TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, Community Development Director
Steve S. Charelian, Finance Director
Dana Murray, Environmental Sustainability Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Receive Update on Clean Power Alliance 100% Green Power Renewable Energy Rates for Municipal Facilities (Community Development Director Tai).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive an update on the rate estimates associated with the return of 38 City energy accounts to Clean Power Alliance at the 100% Green Power tier.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
The costs associated with the 38 City energy accounts returning to the Clean Power Alliance's (CPA) 100% Green Power tier are approximately $18,000. However, this cost will be absorbed by savings realized in utility budgets elsewhere due to reduced consumption in municipal facilities resulting from public health closures and recent energy efficiency upgrades (LED ballfield lighting conversions, LED streetlight conversions, etc.
SUMMARY:
The City currently has 151 energy accounts. In May 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution 19-0048 to enroll all City energy accounts into the Clean Power Alliance (CPA) at the 100% Green Power tier. When unanticipated rate increases related to streetlights were announced at CPA's June 2019 Board Meeting, the Mayor, as the primary representative to CPA, directed that the City opt 38 affected accounts out of CPA until rates stabilized. At the same time, the City was in the midst of a streetlight acquisition from Southern California Edison (SCE), resulting in added uncertainty about estimated rates to the City.
In February 2020, the City Council requested that staff provide an update on rate estimates for the CPA 100% Green Power tier for the 38 City energy accounts. The City has since completed the streetlight acquisition from ...
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