Achieving a Cleaner Power Portfolio through Local Choice Greg Brehm Director of Power Resources Marin Clean Energy May 18, 2015
MCE Overview 165,000 customers; 1,800 GWh/yr Marin Clean Energy, California s first Community Choice Aggregator was formed December 2008. Commenced service in May 2010 17 Member Agencies: All of Marin County 13 jurisdictions located therein, Unincorporated Napa County City of Benicia in Solano County Cities of Richmond, El Cerrito, & San Pablo in Contra Costa County Charter Goals/Objectives: Reduce GHG emissions through a competitive energy supply portfolio Increase RE supply with emphasis on local resource development
MCE Service Model MCE procures energy & replaces PG&E generation charges on customer bills PG&E maintains Transmission & Distribution and Billing Customers receive one bill from PG&E
Available Power Choices MCE MCE Local Sol PG&E 22%* Renewable MCE Light Green 53% Renewable Deep Green 100% Renewable (additional 47% is voluntary unbundled renewable energy, both Green-e and CA RPS qualified) 3% of load 100% Local Solar *Most recently reported by PG&E
MCE Procurement Process Annual Integrated Resources Plan (Nov.) Open Season Bundled Renewable Energy (Mar.) Local Development (ongoing) Predevelopment costs funded through 50% of Deep Green Revenue 10.5 MW brownfield project Multiple sites under consideration Ad Hoc Requests Resource Adequacy Voluntary Unbundled Renewables Carbon Free Energy Unit Specific reduced emission conventional power Conventional Power (Unspecified) 15 MW Feed-In Tariff (ongoing) 972 kw project delivering renewable energy 8 projects in queue totaling 6.7 MW Local Sol - 1MW brownfield project, 250 400 homes Net Energy Metered (NEMS)customers 30 MW (3% of Load)
MCE Open Season Purpose Secure Renewable Supply to meet customer demand: Exceed CA RPS mandate of 33% (2020), 50% (2030) Increase in-state delivery from 50% to 75% (of total RE deliveries) Maximize in-state renewable procurement, at competitive rates Transition to internally managed renewable supply Originally a single contract now 23 contracts & 19 vendors MCE and project developers/marketers benefit from an open standardized procurement process with clearly defined requirements Ongoing procurement, consistent with annual Integrated Resource Plan: Stabilizes costs and rates Minimizes costs and rates Increases technology diversity Increases supplier diversity
MCE Defines Local within 100 Miles Includes Counties of: Marin Sonoma Napa Contra Costa San Francisco Alameda Solano Sacramento San Mateo Santa Clara Stanislaus San Joaquin Yolo Lake SIX Local Projects
MCE 2015 Request & Offers Requested volumes from November Integrated Resources Plan: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Open Position, RPS Renewables (GWh)* Product Content Category 1 37 50 38 31 24 Product Content Category 2 110 81 79 78 77 Subtotal, Open Position, Renewables 147 130 117 109 101 2015 Response Summary: 10 Solar offers, 21 X needed energy, 1 shortlisted for 100% of request 1 Geothermal offer, 22 X needed energy - not shortlisted 4 Wind offers, 4 X needed energy - none shortlisted 4 Small Hydro offers, 4 X needed energy 1 Shortlisted for 300% of request 2 Large Hydro offers, 2 X needed energy - neither shortlisted Total of offers represent 50 times the energy we requested
MCE 2013 Power Content Label
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