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Home My WebLink AboutStaff Report 2408-3365CITY OF PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL Special Meeting Monday, December 02, 2024 Council Chambers & Hybrid 5:30 PM Agenda Item 5.Adoption of a Resolution Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City's 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports; CEQA Status: Not a project City Council Staff Report From: City Manager Report Type: CONSENT CALENDAR Lead Department: Utilities Meeting Date: December 2, 2024 Staff Report: 2408-3365 TITLE Adoption of a Resolution Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City's 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports; CEQA Status: Not a project RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution (Attachment A) approving and attesting to the veracity of the City’s two Power Source Disclosure reports for 2023 and the City’s two Power Content Labels for 2023. BACKGROUND Senate Bill 13051 was approved in 1997 to ensure that all retail suppliers of electricity disclose to consumers the sources of energy used to provide the electric service in an accurate, consistent, and easy to understand manner. The SB 1305 Report is commonly referred to as the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) report. The City of Palo Alto is required to submit an annual PSD report to the California Energy Commission (CEC) by June 1st of each year. The information contained in this report is used to prepare the annual Power Content Label (PCL), which is mailed to City Utilities customers and posted on the City’s website by October 1st of each year at www.cityofpaloalto.org/powercontentlabel and on the CEC’s website at energy.ca.gov/power-content-label. ANALYSIS CEC regulations governing the Power Source Disclosure Program2 require retail electricity sellers to engage a third-party certified public accountant to perform an audit to verify the specific purchases, resales, and self-consumption of energy by fuel type.3 However, publicly owned electric utilities are exempt from the audit requirement if the governing board of the 1 Senate Bill 1305 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/97-98/bill/sen/sb_1301- 1350/sb_1305_bill_19971009_chaptered.html 2 California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 1391-1394. 3 California Code of Regulations Title 20, Section 1394.2(a). utility “submits to the Energy Commission an attestation of the veracity of each annual report and power content label for the previous year.”4 In Palo Alto’s case, this means that the PSD reports and PCLs for the City’s two retail electricity products (the “standard rate” carbon neutral product and the voluntary PaloAltoGreen product, which is available to all commercial customers and allows them to pay a small premium in order to receive a power supply comprising only wind generation) can both be approved by the City Council, as described above. In 2023, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was about 30% greater than long-term average levels, due to the record levels of precipitation the state received during the winter of 2022-2023. Also in 2023, CPAU continued its REC Exchange Program, which involves taking a regional approach to fulfilling its Carbon Neutral Electric Portfolio goals by selling renewable energy from the City’s long-term renewable contracts and using the most cost-effective renewable energy from outside the state to fulfill carbon neutrality requirements.5 Although the power sourced out-of- state remains renewable and carbon-neutral, the CEC categorizes such power as “unspecified power” on the PSD and PCL documents. Under the City’s REC Exchange Program, the City sold a total of 223,362 MWh of in-state renewable generation in 2023 and purchased the same volume of out-of-state renewable generation, yielding $7.71 million in net revenue. Per Council’s direction, all of this revenue will be invested locally in decarbonization efforts necessary to meet the City’s ambitious climate goals (Staff Report 11556 and Resolution 99136). As a result of these renewable energy sales—and the fact that the CEC’s regulations do not recognize out-of-state renewable generation as an “eligible renewable” energy source—the share of the City’s standard power mix that is attributed to eligible renewables sources on the PSD reports and PCLs was lower in 2023 (36.7%) than in many previous years, such as 2018 (65%). However, as noted earlier, the City’s power supply remained carbon neutral in 2023 in accordance with the Council-adopted Carbon Neutral Plan (Staff Report 115567), and the City remained in compliance with the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) mandate. 4 California Code of Regulations Title 20, Section 1394.2(a)(2). 5 The City Council approved the REC Exchange Program in August 2020 (Staff Report 11556): https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports- cmrs/year-archive/2020-2/id-11566.pdf. 6 Resolution 9913: “Consistent with the City’s Cap and Trade Revenue Use Policy, for Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022, an amount equivalent to at least one-third of the revenues earned from the REC Exchanges would be allocated from the City’s Cap and Trade Reserve to local decarbonization efforts; thereafter the City would prioritize local decarbonization efforts with these funds.” https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/city- clerk/resolutions/reso-9913.pdf?t=40151.26 7 Staff Report 11556: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes- reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/year-archive/2020-2/id-11566.pdf Utilities Department staff submitted the City’s annual PSD reports for calendar year 20238 to the CEC in July 20249, along with the associated attestation forms. The City’s 2023 PCLs10 will be mailed to each electric utility customer as a bill insert and posted on the City’s website in December 2024, in accordance with the modified deadline established by the CEC for 2023. The attached resolution (Attachment A) approves the annual PSD reports and PCLs for both the standard power mix and the PaloAltoGreen product and provides for Council’s attestation to the veracity of these four documents as required for exemption from the third-party audit requirement. Staff anticipates submitting the City’s annual PSD reports for calendar year 2024 to the CEC by June 1, 2025 and providing the 2024 PCLs to electric customers around September 2025. FISCAL/RESOURCE IMPACT Adoption of the attached resolution will not result in a financial impact to the City. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT Upon the adoption of the attached resolution, staff will mail a copy of the City’s 2023 PCLs to each electric utility customer as a bill insert and post them on the City’s website in December 2024. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Adoption of the attached resolution is not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review as an administrative government activity that will not result in any direct or indirect physical change to the environment as a result (CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5)). ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Resolution Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City's 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure and Power Content Label Reports APPROVED BY: Dean Batchelor, Director of Utilities 8 Palo Alto’s 2023 PSD reports: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes- reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/2024/cpau_2023_powersourcedisclosurereports.pdf 9 Although the PSD Program Regulations establish a deadline of June 1st to submit each year’s PSD Reports, due to technical issues with the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (a region-wide database used to track renewable and carbon-free energy supplies) CEC staff announced that the 2023 PSD Report submission deadline would be extended to July 29, 2024. As a result of this delay, CEC staff was delayed in producing the 2023 PCL template, and therefore they also announced that the deadline to distribute PCLs to customers, and for the City Council to approve and attest to their veracity, would be similarly extended, from October 1, 2024, to January 31, 2025. 10 Palo Alto’s 2023 PCLs: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes- reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/2024/cpau_2023_powercontentlabels.pdf Resolution No. ____ Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving and Attesting to the Veracity of the City’s 2023 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 year. D.California Code of Regs., title 20, sections 1394.2(a)(2), updated by the California Energy Commission (CEC) 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 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 2024, Utilities Department staff submitted the 2023 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. G.In September 2024, the CEC announced that due to delays in receiving PSD reports from some retail suppliers of electricity, the deadline for distributing PCLs to customers would be extended from October 1, 2024, to January 31, 2025. 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 2023 Annual Power Source Disclosure reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the City’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit A to this resolution), which staff submitted to the California Energy Commission in July 2024. SECTION 2. The City Council approves and attests to the veracity of the 2023 Annual Power Content Label reports for the City’s standard carbon neutral portfolio and the City’s voluntary PaloAltoGreen program (attached as Exhibit B to this resolution), which staff will distribute to Utilities customers as an insert in their December 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: December 2, 2024 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM:APPROVED: Assistant City Attorney City Manager Director of Utilities Director of Administrative Services Version: April 2024Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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 City of Palo Alto Utilities ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME Standard Rate CONTACT INFORMATION NAME TITLE James Stack Senior Resource Planner 250 Hamilton Ave.MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP PHONE Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-2314 EMAIL 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) 639-0573. Exhibit A Version: April 2024 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 City of Palo Alto Utilities Standard Rate 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" asapplicable. 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. Retail Sales (MWh) Net Specified Procurement (MWh) 806,645 768,624 38,021 - 21 - 768,603 16,831 0.0209 Unspecified Power (MWh) Procurement to be adjusted Net Specified Natural Gas Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions) GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh) DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES GHG Emissions State or Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name 275 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage 445 Bryant St. Parking Garage 475 Cambridge Ave. Parking Garage 520 Webster St. Parking Garage Ameresco Johnson Canyon Ameresco Keller Canyon Ameresco San Joaquin Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy Elevation Solar C Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID P228 N/A Solar Solar Solar Solar CA CA CA CA W5649 W5647 W5650 W5648 W3397 W2071 W3883 W2014 W5298 W4962 W10886 W4719 W229 63982 63610 63981 63611 61353 61298 62433 61297 63192 62248 64555 62744 60726 64036 62422 61580 60022 63983 61044 61045 61046 61518 375 375 359 475 576 962 1,316 2,096 897 72,704 31,282 54,792 44,347 2,254 2,116 29,658 1,560 3,835 179 375 359 - - - - - - - - P229 359 475P230 475 P231 576 576 Biomass & Biowaste CA Biomass & Biowaste CA Biomass & Biowaste CA Biomass & Biowaste CA 58397 56897 58436 56428 59964 60039 63859 59009 56075 62732 59633 54554 56895 P232 962 962 0.5473 527 1,316 2,096 897 1,316 2,096 897 0.0028 4 6 3 0.0027 0.0033 Solar CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA 72,704 31,282 54,792 44,347 2,254 2,116 29,658 1,560 3,835 179 72,704 31,282 54,792 44,347 2,254 2,116 29,658 1,560 3,835 179 -- - - - - - - - Frontier Solar - Crow Creek Solar I Golden Fields Solar III, LLC Hayworth Solar Solar - Solar - Solar - High Winds Wind - HP Inc.Solar W7686 W4695 W1260 W2033 W7382 W1108 W1161 W1177 W5300 - Kettleman Solar Solar - New Spicer Meadows Eligible Hydro - Ox Mountain Landfill Biomass & Biowaste CA 0.0028 11 Unitarian Universalist Church Of Palo Alto WAPA - Lewiston Solar CA CA CA CA CA - - - - - - - - - - Eligible Hydro Eligible Hydro Eligible Hydro Solar 977 278 278 10,402 405 278 WAPA - Nimbus 444 10,402 405 10,402 405WAPA - Stampede 7066 Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch B 59961 35,364 35,364 35,364 FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS EIA ID ofEIA ID of REC Source GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) Eligible for Grandfathered Emissions? State or Province WREGIS ID RPS ID Substitute Power Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name Fuel Type - - - - #N/A #N/A SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) State or Province CA Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name Collierville Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A EIA ID 54555 N/A Large Hydro Natural Gas Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro Large Hydro 225,550 21 225,550 21 225,550 21 -- Palo Alto COBUG WAPA - Folsom CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA 57714 441 0.3962 8 47,195 5,116 7,459 20,108 33,320 56 47,195 5,116 7,459 20,108 33,320 56 47,195 5,116 7,459 20,108 33,320 56 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - WAPA - Gianelli 448 WAPA - J.F. Carr WAPA - Keswick WAPA - New Melones WAPA - O'Neill 442 443 6158 446 WAPA - Shasta 445 111,569 8,582 111,569 8,582 111,569 8,582WAPA - Spring Creek 450 Version: April 2024Exhibit A WAPA - Trinity Large Hydro CA 451 13,416 13,416 13,416 -- PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET-CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID N/A - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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. Total Retired Unbundled RECs RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS 156,587 State or Facility Name Santa Rosa Solar Fuel Type Solar Province RPS ID 64909 Total Retired (in MWh) 487CA WY CO CO CO OR CA CA ID Campbell Hill - Three Buttes Carousel Wind Farm, LLC Cedar Creek Wind Energy Kit Carson Windpower, LLC Klondike Wind Power III SunAnza Solar Project Wind Wind Wind Wind Wind Solar Solar Wind 61017 63340 60822 61670 60602 63420 64804 61055 20000 83768 5415 37949 2347 781 SunAnza Solar Project II Tuana Springs Energy LLC 576 5264 Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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. Adjusted Net Procured (MWh) Percent of Total Retail Sales 36.7%Renewable Procurements Biomass & Biowaste Geothermal Eligible Hydroelectric Solar 296,232 9,106 1.1% - 12,645 272,227 2,254 - 0.0% 1.6% 33.7% 0.3%Wind Coal 0.0% 58.6% 0.0% Large Hydroelectric Natural gas Nuclear 472,371 21 -0.0% Other -0.0% Unspecified Power Total 38,021 806,645 4.7% 100.0% Total Retail Sales (MWh)806,645 46GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh) Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs 19.4% Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT ATTESTATION FORM For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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: July 24, 2024 Executed at: Palo Alto, CA Version: April 2024Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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 City of Palo Alto Utilities ELECTRICITY PORTFOLIO NAME Palo Alto Green CONTACT INFORMATION NAME TITLE James Stack Senior Resource Planner 250 Hamilton Ave.MAILING ADDRESS CITY, STATE, ZIP PHONE Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 329-2314 EMAIL 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) 639-0573. Version: April 2024Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 1: PROCUREMENTS AND RETAIL SALES For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 City of Palo Alto Utilities Palo Alto Green 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" asapplicable. 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. Retail Sales (MWh) Net Specified Procurement (MWh) 27,770 - 27,770 - - - - Unspecified Power (MWh) Procurement to be adjusted Net Specified Natural Gas Net Specified Coal & Other Fossil Fuels Net Specified Nuclear, Large Hydro, Renewables, and ACS Power GHG Emissions (excludes grandfathered emissions) GHG Emissions Intensity (in MT CO2e/MWh) 11,886 0.4280 DIRECTLY DELIVERED RENEWABLES GHG Emissions State or Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name Facility Name Facility Name Fuel Type Fuel Type Fuel Type Province WREGIS ID RPS ID N/A EIA ID N/A - - - - - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A FIRMED-AND-SHAPED IMPORTS EIA ID ofEIA ID of REC Source GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) Eligible for Grandfathered Emissions? State or Substitute Power Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Province WREGIS ID RPS ID - - - - - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A SPECIFIED NON-RENEWABLE PROCUREMENTS GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) State or Province Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)N/A N/A N/A N/A EIA ID N/A N/A - - - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A PROCUREMENTS FROM ASSET-CONTROLLING SUPPLIERS GHG Emissions Factor (in MT CO2e/MWh) Gross MWh Procured MWh Resold Net MWh Procured Adjusted Net MWh Procured GHG Emissions (in MT CO2e)Facility Name Fuel Type N/A N/A N/A EIA ID - - - - #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A END USES OTHER THAN RETAIL SALES MWh Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 2: RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 City of Palo Alto Utilities Palo Alto Green 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. Total Retired Unbundled RECs RETIRED UNBUNDLED RECS 27,545 State or Facility Name Crossing Trails Wind Power Project LLC Cedar Creek II Fuel Type Wind Wind Province RPS ID 65038 61384 Total Retired (in MWh) CO CO 25000 2545 Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT SCHEDULE 3: POWER CONTENT LABEL DATA For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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. Adjusted Net Procured (MWh) Percent of Total Retail Sales 0.0%Renewable Procurements Biomass & Biowaste Geothermal Eligible Hydroelectric Solar - - - - - - - - - - - 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Wind Coal 0.0% 0.0%Large Hydroelectric Natural gas Nuclear 0.0% 0.0% Other 0.0% Unspecified Power Total 27,770 27,770 100.0% 100.0% Total Retail Sales (MWh)27,770 944GHG Emissions Intensity (converted to lbs CO2e/MWh) Percentage of Retail Sales Covered by Retired Unbundled RECs 99.2% Version: April 2024 Exhibit A 2023 POWER SOURCE DISCLOSURE ANNUAL REPORT ATTESTATION FORM For the Year Ending December 31, 2023 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: July 24, 2024 Executed at: Palo Alto, CA Exhibit B CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2023 WHERE DOES OURELECTRICITY COME FROM? LARGE HYDROELECTRIC BIOMASS AND BIOWASTE SOLAR WIND ELIGIBLE HYDROELECTRIC UNSPECIFIED POWER 58.6%1.1%33.7%0.3%1.6%4.7% 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 $7.7 million in 2023) 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.” Palo Alto is reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2030 POWER SOURCES IN 2023 CPAU power sources include six 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 2023, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was signiﬁcantly higher than long-term average levels due to favorable weather conditions, so CPAU had a large surplus of renewable generation that it was able to sell to other utilities, which helped lower CPAU’s rates. Find more details at cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral 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. 12/24 Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, bleached without chlorine. Exhibit B Exhibit B CHECK OUT PALO ALTO’S POWER CONTENT LABEL FOR 2023 WHERE DOES OURELECTRICITY COME FROM? LARGE HYDROELECTRIC BIOMASS AND BIOWASTE SOLAR WIND ELIGIBLE HYDROELECTRIC UNSPECIFIED POWER 58.6%1.1%33.7%0.3%1.6%4.7% 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 $7.7 million in 2023) 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 2023 CPAU power sources include six 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 2023, CPAU’s hydroelectric generation was signiﬁcantly higher than long-term average levels due to favorable weather conditions, so CPAU had a large surplus of renewable generation that it was able to sell to other utilities, which helped lower CPAU’s rates. PaloAltoGreen’sa Prospective Product Content Label for 2023 Consists of 100% Wind Energybc a PaloAltoGreen is a voluntary renewable energy program from City of Palo Alto Utilities that matches up to 100% of your estimated monthly PaloAltoGreen™ PaloAltoGreen is Green-e® Energy certiﬁed and meets the environmental and consumer- protection standards set forth by the nonproﬁt Center for Resource Solutions. Energy Green-eelectricity usage with Green-e®certiﬁed Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)C E R T I F I E D from new renewable energy resources, speciﬁcally from generation facilities that ﬁrst began commercial operation in the last 15 years.For more information on Green-e® Certiﬁed Energy, call 1-888-63-GREEN or visit green-e.org 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). PaloAltoGreen 2023 Historical Product Content Label (reﬂected in the “PaloAlto Green” column of the table on page 2): These ﬁgures reﬂect the powerdelivered to PaloAltoGreen’s customers in 2023. ‘Other’ and ‘UnspeciﬁedPower’ sourced from wind energy facilities in Colorado. Find more details at cityofpaloalto.org/PowerContentLabel and cityofpaloalto.org/CarbonNeutral 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. 12/24 Printed on 100% post-consumer recycled paper, bleached without chlorine. Exhibit B