HomeMy WebLinkAbout8, Renewable Energy Procurement Plan updateConsent Item # 8
Update to the Renewable Energy
Resources Procurement Plan
October 2, 2013
Background / History
Legislative Background
• Senate Bill 1078
— Signed into law in 2002
— Required retail sellers to procure 20% renewable energy by
Dec 31, 2007
— Publicly owned utilities set their own RPS
• Senate Bill 1 X2
— Signed into law in 2011
— Requires 33% RPS by 2020
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Background / History
Senate Bill 1 X2 key provisions
• Requires 33% of electricity sales from CEC eligible
resources by 2020
• Defines eligible resources that apply to TDPUD
• Establishes 3 compliance periods
• Requires POU participation
— Specified action by local governing boards
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New Information
Senate Bill 1 X2 Key Provisions
• Sets minimum RPS compliance targets for three compliance
periods
100°%
90%
80%
70°%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0°%
2011-2013 2014-2016 2017-2020+
Compliance Period 1 — 20%
Jan 1, 2011 — Dec 31, 2013
Compliance Period 2 — 25%
Jan 1,2014 — Dec 31, 2016
Compliance Period 3 — 33%
Jan 1, 2017 — Dec 31, 2020+
New Information
• POU enforcement regulations started in 2011 and
regulations will become effective on October 1, 2013
• RPS enforcement regulations for the first time define for a
specific purpose the term "Retail Sales"
- "Sale of electricity by a POU to end -use -customers and their
tenants, measured in MWh. This does not include energy
consumption by a POU, electricity used by a POU for water
Pumping,. or electricity produced for onsite consumption (self -
generation)."
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New Information
• TDPUD's Renewable Energy Resources Procurement Plan
will need to be updated and revised
• These Changes to include:
— Retail Sales definition; all retail sales less own use and water
pumping
— Procurement targets (section 3)
— Carryover language for REC's
— Reporting language (section 11)
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Fiscal Impact
• There is no direct fiscal impact associated with the
development and approval of the RPS Procurement Plan
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Recommendation
• Adopt the updated Renewable
Procurement Plan
Energy Resource