and bus shelters.
The fifth Annual EmpowerSV Scholarship Competition is now open. Middle and high school students in SVCE communities can participate in creating clean energy-themed songs, album covers, or performances for an opportunity to win up to $3,000. SVCE invites students to create and submit a song or art piece that creatively showcases clean energy stories and solutions. Applications close April 28, 2025. Learn more at svcleanenergy.org/empower-sv.
A list of recent media mentions and prior or upcoming community engagement events are listed below.
Press and Media
• Press Release
o Silicon Valley Clean Energy Receives A3 Investment-Grade Credit Rating Upgrade from Moody’s Investor Service, Press Release, 3-6-25
• Media Mentions
o Real estate investment firm sells downtown Sunnyvale building for $11.5M, The Business Journals, 2-26-25
o Silicon Valley Clean Energy Receives A3 Investment-Grade Credit Rating Upgrade, American Public Power Association, 3-7-25
o A greener future: Catalyze SV brings clean energy experts to Milpitas, The Milpitas Beat, 3-22- 25 Recent & Upcoming Events
Staff are busy with Earth Day events all this month. Board members are welcome to support SVCE at its outreach booth in your community. If interested, please reach out to the board clerk for coordination.
March 24 – FUHSD Earth Month Program
- 4 – 8 p.m.
- Tabling and sponsorship
- Computer History Museum
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA 94043
March 28 – Electrify Our Future: Clean Energy
and Sustainable Transportation
- 4 – 5:30 p.m.
- Speaking
- Milpitas Library, 160 N Main St.
Milpitas, CA 95035
April 5 – Cupertino Earth Day
- 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Dream Home and tabling
April 5 – Sunnyvale Earth Day
- 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Tabling
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- Cupertino Library Green, 10800 Torre Ave,
Cupertino, CA 95014
- Sunnyvale City Hall, 456 W Olive Ave,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
April 5 – Santa Clara County Office of
Education Environmental Literacy Summit
- 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Sponsorship and tabling
- SCCOE, 1290 Ridder Park Dr, San Jose, CA
95131
April 12 – Milpitas Earth Day
- 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Dream Home and tabling
- Murphy Park
1567 Yellowstone Avenue
Milpitas, CA 95035
April 12 – Sunnyhills Neighborhood
Association Monthly Meeting
- Time TBA
- Presentation
- Milpitas High School
1285 Escuela Parkway
Milpitas, CA 95035
April 15 – El Camino Health Sustainability
Fair
- 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Tabling
- Los Gatos Campus
815 Pollard Rd
Los Gatos, CA 95032
April 19 – Mountain View Earth Day
- 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Dream Home and tabling
- Rengstorff Park
201 S Rengstorff Ave,
Mountain View, CA 94040
April 25 – The Forum at San Antonio
- 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
- Tabling and presentation
- The Forum at Rancho San Antonio
23500 Cristo Rey Dr
Cupertino, CA 95014
April 25 — Saratoga Elementary Earth Day
- Time TBA
- Tabling
- 14592 Oak St
Saratoga, CA 95070
April 26 – Morgan Hill AAUW Earth Day
- Time TBA
- Tabling
- Morgan Hill Community Center
17000 Monterey St
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
April 29 – El Camino Health Sustainability
Fair
- 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
- Tabling
- Mountain View Campus
2500 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA
May 4 – Los Altos Living Electric Fair
- 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
- Sponsorship and Dream Home
- 170 State Street
Los Altos, CA 94022
Regulatory & Legislative Update
SVCE has taken a support position on SB 540 (Becker) to enable regional energy markets. SB 540 would make it easier to share clean energy, increase reliability, and bring down costs across western states. Additionally, SVCE is analyzing SB 541 (Becker), a bill requiring load-serving entities to capture load-flexibility opportunities, to better understand the potential impacts to SVCE and the broader market.
SVCE Office Space Update
SVCE’s RFP to select a consultant to serve as an in-house project manager and expert for the development of SVCE’s new office headquarters has come to a close and staff is reviewing proposals. In an effort to gather the Board of Director’s input for the community space of the building, staff has polled for a Special Meeting in May.
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Look Ahead Update
Staff continues to plan for Board and committee meetings through the end of the year. Below is a preview of what’s ahead for the Board from May through August 2025:
ATTACHMENTS
1. Clean Power Update, March 2025
2. Regulatory and Legislative Update, March 2025
3. December 2024 Decarbonization Strategy and Programs Quarterly Report Item 2
Agenda Look Ahead: May -August 2025
May
14th: BOD Meeting
• Marketing and Outreach Deep Dive -
Informational
• Demand Flex RFPAgreement-Action
• Approval of Real Time Price Rate -Action
June August
11th: BOD Meeting
• Stress Test Analyses - Discussion
• FY 25-26 Budget Framework -Discussion
• Intro to 2026 Strategic Plan and Strategic
Focus Areas - Discussion
• IRP Preview -Discussion
• Authorize Energy Prepay Transaction #4 -
Action
• Decarbonization Roadmap Update -
Discussion
13th: BOD Meeting
• Feedback Request for FY 25-26 Proposed
Operating Budget- Discussion
*Please note the items on this schedule may change
depending on priorities
** No regular meeting scheduled in July
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Exhibit 1 - CEO Agreements Executed Under Delegated Authority The following agreements have been executed by the CEO or their delegate, consistent with the authority delegated by the Board:
Type Consultant Description Compensation Term Authority Agreement Ruben Veek Technical
Electrification
Advising Services
NTE - $14,400 1/19/2025-
12/31/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Agreement Richard
Heath and
Associates
Technical
Electrification
Advising Services
NTE - $14,400 2/9/2025-
12/31/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Agreement Energy
Integrity Inc.
DBA Home
Energy
Academy
Technical
Electrification
Advising Services
NTE - $14,400 1/19/2025-
12/31/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Amendment to
Task Order 2
Opinion
Dynamics
Data Analytics
Support
Increased NTE
$4,181 to $280,181
No change
in term
Board
Approved
(12/13/23)
Agreement Calpine
Energy
Solutions
Data Management
Services
NTE- $10,671,000 3/1/2025-
12/31/2027
Board
Approved
(12/11/24)
Amendment to
Task Order 3
Opinion
Dynamics
Data Analytics
Support
Increased NTE
$28,000 to
$131,000
No change
in term
Board
Approved
(12/13/23)
Agreement Efficient
Modern Heat
Pump-HVAC
DBA Electrify
My Home
Technical
Electrification
Advising Services
NTE - $14,400 1/19/2025-
12/31/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Agreement Becoming
Superhuman
Learning and
Development
NTE - $15,000 3/11/2025-
3/21/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Amendment California
Public Policy
Group
(CPPG)
Grant Services
Bench for Advanced
Clean Energy
Buildings,
Transportation and
Innovation
Programs
NTE - $84,000 Extended
term to
3/25/2026
CEO Spending
Authority
Amendment Taj Ait-LaoussineData Architecture
Design Expert
Review
No change Extended
term to
12/31/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
Amendment Tenaska
Power
Services
Optimization
Services
NTE – $37,500 Extends
term to
6/30/2025
CEO Spending
Authority
.
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Exhibit 2 - CEO Power Supply Agreements Executed Under Delegated Authority No agreements to report
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Clean Power Update, April 2025
Clean Long-term Power Agreements
• $3.8B+ in commitments
• 22 PPAs signed
• 19 new build projects
• 1,045 MW of Renewable Power
• 2,045 MWh of Battery Storage
9 Projects now delivering to SVCE:
• COSO geothermal - January 2022
• Slate Solar + Storage – January 2022
• Casa Diablo geothermal – July 2022
• Mountain View wind – July 2022
• Rabbitbrush Solar + Storage – October 2022
• Terra-Gen Wind – January 2023
• Yellow Pine Solar + Storage – July 2023
• Victory Pass Solar + Storage – March 2024
• Baldy Mesa Storage (RA-only) – June 2024
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Clean Power Update, April 2025
GEOTHERMAL
BATTERY STORAGE
SOLAR STORAGE
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Victory Pass Solar + Storage
Casa Diablo Geothermal
Seller Project Name Technology Generation MW Storage MW Storage MWh Term
(years)
SVCE Board
Approval
1 MN8 Slate Solar + Storage 93 46.5 186 17 Oct-18
2 Ormat Casa Diablo Geothermal 7 10 Feb-20
3 Atlantica Coso Geothermal 43.8 15 Mar-20
4 Leeward Rabbitbrush Solar + Storage 40 8 20 15 Apr-20 5 NextEra Yellow Pine Solar + Storage 50 26 104 20 May-20 6 AES Mountain View Wind 33.3 20 Apr-21
7 Clearway Victory Pass Solar + Storage 100 25 100 15 May-21 8 Terra-Gen Cameron Crest Wind 77.7 15 May-21
9 AES Baldy Mesa (RA-only) Storage 0 75 300 10 Sep-22
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Long-Term Contracts: In Development
SunZia Wind &
Transmission
Seller Project Name Technology Generation MW Storage MW Storage MWh Term (years) SVCE Board
Approval Status
1 Avantus Aratina Solar + Storage 80 50 200 20 Jun-20 Pre-construction 2 174 Power Global Atlas Solar 50 10 Jan-21 Pre-construction 3 SB Energy Angela Solar + Storage 20 10 40 15 Mar-21 Pre-construction 4 Origis San Luis West Solar + Storage 62.5 15.625 62.5 15 Apr-21 Pre-construction 5 Rev Renewables Tumbleed Long Duration Storage 15.9375 127.5 15 Feb-22 Construction 6 Onward Goal Line Long Duration Storage 14.2 113.6 15 Mar-22 Pre-construction 7 Ormat Geothermal Portfolio Geothermal 16.75 20 Jun-22 Pre-construction 8 OME Fish Lake Geothermal 1.82 20 Jun-22 Pre-construction 9 Middle River Power Hanford Thermal + BESS 99.4 131.4 131.4 12 Apr-23 Construction 10 NextEra Grace Solar 120 15 Aug-23 Pre-construction
11 NextEra Yellow Pine III Storage 0 115 460 15 Aug-23 Pre-construction 12 Pattern SunZia Wind 100 15 Nov-23 Construction
13 VCI Energy Glossy Garlic Solar + Storage 50 50 200 10 Oct-24 Pre-construction Item 2
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Clean Power Update, April 2025
SVCE’s Contracted Batteries
Overview of SVCE’s battery storage portfolio:
Victory Pass Solar + Storage
• 13 storage sites under contract
• 5 in operation (180 MW)
• 8 in development (402 MW)
• All are outdoor and containerized
• All permitted and compliant to NFPA 855
/ UL 9540 standards
• 11 Lithium-ion Phosphate (LFP)
• 2 Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt
Oxide (NMC)
• SVCE has further discussed additional safety
protocols with developers for NMC sites
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Clean Power Update, April 2025
Clean Energy Resources Online Progress
as of March 19, 2025
• Hanford BESS on Peaker: Construction mode 2025 – H1 • Goal Line Long Duration Storage: Pre-construction - delayed • Atlas Solar: Pre-construction – delayed 2025 – H2 • San Luis West Solar + Storage: Pre-construction - delayed • Yellow Pine III Storage: Pre-construction
• Tumbleweed Long Duration Storage: Construction mode
• Fish Lake Geothermal: Pre-construction
• Aratina Solar + Storage: Pre-construction
2026 – H1
• Ormat Geothermal Portfolio: Pre-construction
• SunZia Wind: Construction mode
• Angela Solar + Storage: Pre-construction – delayed
• Grace Solar: Pre-construction
• Glossy Garlic: Pre-construction
2026 – H2+
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Clean Power Update, April 2025
SVCE is Making Significant Progress Toward
Meeting Long-Term RPS Requirements
9%
7%
1%
3%
3%
5%
4%
8%
5% 45%
31%
Coso Slate Casa Diablo Mountain View Rabbitbrush Cameron Crest Yellow Pine Victory Pass Other Total Supply SB350 Target % of Retail Sales
CY 2025 Expected Long-Term RPS
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Projected Clean Position for 2025/2026
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RPS
Volumes
(MWhs)
2.5M
2.0M
1.5M
1.0M
0.5M
0.0M
2025 2026
Compliance Year
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RPS Volumes >CA RPS Standard % >SVCE RPS % «SVCE Clean % 100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Percent
of
Retail
Load
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SVCE Leg and Reg Update, April 2025
SVCE Legislative and
Regulatory Update
April 9, 2025
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CD Policy Updates
Regulatory Update: Legislative Update:
1. Flexible Service Connections for Timely
Energization and High DER
2. Power Charge Indifference Adjustment Policies
and Processes
1. State Legislation
2. 2025 Legislative Calendar
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Regulatory
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SVCE Leg and Reg Update, April 2025
Key Regulatory Activities
Activity Purpose Status
Timely Energization and High
Distributed Energy
Resources
R. 24-01-018
R. 21-06-017
To establish energization
timelines and modernize the
grid for a high distributed
energy resources future
Twin rulings were issued in the Timely Energization and High DER (Distributed Energy Resources) proceedings to coordinate the collection of stakeholder feedback on the implementation of Flexible Service Connections. Flexible Service Connections (FSC) are a type of service connection that allows a utility to expeditiously energize new load to a utility’s distribution system with variable limits on the import of electricity at certain times. These limits can allow a customer that may not have previously been able to connect to the grid at a static limit to connect flexibly and receive service on a faster timeline than having to wait for a grid update to be constructed to allow the connection at their max static load. The CPUC is gathering feedback from stakeholders on howto standardize a FSC connection process and how FSC should be implemented in the near term. SVCE, through CaICCA, has supported the widespread use of FSCs and argued that they be available to all types of customers.
Order Instituting Rulemaking
to Update and Reform
Energy Resource Recovery
Account and Power Charge
Indifference Adjustment
("PCIA") Policies and
Processes
R.25-02-005
To re-examine the resource
adequacy ("RA") market-price
benchmark ("MPB") and to
examine wholesale changes to
the PCIA.
Opening comments to the OIR were submitted on March 18. Track 1 of the proceeding will concern changes to the RA MPB, for which Energy Division staff put forth 5 proposals. The parties generally agree on the proposals, except for proposal 1, which would compute the MPB by taking into account all transactions in time for a specific year of RA products, as opposed to the current method of including only transactions from the previous 12 months. The CCAs prefer the current methodology, while the lOUs prefer the proposed change.
Track 2 of the proceeding will examine wholesale changes to the PCIA, for which the Commission sought topics. The CCAs put forth allocation of attributes and potential sunsetting of the PCIA, among others. The lOUs proposed examining the renewable portfolio standard MPB, as well as re-visiting whether the PCIA can be negative.
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Legislative Update
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0 Bill Update
SVCE is reading and analyzing several bills this session. Preliminary bills of interest include:
Bill Number Summary
SB 332 (Wahab) Caps IOU rate increases to the Consumer Price Index, restricts disconnections, ties IOU executive compensation to safety metrics, and increases shareholder contributions to the Wildfire Fund, among other measures.
SB 57 (Padilla) Would require CPUC to establish a rate for data centers with the goal of ratepayer protections.
SB 239 (Arreguin) Allows advisory bodies of Boards to teleconference with a 2/3 vote of the Board every 12 months.
AB 303 (Addis) Changes permitting approval from CEC to local governments for siting of battery storage facilities. Prohibits facilities from being placed within 3,200 feet of a sensitive receptor.
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0 SVCE Bill Positions
SVCE has taken the following positions on legislation
Bill Number Summary SVCE Position
SB 540
(Becker/Stern)
Allows the formation of a new Regional
Organization to enable California to
participate in energy markets with other
western states.
Support
AB 306
(Schultz/Rivas)
Would prohibit local governments from
adopting new reach codes as of January 1,
2025, unless the reach codes were related to
emergency health and safety or home
hardening.
Concerns and offered amendment
suggestions to clarify that local governments
can adopt the 2025 state building code and
to narrow bill to new construction only.
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1 Key 2025 State Legislative Milestones
January 6—Legislature Reconvenes
February 21—Last day for bills to bo introduced
May 2 - Last day for policy committees to hear fiscal bills May 23 - Last day for fiscal committees to hear bills introduced in that house June 6 - Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house June 15 -Budget bill must pass by midnight
July 18 -Last day for policy committees to vote on bills August 29 -Last day for fiscal committees to vote on bills September 12 - Last day for each house to pass bills
October 12 - Last day for Governor to sign bills
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Contractor
Training
DECARBONIZATION PROGRAMS
& MARKETING HIGHLIGHTS
December 2024 Milestones
Quarterly Report
511
L1/L2 ports
installed through
EV Charging
programs
1,700
completed
electrification
projects through
Home Rebates
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Name Budget Potential Impact
Cumulative Impact To-Date
Last Quarter (Update) Next Quarter (Target)
Multifamily
Retrofits (TE and
BE)
$12.5M
300 to 1,000 MF AH
units electrified
2 multifamily sites enrolled
Completed 2 site
assessments. Issued RFP for
General Contractor.
Reissue Contractor RFP to
select contractor with
better pricing. Start
construction at 2 sites.
EV Charging
Incentives
$11.4M
80 MUDs with EVI
(720 ports)
4,000 L1/L2
chargers at
affordable housing
21 MUD active
reservations (166 ports)
16 sites completed
(166 L1/L2)
Processed 3 new MUD claims
for 17 additional EV ports.
Raised per site maximum to
$100k (from $50k).
Continue to expand
enrollment and ways to
help connect customers to
vendors.
Full-Service
Home Upgrades
$11.4M
600 single-family
homes electrified
Soft launched program in
November 2024
Soft launched program in
November 2024.
Complete installations for
10 projects.
Home Rebates $10.05M
2,800 homes
fully/partially
electrified
1,700 homes fully/partially
electrified
Cumulative results: 654
HPWH, 1073 HVAC, 70
Induction, 532 prewiring.
Applications launched in
Salesforce.
Hit 2,000 claims. Update
requirements for
appliances. Launch rebate
adders for Milpitas and
Mountain View.
Electrification
Rate Discount
$9.5M
5,000 customers
enrolled
4,200 enrolled
Significant enrollment
growth. NEM analysis
completed. Synthesized
learnings to-date.
Finalize proposals for E-ELEC design revision.
Create timeline for board
presentation.
Member Agency
Grants
$6.5M
13- 18 new member
agency projects
focused on
community
engagement and
capital decarb project
Received 1 noncompetitive
grant application
Launched the
noncompetitive and
competitive grants.
Hold pre-application
webinar for competitive
grant solicitation.
Community
Energy
Resilience
$5.15M
13 agencies complete
projects
5 completed agency
projects
Cupertino received two off-grid EV chargers and trailer to rotate chargers to
different community
locations.
Monitor and reimburse
agencies as projects are
completed.
C&I
Decarbonization
Program
$5M
8,000 metric tons of
CO2e removed
through carbon saving
measures
5 customers enrolled in the
program, 7 “warm” leads
reviewing Agreement
3 onsite energy audits
completed, reports in
development.
Continue on-site energy
audits. First cohort-wide
workshop scheduled for
March 14.
Decarbonization
Demonstration
Grants
$3.2M
8 local public facing
electric projects
1 project complete
Worked with several
agencies to execute grant
extensions to accommodate
project delays.
Support grantee
community engagement
efforts and grant
extensions.
PROGRAMS PORTFOLIO
Active Programs
See Glossary for program descriptions. Title links to program homepage (if available).
Quarterly Report
View our active rebates here. 1
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Name Budget Potential Impact Cumulative Impact To-Date Last Quarter (Update) Next Quarter (Target) Permit
Modernization
$3.2M
13 member agencies
improve
electrification
permitting
Permitting agencies are
briefed and have action
plans in place
Action plans were finalized
in 12 of 13 jurisdictions.
Resources actively deployed
in at least five agencies.
Emergency
Water Heater
Replacement
$2.6M
700 emergency
water heaters
upgraded
Launched program in
November 2024
Launched program in
November 2024.
Complete installations for 10
projects.
CALeVIP 1.0 $2.5M
85 DCFC installed
1,100 L2 installed
10 DCFC installed
319 L2 installed
Continued processing
incentive payments as
installations were
completed.
Continue making payments
to DCFC and L2 projects as
they are completed.
Customer
Resource Center
(eHub)
$2.1M
1.5M email opens
350K unique web
visits
1M email opens (54%
open rate)
393K web visits
Sent emails promoting:
Solar + Battery Assistant
New eHub in PCL
Launched new eHub Nov 18.
Launch EV Finder. Develop
Appliance Marketplace
rebate promotions. Prepare
Go Electric Campaign.
Fast Charger
Incentives
$1.875M
10 DCFC installations
near MUD hotspots
10 of 10 ports are live now (4
sites)
All sites now energized.
Explored ways to support
one site through ownership
transition.
Complete ownership
transition for one site.
Existing Building
Policy
Experiment
$1.9M
Spur action on
building
electrification and
reduce building gas
combustion
Concepts have been
introduced and are no longer
“foreign” and momentum is
building for incorporation
into 2025 Reach Code efffort
Action plans were finalized
in 12 of 13 jurisdictions.
Convene initial regional
workshop for staff on Reach
Code options and
developments.
Contractor
Training
$1.7M
300 contractors
trained
500 graduate
incentives
288 contractors
completed training
187 approved graduate
incentive claims
Significant growth in
registrations and
incentive claims.
Achieve 300 completed
contractor trainings.
EV Rebates $1.5M
600 EV purchase
incentives for income
qualified customers
4 claims paid
Launched program on Oct
19, 2024. Held 2 community
events with CBO partners.
Increase marketing and
education efforts. Hold 2
additional community
education events. Continue
to grow dealership network.
Programs
Marketing Fund
$1M
4,500 new program
participants
Marketing provided for 10
programs. 1,880 program
participants added.
Google Analytics setup
phase 1 completed. See
individual programs for more
detailed updates.
Large Go Electric umbrella
campaign planning with
School of Thought (vendor).
Complete allocation of
marketing fund for 2025.
GridShift EV
Charging and
Rebates
$973K
Bill/emissions savings
and load shifting
capacity
1,601 EVs enrolled (incl.
ChargeWise pilot
participants)
58 charger rebates
Launched ChargeWise pilot
and recruited pilot
participants.
Monitor ChargeWise results
and customer savings. Adjust
dynamic rate adders as
needed.
PROGRAMS PORTFOLIO
Active Programs
View our active rebates here.
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Name Budget Potential Impact
Cumulative Impact
To-Date
Last Quarter (Update) Next Quarter (Target)
Go Electric
Advisor
$892K
3,600 customers use
hotline, 1,200 use tech
assistance, 350 use
electrification plans
714 customers use
service
Record participation in Q4.
Contacts largely driven by
FutureFit Homes participants
with questions on available
incentives and upgrade process.
Increase marketing
campaigns and aim for 400
new contacts.
Business
Rebates
$750K 20-30 SMBs electrified
7 SMBs
fully/partially
electrified
Presented at Cupertino Business
Incentives workshop. Drafted
Consultant Agreement for site
assessment pilot. Processed first
two rebate claims in Salesforce.
Determine project rebate
caps. Award 2 to 4 new
rebates. Present at another
chamber event. Launch site
assessment pilot program.
EV Charging
Planning
$725K
60 assessments,
36 projects done,
250 ports installed
73 applications
(49 completed)
Prepared 4 new site solutions.
Enrolled 1 new property
Expand enrollment through
email and other marketing
channels. Determine and
execute wind-down
strategy.
EM&V $640K
Evaluate 80% of SVCE
programs within 2 years of
launch
11 reports completed
Completed TO6 (EVI) and TO15
(Home Rebate) reports. Set up
new TO for Member Agency
Grants.
Set up TOs for 5 additional
programs.
SV Building
Electrification
Stronger
Together
$600K
Educate stakeholders
about building
electrification
35 new stakeholders
engaged to date
Completed RFP process for
contractor bench. Completed
design of CBO programs bench.
Hold the first contractor
bench focus group. Release
community partnership
grant and conduct
information session.
Decarbonization
Engagement
Grants
$442K
5 communities engage
residents on climate action
topics
1 project complete
Worked with several agencies to
execute extensions to
accommodate project delays.
Monitor and reimburse
agencies as projects move
to completion.
Natural Gas
Phaseout
Feasibility
$300K
Complete 2 whitepapers
to inform local, regional,
and statewide policies
1 whitepaper
(funding
requirements)
completed
Assessed the most challenging
home electrification
configurations and developed
solutions for each.
Finalize technical solutions
analysis report.
Fleet
Electrification
$300K
Complete fleet
electrification and charger
installation planning for 10
fleets
10 fleets in progress
Three (3) agencies have
completed the planning program.
Remaining 7 agencies are
actively proceeding.
Finalize 2 additional agency
engineered plans and
recruit new fleets into the
program.
Lights On Silicon
Valley
Power
Supply
Budget
750 SFH and 5 MF projects
657 enrolled SFH at
outset of delivery
period
Capacity from behind-the-meter
solar and storage projects was
delivered to SVCE.
Continued delivery and
adjustments to dispatch as
needed.
PROGRAMS PORTFOLIO
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Name Budget Potential Impact Last Quarter (Update) Next Quarter (Target) Tariffed On Bill
(TOB) Financing
$5.2M
200 customers finance
electrification
Ongoing pilot design with focus on
billing implementation.
Launch OBF pilot and begin
enrollment.
Community Grants $3.5M
Fund resiliency, engagement, and
decarbonization projects for
schools, community groups, and
non-profits
Divided the larger $10M allocation
into three different program areas.
Explore adding fellow to assist with
program design.
Neighborhood
Electrification
$1.5M
Test model to electrify buildings
within a community. Electrify 15
homes and set plans for 24 homes
Continued pilot program design. Release RFP for vendor.
Workforce
Development
Partnerships
$1.3M
Increase capacity to coordinate
and train skilled workforce for
residential electrification jobs
Continued program design and met
with stakeholders.
Complete program design.
Demand Flexibility
and Virtual Power
Plant programs
$1M
Connectivity to flexible, customer-sided loads to enable bill savings, avoided generation and capacity
costs, reliability and carbon
benefits
Completed competitive solicitation
for demand flexibility services.
Received 16 proposals, reviewed 8 in
depth. Completed 2 rounds of
interviews with 4 firms.
Select firm(s). Develop scopes of work
and program design. Execute
contracts with selected firm(s) for
capacity, flexibility and associated
services.
Innovation Onramp
(EV Charging Pilot)
$1M
Demonstrate innovative and
scalable solutions to reduce the
cost of EV charging for MF
residents.
Received 11 proposals in this grant
cycle. Applications are currently
under review.
Launch 3-4 projects with the selected
vendors.
E-Bike Rebates $500K 450 e-bikes
Program paused due to staffing
constraints.
Determine new timeline and next
steps for program launch.
Innovation Onramp
(Rock Rabbit)
$190K
Pilot an innovative web app to
assist homeowners and contractors
to apply for multiple incentives
simultaneously.
Continued integration of Rock Rabbit
app with SVCE’s internal data tools
and systems.
Soft Launch to small group of
residential customers and contractors
planned for February 2025. Full launch
to all residential customers in late
March/April 2025.
PROGRAMS PORTFOLIO
Planning
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$1,000.0
$2,000.0
$3,000.0
$4,000.0
$5,000.0
Rebates claimed:
Current Level of $ Funds Reserved (in 000s)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Commercial business
Government
Multifamily
School/Nonprofit
Incentive program for L1 and L2 EV charging
infrastructure at multifamily properties
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200
HPWH
HP HVAC
Panel Upgrades
Induction Cooktop
Pre-wiring
Meter Removals
Funds Reserved:
Funds Claimed:
Ports Installed:
Home Rebates
Provide incentives to residents for heat pump
water heaters (HPWH), heat pump HVAC systems,
service panel upgrades, induction cooktops, and
pre-wiring to replace gas appliances.
EV Charging Planning
Assistance in site assessment, preliminary
design, and applying to rebates for charging at
multifamily housing and small and medium
workplace properties.
EV Charging Incentives
Number of Claims
PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTS
5 $1.6M
$4.5M
$789K
166 L1/L2
Rebates reserved:
= 10 Installed EVSE Ports
Cumulative $ Funds Claimed to Date (in 000s)
Cumulative Applications
Completed Assessments
$650k
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Level 2 DCFC
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1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000
6.000
12/21 6/22 12/22 6/23 12/23 6/24 12/24
0 100
200
300
400
500
Reserved
Provide incentives for electric vehicle (EV) chargers
as part of a regional program.
= 25 Level 2 Installations
300 Participants Complete
the Course (Phase 2)
Goal:
Funding: $1.5M
Completions
Contractor Training
Provide financial relief to contractors by
expanding their knowledge of electrification
technologies.
1K Level 2 + 85 DC Fast
Chargers
Goal:
Funding: $11.58M
= 10 Participants Complete Course
Funds Issued = 5 DCFC Installations
456
Remaining Funds
Registrations
288
$3.34M
$700K
$1.52M
$380K
$84K
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$84K
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GridShift EV Charging
Managed EV charging app that optimizes charging
to reduce associated costs and emissions.
Charger Rebates Issued: 58
Number of Enrolled EVs
1,601
Rebate Goal: $30K
Goal:
120 EV Chargers
added to fleet
eHub Report
Online customer resource center to enable
engagement, education and action related to clean
electricity, EVs and home electrification.
393,740
34,579
Unique Visits Return Visits
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Contractor Lunch and Learns
Goal: To engage and reach local contractors who have not heard of SVCE offers and services or those who are aware of our programs but rarely engage.
Results: 41 contractors from our service territory attended our events in Mountain View and Morgan Hill, which were designed as small, intimate lunch-and-learn sessions. We reached our target audience via email, phone calls, and brochures.
Launch of the New and Improved eHub
Goal: Increase accessibility and remove barriers to going electric by improving the user experience (UX).
Tactics: Launched the new eHub mid-November, published a press release, and updated customers via our monthly newsletter and the annual Power Content Label. 8 Item 2
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CONTRACTOR LUNCH & LEARN
Incentives,Networking and New Tools
NOVEMBER 14 & 19
12:00 - 1:30 P.M. REGISTER BELOW
Hello Contractors,
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and your commitment to staying informed about our
programs. We invite you to join one of two upcoming lunch-and-leam events where you can explore current incentives and innovative tools to boost your productivity, save time, and benefit your business with streamlined quotes and rebates. This is also a great opportunity to network with other professionals and engage with leaders in all-electric technologies. Don't miss out on valuable insights to help grow your business and stay up-to-date.
Event Benefits:
1. Complimentary lunch
2. Learn about SVCE and other incentives
3. Network with fellow contractors
(Contractors can only sign up for one of the two events.) Homeowners Renters
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Dream Home at Community Events
Goal: Promote a hands-on, interactive experience with modern electric equipment to demonstrate why customers should replace fossil fuel appliances.
Tactics: SVCE partnered with the San Jose Conservation Corps to design and build the Dream Home, a demonstration trailer featuring a heat pump mini-split, induction cooking, heat pump water heater, and more. In 2024, SVCE brought the Dream Home to ten community events. 9 Item 2
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Community Energy Resilience: Resources (grants) and tools for member agencies to increase individual and collective capacity to adapt to future power outages. Electric Showcase Awards 2.0: Award program to recognize residential, commercial, and non-profits who are early adopters of existing building electrification. Decarbonization Demonstration Grants: Grants to encourage member agencies and other key groups an opportunity to electrify their facilities. Focus on projects with public visibility for education/awareness purposes. Decarbonization Engagement Grants: Grants for member agencies and other key groups to work on smaller electrification engagement initiatives to engage their communities. Electrification Rate Discount: Custom rate to promote building electrification. Existing Building Policy Experimentation: Assess and support potential policy levers that member agencies can explore to mitigate emissions from existing buildings. Feasibility Assessment of Natural Gas Phase Out by 2045: Feasibility study to identify technical, legal, and economic barriers and opportunities for phasing out natural gas service by 2045 in SVCE's service territory. Contractor Training: Training and financial incentive program for contractors to expand their knowledge and installation of electrification technologies. Go Electric Advisor: Comprehensive one-on-one phone or web assistance to SVCE customers to assist them in applying for electrification incentives, technical assistance, or developing a whole-home electrification plan. Home Rebates: Incentives for various building electrification technologies for single- and small multi-family residential customers. Includes major appliances as well as eventual gas meter removal. Business Rebates: Incentives for projects at a handful of small and medium business properties. Multifamily Retrofits (BE Direct Install): Comprehensive building electrification retrofits with a direct installer for multifamily affordable housing sites. Permit Modernization: Benchmark and streamline member agency permitting and inspection processes to identify barriers and opportunities to electrification. Reach Codes 2.0: Provide model building energy codes supportive of all-electric design and EV infrastructure to member agencies along with consultant support. 10 GLOSSARY DEC 24
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CALeVIP: Incentives for L2 and DCFC publicly-accessible EV chargers funded by California Energy Commission and SVCE as part of a regional collaboration. EV Charging Incentives: Incentive program for L1 and L2 EV charging at hard-to-reach multifamily properties. Fleet Electrification Program: Competitive application for SVCE’s fleet electrification planning support and funding for site upgrades targeting a broad set of fleet types. EV Charging Planning: Technical assistance for preliminary site design and pertinent rebates for charging at multifamily housing and small and medium workplace properties. Multifamily Retrofits (TE Direct Install): Comprehensive transportation electrification retrofits with a direct installer for multifamily affordable housing sites. Fast Charger Incentives: Competitive grant application for DCFC installations in “priority zones” that support designated multifamily housing clusters. SVTEC: Regular regional stakeholder meetings focused on information sharing, solving critical issues, and attracting external funding to the SVCE community in support of EV infrastructure deployment.
GLOSSARY
Lights On Silicon Valley: Provide incentives for enrolling solar and battery systems in the SVCE grid services program. Medical Battery Program: Pilot program to deploy ~50 portable batteries to qualified customers who rely on power for medical equipment.
Customer Resource Center (eHub): Online customer resource center and marketplace to enable engagement, education, and action related to clean electricity, EVs, and home electrification.
Mobility
Power Supply
Education & Outreach
Built Environment
SVBEST: Regular regional stakeholder convenings to coordinate program alignment across building decarbonization workstreams. Tariffed On Bill (TOB) Financing: Equitable financing pilot program for electrification for low- moderate income residents focusing cost recovery through on-bill charges that are lower than bill savings.
GridShift EV Charging: Managed EV charging phone app that optimizes charging to reduce associated costs and emissions. Includes incentives for reducing grid peak demand.
Grid Integration
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Staff Report – Item 3
Item 3: Adopt SVCE’s Power Purchase Agreement Project Selection Policy From: Monica Padilla, CEO
Prepared by: Bena Chang, Director of Government and Legislative Affairs Date: 4/9/2025
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board of Directors (Board) adopt the Power Purchase Agreement Project Selection Policy (Policy).
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
The Executive Committee met February 28, 2025 and discussed the proposed Policy, which took into account initial feedback provided at a previous Executive Committee meeting in June 2024, and stakeholder communications. Following a robust discussion, committee members voted unanimously to provide advice to staff regarding the policy and to define the charter of the Policy as seemed operationally most fitting. The Executive Committee was also in agreement that the Policy was viewed as aspirational in nature and not explicit requirements. The details of the advice and direction provided by the Executive Committee are outlined below in the ‘Background’ section.
BACKGROUND
In May of 2023, SVCE staff presented a workforce strategy to the Executive Committee. The Committee provided feedback that SVCE should play a supporting versus leading role on workforce development for the utility sector in general. The Committee also indicated interest in supporting local workforce development efforts for building and transportation electrification and having SVCE enhance the work of existing stakeholders in this space including unions, community colleges, workforce development agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
SVCE has engaged in several activities to support local decarbonization workforce development through its programs. This includes choosing to require that prevailing wages be paid to workers doing installation work for its single-family electrification direct installation program – even though it did not fall under state prevailing wage requirements. Through SVCE’s contractor training program, more than 280 contractors have received online training on residential electrification and electric appliances. Program participants receive $500 for completing the 5-hour training and also get $500 when they complete an installation for an SVCE customer through SVCE’s customer rebate program (up to 10 per year). SVCE also offers contractors from the training program $5,000 to install a qualifying electric appliance in their own home or business in SVCE territory to get first-hand experience with using one day-to-day. In 2024, the Board approved $1.3 million for workforce partnerships that would also serve to prepare the region for Bay Area Air District’s rules around water heaters and furnaces. In February of 2025, SVCE began convening a group of contractors, a first-of-its-kind effort, to hear directly from them about the barriers to completing home electrification projects. These efforts will provide important context for regional workforce readiness and serve as a basis for future policy and programmatic approaches to maximize the benefits of electrification for SVCE customers.
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Agenda Item: 3 Agenda Date: 4/9/2025
In June of 2024, SVCE staff presented an update on the workforce strategy and a draft Power Purchase Agreement Project Selection Policy to the Executive Committee. The Policy would be applied by staff as part of the process of acquiring energy and capacity resources for new build or substantial repower projects involving construction labor. Projects considered for Power Purchase Agreements will be evaluated based on best portfolio fit and value while considering, regulatory mandates, reliability, risk mitigation, and other relevant factors that are listed in the Policy. All Power Purchase Agreements are brought to the Board for approval.
The major elements in the Policy include contributions to SVCE’s mission, workforce development, technology diversity, location, environmental stewardship, and community engagement.
Since the June 2024 Executive Committee meeting, SVCE staff conducted outreach with environmental and labor stakeholders including Working Partnerships USA, IBEW 332, Santa Clara and San Benito Building Trades Council, South Bay Labor Council, CCA Workforce and Environmental Justice Alliance, San Francisco Electrical Construction Industry, and Center for Sustainable Neighborhoods to gather feedback on the proposed Policy.
As a result of stakeholder input, staff incorporated changes into the proposed Policy including:
1) Workforce Standards: Updated the policy to include a structured framework with high, medium, and low preferences for projects that have a Project Labor Agreement (high), prevailing wage (medium), and other workforce measures (low).
2) Environmental Considerations in Project Siting: Included a preference for projects located in previously disturbed or urban sites.
3) Community Engagement: Included a preference for projects and developers that commit to ongoing and meaningful engagement with the local community.
4) Reporting: Added reporting on the results of the Policy in the annual California Public Utilities’ GO 156 Supplier Diversity Report.
5) California Community Power: Added language that makes it explicit that SVCE will use the Policy to decide whether to participate in joint procurement at California Community Power, a Joint Powers Authority SVCE participates in with other CCAs.
The Policy also reflects direction from the November 2024 Board of Directors meeting to include a greenhouse gas emissions evaluation as part of the Board’s goal to move towards a clean portfolio.
At the February 28, 2025, Executive Committee Meeting, stakeholders requested additional changes to the Policy. The Executive Committee directed staff to incorporate the following additions to the Policy:
1) Local Hires: Research an appropriate target percentage goal for developers on local hires. Add this percentage goal to the highest priority category under Workforce Development. a. Staff partnered with Working Partnerships to review percentages in existing Project Labor Agreement Contracts. Most Project Labor Agreements had a 30% local hire percentage based on the median, which is included as the updated target goal. 2) Hiring from Workforce Pipeline Programs: Research an appropriate target percentage goal for developers on hires from Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3)-certified construction careers training and placement programs. Add this percentage goal to the highest priority category under Workforce Development.
a. Staff partnered with Working Partnerships to review percentage goals in existing Project Labor Agreement Contracts. Most Project Labor Agreements had a 5% percentage hiring from workforce pipeline programs based on the median, which is included as the updated target goal. MC3s exist nationwide.
3) Apprentices: Add developers that use apprentices to the medium priority project preference under Workforce Development. Research whether one apprentice hour per every 5 hours of journeywork per craft is an appropriate target.
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a. Staff removed the specificity of the one hour per every 5 hours. This will provide some flexibility for developers while preserving the intent of encouraging developers to use apprentices at the ratios required for public works projects.
The Executive Committee declined to accept the other changes the stakeholders proposed, which included:
1) Location Preference: Stakeholders requested the following redlines to the staff’s proposed Policy:
a. SVCE priorities projects within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) balancing authority and/or certified deliverability to the CAISO in accordance with the following:
1) Projects within SVCE’s service territory.
2) Projects within the CAISO balancing authority. Projects that are located in the state of California and interconnect with the CAISO.
3) Projects with the ability to interconnect with the CAISO balancing authority. Projects that interconnect with the CAISO.
4) Projects with the ability to interconnect with the CAISO balancing authority. 5) All other projects.
Staff’s feedback was that the stakeholders’ proposal would further constrain preference to projects that are inside California and within CAISO. Currently, there are areas within California that are not part of CAISO as well as areas in Nevada that are in CAISO. All projects within CAISO are treated the same by the balancing authority, and the same advantage in lower project complexity applies to projects in and outside of California as long as they are within the balancing authority. The stakeholder’s proposal would disadvantage projects in Nevada that are part of CAISO like the Yellow Pine solar + storage project and would be a departure from the statewide Renewable Portfolio Standard’s Portfolio Content Category (PCC1) bucket system. 2) Environmental Stewardship: The stakeholders requested additional language on projects that are in earlier stages of the entitlement process that have “adequately assessed likely impacts and addressed potential mitigants to sensitive habitat or environmentally sensitive areas, as for instance by committing to compliance with applicable Habitat Conservation Plans,” and to give preference to developers that “commit to measurable offset efforts within the vicinity of the proposed project.” On the first point, staff sees implementation challenges with the “adequately assessed” language, which is vague. On the second point, “measurable offset efforts” are often included in the “enforceable development agreement” that is already a part of the Policy. 3) Additional Changes: The Executive Committee also declined to accept a number of other redlines from the stakeholders including adding licensed electricians as required by state law since this is something already required by state law, wording changes to strike “all else being equal,” changing “maximize Regulatory and Market Value” to “deliver Best Value,” changing “entitlement and construction processes” to “project lifecycle,” etc.
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
SVCE’s power supply business is highly regulated. The regulations SVCE is mandated to meet are complex and can include prescriptive orders. SVCE needs to maximize the value of power purchase agreements to keep energy affordable for customers and to stay competitive in a tight renewable market where SVCE competes for resources not just from other CCAs, but from Investor-Owned Utilities and municipal utilities that are constrained by similar procurement policies.
The Policy strikes a balance between the need to meet regulatory, market value, best fit considerations with additional policy goals around workforce development, environmental stewardship, and community engagement. If approved, the Policy will be used to in the evaluation of future solicitations for potential Power Purchase Agreements.
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STRATEGIC PLAN
The Policy aligns with the Strategic Plan Focus Area No. 2 to “Expand Clean and Reliable Grid Actions” and Goal No. 2, “Long-term, target for 100% clean energy annually by building a balanced portfolio with consideration for both affordability and reliability while exploring long-term pathways to clean power supply.”
ALTERNATIVE
The Board could advise staff to modify or not adopt a Project Selection Policy.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Updated Proposed Power Purchase Agreement Project Selection Policy Item 3
ATTACHMENT 1: POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROJECT
SELECTION POLICY
I. POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT (PPA) PROJECT SELECTION POLICY The PPA Project Selection Policy (“Policy”) shall be applied as part of the process of acquiring energy and capacity resources for new build, or substantial repower projects involving construction labor, in front of the meter electricity generation, or storage resources where SVCE does not own, develop or construct the generation or storage facility. Projects considered for PPAs will be evaluated based on best portfolio fit and value while considering regulatory mandates, reliability, risk mitigation, and other relevant factors including the following all else being equal goals:
A. Contributions to SVCE’s Mission
1. Assessment and evaluation of proposed projects to ensure SVCE is able to meet its mission of providing clean, reliable and affordable energy.
2. Assessment and evaluation of proposed projects’ operational performance and market economics to ensure selected projects maximize Regulatory and Market Value to SVCE and its
customers.
3. Assessment and evaluation of projects to minimize risk to SVCE and its customers through effective location, Counterparty and technology diversification and management of Development Risk B. Workforce Development
SVCE is committed to stimulating its local economy through, among other measures, supporting projects committing to applying prevailing wage rates as required by law, and supporting a local Skilled and Trained Workforce with construction work performed by appropriate Journeypersons and Apprentices from a state-approved apprenticeship training program.
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1. SVCE will prioritize Power Purchase Agreements where:
a) Highest priority projects will commit to a multi-trade project labor agreement with additional preference given to projects committing to a target of 30% local hire and a target of 5% hiring from workforce pipeline programs.
b) Medium priority projects will commit to:
(1) Using prevailing hourly wage and benefit rates
as determined by the California Department of
Industrial Relations for California projects and state
or federal prevailing wage and benefit rates,
whichever is higher, for out-of-state projects.
(2) Additional preference will be given to projects
that use apprentices at the same ratio of apprentice
hours to journeyperson hours as required for public
works projects under Section 1777.5 of the California
Labor Code.
c) Low priority projects may demonstrate other
commitments to local workforce development.
C. Technology Diversity
SVCE recognizes the importance of diversifying technology in its portfolio to minimize risk.
1. All else being equal, SVCE will prioritize projects that will diversify technologies in its current portfolio, provide local reliability, provide SVCE a competitive advantage, and/or reduce costs for SVCE customers while remaining cost competitive with established market alternatives.
D. Location
SVCE prioritizes projects within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and/or certified deliverability to the CAISO in accordance with the following:
1. Projects within SVCE’s service territory.
2. Projects within the CAISO balancing authority.
3. Projects with the ability to interconnect with the CAISO balancing authority.
4. All other projects.
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E. Environmental Stewardship
SVCE is committed to leading by providing customers with energy that delivers benefits for air, water, and the natural environment while avoiding impacts to important lands, species, and waters. Without diminishing or interfering with permitting, land use or development requirements of any authority with jurisdiction including local, state, and federal agencies, SVCE prioritizes projects:
1. That are proposed on urban or previously disturbed sites; and
2. Where the developer and local land use authority have established an enforceable development agreement which, in part, sets forth measures to mitigate impacts to sensitive habitats or environmentally sensitive areas.
F. Community Engagement
SVCE will prioritize projects that:
1. Demonstrate contact and collaboration with the local community organizations and stakeholder groups representing a broad diversity of demographics and interests, particularly low income and environmental justice communities, to identify and address benefits and impacts of projects and ensure project benefits are communicated and accessible to the local community.
2. Commit to meaningful engagement with local communities throughout the entitlement and construction processes to identify and address benefits and impacts of projects and ensure project benefits are communicated and accessible to the local community.
G. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impact
SVCE will evaluate greenhouse gas emissions of project proposals and prioritize projects that minimize emissions on the grid and SVCE’s portfolio.
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II. REPORTING AND CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY POWER
A. Reporting
SVCE will assess project proposals in accordance with this Project Selection Policy and report to the SVCE Board of Directors the results of such assessment at the time of the project approval. SVCE will compile and report data and metrics, as appropriate, through the annual GO 156 Supplier Diversity report.
B. California Community Power
SVCE will consider the Power Purchase Agreement Project Selection Policy when it is determining whether to participate in joint procurement at California Community Power.
III. DEFINITIONS
A. Regulatory Value: The value of project’s anticipated ability to satisfy SVCE’s regulatory compliance requirements such as Resource Adequacy, Renewable Portfolio Standard, integrated resource planning, and other binding orders or directives received from regulatory bodies.
B. Market Value: The project’s projected revenues across all relevant day-ahead real-time, ancillary, and other markets. Market Value shall also assess a project’s ability to manage, shift, or arbitrage existing SVCE generation to maximize revenue and renewable energy generation on behalf of SVCE and its customers.
C. Counterparty Risk: The risk that a counterparty will fail to perform, or adequately remedy, its obligations. Counterparty Risk is inclusive of Development Risk.
D. Development Risk: The risk that the project is unable to obtain interconnection, deliverability, site control, entitlements, financing, or other necessary development milestones required to deliver the project on or ahead of the anticipated online date.
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E. Power Purchase Agreements: An agreement that provides for new build or substantial repower projects but wherein SVCE’s participation in the project is limited to receiving energy and any applicable attribute at a set price and term. This includes power purchase agreements, energy storage agreements, resource adequacy only agreements, or other energy product agreements.
F. Journeyperson: Is a worker who either:
1. Graduated from a California state-approved apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation or, when located outside California, approved for federal purposes pursuant to
apprenticeship regulations adopted by the Secretary of Labor, or
2. Has at least as many hours of on-the-job experience in an applicable occupation as would be required to graduate from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that is approved by the California Division of Apprenticeship Standards.
G. Skilled and Trained Workforce: means a workforce in which:
1. All workers performing work in apprentice-able occupations in the building and construction trades are either skilled Journeypersons or Apprentices registered in an apprentice program approved by the Chief of the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, as defined in Chapter 2.9 of Part 1 of Division 2 of the California Public Contracts Code.
H. Local Hire: A qualified worker that meets one of the following criteria in descending priority:
1. A resident within the nearest communities in proximity to the project, by a radius as reasonably determined on a project-by-project basis. Such radius will target a distance that is within reasonable daily commuting distance.
2. A resident within the county where the project is constructed.
I. Workforce Pipeline Program Hires: means an individual who is a participant in a workforce pipeline program which:
1. Partners with a structured, Multi-Craft Core Curriculum (MC3)-certified construction careers training and placement program or programs that Item 3
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recruits, supports, and places targeted workers in skilled construction trades; and
2. Creates opportunities for certified MC3 graduates to enter Registered Apprenticeship Programs and/or obtain work hours needed to successfully complete their apprenticeship.
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Staff Report – Item 4
Item 4: Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to Execute Contracts with Kings Community Action Organization and Self-Help Enterprises in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,500,000 from the Hanford Hybrid Plant Emissions Mitigation Fund From: Monica Padilla, CEO
Prepared by: Pamela Leonard, Deputy Director of Marketing & Communications Juliette Pascual, Community Outreach Specialist
Date: 4/9/2025
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (“SVCE”) Board of Directors (“Board”) authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute the necessary contracts with Kings Community Action Organization and Self-Help Enterprises to disburse and administer funds from the Hanford Hybrid Plant Emissions Mitigation Fund (“Fund”) for a total amount not-to-exceed $1,500,000, as follows:
1. Kings Community Action Organization (KCAO) $300,000 for weatherization programs; and
2. Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) up to $1,200,000 for electrification and decarbonization measures The two proposed funding recipients are consistent with the Board-approved Hanford Hybrid Plant Emissions Mitigation Fund Guidelines (approved via Resolution 2024-09, linked here: SVCE Resolution 2024-09). If staff’s recommendation is approved, $300,000 will remain in the Fund.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
At the March 28, 2025 Executive Committee meeting, staff presented a proposals to the committee to recommend the Board delegate authority to the CEO to enter into contracts with two non-profit organizations that serve Kings County. The Executive Committee expressed unanimous support for the proposed projects and provided input on the recommended partner projects and budget. The Executive Committee voted to recommend the Board authorize the CEO to execute contracts with KCAO in an amount of $300,000 over two years and to SHE in an amount up to $1,200,000.
BACKGROUND
During the April 12, 2023 Board meeting, the Board approved Resolution Number 2023-06, which delegated authority to the SVCE CEO to execute a Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) for the Hanford Hybrid Power Plant. The Hanford plant is a hybrid natural gas peaker power plant (“peaker”) and battery energy storage system that SVCE contracted with for twelve years to ensure that SVCE can meet its Resource Adequacy program obligations as mandated by California and to assist with meeting SVCE’s procurement obligations under the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Mid-term Reliability procurement order. California’s Resource Adequacy program ensures load-serving entities in California have contracted with enough capacity for the grid to be able to meet peak demand conditions. However, this capacity has been in short supply in recent years, which resulted in California facing reliability challenges in 2020 and 2022, especially during heatwaves.
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The existing gas plant in Hanford would still be part of the state’s fleet of natural gas power plants, even without SVCE contracting with the project. The benefit is that SVCE’s contract with the facility enabled the addition of adding a battery energy storage system to reduce the run time of the gas plant as the battery will be called on first to offer the reliability benefits. Natural gas peaker facilities are needed to operate the grid under stressed conditions, such as the hottest summer days when the demand for power is high. These gas facilities are still going to be utilized over the next decade or longer until enough battery capacity and other clean solutions are built, which will ultimately enable meeting the state’s 100% clean energy mandate.
SVCE expects to only dispatch the natural gas peaking facility portion of the hybrid plant when the California Independent System Operator market signals it is needed. The projected dispatch is expected to result in 5,000 MT of CO2 being emitted per year at the start of the plant’s contract period. SVCE staff has examined the utilization rates of the peaker portion of the hybrid plant and found that run hours will decline over the contract period. Staff expect that this could result in the yearly emissions decreasing over time, especially as the battery energy storage system displaces the gas plant.
Due to the expectation that even with the batteries there will still be some emissions from the facility due to the gas peaker dispatching, the Board directed staff to develop a policy and/or guidelines to set aside funds for programs and/or projects to mitigate emissions associated with energy produced by the plant. At the May 8, 2024, Board meeting, the Board adopted Resolution 2024-09, approving the Hanford Hybrid Power Plant Emission Guidelines.
The adopted guidelines authorize a one-time funding allocation to be used on local programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to be administered during the twelve years of the Hanford plant’s operations under its contract with SVCE. Additionally, the guidelines recommend that staff seek approval for a funding allocation range between $750,000 to $1.8 million, and the CEO is authorized to disburse up to $1.8 million from the Hanford Mitigation Fund. The guidelines specify that the funds are to be deployed to benefit low-income or disadvantaged communities in Kings County, the geographical region where the Hanford Hybrid Power Plant is located. Also, the guidelines specify that staff will engage local stakeholders to help determine the local priorities for how the funds could be best utilized.
As directed by the adopted guidelines, staff researched and interviewed local organizations about community needs and existing programs to identify project proposals that meet the fund requirement of mitigating emissions from energy or transportation use.
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
Stakeholder Engagement and Community Priorities
To identify appropriate projects to fund, staff sought community input from local organizations that serve Kings County. Staff researched and contacted about a dozen different organizations, and met with four that have programs aligned with the goals and guidelines in the Hanford Mitigation Fund. This includes an effort to connect with the County Administrator’s Office, but no connection was established. The interviews used a common set of questions to help understand the organization’s alignment to the SVCE goals, their experience, capacity and funding sources. The groups included California Health Collaborative, Central Valley Community Fund, Self-Help Enterprises, and Kings Community Action Organization (KCAO). Each of these organizations is a nonprofit with ongoing initiatives in Kings County and the greater San Joaquin Valley region.
In these conversations, the nonprofit organizations referenced past and recent community needs assessments and their reports indicated that one of the primary residential concerns is energy affordability and utilities assistance. Specifically, affordable housing, food insecurity, home repairs and employment were also top community priorities.
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Recommended Partners
Staff identified the organizations with programs that most align with both the needs of the local community and the SVCE emission mitigation goals. These were Kings Community Action Organization (KCAO) and Self-Help Enterprises (SHE). KCAO, a federally designated anti-poverty agency, offers direct services including childcare, crisis support, utility assistance, and more. In addition to providing energy bill assistance, KCAO also offers weatherization services to approximately 100 homes per year. With funding from SVCE, they can increase their capacity to serve additional homes, helping more income-qualified Kings County residents save money and increase their energy efficiency. The benefits of energy efficiency include lower bills through lower usage and increased comfort.
SHE is a housing-focused organization that works with low-income families. Their work spans a variety of programs to build affordable housing, provide financial assistance, offer emergency services, and encourage sustainable local development. They have several ongoing electrification initiatives and hope to prepare Kings County and the greater region for the future as California continues to move toward all-electric buildings and away from the sale of polluting gas equipment in homes. In discussions with SHE, three project areas were identified: the Community Energy Navigator program, multifamily affordable housing electrification readiness and an Electrification and Education Hub at a new affordable housing property. With funding from SVCE, these programs allow SHE to conduct electrification outreach to affordable housing residents and make upgrades that encourage others to make electric-ready preparations.
Staff determined that these two organizations would have the capacity to deploy funds, are well-known in the region, would be responsive and easy to work with, and had strong mission alignment with SVCE. There was also a need to only select one or two partners to simplify the administration of the fund for SVCE staff.
Further, the projects proposed by these organizations fit well with the Board’s direction.
During conversations with these community stakeholders, staff concluded that funding these two programs would be complementary in that they will address both perception/awareness and actual beneficial electrification. KCAO clients have shared that their unwillingness to adopt electric appliances stems in part from bill impact concerns and other common electrification myths. SHE, through their work leading outreach for a CPUC pilot program to electrify rural properties to move away from propane heating, is passionate about enabling an equitable transition to a clean energy future for all. SHE’s focus on outreach is to address residents’ electrification concerns as well as provide trainings on how to properly operate and maintain electric equipment so that users are optimizing their devices to match time of use rates and running efficiently. SHE hopes to use the learnings from their work to inform future projects in the other eight counties they serve throughout the San Joaquin Valley.
Funding Recommendation
Staff recommends a funding allocation of $1.5 million from the Hanford Hybrid Plant Emissions Mitigation Fund. The funding breakdown per organization is as follows:
Kings Community Action Organization (KCAO)
$300k will be allocated to KCAO for their home weatherization program. The current program is primarily funded from federal grants from the Department of Energy and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Under their current funding amount, which has already been received for 2025, they are able to serve approximately 80 homes with an average cost of ~$5,600 per home. SVCE funds can assist with reaching up to 100 homes each year, over a two-year period.
Self-Help Enterprises (SHE)
Approximately $1.2 million will be allocated to SHE to fund electrification outreach and readiness initiatives across three program areas, over five years. Staff will continue to work with the organizations to refine and adjust the scopes, within the bounds of the contract, to optimize the implementation and success of these program areas.
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• Community Energy Navigators (CENs): Employs local people to help enroll residents in energy efficiency programs and educate the broader community on energy incentives, EVs and use of electric tech.
o Budget: $438,000 over five years
o Benefit: Learn more about how can help reach low-income customers to participate in energy programs and offer long-term electrification education. • Lincoln Plaza Electrification Readiness: Electrification of the community building at an existing affordable housing community in Hanford.
o Budget: $243,650 for one year
o Benefit: Utilize community building as an education center and location for CENs to conduct workshops and community education.
• Lakeview Terrace: Planned affordable housing development in Corcoran; funding to be used for electrification and smart technologies.
o Budget: $395,000 through 2030
o Benefit: Education center to serve as central community space to educate low-income residents and the surrounding community about electrification through events and workshops.
Reporting Requirements
The Hanford Fund Guidelines require staff to report on the progress of the fund disbursements one year after the first disbursement and annually thereafter until the fund is exhausted. Staff will report on whether funding was able to be disbursed, the programs the funding was used for, and whether disbursements from the fund are still pertinent to accomplishing the goals of the fund. Additional reporting requirements will be determined throughout the contracting process and this information will be reported annually to the Board of Directors in the Board packet. If there are unexpected challenges or issues, staff will work to resolve them and may choose to propose changes to how the funds are allocated to the Board for approval.
STRATEGIC PLAN
The proposed programs align with the Board-adopted strategic plan for the following goals:
Goal 4: Acquire power supply resources in a cost-effective manner to meet legislative and regulatory obligations, Board directives and customer specific products.
Goal 8: Engage customers and community stakeholders to build trust of SVCE and advance decarbonization.
ALTERNATIVE
If the contracts with one or both organizations are not approved, staff can return to the Board with alternative project proposals with KCAO and/or Self-Help Enterprises. If directed, staff can also identify alternative organizations and programs to fund.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Board approved funds up to $1.8 million for the Hanford Mitigation Fund as approved in the adopted Fiscal Year 2024-2025 budget.
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Item 5: Regionalization Overview
From: Monica Padilla, CEO
Prepared by: Andrea Pizano, Sr. Executive Assistant and Board Clerk Date: 4/9/2025
RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board of Directors (Board) receive an overview on regionalization and how it impact’s SVCE’s mission.
This is an informational discussion item; no action requested.
ATTACHMENTS
The PowerPoint presentation for this item will be posted to SVCE’s website.
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Item 6: Local Agency Action Planning
From: Monica Padilla, CEO
Prepared by: Zoe Elizabeth, Director of Decarbonization Policy and Community Strategies Date: 4/9/2025
RECOMMENDATION
Staff requests that the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board of Directors (Board) receive an update on the Local Agency Action Planning initiative that supports member agency efforts to electrify existing buildings and modernize permitting.
BACKGROUND
In late 2023, SVCE launched two complementary programs to help member agencies sensibly expand the decarbonization of local buildings and prepare for upcoming rules that will limit the sale of gas appliances. The two programs, Permit Modernization and Policy Experimentation, provide $4M in technical resources and support to help member agencies adopt local policies and improve permit practices that enable the adoption of local policies that support the transition to fossil-free buildings.
Staff is supporting member agencies with core technical assistance and developing customized plans that meet each jurisdiction's unique needs and goals. These efforts will be discussed in more detail at the Board meeting.
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION
SVCE staff will address the analysis as a presentation to the Board.
STRATEGIC PLAN
The proposal supports SVCE’s Strategic Plan Goal 7, “Support all SVCE communities to decarbonize through local investments that reduce barriers and demonstrate sensible, scalable, and equitable solutions.”
FISCAL IMPACT
N/A
ATTACHMENTS
The presentation for this item is posted to the SVCE website.
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