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JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY
Staff Report
DATE: October 15, 2020
TO: Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors
FROM: Barbara Boswell, Interim Chief Executive Officer
ITEM 8: Clean Energy Alliance Implementation Phasing Update
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize Interim Chief Executive Officer to execute letter agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric
(SDG&E) memorializing the amended Clean Energy Alliance Implementation Schedule to accommodate
the delay in SDG&E's billing system replacement project, subject to General Counsel approval.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
The Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) Implementation Plan contemplates a single-phase launch, enrolling all
customers and transitioning Solana Energy Alliance (SEA) customers in May 2021. In meetings with San
Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) the CEA implementation date had been confirmed as achievable and the
two agencies have been working towards that schedule. SDG&E has also had a billing system
replacement project, Envision, that has been underway for several years. SDG&E has been on track for a
"go live" date for the new system in January 2021. In July 2020, SDG&E notified CEA that due to new
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) requirements that needed to be implemented in April
2021, the Envision project was being delayed to April 2021. This new go live date for the Envision
project impacts the implementation of CEA.
CEA and SDG&E have been working together to determine an implementation schedule that would have
the least amount of impact to CEA, while minimizing the potential for billing errors or issues for
customers. Through this cooperative process, it has been determined that the majority of CEA's
customers can enroll, and SEA's customers can transition, can remain in May 2021. A select group of
customers that have more complex billing arrangements are recommended to be enrolled in June 2021.
Doing so will enable SDG&E to have an additional billing period in the new system for these customers
prior to the conversion to CCA service. The final list of customers to be delayed to June 2021 are yet to
be finalized, however, the two-month enrollment will not have a material impact on CEA's pro forma
and as a result, staff is comfortable with the proposal,
SDG&E proposes that the revised implementation schedule be memorialized in a letter agreement. CEA
will then take appropriate action to notify the CPUC of the minor adjustment in CEA's implementation.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact by this action.
ATTACHMENTS:
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