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DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW AND
EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION
City Council
November 7, 2023
Public Utilities Department
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2 DEPARTMENT MISSION
Our Mission:
The City of Riverside Public Utilities 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 enhancing 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
Gil Oceguera
Board Chair
Rebeccah A. Goldware
Board Vice Chair
David M. Crohn
Ward 1
Nipunjeet Gujral
Ward 3
Nancy E. Melendez
Ward 5
Rosemary Heru
Ward 6
Gary Montgomery
Ward 4
Peter Wohlgemuth
Citywide
Brian D. Siana
Citywide
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4 ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
Utilities General Manager
Todd Corbin
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Energy Delivery
Daniel Honeyfield
212 FTE’s
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Water
David Garcia
164 FTE’s
Utilities Deputy General
Manager
Daniel Garcia
70 FTE’s
Utilities Assistant General
Manager/Business Services
Carlie Myers
188 FTE’s
Rafael Guzman
Assistant City Manager
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5 RPU TEAM
640 Employees
66,372 Metered
Water Customers
112,682 Metered
Electric Customers
24%
of Citywide Team
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6 ELECTRIC
Electric Field
Electric Systems
Operations
Energy Delivery
Engineering
212 Full Time
Employees
34% of RPU Workforce
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7 1,355 miles of Distribution Lines
22,910 Power Poles
16 Substations
7.5 MW Solar Farm
127 miles of Fiber
31K+ Streetlights, with 24,925 converted
to LED
112,682 Metered Customers, with 29,123
converted to AMI
ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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8 1. Relocated RERC-Riverside 69kV line section for
new Riverside Office of Education Headquarters
2. Completed Citywide LED Conversion Phase 1,
25,000 High Pressure Sodium to LED luminaires
3. Issued RPF for Hunter Substation Replacement
Project for an estimated cost of $45,000,000
4. Capital improvement projects approved
for construction totaling $18,829,000
5. Issued to construction over 116 Electric Service
Designs for Developer Driven Projects totaling
$10,000,000
6. Procured over 50 wooden poles, 21 steel poles for
the RERC-Freeman 69kV line project
ENERGY DELIVERY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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9 WATER
Water Resources
Water Engineering
Water Field
Water Operations
164 Full Time
Employees
26% of RPU Workforce
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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 drilling of the Gage
29-2R Well.
2. Replaced over 2.1 miles of water
transmission and distribution mains
3. Completed the replacement of
almost a mile of Techite transmission
pipeline along Lincoln Avenue.
4. Completed the replacement of two
large diameter water system valves.
5. Agreements towards securing up to
9,750 AF/Y of additional Water Supply.
WATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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12 ADMINISTRATION / CUSTOMER SERVICE
Customer Service & 311 Call Center
Field Services
Administration
Customer Engagement
Business Systems
Utility Billing
188
Full Time
Employees
29% of RPU Workforce
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13 1. Inaugural RPU celebration of Earth Day at Customer Resource Center (CRC)
2. RPU received and applied $15.3M for California Arrearage Payment Program and California Water and Wastewater
Arrearage Payment Program to delinquent customer utility accounts
3. Business Systems maintained more than 98% billing accuracy
4. 107,247 311 calls answered; 159,995 Customer Service calls answered
5. RPU received an unmodified, or clean opinion, that the FY21/22 Annual Financial Report was presented fairly and in conformity with generally accepted 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
70 Full Time
Employees
11% of RPU Workforce
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15 3 Power Plants - 9 generation
units
RERC – 4 units, 196 MW’s
Clearwater – 1 unit, 28MW’s
Springs – 4 units, 40 MW’s
264 MW Total Capacity
GENERATION INFRASTRUCTURE
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16 1. Achieved a 45% renewable portfolio
standard and a 51% carbon-free portfolio in
2022.
2. Generated $16.8M in additional utility
revenue by selling GHG Cap & Trade
allowances.
3. Incorporated 86,000 MWh of new geothermal
energy into RPU’s power solar portfolio.
4. Seeking City Council approval for a new wind
energy contract in November 2023 that will
deliver ~ 370,000 to 390,000 MWh of
additional renewable energy annually to
RPU, beginning in 2026
Making Riverside Greener
0.0%Biomass and Biowaste
33.4%Geothermal
0.0%Small Hydro
10.5%Solar
1.5%Wind
45.4%Total Renewable
5.9%Nuclear & Large Hydro
51.3%Total Carbon Free
POWER RESOURCES ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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17 RPU SAFETY METRIC
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18 Human Resources Training
for Employees
aaaDEPARTMENT WIDE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RPU represented 31.6% of all
HR lead training courses.
New training program for RPU
Supervisors is being established.
Safety Enhancement
Program Committee
Established March 2023
Supported Northside
Specific Plan – RFP
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19 1. Planning for electric system upgrades to create
“Grid of the Future”
2. Competition for recruitment of certificated,
trained utility workers
3. Supply chain procurement of critical equipment
4. Groundwater basin optimization plan
CHALLENGES
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20 1. Execute Technology Upgrades
2. Legislative Advocacy and increased grant
participation
3. Master Infrastructure Plans (10-year horizon)
4. Expand Customer Generation Programs
5. Initiate Sustainability Race 2040
OPPORTUNITIES & GOALS
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11 CARL MCKOWN
CECILIA CRUZ
FARID ISHAK BOUSHAKI
FERNANDO DIAZ
JAMES RODRIGUEZ
JENNIFER TAVAGLIONE
JOHN COMPTON
JORGE FUERTE
MARC SMITH
MEREDITH MCCLIMANS
MICHAEL KLINE
NIKOLE SANCHEZ
RENE VALDEZ
RICHARD HUERTA
RYAN GEARHART
STEPHEN GABRIELSON
ANDREW RICARDS
ANGEL GARCIA
BRANDON BURNETT
BRIAN WISNIEWSKI
CERI DOWSETT
GUADALUPE ROBLES
GUSTAVO MUNOZ
HANNAH YOUNG
HENRY CASTRO
JAVIER MENDOZA
FERNANDEZ
JERRY RUIZ
JESUS GONZALEZ
JOLIE MATTA
JONADAB URUETA VILLA
LILY MORRIS
JOSE ROMO
BONILLA
JULIE JAMES
LIZA JAUREGUI
MICHAEL POTTER
MIESHA KING
ROBIN GLENNEY
RUDY MEJIA
SHANNA NEVAREZ
TRACY SATO
TIFFANY SLATON
ZACHARY CAMPBELL
5 YEARS 10 YEARS
SERVICE AWARDS – 5 & 10 YEARS
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BEVERLY DEMAR-BROWN
CHRISTOPHER SUMERFORD
JAMES MCCARTY
JANICE TUCKER
LARRY THOMPSON
JESSE SERNA (RETIRING)
TONI REDMAN (RETIRED)
MARCHAUN MCLEE
MARISSA CASTRO
MARY HELEN MONTJOY
RAUL RAMIREZ-JAVIER
SARA LOCKE-ALGER
WILLIAM CATES
JESUS MARTINEZ (RETIRED)
ABRAHAM HURTADO
ADRIENNE TRUJILLO
ALEJANDRO NEVAREZ
ALFREDO PALMA
ARTURO ARECHIGA
BOBBY THOMPSON
BRIAN HALL
BRIAN SEINTURIER
CATHERINE TY
CHRISTIANE AMAT
CHRISTINA GUZMAN
CINDI COHEN
CLIFFORD ODUCA
DAMIEN PEREZ
DANIEL GARCIA
EFRAIN OROZCO
ELIZABETH ESPINOZA
ELIZABETH HENSLEY
ERIC ESCOBAR
JAMES IBARRA
JAMES MYSLIWIEC
JEFFERY BECK
JEFFREY SHURTLEFF
JOHN WOLPACK
JORGE TRONCOSO
KARINA NUNEZ-CERVANTES
KELLY SKLARSKY
KIMBERLY RIDDLE
LUIS GARCIA
MICHAEL SIMPSON
MIGUEL MARTINEZ
OSCAR KHOURY
PHILIP FERNANDEZ
RICHARD MELTON
RYAN GLEASON
SHAWN WATKINS
STACI SULLIVAN
STEVEN ROBLES
SUZANNE RIVERA
TIM REZENDES
TYLER TRIPPANY
VICTORIA
SOLORZANO
WILLIAM COSTANZA
XAVIER ROGERS
15 YEARS 20 YEARS
SERVICE AWARDS – 15, 20 & 25 YEARS
25 YEARS
MICHAEL GROSSMANN (RETIRED)
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ALVINO OROZCO
SERVICE AWARDS – 35 YEARS
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Herzog
Water Quality Manager in Water Operations,
and for most of 2022 he was a Senior Water
Resources Analyst in Water Resources
His knowledge of the groundwater basins,
water rights and responsible parties is
unsurpassed
Has a wonderful work ethic, is knowledgeable,
is always willing to help, while keeping the City
and RPU’s interests in mind
Leads the Regulatory Committee and leads
the PFAS Workgroup
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2022
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25 Adelayda
Revuelta
Utilities Supervising Engineering Technician of
the One-Stop-Shop
Responsible and dedicated employee who
goes above and beyond her duties
Initiated developer driven projects totaling
approximately $12,700,000 in electric service
fees and donated plant
Models what exceptional customer service
is all about!
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2022
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26 Tammera
Marshall
Designed, tested, verified and
implemented new NEM Generation rates in
Customer Information System (CIS)
Lead rate(electric, water and
refuse)increase project implementation in
CIS year after year
Completed City’s Emerging Leaders
Academy (ELA) program
Promoted to RPU Billing Division Supervisor
EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR - 2022
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27 That the City Council receive and file an overview
of the Public Utilities Department, including
recognition of the Department’s employees.
RECOMMENDATION
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