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Home My WebLink About2021-07-29; Clean Energy Alliance JPA; ; Clean Energy Alliance Operational, Administrative and Regulatory Affairs Update-'-._ . ' --~----- CLEAN a'NS:R'<3Y ALLIANGE Staff Report DATE: July 29, 2021 TO: FROM: Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors Barbara Boswell, Interim Chief Executive Offic.er ITEM3: Clean Energy Alliance Operational, Administrative and Regulatory Affairs Update RECOMMENDATION 1} Receive and File Operational and Administrative Update Report from Interim CEO. 2} Receive Community Choice Aggregation Regulatory Affairs Report from Special Counsel. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION This report provides an update to the Clean Energy Alliance (CEA} Board regarding the status of operational, administrative, and regulatory affairs activities. OPERATIONAL UPDATE CEA completed mass enrollment of its customers in June 2021, with a handful of clean up items needed. On an on-going basis, as customers establish new electric service within CEA territory, they will be automatically enrolled with CEA and receive two notices notifying them of the enrollment and providing power supply options and opt-out information. Call Center Activity The chart below reflects call activity to CEA's call center through June 30, 2021: 1,200 1,000 600 400 ,oo Mar-21 Calls to Call Center Apr-21 May-21 -Total calls -catts Connected to Agents July 29, 2021 Admin & Regulatory Update Page 2 of 4 Jun-21 The call center saw an increase in activity, driven primarily by the June Net Energy Metering customer enrollments and notifications that were sent out. 35 . 30 25 . 20 · 15 : 10 Call Center Avg Seconds to Answer Avg Call Duration Apr-21 MS\f·Zl -Avg Seconds to Answer -Avg CaU D.Jration Jun-21 July 29, 2021 Admin & Regulatory Update Page 3 of 4 Calls are being answered within 14 seconds on average, with an average duration of approximately 8 minutes. The chart below reflects the monthly opt-out requests and cumulative opt-outs for CEA, including the Solana Energy Alliance transitioned customers. Opt-Out Stats 5,000 4,500 4,000 3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 -Monthlyopt~OutStats -cumulativeopt-outs CEA's overall participation rate is 93%. 133 customers have opted up to Green Impact, 100% renewable energy and 76 customers have opted down to Clean Impact. Return to In-Person Board Meetings Governor Newsom's Executive Order N-29-20 temporarily amended the Brown Act to allow public agencies to hold remote meetings without in-person public participation since last March. With the Governor's Beyond the Blueprint plan to reopen California, as well as Executive Order N-08-21, Executive Order N-29-20 will be lifted on September 30, 2021. CEA's in-person Board meetings will resume with its regular meeting on October 28, 2021, scheduled to be hosted by the City of Del Mar. The Brown Act rules related to teleconference meetings will be back in effect. A Board Member may still meet remotely after September 30, but the agenda would need to identify the remote location of July 29, 2021 Admin & Regulatory Update Page 4 of4 the Board member, the public would have a right to participate in the meeting at the Board member's remote location, and an agenda would need to be timely posed at each remote location. Staff will coordinate with the member agencies regarding hosting the in-person CEA meetings. Expansion of Clean Energy Alliance CEA staff continues to work with County of San Diego staff as they prepare the analysis of options to the County for bringing community choice energy to the unincorporated County residents and businesses. It is anticipated that the results of the analysis will be presented to the County at a county board meeting in August. Should the decision of the Board of Supervisors be to join Clean Energy Alliance, a resolution will be brought to the next CEA Board meeting to consider approval of adding the County as a CEA member. CEA staff and consultants would then begin preparing the Amended Implementation Plan that will be required to be submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission by January 1, 2022, for a 2023 CCE implementation. Resource Adequacy Compliance As a load serving entity serving customers in 2021, CEA has an obligation to procure Resource Adequacy (RA), based on quantities allocated by CPUC and California Independent System Operator (CAISO). RA procurements do not supply any energy to CEA or its customers, rather it commits the seller to be available to supply energy to the grid if called upon by the CAISO and reduce the possibility of outages. This process is key to ensuring grid reliability. CEA successfully procured all its 2021-2023 RA requirements and is fully compliant with its RA obligation. CEA is in progress of procuring its 2022 - 2024 RA obligations, which are required to be completed by October 2021. Contracts $50,000 -$100,000 entered into by Interim Chief Executive Officer VENDOR .·• .DESCRIPTION . ., ·. AMOUNT ' Tripepi Smith Communications & Marketing Services FY Not to Exceed 21/22 $94,699 REGULATORY UPDATE CEA's regulatory attorney, Ty Tosdal, will provide an update to the Board on current regulatory activities (Attachment A). FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact by this action. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A-Tosdal APC Regulatory Update Report Item 3 Attachment CEA: Regulatory Update July 29, 2021 Ty Tosdal T •SDAL Overview • Resource Adequacy (R. 19-11-009) • SDG&E's GRC Phase II (A. 19-03-002) • Customer Bill Debt (R. 21-02-014) • Hydrogen Demonstration Application (A. 20-11-004) Decision on Resource Adequacy Framework D. 21-07-014 • Adopts PG&E's Slice-of-Day proposal that will require capacity equal to meet the peak hour during specific daily time periods in each season, plus an excess margin to be determined. • Rejects CalCCA and SCE's Net Qualifying Energy proposal, which had substantial support from parties, but leaves the door open for components of the proposal to be adopted. • Substance and further development of proposal to be addressed at series of workshops on the following subjects: (1) Structural Elements, (2) Resource Counting, (3) Need Determination and Allocation, (4) Hedging Component; and (5) Unforced Capacity Evaluation and Multi-Year Requirement Proposals. • Workshop report due February 2022. Implementation expected by 2024 compliance period. Decision Approving Customer Bill Debt Plans D. 21-06-036 • Extends moratorium on disconnections until September 30, 2021 plus three months. • Residential and small business customers with unpaid bills 60 days or more past due, not enrolled in other payment plant such as AMP. • Qualifying customers will be automatically enrolled in 24-month payment plan. • Phase 2 of the proceeding will address (1) use of state and federal funding, (2) pro rata allocation of partial payments between CCA programs and IOUs. • Outstanding questions remain regarding payment allocation and disconnections after September 30, 2021. • SDG&E: 41.08% of CARE/FERA customers in arrears, 34.92% non-CARE-FERA customers in arrears.