Item 9
VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE
Staff Report – Item 9
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Alisa Lembke, Board Clerk / Administrative Analyst SUBJECT: Community Advisory Committee April 28, 2022 Meeting Summary DATE: May 12, 2022
This report summarizes the Community Advisory Committee’s meeting held via Zoom webinar on Thursday, April 28, 2022.
A. Reviewed and considered making a recommendation to the Board on approving Phase 1 of VCE’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program. Staff presented highlights of the program design, implementation and fiscal impacts of Phase 1 of the Electric Vehicle (EV) Rebates program which is focused on stacking VCE’s rebate on top of other available rebates and tax credits. The CAC discussed with Staff: potential caps on the distribution of funds to non-low-income customers, future phases of the program, outreach efforts, target audiences, eligibility, and market demand study. After Staff received additional feedback and suggestions, the CAC recommended that the Board adopt Phase 1 of VCE’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program (7-0-0).
B. Received information on VCE load and power costs forecasting. Staff provided a summary on load and power costs used to forecast VCE’s energy, resource adequacy (RA), renewable portfolio standard positions, as well as multiple regulatory filings. Staff reviewed retail load by customer class, historical temperature data within VCE’s territory, impact of electric vehicle adoption and building electrification, load forecast process and submittals, implications of an inaccurate forecast, and power cost modeling. The CAC asked questions and discussed with Staff: forecast reconciliation, fulfilling and meeting load profile, how “seasonality” and weather , such as heat waves and/or unanticipated warmer temperatures during the fall/winter, are incorporated within forecast, frequency of adjustments, program planning to reduce customer electricity usage during peak hours, short term energy prices, net energy metering, and electric vehicle to grid integration.
Staff will present information on forecasting - revenues and budget at the CAC’s May meeting.