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Resolution No. 9916
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and
Attesting to the Veracity of the City’s 2019 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 every October.
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 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 the
PaloAltoGreen 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 powers agency of which Palo Alto is a member. The draft PSD reports are
then checked by City staff against 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 July 2020, Utilities Department staff submitted the 2019 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. Staff submitted an updated set of
2019 Annual PSD reports to the Energy Commission in August 2020.
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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
2019 Annual Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label 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 August 2020.
SECTION 2. 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 28, 2020
AYES: CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, KNISS, KOU, TANAKA
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
___________________________ _______________________
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
___________________________ _______________________
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
___________________________
Director of Utilities
___________________________
Director of Administrative Services
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
Name James Stack
Title Senior Resource Planner
Mailing Address 250 Hamilton Ave., 3rd Floor
City, State, Zip Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone (650) 329-2314
E-mail james.stack@cityofpaloalto.org
Website URL for PCL
Posting www.cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel
Submit the Annual Report and signed Attestation in PDF format with the Excel version of the
Annual Report to PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov. Remember to complete the Retail Supplier
Name, Electricity Portfolio Name, and contact information above, and submit separate
reports and attestations for each additional portfolio if multiple were offered in the previous
year.
NOTE: Information submitted in this report is not automatically held confidential. If your
company wishes the information submitted to be considered confidential an authorized
representative must submit an application for confidential designation (CEC-13), which can
be found on the California Energy Commissions's website at
https://www.energy.ca.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/chief-counsels-office.
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at
PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov or (916) 654-3954.
ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Standard Rate
CONTACT INFORMATION
City of Palo Alto Utilities
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
For the Year Ending December 31, 2019
Retail suppliers are required to use the posted template and are not allowed to make edits to
this format. Please complete all requested information.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
Exhibit ADocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
861,561
880,044
-
18,483
8
-
880,035
DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net
MWh
Procured N/A
Half Moon Bay (Ox Mountain) Biomass & biowaste CA W 2033 60022A 56895 43,474 19,424 24,050 23,545
Johnson Canyon LFG Biomass & biowaste CA W 3397 61353A 58397 10,422 4,589 5,833 5,711
Keller Canyon Biomass & biowaste CA W 2071 61298A 56897 14,939 6,502 8,437 8,260
San Joaquin LFG Biomass & biowaste CA W 3883 62433A 58436 30,653 13,872 16,781 16,429
Santa Cruz LFG Biomass & biowaste CA W 2014 61297A 56428 9,348 3,865 5,483 5,368
New Spicer Meadows Eligible hydro CA W 1260 61580A 54554 5,623 2,451 3,172 3,105
WAPA - Lewiston Eligible hydro CA W 1108 61044A 485 485 475
WAPA - Nimbus Eligible hydro CA W 1161 61045A 444 5,747 5,747 5,626
WAPA - Stampede Eligible hydro CA W 1177 61046A 7066 1,595 1,595 1,562
275 Cambridge Ave Parking Garage Solar CA W 5649 63982A 463 463 453
445 Bryant St. Parking Garage Solar CA W 5647 63610A 383 383 375
475 Campridge Ave Parking Garage Solar CA W 5650 63981A 491 491 481
520 Webster St. Parking Garage Solar CA W 5648 63611A 583 583 571
Crow Creek Solar (Frontier) Solar CA W 4962 62248A 60039 52,091 18,818 33,273 32,575
EE Kettleman - Land - Centaurus Solar CA W 4695 62422A 59633 53,502 18,635 34,867 34,135
Elevation Solar C (Big Sky 2) Solar CA W 5298 63192A 59964 110,990 44,962 66,028 64,642
Hayworth Solar (Lamont) Solar CA W 4719 62744A 59009 64,546 23,626 40,920 40,061
HP Inc - Palo Alto HQ Solar CA W 7686 64036A 355 355 348
Hydro Solar Solar CA W 1266 62543A 3 3 3
UUCPA (505 E. Charlestom Rd)Solar CA W 7382 63983A 218 218 213
Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch B (Big Sky 4) Solar CA W 5300 61518A 59961 55,145 20,172 34,973 34,239
High Winds Wind CA W 229 60726A 56075 36,627 14,157 22,470 21,998
Shiloh Wind CA W 231 60488A 56362 37,460 25,035 12,425 12,164
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2019
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
Net Nuclear, Large Hydro &
Renewables
Retail Sales (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
Net Natural Gas
Net Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Procurement
(MWh)
Instructions: Enter information about power procurements underlying this electricity portfolio for which your company is filing the Annual Report. Insert additional
rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto-populate as needed and should not be filled out. For firmed-and-shaped imports, provide the EIA ID of the substitute power, not the generator ID of the RECs. For EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling
suppliers, enter "unspecified", "BPA," "Powerex,", or "Tacoma" as applicable. For specified procurements of ACS power, use the ACS Procurement Calculator to
calculate the resource breakdown comprising the ACS system mix. Procurements of unspecified power must not be entered as line items below; unspecified
power will be calculated automatically in cell L9. Unbundled RECs must not be entered on Schedule 1 ; these products must be entered on Schedule 2. At the bottom portion of the schedule, provide the other electricity end-uses that are not retail sales including, but not limited to transmission and distribution losses or
municipal street lighting. Amounts should be in megawatt-hours.
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Version: May 8, 2020
FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID REC Substitute Procured MWh Resold Procured MWh N/A
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID REC EIA ID Procured MWh Resold Procured MWh N/A
Collierville Large hydro CA W 1258, W 1259 54555 209,381 209,381 204,986
Gianelli Powerplant (units 2 and 6)Large hydro CA W 1162, W 1288 448 - -
WAPA - Folsom Large hydro CA W 1156 thru W 1158 441 52,091 52,091 50,997
WAPA - J.F.Carr Large hydro CA W 1164 442 17,176 17,176 16,815
WAPA - Keswick Large hydro CA W 1165 443 23,511 23,511 23,017
WAPA - New Melones Large hydro CA W 1159, W 1160 6158 54,059 54,059 52,924
WAPA - O'Neill Large hydro CA W 1167, W 1186 446 321 321 315
WAPA - Shasta Large hydro CA W 1168 thru W 1172 445 161,665 161,665 158,271
WAPA - Spring Creek Large hydro CA W 1174 450 24,339 24,339 23,828
WAPA - Trinity Large hydro CA W 1175, W 1176 451 18,457 18,457 18,069
City of Palo Alto COBUG Natural gas CA 57714 8 8 -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET-CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS
Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net
MWh
Procured N/A
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements 312,338 36.3%
Biomass & Biowaste 59,312 6.9%
Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric 10,768 1.2%
Solar 208,096 24.2%
Wind 34,162 4.0%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric 549,223 63.7%
Natural gas - 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power - 0.0%
Total 861,561 100.0%
861,561
0.0%
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source
for the year ending December 31, 2019
Standard Rate
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled
RECs
City of Palo Alto Utilities
SCHEDULE 3: ANNUAL POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use
these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
ATTESTATION FORM
for the year ending December 31, 2019
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
I, James A. Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the
statements contained in this report including Schedules 1, 2, and 3 are true and correct
and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto Utilities, have authority to submit this
report on the company's behalf. I further declare that the megawatt-hours claimed as
specified purchases as shown in these Schedules were, to the best of my knowledge, sold
once and only once to retail customers.
Name: James A. Stack
Representing (Retail Supplier): City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: __________________________________________________________
Dated: August 19, 2020
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
Name James Stack
Title Senior Resource Planner
Mailing Address 250 Hamilton Ave., 3rd Floor
City, State, Zip Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone (650) 329-2314
E-mail james.stack@cityofpaloalto.org
Website URL for PCL
Posting www.cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel
Submit the Annual Report and signed Attestation in PDF format with the Excel version of the
Annual Report to PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov. Remember to complete the Retail Supplier
Name, Electricity Portfolio Name, and contact information above, and submit separate
reports and attestations for each additional portfolio if multiple were offered in the previous
year.
NOTE: Information submitted in this report is not automatically held confidential. If your
company wishes the information submitted to be considered confidential an authorized
representative must submit an application for confidential designation (CEC-13), which can
be found on the California Energy Commissions's website at
https://www.energy.ca.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/chief-counsels-office.
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at
PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov or (916) 654-3954.
ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Palo Alto Green
CONTACT INFORMATION
City of Palo Alto Utilities
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
For the Year Ending December 31, 2019
Retail suppliers are required to use the posted template and are not allowed to make edits to
this format. Please complete all requested information.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
26,565
26,565
-
-
-
-
26,565
DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net
MWh
Procured N/A
HP Inc - Palo Alto HQ Solar CA W 7686 64036A 260 260 260
445 Bryant St. Parking Garage Solar CA W 5647 63610A 5 5 5
Shiloh Wind CA W 231 60488A 56362 26,300 26,300 26,300
- -
- -
FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID REC Substitute Procured MWh Resold Procured MWh Grandfathered
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID Procured MWh Resold Procured MWh N/A
- -
Net Nuclear, Large Hydro &
Renewables
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2019
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement
(MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
Net Natural Gas
Net Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Instructions: Enter information about power procurements underlying this electricity portfolio for which your company is filing the Annual Report. Insert additional
rows as needed. All fields in white should be filled out. Fields in grey auto-populate as needed and should not be filled out. For firmed-and-shaped imports, provide the EIA ID of the substitute power, not the generator ID of the RECs. For EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling
suppliers, enter "unspecified", "BPA," "Powerex,", or "Tacoma" as applicable. For specified procurements of ACS power, use the ACS Procurement Calculator to calculate the resource breakdown comprising the ACS system mix. Procurements of unspecified power must not be entered as line items below; unspecified
power will be calculated automatically in cell L9. Unbundled RECs must not be entered on Schedule 1 ; these products must be entered on Schedule 2. At the
bottom portion of the schedule, provide the other electricity end-uses that are not retail sales including, but not limited to transmission and distribution losses or
municipal street lighting. Amounts should be in megawatt-hours.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements 26,565 100.0%
Biomass & Biowaste - 0.0%
Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric - 0.0%
Solar 265 1.0%
Wind 26,300 99.0%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric - 0.0%
Natural gas - 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power - 0.0%
Total 26,565 100.0%
26,565
0.0%Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled
RECs
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source
SCHEDULE 3: ANNUAL POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
for the year ending December 31, 2019
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use
these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 5CE81B0F-9F10-4C37-A667-8A468F708CD1
Version: May 8, 2020
ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Power Source Disclosure
ATTESTATION FORM
for the year ending December 31, 2019
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
I, James A. Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the
statements contained in this report including Schedules 1, 2, and 3 are true and correct
and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto Utilities, have authority to submit this
report on the company's behalf. I further declare that the megawatt-hours claimed as
specified purchases as shown in these Schedules were, to the best of my knowledge, sold
once and only once to retail customers.
Name: James A. Stack
Representing (Retail Supplier): City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: __________________________________________________________
Dated: August 19, 2020
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
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