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Home My WebLink AboutTC Digest 2017-08-04 TOWN COUNCIL WEEKLY DIGEST July 31 — August 4, 2017 TIBURON Correspondence Agendas REGIONAL, NOTICES AND AGENDAS Correspondence 1. Marin Clean Energy-Community Choice Aggregation 2. North Bay Water Reuse Authority-North Bay Water Reuse Program Phase 2 MCEClean Energy My community.My choice. June 24, 2017 Dear MCE Member Communities, Late last week, MCE was informed that the eastern Los Angeles based Foothill Taxpayers Association had sent letters to a number of elected officials working with different Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs throughout California.The letters raise concerns about the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA), Portfolio Allocation Mechanism (PAM), and Assembly Bill 1110. Each of these items are addressed below. The Foothill Tax Payers Association is a newly formed organization which has been working in association with the American Coalition for Sustainable Communities on a "campaign involving local activists to stop the San Bernadino Council of Governments from continuing collaborative research efforts on starting a CCA." Mr. Daniels' organizations,The American Coalition for Sustainable Communities and iAgenda2l promote the following policy positions: • United States: Leave Get Out of the U.N. • Stop U.S. Implementation of the UN's Paris Climate Deal • Opposition to U.N. Agenda 21 : Sustainable Development • Opt out of the [San Bernadinol Countywide Vision Plan & Common Core • Advocacy against CCA programs • Sustainability in California, including "How to Win Climate Change Debate Every Time(Global Warming Hoax)" 1) Power Charge Indifference Adjustment(PCIA)/Portfolio Allocation Mechanism (PAM): The letter states that the PCIA and PAM will impact the cost effectiveness of CCAs and that they are both uncertain at this time. As you know, the PCIA is charged to cover the losses incurred by investor owned utilities (IOUs, i.e., PG&E, SDG&E, SoCal Edison) for the departure of customers to CCA service. Since MCE's launch in 2010, MCE has requested that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) reconsider the methodology, transparency, accountability, and fairness of the PCIA "exit fee." In 2016, the CPUC convened a working group of stakeholders to discuss issues raised about the PCIA. From those discussions came a request by the IOUs to replace the PCIA with PAM (A.17-04-018), but this filing was rejected without prejudice by the CPUC. Instead, the CPUC has authorized an Order Instituting Rulemaking (R. 17-06-026) to improve the transparency, stability, certainty, methodology of the current PCIA as well as considering alternatives and possible exemptions for customers on essential energy discount services like CARE (serving low-income customers) or Medical Baseline. Since MCE has been raising these Clean Energy My community.My choice. issues for several years, we are encouraged these concerns will be given a full venue and hearing. 2) Assembly Bill 1110,Ting(2016): The letter claims that an over-reliance on renewable energy certificates (RECs) keep CCA prices artificially low and that AB 1110 will limit their use, thereby driving CCAs to purchase more expensive energy supply, raising costs higher than initial projections. Since RECs are created with all renewable energy generation (i.e., in-state 'bucket 1' bundled energy; out-of-state 'bucket 2' shaped and firmed energy; and 'bucket 3' unbundled energy) we assume this letter is referring to unbundled, 'bucket 3' RECs (although it does not specify which type it intends to reference). VICE prioritizes in-state 'bucket 1' bundled renewable energy purchases. As a result, unbundled RECs make up 3% or less of MCE procurement. Changes created by AB 1110 will therefore have a negligible effect on the cost of MCE's energy supply. California Community Choice programs—as well as the newly formed trade association, CaICCA— continue to monitor, engage, and work on the issues presented here to ensure our collective financial strength and security. By prioritizing strong financials, MCE has been able to secure a net position of approximately $30 million, contributing an average of$5 million annually. This has allowed MCE to save ratepayer—and taxpayer— money by reducing rates by an average of 9% in 2016 and 3.7% in 2017; to save customers money through energy efficiency installations in small businesses and multifamily dwellings; and to offer cash-outs to over-generating rooftop solar customers of more than $1 million in 2016 and $1.3 million in 2017 (press releases with more information included). Thank you for bringing this letter to our attention. Please let us know if your Council members have any questions about Community Choice Aggregation generally or MCE specifically. t. .4 Notice ofPreparationAvailability �- TVORTI-1 BAY WATER � REUSE PROGRAM T �� L qq Ictter Supply Redaal7�lay ? ®rtrl ay Water Reuse /`1 up'GlPff®r through Regao��al Reuse Host Public Meetings in Preparation er Agencies �fAmerican Canyon for Proposed Recycled Water Projects �allinas Valley Sanitary District t I-Municipal Water District Courifty NORTH BAY WATER FIRST CLASS Sanitation Distract „ REUSE PROGRAM US POSTAGE i Marin Water D�stnct PAID 404 Aviation Blvd.,Santa Rosa, CA 95403 to Sanitary D,istrict PERMIT#470 if Petaluma"' SANTA ROSA CA ma County Water Agency .: ma,Valley County Sanitation ct Patti Pickett Town Of Tiburon, Administrative Services 1505 Tiburon Blvd. versesta informacion Tiburon, CA 94920 patrol, por favor al V.n brwa..org S The North Bay Water Reuse Authority(NBWRA) is a cooperative The projects proposed in the Phase 2 Program would continue to build program in the San Pablo Bay region that supports sustainability upon commitments to long-term inter-agency cooperation to address and environmental enhancement by expanding the use of recycled common needs related to reliable water supplies and enhanced environ- water.The NBWRA is proposing Phase 2 of the North Bay Water mental restoration.These projects would include construction and Reuse Program to continue increasing the beneficial use of recycled operation of treatment capacity improvements,distribution facilities, water.Sonoma County Water Agency(Water Agency)will act as Lead and storage facilities (seasonal and operational) to provide recycled Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) for water environmental,agricultural,and municipal reuse in the North San preparing an FAvironmental Impact Report(EIR).The Department Pablo Bay region,which encompasses approximately 318 square miles of Interior,Bureau of Reclamation,will be the federal Lead Agency in Marin,Sonoma and Napa counties.Pipeline and pumping facilities under the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) for preparing would be installed within or along existing roadways.Treatment and an Environmental Impact Statement(EIS). storage facilities would be located at or near existing wastewater treat- ment plants.This recycled water would be used in a manner consistent Consistent with Section 15082 of the CEQA Guidelines, a Notice of with the California Code of Regulations,Title 22,pertaining to the use Preparation (NOP) has been prepared describing the proposed project of tertiary-treated recycled water. and identifies issue areas to be examined in the EIR/EIS. Agencies and interested members of the public are invited to provide input on the The public comment period will close at 5:00 PM on August 21, scope of the environmental analysis. In keeping with Water Agency's 2017.Before including your name,address,phone number,email ad- Sustainability Program,the NOP is available to the public on the web dress,or other personal identifying information in your comment,you page identified below Printed copies of the NOP are available at each should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal of the member agency offices or are available upon request by emailing identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. Phase2EIR@nbwra.org. Please include a name,address,and telephone number of a contact Public Scoping Meetings will be held in American Canyon,Petaluma, person in your agency for all future correspondence on this subject. San Rafael,and Sonoma. (The same content will be presented at each Please send your comments to: meeting.) For more information and to find the location and date of Anne Crealock the meeting in your area,visit www.nbwra.org.If you have a disability, Sonoma County Water Agency which requires an accommodation,an alternative format,or requires 404 Airport Boulevard another person to assist you while attending these meetings or review- Santa Rosa,CA 95403 ing associated materials,i contact rhe,.Water.Agency at 707-524-$378,as soon as possible to ensure arrangements for accommodation.