Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Meeting – September 10, 2026 Item 15 – California Community Power (CC Power) Update
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3 California Community
Power
A joint-action tool for VCE
Alex Morris, General Manager
September 10, 2026
4 Members
5 Joint Action Model
Joint-action is an established model in power procurement and utility services. • Value proposition: Derisk, lower costs, deal-flow, special access, strategic impact
• Joint-Action Areas
• Power projects
• Bulk Buys
• Services
• Other strategic activities
• “Owned and Controlled” by Member-CCAs
• Cafeteria-menu approach
6 VCE Participation
VCE has been part of CC Power since 2021.
• Signed Power Contracts
• Tumbleweed 8-hour Energy Storage (Online 2026)
• Fish Lake Geothermal (2027)
• Ormat Geothermal Portfolio (2027)
• Willow Rock 8-hour Compressed Air Energy Storage (2030) • Future Project Pursuits
• Additional Geothermal projects
• Annual Solicitations (2025, 2026)
• Other
• Bulk Buys (Information, Data Sets, Trainings)
7 Strategic Priorities (2026-2030)
CC Power’s joint-action complements members’ operations. • Area #1: Bulk Power Projects
• Example: Fulfilling regulatory obligation to procure long-duration storage (LDS) through fractional purchase of Tumbleweed
• Area #2: Emerging, Risky, Difficult, and Unusual Technologies or Projects • Example: Willow Rock compressed-air energy storage contributes toward LDS procurement obligations
• Example: Geothermal exclusivity agreements
• Area #3: Power Asset Ownership Efforts
• Example: CC Power study on mechanics and feasibility of build-transfer agreements for renewable ownership • Area #4: Power Project Operations
• Example: Bulk purchase discount for members on scheduling coordinator services Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Meeting – September 10, 2026 Item 16 – 2025 Power Content Label
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Agenda
• Overview
• Power Source Disclosure (PSD) / Power Content Label (PCL) Process
• Contents of PSD / PCL
• Recommendation
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Overview
• Seeking attestation from the Board of the veracity of the 2025 Power Source Disclosure (PSD) Annual Report
• The PSD reports 2025 data on VCE’s energy purchases and power content to the California Energy Commission (CEC)*:
• Renewable and zero-carbon resources
• REC purchases and sales
• GHG emissions intensity
• The Power Content Label (PCL) communicates power content to customers
* Note: The PSD covers 2025 only; state RPS compliance obligations cover a multi-year compliance period, e.g. 2025-2027 Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] 12 Item 16 – 2025 Power Content Label - Process
Process
• May – TEA prepares PSD using transaction data from 2025 • June 1- VCE files the 2025 PSD Annual Report with the CEC • August – EQ Research (VCE’s regulatory consultant) completes independent review and report of of the PSD
• September – Board attests to the veracity of the PSD Report • October 1
• VCE posts the PCL to its website
• VCE submits Board attestation and independent review of PSD to CEC • October 31 – VCE completes mailing of the PCL to VCE customers Item X – Short Title and Slide Description [Calibri (Body) 29 font (not bold)] 13 Item 16 – 2025 Power Content Label - Content
Product
# of
Customers
Subscribed
% of VCE
Load
RPS eligible
Content
Additional
Zero-Carbon
Content
Unspecified
Content
GHG Emissions
Intensity (lbs
CO2e/MWh)
UltraGreen 512 1.5% 100% 0% 0% 0
Standard
Green
62,136 97.9% 87% 13% 0% 0
Base Green 86 0.6% 52% 0% 48% 453
In 2025 over 99% of VCE’s customers received:
• 87% renewable power
• 100% zero-carbon content
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Recommendation
• Staff recommend that the board attest to the veracity of the information presented in Valley Clean Energy’s 2025 Power Source Disclosure Annual Reports and Power Content Label for the Base Green, Standard Green, and UltraGreen products.
Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors Meeting – September 10, 2026 Item 17 – Update on Dynamic Pricing Pilot (HFP) and Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI) Pilot 17 Public Comments
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Background
Hourly Flex Pricing Pilot
• 2-year pilot (ends 12/31/27)
• Goal: shift load off peak, assess customers’ ability
to respond to dynamic prices
• Load Management Standards (LMS) Compliance
(hourly, dynamic rate)
• Enrollment: 20 (14 ag, 6 comm), ~1.2MW
• “Expanded AgFIT Pilots”
• CPUC expanded VCE’s successful Agricultural
Flexible Irrigation Technology Pilot (AgFIT) into HFP
• Statewide, no enrollment cap
• Primarily administered by IOUs (PG&E)
• Day-ahead, hourly pricing; dual participation not
allowed
• Residential, commercial, ag customers
Vehicle-Grid Integration (VGI)
• 2-year pilot (ends 12/31/27)
• Goal: shift load off peak, assess
customers’ ability to respond to
dynamic prices
• Bidirectional charging aspect
• Enrollment: 5; ~5MW; dual
participation not allowed
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Midterm Evaluations (Aug 2026)
HFP and Vehicle-Grid Integration Pilot (VGI)
• PG&E enrollment targets were exceeded
(50MW for HFP)
• Customer price engagement was low
• Per customer interviews, many were
taking a “wait-and-see” approach
• Design flaws/implementation issues
including pricing, subscriptions, etc.
• Price variability was low (peak- to off-peak ratio)
• VGI price engagement higher
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Next Steps
• Annual Customer Credits being
calculated
• PG&E “Stop-Gap” proposal
• “HFP 2.0” beginning in 2029
• Proposes removing subscriptions
• VCE exploring Dynamic TOU design