Attachment A - Resolution Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City's 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports

Resolution No. ____
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City’s 2023 Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports

R E C I T A L S

A. The California Legislature adopted Senate Bill 1305 in 1997 to ensure that all retail suppliers of electricity, including the City of Palo Alto, disclose to consumers the sources of energy used to provide electric service in an accurate, reliable and easy to understand manner.

B. The SB 1305 Report is commonly referred to as the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) report, which shows the City’s electric portfolio purchases for the prior calendar year, as well as the fuel mix for the City’s retail electricity sales for the prior calendar year.

C. The information contained in the PSD report is used to prepare the City’s annual Power Content Label (PCL), which discloses the fuel mix of the City’s retail electricity sales during the prior calendar year, as well as the fuel mix for the state as a whole, and which is mailed to the City’s electric utility customers via a bill insert every year.

D. California Code of Regs., title 20, sections 1394.2(a)(2), updated by the California Energy Commission (CEC) effective May 2020, allows the City Council to approve and attest to the veracity of each PSD report and PCL for the previous year, including the reports for Palo Alto’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen product, which is provided to commercial customers who participate in the PaloAltoGreen program.

E. The PSD report submissions for both the City’s standard carbon neutral power portfolio, and the City’s PaloAltoGreen product are prepared by the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), a joint powers agency of which Palo Alto is a member. The draft PSD reports are then checked by City staff against the City’s account in the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS), where the City tracks its renewable and carbon-free energy. The PaloAltoGreen renewable energy supplies are then verified by a third-party verifier, in order to achieve Green-e certification for that program.

F. In July 2024, Utilities Department staff submitted the 2023 Annual PSD reports for both the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the PaloAltoGreen program, to the Energy Commission in accordance with the applicable regulations.

G. In September 2024, the CEC announced that due to delays in receiving PSD reports from some retail suppliers of electricity, the deadline for distributing PCLs to customers would be extended from October 1, 2024, to January 31, 2025.

The Council of the City of Palo Alto (“City”) RESOLVES as follows:

SECTION 1. The City Council approves the submission and attests to the veracity of the 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the City’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit A to this resolution), which staff submitted to the California Energy Commission in July 2024.

SECTION 2. The City Council approves and attests to the veracity of the 2023 Annual Power Content Label reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the City’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit B to this resolution), which staff will distribute to Utilities customers as an insert in their December Utilities bills.

SECTION 3. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution is not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review because it is an administrative government activity that will not result in any direct or indirect physical change to the environment (CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5)).

INTRODUCED AND PASSED: Dec ember 2 , 2024
AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTENTIONS:

ATTEST:

City Clerk Mayor

APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:

Assistant City Attorney City Manager

Director of Utilities

Director of Administrative Services
Version: April 2024

CONTACT INFORMATION
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023

RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
City of Palo Alto Utilities

ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Standard Rate
Retail suppliers are required to use the posted template and are not allowed to make edits to this format. Please complete all requested information.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
NAME James Stack
TITLE Senior Resource Planner
MAILING ADDRESS 250 Hamilton Ave.

CITY, STATE, ZIP Palo Alto, CA 94301
PHONE (650) 329-2314
EMAIL [email protected]
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at [email protected] or (916) 639-0573.

NOTE: Information submitted in this report is not automatically held confidential. If your company wishes the information submitted to be considered confidential an authorized representative must submit an application for confidential designation (CEC-13), which can be found on the California Energy Commissions's website at https://www.energy.ca.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/chief- counsels-office.

WEBSITE URL

FOR PCL POSTING
www.cityofpaloalto.org/powercontentlabel
Submit the Annual Report and signed Attestation in PDF format with the Excel version of the Annual Report to [email protected]. Remember to complete the Retail Supplier Name, Electricity Portfolio Name, and contact information above, and submit separate reports and attestations for each additional portfolio if multiple were offered in the previous year.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
806,645
768,624
38,021
-
21 -
768,603
16,831

0.0209

DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured
MWh
Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions (in
MT CO2e) N/A
275 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage Solar CA W5649 63982 P228 375 375 375 - - 445 Bryant St. Parking Garage Solar CA W5647 63610 P229 359 359 359 - - 475 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage Solar CA W5650 63981 P230 475 475 475 - - 520 Webster St. Parking Garage Solar CA W5648 63611 P231 576 576 576 - - Ameresco Johnson Canyon Biomass & Biowaste CA W3397 61353 58397 962 962 962 0.5473 527 Ameresco Keller Canyon Biomass & Biowaste CA W2071 61298 56897 1,316 1,316 1,316 0.0028 4 Ameresco San Joaquin Biomass & Biowaste CA W3883 62433 58436 2,096 2,096 2,096 0.0027 6 Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy Biomass & Biowaste CA W2014 61297 56428 897 897 897 0.0033 3 Elevation Solar C Solar CA W5298 63192 59964 72,704 72,704 72,704 - - Frontier Solar - Crow Creek Solar I Solar CA W4962 62248 60039 31,282 31,282 31,282 - - Golden Fields Solar III, LLC Solar CA W10886 64555 63859 54,792 54,792 54,792 - - Hayworth Solar Solar CA W4719 62744 59009 44,347 44,347 44,347 - - High Winds Wind CA W229 60726 56075 2,254 2,254 2,254 - - HP Inc. Solar CA W7686 64036 62732 2,116 2,116 2,116 - - Kettleman Solar Solar CA W4695 62422 59633 29,658 29,658 29,658 - - New Spicer Meadows Eligible Hydro CA W1260 61580 54554 1,560 1,560 1,560 - - Ox Mountain Landfill Biomass & Biowaste CA W2033 60022 56895 3,835 3,835 3,835 0.0028 11 Unitarian Universalist Church Of Palo Alto Solar CA W7382 63983 P232 179 179 179 - - WAPA - Lewiston Eligible Hydro CA W1108 61044 977 278 278 278 - - WAPA - Nimbus Eligible Hydro CA W1161 61045 444 10,402 10,402 10,402 - - WAPA - Stampede Eligible Hydro CA W1177 61046 7066 405 405 405 - - Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch B Solar CA W5300 61518 59961 35,364 35,364 35,364 - -

FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID
EIA ID of
REC
Source
EIA ID of
Substitute
Power
Gross MWh
Procured
MWh
Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)
Eligible for
Grandfathered
Emissions?
- - #N/A - - #N/A

SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured
MWh
Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e) N/A
Collierville Large Hydro CA 54555 225,550 225,550 225,550 - - Palo Alto COBUG Natural Gas CA 57714 21 21 21 0.3962 8 WAPA - Folsom Large Hydro CA 441 47,195 47,195 47,195 - - WAPA - Gianelli Large Hydro CA 448 5,116 5,116 5,116 - - WAPA - J.F. Carr Large Hydro CA 442 7,459 7,459 7,459 - - WAPA - Keswick Large Hydro CA 443 20,108 20,108 20,108 - - WAPA - New Melones Large Hydro CA 6158 33,320 33,320 33,320 - - WAPA - O'Neill Large Hydro CA 446 56 56 56 - - WAPA - Shasta Large Hydro CA 445 111,569 111,569 111,569 - - WAPA - Spring Creek Large Hydro CA 450 8,582 8,582 8,582 - - GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh)
Net Specified Natural Gas
Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions)
Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
Instructions: Enter information about power procurements underlying this electricity portfolio for which your company is filing the Annual Report.

Insert additional rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto-populate as needed and should not be filled out. For EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling suppliers, enter "Unspecified Power", "BPA", or "Tacoma Power" as applicable. For specified procurements of ACS power, use the ACS Procurement Calculator to calculate the resource breakdown comprising the ACS system mix. Procurements of unspecified power must not be entered as line items below; unspecified power will be calculated automatically in cell N9. Unbundled RECs must not be entered on Schedule 1; these products must be entered on Schedule 2. At the bottom portion of the schedule, provide the other electricity end-uses that are not retail sales including, but not limited to transmission and distribution losses or municipal street lighting. Amounts should be in megawatt-hours.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
WAPA - Trinity Large Hydro CA 451 13,416 13,416 13,416 - -

RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province RPS ID Total Retired (in MWh)
Santa Rosa Solar Solar CA 64909 487
Campbell Hill - Three Buttes Wind WY 61017 20000
Carousel Wind Farm, LLC Wind CO 63340 83768
Cedar Creek Wind Energy Wind CO 60822 5415
Kit Carson Windpower, LLC Wind CO 61670 37949
Klondike Wind Power III Wind OR 60602 2347
SunAnza Solar Project Solar CA 63420 781
SunAnza Solar Project II Solar CA 64804 576
Tuana Springs Energy LLC Wind ID 61055 5264
Total Retired Unbundled RECs
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter information about retired unbundled RECs associated with this electricity portfolio. Insert additional rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto- populate as needed and should not be filled out.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements 296,232 36.7% Biomass & Biowaste 9,106 1.1% Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric 12,645 1.6% Solar 272,227 33.7%
Wind 2,254 0.3%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric 472,371 58.6% Natural gas 21 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power 38,021 4.7%
Total 806,645 100.0%
806,645
46 19.4%
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT

ATTESTATION FORM
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
I, James Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the information provided in this report is true and correct and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto Utilities, have authority to submit this report on the retail supplier's behalf.

I further declare that all of the electricity claimed as specified purchases as shown in this report was sold once and only once to retail customers.

Name: James Stack
Representing: City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: __________________
Dated: July 24, 2024
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at [email protected] or (916) 639-0573.

WEBSITE URL

CITY, STATE, ZIP Palo Alto, CA 94301
PHONE (650) 329-2314
EMAIL [email protected]
NAME James Stack
TITLE Senior Resource Planner
MAILING ADDRESS 250 Hamilton Ave.

CONTACT INFORMATION
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023

RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
City of Palo Alto Utilities

ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Palo Alto Green
Retail suppliers are required to use the posted template and are not allowed to make edits to this format. Please complete all requested information.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
27,770
-
27,770
-
-
-
-
11,886

0.4280

PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET-CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS
Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured
MWh
Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e) N/A
- #N/A
- #N/A
- #N/A
- #N/A
END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh
Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh)
Net Specified Natural Gas
Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions)
Instructions: Enter information about power procurements underlying this electricity portfolio for which your company is filing the Annual Report.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
27,545

RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province RPS ID Total Retired (in MWh)
Crossing Trails Wind Power Project LLC Wind CO 65038 25000 Cedar Creek II Wind CO 61384 2545
Total Retired Unbundled RECs
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter information about retired unbundled RECs associated with this electricity portfolio. Insert additional rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto- populate as needed and should not be filled out.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements - 0.0% Biomass & Biowaste - 0.0% Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric - 0.0% Solar - 0.0%
Wind - 0.0%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric - 0.0% Natural gas - 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power 27,770 100.0% Total 27,770 100.0%
27,770
944

99.2%
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.

Exhibit A
Version: April 2024
2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT

ATTESTATION FORM
For the Year Ending December 31, 2023
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
I, James Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the information provided in this report is true and correct and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto Utilities, have authority to submit this report on the retail supplier's behalf.

I further declare that all of the electricity claimed as specified purchases as shown in this report was sold once and only once to retail customers.

Name: James Stack
Representing: City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: __________________
Dated: July 24, 2024
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
Exhibit A
CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2023
Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format, auxiliary aids, or modifications to policies or procedures to access City meetings, programs, or services should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator George Hoyt at (650) 329-2550 or by emailing [email protected].
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WHERE DOES OUR
ELECTRICITY COME FROM?
100% CARBON NEUTRAL ELECTRICITY SINCE 2013
Like a nutrition facts label that shows the ingredients in food, the Power Content Label shows the sources of electricity purchased by City of Palo Alto Utilities to power local homes and businesses.

Carbon neutral electricity comes from a variety of sources, including renewable resources like solar, wind and small hydroelectric plants. Large hydroelectric sources are also carbon-free, but the state of California doesn’t consider them renewable.

Since 2016 the City of Palo Alto Utilities has had long-term contracts with California-based renewable energy providers to provide 100% carbon neutral power to the community.

In 2020, as the value of in-state renewable energy rose, CPAU began taking a regional approach to purchasing power, selling its higher-priced renewable energy and buying the most cost-efficient renewable energy from outside the state. This program generates earnings (totaling $7.7 million in 2023) which are being invested in local decarbonization efforts necessary to meet our ambitious climate goals. Although the power sourced out-of-state remains carbon neutral, it’s not recognized as renewable by the state and instead is labeled as “unspecified.”
SOLAR

33.7%

ELIGIBLE

HYDROELECTRIC

1.6%

UNSPECIFIED
POWER

4.7%

BIOMASS AND

BIOWASTE

1.1%
LARGE

HYDROELECTRIC

58.6%
Palo Alto is reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 POWER SOURCES IN 2023
CPAU power sources include six solar PV projects, one wind project, five landfill gas-fired projects, the Calaveras hydroelectric project, and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) contract, which is sourced from Central Valley Project hydroelectric facilities. All of these resources are located in California. Power supply percentages vary annually based on the available output from our contracted generators. In 2023, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was significantly higher than long-term average levels due to favorable weather conditions, so CPAU had a large surplus of renewable generation that it was able to sell to other utilities, which helped lower CPAU’s rates.

Find more details at
cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral WIND

0.3%
Exhibit B
Exhibit B
CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2023
Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format, auxiliary aids, or modifications to policies or procedures to access City meetings, programs, or services should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator George Hoyt at (650) 329-2550 or by emailing [email protected].
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Since 2016 the City of Palo Alto Utilities has had long-term contracts with California-based renewable energy providers to provide 100% carbon neutral power to the community. In 2020, as the value of in-state renewable energy rose, CPAU began taking a regional approach to purchasing power, selling its higher- priced renewable energy and buying the most cost-efficient renewable energy from outside the state. This program generates earnings (totaling $7.7 million in 2023) which are being invested in local decarbonization efforts necessary to meet our ambitious climate goals. Although the power sourced out-of-state remains carbon neutral, it’s not recognized as renewable by the state and is labeled as “unspecified.” Palo Alto is reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 POWER SOURCES IN 2023 CPAU power sources include six solar PV projects, one wind project, five landfill gas-fired projects, the Calaveras hydroelectric project, and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) contract, which is sourced from Central Valley Project hydroelectric facilities. All of these resources are located in California.

Power supply percentages vary annually based on the available output from our contracted generators. In 2023, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was significantly higher than long-term average levels due to favorable weather conditions, so CPAU had a large surplus of renewable generation that it was able to sell to other utilities, which helped lower CPAU’s rates.

PaloAltoGreen’sa Prospective Product Content
Labelb for 2023 Consists of 100% Wind Energyc
a P aloAltoGreen is a voluntary renewable energy program from City of Palo Alto Utilities that matches up to 100% of your estimated monthly electricity usage with Green-e® certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from new renewable energy resources, specifically from generation facilities that first began commercial operation in the last 15 years. b Prospective Product Content L abel: These figures reflect the renewables that we have contracted to provide. Actual figures may vary according to resource availability. We will annually report to you before October 1st of next year in the form of a Historical Product Content Label the actual resource mix of the electricity you purchased.
c Sourced from wind energy RECs located in the western U .S. (CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, UT, AZ, MT, WY, CO, or NM) or Canada (BC or AB).

Green-e
Energy

CERTIFIED
PaloAltoGreen™
PaloAltoGreen is Green-e® Energy certified
and meets the environmental and consumer-
protection standards set forth by the nonprofit
Center for Resource Solutions.

For more information on
Green-e® Certified Energy,
call 1-888-63-GREEN or visit
green-e.org
PaloAltoGreen 2023 Historical Product Content Label (reflected in the “Palo Alto Green” column of the table on page 2): These figures reflect the power delivered to PaloAltoGreen’s customers in 2023. ‘Other’ and ‘Unspecified Power’ sourced from wind energy facilities in Colorado.

Find more details at cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral SOLAR

33.7%

ELIGIBLE

HYDROELECTRIC

1.6%

UNSPECIFIED
POWER

4.7%

BIOMASS AND

BIOWASTE

1.1%
LARGE

HYDROELECTRIC

58.6%
WIND

0.3%
Exhibit B
Exhibit B

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