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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
City Council
October 18, 2022
Public Utilities Department
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2 DEPARTMENT MISSION
Our Mission:
The City of Riverside Public Ut ilities Department is committed to the highest quality water and electric services at the lowest possible rates to benefit the community.
Our Vision:
Our customers will recognize Riverside Public Utilities as a unique community asset with a global reputation for
innovation, sustainability and enhanced quality of life.
RPU’s Mission Statement, Vision and Core Values were approved as a part of the Utility 2.0 strategic plan by Board on 02/13/2017 and City Council on 03/14/2017
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3 Board of Public Utilities
David M. Crohn
Board Chair
Rebeccah A. Goldware
Board Vice Chair
Nipunjeet Gujral
Ward 3
Gary Montgomery
Ward 4
Nancy E. Melendez
Ward 5
Rosemary Heru
Ward 6
Gil Oceguera
Ward 7
Peter Wohlgemuth
Citywide
Vacant
Citywide
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4 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Utilities General Manager
Todd Corbin
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Energy Delivery
Daniel Honeyfield
213 FTE’s
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Water
David Garcia
167 FTE’s
Utilities Deputy General
Manager
Daniel Garcia
79 FTE’s
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Business Services
Carlie Myers
179 FTE’s
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5 RPU TEAM
638 Employees
66,198 Metered
Water Customers
112,590 Metered
Electric Customers
24%
of Citywide Team
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6 ELECTRIC
Electric Field
Electric Systems
Operations
Energy Delivery
Engineering
213 Full Time
Employees
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7 1,355 miles of Distribution Lines
22,942 Power Poles
14 Substations
7.5 MW Solar Farm
122 miles of Fiber
31K+ Streetlights, with 16,278 converted
to LED
112,590 Metered Customers, with 16,307
converted to AMI
ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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8 1. Constructed and energized new 69kV line
2. Automation System upgrades at Springs,
Orangecrest and Freeman substations
3. Reconditioned seven substation transformers
and replaced 22 breakers at multiple substations
4. Capital improvement projects approved for
construction totaling $17,100,000
5. Issued to construction over 110 Electric Service
Designs for Developer Driven Projects totaling
$8,000,000
ENERGY DELIVERY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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9 WATER DELIVERY
Water Resources
Water Engineering
Water Field
Water Operations
167 Full Time
Employees
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10 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
16 Reservoirs – 108 MG storage
46 Potable wells
6 Non-potable wells
Wells produce more than 23B gallons
of water per year
Approximately 1,000 miles of water
pipeline maintained
100% Water Independent
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11 1. Completed the equipping of the
Gage 29-3R Well.
2. Replaced over 4.4 miles of water
transmission and distribution mains
3. Completed the removal of Techite
transmission pipeline out of Magnolia
Avenue.
4. Completed the condition assessment
and seismic evaluation of three water
storage reserves.
WATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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12 ADMINISTRATION / CUSTOMER SERVICE
Customer Service & 311 Call Center
Field Services
Administration
Customer Engagement
Business Systems
Utility Billing
179
Full Time
Employees
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13 1. Increased SHARE (Sharing Households Assist Riverside Energy) threshold.
2. RPU applied for California Arrearage Payment Program and California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment
Program
3. RPU received full approval for the Self-Generation Program
4. 165,000 311 calls answered; 203,800 Customer Service calls answered.
5. RPU received an unmodified, or clean opinion, that the FY 20/21 Annual Financial Report was presented fairly and in conformity with generally acce pted accounting principles by the City’s independent auditor
ADMINISTRATION / CUSTOMER SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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14 POWER RESOURCES
Resource Planning & Technology
Integration
Projects/Contracts & Settlements
Customer Partnerships & Strategies
Market Operations
Generation
Safety
79 Full Time
Employees
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15 3 Power Plants - 9 generation
units
RERC – 4 units, 265MW’s
Clearwater – 1 unit, 28MW’s
Springs – 4 units, 47MW’s
265MW Total Capacity
GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE
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16 1. Achieved a 43% renewable portfolio standard
and a 49% carbon-free portfolio in 2021.
2. Generated $10.4M in additional utility revenue by
selling GHG Cap & Trade allowances.
3. Received City Council approval for a new
geothermal energy contract in early 2021 that will
deliver ~ 86,000 MWh of additional renewable
energy annually to RPU, beginning in 2022.
4. Executed ~ $20M in forward energy and natural
gas purchases that have preserved over $16M to
date in budgetary cost savings
Making Riverside Greener
Biomass and Biowaste 0.0%
Geothermal 28.8%
Small Hydro 0.0%
Solar 11.4%
Wind 2.9%
Total Renewable 43.1%
Nuclear & Large Hydro 6.3%
Total Carbon Free 49.4%
POWER RESOURCES ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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17 1. Significant unfunded capital needs due to aging
infrastructure and equipment.
2. Electric Fund revenue projections do not include rate increases beyond the approved five-year rate plan
which ends December 31,2023.
3. Water Fund revenue projections do not include rate
increases beyond the approved five-year rate plan
which ends June 30, 2023.
4. Supply chain disruptions are delaying and or derailing new renewable development projects.
CHALLENGES
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18 1. Advanced Technology
2. Legislative advocacy and increased grant
participation
3. Regional Water supply projects
4. Rates
5. Support economic development
6. Sustainability - Race 2040
OPPORTUNITIES & GOALS
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10 CLAY KITTLESON
DANIEL CACHO
DIANE EMERSON
EFREN MEJIA
FADY MEGALA
GARRY GRIMWADE
GERARDO RODRIGUEZ
GUSTAVO MORENO
JASON LIBRING
JAY BROWN
JEFFREY LEACH
JOHN BAKER
KEVIN FIGUEROA
KIMBERLEY GARCIA
MICHAEL PLINSKI
OSCAR MELENDEZ
PENELOPE AUSTIN
PHILLIP GLOVER
RAFAEL FLORES MEJIA
RICHARD DENICK
RONALDO HERRERO
SALVADOR JARAMILLO
SHARON ROTHENBERGER GUTIERREZ
WILLIAM PATTON
WILLIAM SHOEMAKER
ALEJANDRO PARRA
CARL CLAY
CARLOS CARRERA
CARYN BENVENUTI
CHERI HOLM
DEBRA LOVE
DIPAK BHAGAT
EMMA VILLEGAS VAZQUEZ
GEORGE ORIZU
HEATHER SOLIS
ISELA NUNEZ
JOSEPH CHAVEZ
KARA SWANSON
MICHAEL SMITH
MUSA HAMMAD
RAYYAN
NICHOLAS MARRELLI
OMAR GUIDO
PASQUAL MENDIVIL
RENEE CANSECO
ROBERT ENNIS
RUBEN VIRAMONTES
SANJAY CHIN
TORI WOODWARD
5 YEARS 10 YEARS
SERVICE AWARDS – 5 & 10 YEARS
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DARLENE ELLIOT
GUADALUPE GUTIERREZ
JOSE SOLANO
JOSE VARGAS
JOSEPH GANDARA
JUSTIN BRUINS
LANDAU GRANDBERRY
MARC TRUITT
20 YEARSALFONSO RODRIGUEZ
AURORA MARTINEZ
CARLOS FUENTES
CHRISTOPHER BARNES
CINDY HERRERA-
REGALADO
CLAUDIA CAMPOS
DEAN-OLIVER CAY
DEXTER COLE
DWAYNE SLIFE
EDWARD ENGLISH
ELENA DESTEFANO
ERIC SHOOK
ESTHER ALCALA
GABRIELLA SAMANO
GARRY SMITH
GAURAV AGARWAL
GLORIA MELENDEZ
ISABEL GODFREY
JAMIE MADIEDO
JANN LIGHT
JEFFREY COBURN
JOSE LLAMAS
JOSEPH JANSSENS
JUAN HURTADO MUNOS
JUDI GONZALEZ
KIMBERLY MULLINS
LA VAUN JOHNS
LANCE BAKER
LAWRENCE ROGERS
MARSHA WILLIAMS
MARTIN SANCHEZ
MELANIE VALLES
MICHAEL CERASARO
MIGUEL PEREZ
RAJIV BUTALA
RICHARD SMALL
STEPHANIE HEYL
STEVEN JOHAL
THANH-BINH NGUYEN
TINA GRAY
TRAVIS JOHNSON
WILLIAM HARRIS IV
15 YEARS 20 YEARS
SERVICE AWARDS – 15 & 20 YEARS
MARK BANKS
MICHAEL MONTENEGRO
NICOLE RIVERS
RICARDO CISNEROS
ZAMBRANO
SANDRA ROBERTS
WILLIAM OBEID
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21 KENNETH COFFEY
KEVIN RYAN
RAMONA MARTINEZ
30 YEARS 35 YEARS
RITA NICKS
40 YEARS
CHRIS JORANCO
SERVICE AWARDS – 30, 35 & 40 YEARS
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Armijo
Established and performed Level 3
Sanitation during pandemic
Oversaw offsite security at RPU water
facilities
Assisted with electric substations and
radio sites
Lead Water Operations and other
Trainings
Completed Lockout Tagout Program
Completed AWIA submittal
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2021
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Kuchenbecker
Lead ROSA Cybersecurity working group
and facilitated utility-wide Security
Governance Committee and Cyber &
Physical Security Committee
Provided critical input on Incident Response
Plan, Key Control Policy, Supply Chain
Security Plan, & Annual GridEX planning
Coordinated & provided direction to
cybersecurity professional services vendor
Point-of-Contact with City IT on
cybersecurity issues
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2021
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Solorzano
Imported new AMI meters into CIS inventory
Instrumental in development of new AMI
workflows for meter exchanges, GPS
coordination collection, data integrity
checks, providing AMI rereads from data
management system, and remote meter
disconnect process
Improved timing of meter exchanges to
optimize billing processes
Fatal error corrections
Completed Emerging Leaders Academy
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2021
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25 That the City Council receive and file an overview of the Public Utilities Department, including recognition of the department’s employees.
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