HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 10072Resolution No. 10072
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and
Attesting to the Veracity of the City’s 2021 Power Source
Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports
R E C I T A L S
A. The California Legislature adopted Senate Bill 1305 in 1997 to ensure that all retail
suppliers of electricity, including the City of Palo Alto, disclose to consumers the sources of energy
used to provide electric service in an accurate, reliable and easy to understand manner.
B. The SB 1305 Report is commonly referred to as the Power Source Disclosure (PSD)
report, which shows the City’s electric portfolio purchases for the prior calendar year, as well as
the fuel mix for the City’s retail electricity sales for the prior calendar year.
C. The information contained in the PSD report is used to prepare the City’s annual
Power Content Label (PCL), which discloses the fuel mix of the City’s retail electricity sales during
the prior calendar year, as well as the fuel mix for the state as a whole, and which is mailed to
the City’s electric utility customers via a bill insert by October 1st every year.
D. California Code of Regs., title 20, sections 1394.2(a)(2), updated by the California
Energy Commission effective May 2020, allows the City Council to approve and attest to the
veracity of each PSD report and PCL for the previous year, including the reports for Palo Alto’s
voluntary PaloAltoGreen product, which is provided to commercial customers who
participate in t he Pa loAltoGreen program.
E. The PSD report submissions for both the City’s standard carbon neutral power
portfolio, and the City’s PaloAltoGreen product are prepared by the Northern California Power
Agency (NCPA), a joint power authority of which Palo Alto is a member. The draft PSD reports are
then checked by City staff aga inst the City’s account in the Western Renewable Energy
Generation Information System (WREGIS), where the City tracks its renewable and carbon -free
energy. The PaloAltoGreen renewable energy supplies are then verified by a third-party verifier,
in order to achieve Green-e certification for that program.
F. In June 2022, Utilities Department staff submitted the 2021 Annual PSD reports for
both the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the PaloAltoGreen program, to the Energy
Commission in accordance with the applicable regulations.
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The Council of the City of Palo Alto (“City”) RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council approves the submission and attests to the veracity of the
2021 Annual Power Source Disclosure reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio,
and for the City’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit A to this resolution) which
staff submitted to the California Energy Commission in June 2022.
SECTION 2. The City Council approves and attests to the veracity of the 202 1 Annual Power
Content Label reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio, and for the City’s voluntary
PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit B t o this resolution) which staff distributed to Utilities
customers as an insert in their September Utilities bills.
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review because it is an administrative government
activity that will not result in any direct or indirect physical change to the environment (CEQA
Guidelines section 15378(b)(5)).
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: September 27, 2022
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City Clerk Mayor
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Director of Utilities
Director of Administrative Services
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