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Home My WebLink About8 Power Source Disclosure Approval 2020TRUCKEE DONNER Public Utility District MEETING DATE: September 1, 2021 TO: Board of Directors AGENDA ITEM #8 FROM: Joe Horvath P.E., Electric Utility Director/Assistant GM SUBJECT: Consideration of Adopting Resolution 2021-16, Approving Submission and Attesting to the Veracity of the 2020 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label APPROVED BY Brian C. Wright, General Manager RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution 2021-16 approving the submission and attesting to the veracity of the 2020 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label. DISCUSSION: California Senate Bill (SB) 1305, approved in 1997, directs all California retail suppliers of electricity to disclose to consumers the sources of energy used to provide the electric service in an accurate and easy to understand manner. The SB 1305 Report is better known as the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) Report. The District submits an annual PSD Report to the California Energy Commission (CEC) by June 1st of each year. The information contained in the PSD Report is subsequently used to prepare the annual Power Content Label (PCL) using a PCL template provided to all utilities each year by the CEC. The PCL is made available to our customers around September of each year, and is posted on the District's website, and on the CEC's website. In 2017, the CEC regulation implementing SB 1305 was updated with important changes that directly affected all electric utilities. The changes included a provision that requires utilities to engage a third -party certified public accountant (CPA) to perform an audit to verify the specific purchases and self -consumption of energy by fuel type. The regulation includes an exemption from the audit requirement for publicly owned electric utilities (POUs), if the governing board of the POU approves the submission and the veracity of the reports sent to the CEC. Page 1 of 3 District staff has compiled the data for the 2020 PSD based on information provided and verified by our electric suppliers including Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) and Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). In addition, the District contracts with a third -party verifier to prepare a report for all electricity transactions and submit this report annually to California Air Resources Board (CARB) in compliance with State regulations and CARB Greenhouse Gas Emissions reporting requirements. Staff has further reviewed this information and are confident in the accuracy of the information being reported. The proposed Resolution 2021-16 approves the 2020 PSD Report and PCL submission and provides the attestation on the veracity of the reports as required by the CEC for exemption from the third -party CPA audit requirement. The 2020 PSD Report and PCL are included as Exhibits A and B respectively, in Resolution 2021-16(Attachment 1). The 2020 PCL (Attachment 1, Exhibit B) lists the total eligible renewable percentage of 53.4%, and the total percentage of retail sales covered by retired unbundled renewable energy credits (RECs) as 14%. The District has a diverse portfolio of renewable resources including hydroelectric, landfill gas, wind, and heat recovery generation. Most of these resources include the REC attributes that are transferred to the District in accordance with the energy generated, and are included in the total renewable energy percentage of 53.4%. However, several resources including Stampede hydroelectric, Truckee Carson Irrigation District (TCID) hydroelectric, and Veyo heat recovery projects come with a partial amount of RECs, or no RECs at all. Since these are RPS eligible and/or carbon free resources, the District purchases unbundled RECs to supply the REC attribute lacking from these resources, amounting to 14% of retail sales as shown in the PCL. Therefore, the District's RPS achievement for 2020 is the sum of these two numbers, or 67.4% RPS. This item is in support of the following objectives and goals identified by the District. 1.05.020 Objectives: 1. Responsibly serve the public. 5. Manage the District in an environmentally sound manner. 1.05.030 Goals: 1.1. Conduct the District's business in a legal, ethical, open, and transparent manner. 5.4. Conduct District business in an environmentally lawful manner. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with approving the submission and attesting to the veracity of the 2020 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label. ATTACHMENTS: Page 2 of 3 Resolution 2021-16, Approving Submission and Attesting to the Veracity of the 2020 Power Source Disclosure Report and Power Content Label Page 3 of 3 Resolution No. 2021-16 APPROVING SUBMISSION AND ATTESTING TO THE VERACITY OF THE 2020 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE REPORT AND POWER CONTENT LABEL WHEREAS, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District (District) is a public agency of the State of California, and owns and operates an Electric System for the provision of electric service at retail to the general public within its service area; and WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1305 (SB 1305), adopted in 1997, directs all California retail suppliers of electricity to disclose to consumers the sources of energy used to provide the electric service in an accurate and easy to understand manner; and WHEREAS, the California Energy Commission (CEC) regulation implementing SB 1305 requires publicly owned electric utilities, like the District, to have the Board attest to the veracity of the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) and Power Content Label (PCL) in lieu of an audit by a third -party certified public accountant; and WHEREAS, District staff accurately prepared the 2020 PSD Report and PCL for submission to the CEC and District customers based on information provided and verified by our electric suppliers including Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, Western Area Power Administration, Western Electricity Coordinating Council, and a third -party verifier who prepares a report for all electricity transactions and submits this report annually to the California Air Resources Board for Greenhouse Gas Emissions reporting requirements; and WHEREAS, the District generally submits a PSD Report to the CEC by June 1 st of each year, and the PCL is made available to our customers by October 1st of each year in accordance with CEC requirements and deadlines. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the District as follows: The Board of Directors approves the submission of the 2020 Power Source Disclosure Report (Exhibit A) and Power Content Label (Exhibit B) to the California Energy Commission and hereby provides attestation of the veracity of the reports submitted by staff. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the District on the 1st day of September, 2021, by the following roll call vote: AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT By Christa Finn, President of the Board ATTEST: Shanna D. Kuhlemier, CMC, District Clerk EXHIBIT A Version: April 2021 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", "BPA," "Powerex,", or "Tacoma" 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. GHG Emissions State or Gross MWh MWh Net MWh Adjusted Net MWh Factor (in MT GHG Emissions (in Facility Name Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID Procured Resold Procured Procured CO2e/MWh) MT CO2e) N/A Horse Butte Wind • •. • •1 . •- :•1 �: ... •: •: Trans Jordan Generating Station 0". 1%1_ M.T. M - Pleasant • Energy Project• • • • • - .1• •• • Stampede Powerplant T FIRMED- ND -SHAPED IMPORTS INV EIA ID of EIA ID of GHG Emissions Eligible for 7� State or REC Substitute Gross MWh Net MWh Adjusted Net MWh Factor (in MT GHG Emissions Grandfathered Facility Name Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID Source Power Procured MWh Resold Procured Procured CO2e/MWh) (in MT CO2e) Emissions? SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS ' GHG Emissions State or Gross MWh Net MWh Adjusted Net MWh Factor (in MT GHG Emissions Facility Name Fuel Type Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID Procured MWh Resold Procured Procured CO2e/MWh) (in MT CO2e) N/A Nebo Power Stati• • .---� 11 . 1: 1: 1 .. . . - • Heat Recovery Project • ---- .1 26-foot Drop Small Hydro • • Lahontan Hydro • - -�---� . PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET -CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS GHG Emissions Gross MWh Net MWh Adjusted Net MWh Factor (in MT GHG Emissions Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID Procured MWh Resold Procured Procured CO2e/MWh) (in MT CO2e) N/A EXHIBIT A (CONT) Version: April 2021 END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh Transmission Losses 2,881 Distribution Losses 7,075 EXHIBIT A (CONT) Version: April 2021 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. Total Retired Unbundled RECs Facility Name Horse Butte Wind - REC Only RETIRED UNBUNDLED RE '019111111111� State or FuelType Province RPS ID Total Retired (in MWh) Wind Idaho 62359 672 Trans Jordan Generation Stations - REC ON Biomass & biowe Utah 61356 1,778 Pleasant Valley Wind Energy Project - REC Wind Wyoming 61559 260 Nimbus - WAPA Small Hydro - REC Only Eligible hydro California 61045 332 Lewiston Powerplant - WAPA Small Hydro - F Eligible hydro California 61044 10 Pleasant Valley Wind Energy Project - REC C Wind Wyoming 61559 18,191 EXHIBIT A (CONT) Version: April 2021 Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use these auto -populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels. Adjusted Net Procured (MWh) Percent of Total Retail Sales Biomass & Biowaste Geothermal ' Eligible Hydroelectric Solar Wind .' Coal Large Hydroelectric Natural gas �: • .', Nuclear Other Unspecified Power Total •' , EXHIBIT B 2020 POWER CONTENT LABEL Truckee Donner PUD www.tdpud.org Greenhouse Gas Emissions TDIntensity PUD 2020 CA 2e/MWh) Energy Resources Power Mix Power Mix TDPUD Eligible Renewable 53.4% 33.1% 2020CAUtilityAverage Power Mix Biomass & Biowaste Geothermal Eligible Hydroelectric 16.3% 2.5% 343 466 0.0% 4.9% 1000 5.6% 1.4% 0.0% 13.2% Solar 800 ■TDPUD Wind 31.6% 11.1% Power Mix Coal 0.0% 2.7% 600 Large Hydroelectric 0.0% 12.2% 9.6% 37.1% 400 ■ 2020 CA Natural Gas 0.0% 9.3% Utility Nuclear 11.1 % 0.2% 200 Average Other 25.9% 5.4% Unspecified Power2 0 100.0 0 100.0% TOTAL Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs 3: 14% 'The eligible renewable percentage above does not reflect RPS compliance, which is determined using a different methodology. 2Unspecified power is electricity that has been purchased through open market transactions and is not traceable to a specific generation source. 3Renewable energy credits (RECs) are tracking instruments issued for renewable generation. Unbundled renewable energy credits (RECs) represent renewable generation that was not delivered to serve retail sales. Unbundled RECs are not reflected in the power mix or GHG emissions intensities above. For specific information about this Truckee Donner PUD electricity portfolio, contact: (530) 587-3896 For general information about the http://www.energy.ca.gov/pcl/ Power Content Label, visit: For additional questions, please Toll -free in California: 844-454-2906 contact the California Energy Outside California: 916-653-0237 Commission at: