HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 10127Resolution No. 10127
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and
Attesting to the Veracity of the City’s 2022 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 Pa loAltoGreen 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 May 2023, Utilities Department staff submitted the 2022 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
2022 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 May 2023.
SECTION 2. The City Council approves and attests to the veracity of the 2022 Annual Power
Content Label reports for the City’s standard ca rbon neutral portfolio, and for the City’s voluntary
PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit B to this resolution) which staff distributed to Utilities
customers as an insert in their October 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: October 2, 2023
AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, TANAKA, VEENKER
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Assistant City Attorney City Manager
Director of Utilities
Director of Administrative Services
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CITY, STATE, ZIP Palo Alto, CA 94301
PHONE (650) 329-2314
EMAIL james.stack@cityofpaloalto.org
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov or
(916) 639-0573.
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.
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.
WEBSITE URL FOR
PCL POSTING www.cityofpaloalto.org/powercontentlabel
MAILING ADDRESS 250 Hamilton Ave.
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
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
CONTACT INFORMATION
City of Palo Alto Utilities
ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Standard Rate
NAME James Stack
TITLE Senior Resource Planner
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800,289
458,151
342,138
-
3
-
458,148
150,945
0.1886
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
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions (in MT
CO2e)N/A
275 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage Solar CA W5649 63982 P228 467 467 467 - -
445 Bryant St. Parking Garage Solar CA W5647 63610 P229 350 350 350 - -
475 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage Solar CA W5650 63981 P230 513 513 513 - -
520 Webster St. Parking Garage Solar CA W5648 63611 P231 604 604 604 - -
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto Solar CA W7382 63983 P232 221 221 221 - -
HP Inc.Solar CA W7686 64036 62732 2,137 2,137 2,137 - -
Elevation Solar C Solar CA W5298 63192 59964 60,950 60,950 60,950 - -
Frontier Solar Solar CA W4962 62248 60039 28,106 28,106 28,106 - -
Hayworth Solar Solar CA W4719 62744 59009 40,694 40,694 40,694 - -
Kettleman Solar Solar CA W4695 62422 59633 33,197 33,197 33,197 - -
Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch B Solar CA W5300 61518 59961 29,905 29,905 29,905 - -
High Winds Wind CA W229 60726 56075 19,986 19,986 19,986 - -
Ameresco Johnson Canyon Biomass & Biowaste CA W3397 61353 58397 7,777 7,777 7,777 0.5559 4,323
Ameresco San Joaquin Biomass & Biowaste CA W3883 62433 58436 17,097 17,097 17,097 0.0028 48
Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy Biomass & Biowaste CA W2014 61297 56428 6,447 6,447 6,447 0.0033 21
Keller Canyon Landfill Biomass & Biowaste CA W2071 61298 56897 8,553 8,553 8,553 0.0028 24
Ox Mountain/Half Moon Biomass & Biowaste CA W2033 60022 56895 33,158 33,158 33,158 0.0028 92
Spicer 1 Units Eligible Hydro CA W1260 61580 54554 1,573 1,573 1,573 - -
WAPA - Lewiston Eligible Hydro CA W1108 61044 977 361 361 361 - -
WAPA - Nimbus Eligible Hydro CA W1161 61045 444 7,067 7,067 7,067 - -
WAPA - Stampede Eligible Hydro CA W1177 61046 7066 639 639 639 - -
FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID
EIA ID of
REC
Source
EIA ID of
Substitute
Power
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)
Eligible for
Grandfathered
Emissions?
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)N/A
Collierville Large Hydro CA 54555 61,554 61,554 61,554 - -
WAPA - Folsom Large Hydro CA 441 16,888 16,888 16,888 - -
WAPA - Gianelli Large Hydro CA 448 2,400 2,400 2,400 - -
WAPA - J.F. Carr Large Hydro CA 442 5,684 5,684 5,684 - -
WAPA - Keswick Large Hydro CA 443 7,095 7,095 7,095 - -
WAPA - New Melones Large Hydro CA 6158 13,992 13,992 13,992 - -
WAPA - O'Neill Large Hydro CA 446 108 108 108 - -
WAPA - Shasta Large Hydro CA 445 32,443 32,443 32,443 - -
WAPA - Spring Creek Large Hydro CA 450 1,577 1,577 1,577 - -
WAPA - Trinity Large Hydro CA 451 6,287 6,287 6,287 - -
Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh)
Net Specified Natural Gas
Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power
GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions)
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 EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling suppliers, enter "Unspecified Power", "BPA",or "Tacoma Power" 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 N9. 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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Mid-C Hydro Priest Rapids Large Hydro WA 3887 1,394 1,394 1,394 - -
Mid-C Hydro Rock Island Large Hydro WA 6200 7,566 7,566 7,566 - -
Mid-C Hydro Rocky Reach Large Hydro WA 3883 1,358 1,358 1,358 - -
Palo Alto COBUG Natural Gas CA 57714 3 3 3 0.3944 1
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
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)N/A
-
-
-
-
END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh
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400,000
RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province RPS ID Total Retired (in MWh)
Apache Solar Solar AZ 63454 383
Buena Vista Energy Windfarm Wind CA 60124 5,690
Carousel Wind Wind CO 63340 278,117
Cedar Creek Wind CO 60822 12,832
Draper Irrigation Hydroelectric Water UT 60788 166
Foote Creek I Wind WY 60561 10,362
Klondike III Wind OR 60602 1,940
Nine Canyon Wind Project Wind WA 60803 11,800
Pennask Wind Farm Wind BC 64015 1,434
Quality Wind Wind BC 62247 19,397
Riverbend Renewable Energy Facility Biogas OR 60963 21,038
Seneca Sustainable Energy Biomass OR 61090 14,441
Wolverine Creek Wind ID 60564 22,400
Total Retired Unbundled RECs
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
INSTRUCTIONS: Enter information about retired unbundled RECs associated with this electricity portfolio. 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.
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Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements 299,802 37.5%
Biomass & Biowaste 73,032 9.1%
Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric 9,640 1.2%
Solar 197,144 24.6%
Wind 19,986 2.5%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric 158,346 19.8%
Natural gas 3 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power 342,138 42.8%
Total 800,289 100.0%
800,289
416
50.0%
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled
RECs
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use
these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.
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2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
ATTESTATION FORM
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Standard Rate
I, James Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the information
provided in this report is true and correct and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto
Utilities, have authority to submit this report on the retail supplier's behalf. I further declare
that all of the electricity claimed as specified purchases as shown in this report was sold once
and only once to retail customers.
Name: James Stack
Representing: City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: ___________________________
Dated: May 27, 2023
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
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CITY, STATE, ZIP Palo Alto, CA 94301
PHONE (650) 329-2314
EMAIL james.stack@cityofpaloalto.org
If you have questions, contact Power Source Disclosure (PSD) staff at PSDprogram@energy.ca.gov or
(916) 639-0573.
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.
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.
WEBSITE URL FOR
PCL POSTING www.cityofpaloalto.org/powercontentlabel
MAILING ADDRESS 250 Hamilton Ave.
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
RETAIL SUPPLIER NAME
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
CONTACT INFORMATION
City of Palo Alto Utilities
ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME
Palo Alto Green
NAME James Stack
TITLE Senior Resource Planner
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27,181
-
27,181
-
-
-
-
11,633
0.4280
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
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions (in MT
CO2e)N/A
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FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province WREGIS ID RPS ID
EIA ID of
REC
Source
EIA ID of
Substitute
Power
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)
Eligible for
Grandfathered
Emissions?
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS
Facility Name Fuel Type
State or
Province N/A N/A N/A EIA ID
Gross MWh
Procured MWh Resold
Net MWh
Procured
Adjusted Net MWh
Procured
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)N/A
- - - #N/A
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- - - #N/A
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
- - #N/A
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Retail Sales (MWh)
Net Specified Procurement (MWh)
Unspecified Power (MWh)
Procurement to be adjusted
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh)
Net Specified Natural Gas
Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels
Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power
GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions)
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 EIA IDs for unspecified power or specified system mixes from asset-controlling suppliers, enter "Unspecified Power", "BPA",or "Tacoma Power" 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 N9. Unbundled RECs must not be entered on Schedule 1; these products must be entered on Schedule 2. At the bottom portionof 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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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
GHG Emissions
Factor (in MT
CO2e/MWh)
GHG Emissions
(in MT CO2e)N/A
-
-
-
-
END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh
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Adjusted Net
Procured (MWh)
Percent of Total
Retail Sales
Renewable Procurements - 0.0%
Biomass & Biowaste - 0.0%
Geothermal - 0.0%
Eligible Hydroelectric - 0.0%
Solar - 0.0%
Wind - 0.0%
Coal - 0.0%
Large Hydroelectric - 0.0%
Natural gas - 0.0%
Nuclear - 0.0%
Other - 0.0%
Unspecified Power 27,181 100.0%
Total 27,181 100.0%
27,181
944
34.5%
Total Retail Sales (MWh)
GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh)
Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled
RECs
2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
Instructions: No data input is needed on this schedule. Retail suppliers should use
these auto-populated calculations to fill out their Power Content Labels.
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2022 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT
ATTESTATION FORM
For the Year Ending December 31, 2022
City of Palo Alto Utilities
Palo Alto Green
I, James Stack, Senior Resource Planner, declare under penalty of perjury, that the
information provided in this report is true and correct and that I, as an authorized agent of City of Palo Alto Utilities, have authority to submit this report on the retail supplier's behalf. I
further declare that all of the electricity claimed as specified purchases as shown in this
report was sold once and only once to retail customers.
Name: James Stack
Representing: City of Palo Alto Utilities
Signature: ___________________________
Dated: June 12, 2023
Executed at: Palo Alto, CA
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CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2022
Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format,
auxiliary aids, or modifications to policies or procedures to access City meetings,
programs, or services should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator George Hoyt at
(650) 329-2550 or by emailing ADA@cityofpaloalto.org.
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WHERE DOES OUR ELECTRICITY COME FROM?
100% CARBON NEUTRAL ELECTRICITY SINCE 2013
Like a nutrition facts label that shows the ingredients in food, the Power Content Label
shows the sources of electricity purchased by City of Palo Alto Utilities to power local
homes and businesses.
Carbon neutral electricity comes from a variety of sources, including renewable
resources like solar, wind and small hydroelectric plants. Large hydroelectric sources
are also carbon-free, but the state of California doesn’t consider them renewable.
Since 2016 the City of Palo Alto Utilities has had long-term contracts with California-based
renewable energy providers to provide 100% carbon neutral power to the community.
In 2020, as the value of in-state renewable energy rose, CPAU began taking a regional
approach to purchasing power, selling its higher-priced renewable energy and buying
the most cost-efficient renewable energy from outside the state. This program generates
earnings (totaling $1.8 million in 2022) which are being invested in local decarbonization
efforts necessary to meet our ambitious climate goals. Although the power sourced
out-of-state remains carbon neutral, it’s not recognized as renewable by the state and
instead is labeled as “unspecified.”
SOLAR
24.6%
ELIGIBLE
HYDROELECTRIC
1.2%
UNSPECIFIED
POWER
42.8%
BIOMASS AND
BIOWASTE
9.1%
LARGE
HYDROELECTRIC
19.8%
Palo Alto is reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2030
POWER SOURCES IN 2022
CPAU power sources include five solar PV projects, one wind project, five landfill gas-fired projects,
the Calaveras hydroelectric project, and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) contract,
which is sourced from Central Valley Project hydroelectric facilities. All of these resources are located in
California. Power supply percentages vary annually based on the available output from our contracted
generators. In 2022, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was significantly lower than long-term average
levels due to extremely dry weather conditions, so CPAU needed to purchase additional renewable
generation from other utilities in the western US.
Find more details at
cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral
WIND
2.5%
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CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2022
Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format,
auxiliary aids, or modifications to policies or procedures to access City meetings,
programs, or services should contact the City’s ADA Coordinator George Hoyt at
(650) 329-2550 or by emailing ADA@cityofpaloalto.org.
10/23 Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, bleached without chlorine.
WHERE DOES OUR ELECTRICITY COME FROM?
100% CARBON NEUTRAL ELECTRICITY SINCE 2013
Like a nutrition facts label that shows the ingredients in food, the Power Content Label shows the sources
of electricity purchased by City of Palo Alto Utilities to power local homes and businesses.
Carbon neutral electricity comes from a variety of sources, including renewable resources like solar, wind
and small hydroelectric plants. Large hydroelectric sources are also carbon-free, but the state of California
doesn’t consider them renewable.
Since 2016 the City of Palo Alto Utilities has had long-term contracts with California-based renewable
energy providers to provide 100% carbon neutral power to the community. In 2020, as the value of in-state
renewable energy rose, CPAU began taking a regional approach to purchasing power, selling its higher-
priced renewable energy and buying the most cost-efficient renewable energy from outside the state. This
program generates earnings (totaling $1.8 million in 2022) which are being invested in local decarbonization
efforts necessary to meet our ambitious climate goals. Although the power sourced out-of-state remains
carbon neutral, it’s not recognized as renewable by the state and is labeled as “unspecified.”
Palo Alto is reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2030
POWER SOURCES IN 2022 CPAU power sources include five solar PV projects, one wind project, five
landfill gas-fired projects, the Calaveras hydroelectric project, and the Western Area Power Administration (Western)
contract, which is sourced from Central Valley Project hydroelectric facilities. All of these resources are located in
California. Power supply percentages vary annually based on the available output from our contracted generators.
In 2022, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was significantly lower than long-term average levels due to extremely dry
weather conditions, so CPAU needed to purchase additional renewable generation from other utilities in the western US.
PaloAltoGreen’sa Prospective Product Content
Labelb for 2023 Consists of 100% Wind Energyc
a PaloAltoGreen is a voluntary renewable energy program from City of Palo Alto Utilities that matches up to 100% of your estimated monthly electricity usage with Green-e® certified Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from new renewable energy resources, specifically from generation facilities that first began commercial operation in the last 15 years.
b Prospective Product Content Label: These figures reflect the renewables that we have contracted to provide. Actual figures may vary according to resource availability. We will annually report to you before October 1st of next year in the form of a Historical Product Content Label the actual resource mix of the electricity you purchased.
c Sourced from wind energy RECs located in the western U.S. (CA, OR, WA, ID, NV, UT, AZ, MT, WY, CO, or NM) or Canada (BC or AB).
Green-e EnergyC E R T I F I E DPaloAltoGreen™
PaloAltoGreen is Green-e® Energy certified
and meets the environmental and consumer-
protection standards set forth by the nonprofit
Center for Resource Solutions.
For more information on
Green-e® Certified Energy,
call 1-888-63-GREEN or visit
green-e.org
PaloAltoGreen 2022 Historical Product Content Label (reflected in the “Palo
Alto Green” column of the table on page 2): These figures reflect the power
delivered to PaloAltoGreen’s customers in 2022. ‘Other’ and ‘Unspecified
Power’ sourced from wind energy facilities in Colorado and Montana.
Find more details at cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral
SOLAR
24.6%
ELIGIBLE
HYDROELECTRIC
1.2%
UNSPECIFIED
POWER
42.8%
BIOMASS AND
BIOWASTE
9.1%
LARGE
HYDROELECTRIC
19.8%
WIND
2.5%
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