Valley Clean Energy Board Meeting – May 12, 2022
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Item 13 – Legislative Update 1
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Background
• VCE Legislative Platform - 2022
• Adopted Annually (Dec 2021)
• Consistent with VCE Vision/Mission/Strategic Plan
• Informs Legislative Positions and Communications
• Legislative Positions Consistent with Platform
• Bills Categorized by Priority
• Priority 1: Focused Engagement – Direct Connection to VCE Mission/Strategic Plan Goals • Priority 2: Active Engagement/Monitoring – Issues Related to VCE Mission/Strategic Plan Goals • Priority 3: Monitoring - Minimal Direct or Indirect impact on VCE Mission/Strategic Plan Goals but Warrant Monitoring as they Address Broader Energy, Utility, Climate and Sustainability Topics • Generally Align with CalCCA Positions and work Directly with CalCCA Legislative Team 3 Item 13 – Legislative Update
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Covid and the Capitol
• Some Committees requiring lead witness testimony in person. • At least one committee has eliminated phone option entirely. • Legislators back to carrying a full bill load.
• Some in-person meetings
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Money Pouring In – State Budget is Flush
• Surplus anticipated to reach $68 billion
• May Revise to be released any day
• Done in June?
• What’s available for clean energy programs
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Key Bills
• SB 1020 (Laird, Atkins) – Leadership Supported Bill
• 2035: 90% Carbon Free Energy | 2040: 95% Carbon Free Energy • Electricity serving the state to be 100% carbon free by 2030 • California Affordable Decarbonization Authority
• SB 881 (Min) – Integrated Resource Plans – Sen. Appropriations • AB 1814 (Grayson) – CalCCA sponsored bill – no hearing • SB 1287 (Bradford) – CCA financial security requirement – no hearing 6 Item 13 – Legislative Update
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Bills Being Tracked - Active
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Bill/Author/
VCE Priority
Description Status (5/12) Current Position:
VCE/CalCCA
SB 881 (Min)/1 Integrated Resource Plans Sen. Appropriations Oppose Unless Amended
SB 1020 (Laird, Atkins)/1 Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022 Sen. Appropriations Watch/Support AB 1814 (Grayson)/1 Transportation Electrification: CCAs Dead Support/Sponsor SB 1287 (Bradford)/1 CCAs/ESPs: Financial Security Requirements Dead Oppose/Oppose AB 1944 (Lee)/2 Local Government: Open and Public Meetings Asm. Floor Support/None AB 2316 (Ward)/2 Community Renewable Energy Program Asm. Appropriations Watch/Watch AB 2399 (Mayes)/2 Provider of Last Resort: Exit Retail Service Dead Watch/Watch Note: Priority 1: Focused Engagement
Priority 2: Active Engagement/Monitoring
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Bills Being Tracked - Active
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Bill/Author/
VCE Priority
Description Status (5/12) Current
Position:
VCE/CalCCA
AB 2587 (E. Garcia)/2 Procurement: Firm Renewable Energy Resources & Firm Zero-Carbon Resources
Asm. Appropriations Watch/Watch
AB 2296 (E. Garcia)/2 Transmission Planning Asm. Appropriations Watch/Watch AB 2878 (Aguiar-Curry)/2 Forest Biomass Waste Utilization Program Asm. Appropriations Watch/None SB 833 (Dodd)/2 Community Energy Resilience Act of 2022 Sen. Appropriations Support/Watch SB 839 (Dodd)/2 Demand Response Sen. Appropriations Watch/Watch SB 852(Dodd)/2 Climate Resilience Districts Sen. Appropriations Watch/None SB 1158 (Becker)/2 GHG Emission Reporting: Hourly Disclosures Sen. Appropriations Watch/Watch Valley Clean Energy Board Meeting - May 12, 2022
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Item 14 – Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program 9
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] 11 Item 14 – Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program
VCE’s Strategic Plan (Nov 2020):
Goal 3) Prioritize VCE’s community benefits and increase customer satisfaction and retention Goal 4) Promote and deploy local decarbonization and grid innovation programs to improve grid stability, reliability, community energy resilience, and safety VCE’s 3-Year Programs Plan (June 2021):
1) Promote the electrification of transportation, residential and commercial buildings, and agricultural operations.
2) Encourage and incentivize energy efficiency, demand response flexibility, and resiliency.
Active VCE Programs:
1) Energy efficiency ME+O
2) SACOG Grant– Electric vehicle charging infrastructure 3) AgFIT – Automation; dynamic prices
4) Heat Pump Pilot – home energy rebates; contractor ME+O Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Background & Context:
Nat’l, Statewide push toward transportation
electrification
• Five Million Zero Emission Vehicles on the road in CA by 2030 (E.O. B-48-18)
• All new cars and passenger trucks sold in CA must be
Zero Emission Vehicles by 2035 (E.O. N-79-20)
The number of EV registered in CA totals to 930,811
vehicles , with 425,300 being all electric – as of Jun 2021 12 Item 14 – Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program
Requested Action: Review and approve Phase 1 of Valley Clean Energy’s Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] • The California Air Resources Board identified that nearly 35% of the State’s emissions are from the transportation sector – High need to decarbonize our transportation • US has seen EV sales nearly double from 308,000 in 2020 to 608,000 in 2021 13 Item 14 – Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Program Design:
Rebates and tax credits available; VCE’s pilot
designed to stack and demystify the process
Phased approach
• Phase 1: Streamlined and simplified. Providing
rebates based on proof from customer of
other (vetted) rebate program
• Phase 2: Reevaluate approach after Phase 1 to
potentially include used/leased vehicles,
Point-of-Sale (POS) rebates, etc.
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Total: $5,250
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Recommended Approach:
Align with Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP)
• Apply within 3 months after purchase (if under
“high earners cap”); higher rebates for income-qualified customers Staff recommends alignment with CVRP
because…
• Funding is available
• Incorporates income eligibility criteria, with
differing rebate amounts
• Includes a luxury vehicle cap
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] 16 Item 14 – Electric Vehicle Rebate Pilot Program
Resource Source Proposed Budget $ Remaining in
Program Funds
Rebates Programs
Budget
$80,000
Marketing,
Education &
Advertising
Programs
Budget
$10,000
Consultants (if
applicable)
Programs
Budget
$10,000**
Total $100,000 $124,000
Proposed Budget:
**Amount would be reallocated to customer rebates should staff not need additional program support Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Rebates:
Estimating to provide nearly 30 rebates to our
customers
• Assuming 25% of funds go to income
qualified applicants - $4,000 rebate
• Assuming all standard applicants purchased
BEVs - $2,500 rebate
Based on evidence from another CCA…
• Around 4-5 applications will be submitted
and processed per month
• Program funding expected to last between
7-8 months
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Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Program Equity: Ensuring that income-qualified customers have equitable access to rebates Staff is recommending:
1. Income-qualified customer applications are given priority and processed before standard applications.
2. Income-qualified applicants fill out a VCE rebate interest form and VCE would consider these rebate funds “on hold” for a period of time, providing time for their CVRP application to be processed.
3. Allocate 25% of rebate funds in Phase 1 for income-qualified applicants. 6 months after program launch, the funds would be released for all applications.
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Total:
$14,250
Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] Next Steps:
• Develop full list of eligibility
criteria with terms and
conditions
• Expand marketing,
outreach, and education
materials
• Outline and establish
customer application
process
• Implement program
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