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City of Winters Briefing 
October 16, 2018 VALLEY

CLEAN ENERGY

WHAT IS VALLEY CLEAN ENERGY?

Valley Clean Energy (VCE) is a local,

community-based electricity provider
that brings clean energy at competitive
rates to residents and businesses in
Woodland, Davis and unincorporated
Yolo County. As a Community Choice
Energy (CCE) Program, VCE partners
with PG&E to give its member
communities a choice in how much of
its electricity comes from clean and
renewable sources.
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 WHAT IS COMMUNITY CHOICE 

 

How Community Choice Energy Works

 

source delivery customer
buying and building delivering energy, benefitting from
electricity supply maintaining lines, affordable rates,
billing customers local control,

cleaner energy

CCE IS ON THE RISE IN CALIFORNIA

There are currently 20
operational CCE
programs in the State
of California serving
nearly 3 million
customers, with
several others in
planning and
development phases

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 VCE HISTORY IN BRIEF

YEAR

ACTIVITY

2015-2016

• Feasibility study and initial planning

2016/17

• JPA forms with Yolo County, Davis
and Woodland as founding members
• SMUD partnership formed
• Implementation Plan certified

2018

• Service launch in June
• Customer program development
• Outreach to nearby communities

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 WHAT ARE VCE’s BENEFITS?

COMPETITIVE
RATES

LOCAL
CONTROL

SUSTAINABILITY

REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY

CUSTOMER
CHOICE

 VCE’s ENERGY OPTIONS

Standard Option:
• All customers automatically
enrolled June 2018
• Competitive rates (2018 rate is
2½% below PG&E’s)
• Cleaner energy than PG&E (2018
mix is 42% renewable)

100% Clean Energy Option:
• Customers can choose to opt up
for slightly higher rate
(1.5¢/kWh)
• 100% clean energy
• Greatest reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions

 DOES VCE REPLACE PG&E?

No, Valley Clean Energy sources
the energy and PG&E continues to:
• Deliver electricity and natural gas
• Maintain power lines
• Respond to new service requests,
power outages and emergencies.
• Send one consolidated bill

 HOW DOES CUSTOMER ENROLLMENT WORK?

• CCE’s are by statute, opt-out programs
• Eligible customers will be automatically enrolled and
VCE will become the default electricity provider
• Customers receive 4 notices as required by law – 60
days prior to service commencement and 60 days post
enrollment
• Customers always have the option to opt-out and return
to PG&E’s bundled utility service
• Commercial accounts served by Direct Access are
exempt

 VCE Charges on the Bill

 

  

NERGY STATEMENT N03 102345678943

 

Statement Date: 07/02/2018
.pge.com/MyEnergy Due Date: 07/23/2018

Service For: Your Account Summary
SPARKY JOULE Credit Balance on Previous Statement $135.67
1234 MAIN STREET Payment(s) Received Since Last Statement -135.67
WOODLAND, CA 95695 Previous Unpaid Balance 0.00

Questions about your hill?

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24 hours per day, 7 days per week 

Phone: 1-866-743-0335 Total Amount Due by 07/23/2018 $131.03


Local Office Address

242 NORTH WEST STREET
WOODLAND, CA 95695

 

 

 

 

 

Breakdown of Charges on the Bill

 

Your Electric Charges Breakdown

Conservation Incentive -$13.50
Generation 41 .13
Transmission 16.?7
Distribution 50.14
Electric Public Purpose Programs 9.10
Nuclear Decommissioning 0.90
DWR Bond Charge 3.33
Competition Transition Charges (CTC) 0.79
PCIA 17.57
Tax and Other 4.80

 

Total Electric Charges $131.03

HOW IS SMUD INVOLVED?
SMUD is a contractor to VCE to provide power
procurement and operational services
VCE maintains fiduciary autonomy and decision-making
authority
Provides bundled services to VCE
• Technical and energy services, data management and
call center services, wholesale energy services, credit
support services, and business operations support
Provides best value to Valley Clean Energy
• Mission alignment, cost competitiveness, and extensive
energy sector experience

 SOLAR CUSTOMERS
Will be automatically enrolled–no
additional paperwork required
Will earn credit based on the
amount of electricity generated to
offset some or all charges normally
paid for electricity
Credits will roll over, not zero out
Valley Clean Energy will purchase
excess power through our net
metering program (1 cent/kWh
higher than PG&E).
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 Risks and Mitigation

RISK (Examples)

MITIGATION

Regulatory:
CPUC – Power
Charge Indifference
Adjustment (PCIA)

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Customer Opt Out

• Strong customer service
• Demonstrate value of local control, price
competitiveness, clean energy
• Reinvest in local communities

Demand Reduction

• Facilitate technological advancements
that allow VCE to provide energy
services (e.g. EV charging & grid
services)

Final CPUC Decision: October 12, 2018
Studying impacts
Considering options to challenge ruling
CalCCA

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 TIMELINE & PROCESS FOR NEW COMMUNITIES
For Spring 2020 Service:
1. Authorize PG&E load data for technical analysis (Aug/Sept)
2. Join VCE as a new member agency by passing JPA resolution and CCE
ordinance (Oct/Nov)
3. Appoint JPA Board member and alternate (Nov)
4. VCE will amend Implementation Plan for submittal to CPUC by
December 31, 2018 (Nov/Dec)
5. Cost to Join: $25k to $50k; reimbursable
6. Local staff to assist with community outreach and public information
(2019)

For Spring 2021 Service:
• Same steps as above (with expanded timeline)
• Amended Implementation Plan to CPUC by December 2019
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 HOW TO STAY INFORMED
Join our email list
• ValleyCleanEnergy.org
Follow us on social media
• Facebook.com/ValleyCleanEnergy
• @VCleanEnergy
Attend a public Board of Directors meeting
• 2nd Thursday of each month, 5:30-7:30pm

Become a brand champion
• Email info@valleycleanenergy.org

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