RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses the degree to which the Offer is consistent with and will contribute to the state of California’s goals for the RPS Program, and the degree to which the Offer will 7 California Public Utilities Commission, Decision 00-00-000, “Decision Conditionally Accepting 2009 Renewables Portfolio Standard Procurement Plans and Integrated Resource Plan Supplements”, June 8, 2009, page 20. Xxxxxx agrees that it is imprudent to rely excessively on the numerical score to make a judgment about the likelihood a project will come on-line on schedule. contribute to PG&E’s goals for supplier diversity. The CPUC has articulated specific attributes of renewable generation projects which can be considered in utility procurement evaluations, such as benefits to low-income or minority communities, environmental stewardship, and resource diversity, that do not clearly fall within the other evaluation criteria. Similarly, the CPUC has issued a Water Action Plan, and to the extent a renewable energy project makes use of water on site, its proposed use of water is evaluated for consistency or inconsistency with the CPUC’s recommended water conservation practices. Additionally, the state Legislature articulated benefits anticipated for the RPS program in the Legislative Findings and Declarations associated with the laws passed to create the program, and PG&E assesses the degree to which Offers would promote these benefits. The Governor of California issued Executive Order S-06-06 that, among other things, established a goal that the state will meet 20% of its renewable energy needs with electricity generated from biomass. PG&E assesses the extent to which an Offer supports that goal. PG&E has well-defined corporate objectives for supplier diversity, and evaluates whether the Participant is, or will make a good faith effort to subcontract with, Women-, Minority-, and Disabled Veteran-owned Business Enterprises (WMDVBEs). In the 2011 RPS RFO PG&E asked Participants to submit a completed Supplier Diversity Questionnaire with information on the Participant’s WMDVBE status, its intent to subcontract with diverse entities, and its own supplier diversity program. The PG&E team scored these questionnaires as part of evaluating Offers against the overall RPS Goals criterion. A change in the 2011 RFO is that PG&E stated that it will include in resulting PPAs a contractual requirement to make good-faith efforts towards a contracted supplier diversity target, and to report annual paym...
RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses the degree to which a contract is consistent with and will contribute to the state of California’s goals for the RPS Program, and the degree to which a contract will contribute to PG&E’s goals for supplier diversity. The CPUC has articulated specific attributes of renewable generation projects which can be considered in utility procurement evaluations, such as benefits to low-income or minority communities, environmental stewardship, and resource diversity, that do not clearly fall within the other evaluation criteria. Similarly, the CPUC has issued a Water Action Plan, and to the extent a renewable energy project makes use of water on site, its proposed use of water is evaluated for consistency or inconsistency with the CPUC’s recommended water conservation practices.
RPS GOALS. PG&E examined the reasonableness of the PPA using the LCBF evaluation criteria from the 2012 RPS solicitation. The general finding is that the PPA ranked favorably compared to the other projects received in PG&E’s 2012 RPS Solicitation. A more
RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses this offer’s consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program and this offer’s support of PG&E’s supplier diversity goals (collectively “RPS Goals”). The RPS Goals assessment considers non-quantitative factors, legislative findings, and declarations that increase California’s reliance on renewable energy, consistency with the CPUC’s Water Action Plan, Executive Order S- 06-06 which established a goal the state would meet twenty percent of its renewable energy needs with electricity produced from biomass, and supplier diversity.
RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses the Offer’s consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program and the Offer’s support of PG&E’s supplier diversity goals (collectively “RPS Goals”). The RPS Goals assessment considers non-quantitative factors, legislative findings and declarations that increase California’s reliance on renewable energy, consistency with the CPUC’s Water Action Plan, Executive Order S-06-06 which established a goal the state would meet 20% of its renewable energy needs with electricity produced from biomass, and supplier diversity.
RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses the Offer’s consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program and the Offer’s support of PG&E’s supplier diversity goals (collectively “RPS Goals”). The RPS Goals assessment results in a score of 0 to 100 points with 100 being the highest and 0 the lowest. Determination of the extent to which the proposed development supports RPS Goals is based on the information provided in the Offer as well as PG&E’s assessment of the project. Each project is also scored based on its support of the following attributes: • Non-quantifiable factors identified in CPUC Decision 00-00-000, including benefits to low income or minority communities, Environmental Stewardship, Local Reliability, and resource diversity benefits. • Legislative findings and declaration that increasing California’s reliance on renewable energy may do each of the following:
i. Increase the diversity, reliability, public health and environmental benefits of the energy mix;
ii. Promote stable electricity prices;
iii. Protect public health;
iv. Improve environmental quality;
v. Stimulate sustainable economic development;
vi. Create new employment opportunities;
vii. Reduce reliance on imported fuels;
viii. Ameliorate air quality problems;
ix. Improve public health by reducing the burning of fossil fuels;
x. Provide tangible demonstrable benefits to communities with a plurality of minority or low-income populations. • Consistency with the CPUC’s Water Action Plan adopted on December 15, 2005. To the extent a project uses water on site, its impact on California’s water quality and consistency with the CPUC’s recommended water conservation practices and goals is reviewed. • Executive Order S-06-06 signed on April 25, 2006. In this executive order, Governor Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx described the benefits or biomass resources in electricity production and established a goal that the state would meet 20% of its renewable energy needs with electricity produced from biomass. The Participant is encouraged to describe in its Offer how its ERR facility, if applicable, can support the 20% goal. • Supplier Diversity. In support of PG&E’s supplier diversity goals, the good faith efforts of Participants to subcontract with Women, Minority, and Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises (WMDVBEs) and if a Participant is a WBE, MBE, or DVBE are factors that are considered in the bid evaluation process.
RPS GOALS. In PG&E’s 2013 RPS RFO, the utility applied an evaluation criterion for consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program. Offers were evaluated on three dimensions: • California-based projects providing benefits to communities afflicted with poverty, high unemployment, or high emission levels; 7 Sedway Consulting, Inc., “Independent Evaluation Report for Pacific Gas & Electric’s 2006 Renewable Resource Solicitation: First Advice Letter Report”, June 25, 2007, page 1-11. • Impact of the project on California’s water quality and use; • Contribution to the biomass goal of Executive Order S-06-06. The CalRENEW-1 facility is sited on municipal property of the city of Mendota, just east of the municipal airport. Based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2008-2012 American Community Survey, Mendota’s median household income is far lower that of the state of California as a whole ($26 vs. $61 thousand per year), and its percentage of individuals living in poverty is far higher than of the state (46% vs. 15%). Mendota has an unemployment rate that is well above that of the state as a whole (26% vs. 11%). Fresno County is a non attainment area for PM-2.5 particulates and an extreme non-attainment area for ozone. As a solar photovoltaic facility, CalRENEW-1 likely has minimal impact on water quality and use. It does not contribute to the state’s biomass goal. On that basis Xxxxxx expects that the project would score high on the RPS Goals criterion as defined in PG&E’s 2013 RPS RFO.
RPS GOALS. The DG Fairhaven contract amendment would advance PG&E and the state towards the goal stated in Executive Order S-06-06 of providing at least 20% of the state’s renewable power needs from biomass-based generation. Xxxxxx believes that PG&E currently exceeds that target, but over time there is some risk that biomass as a portion of PG&E’s portfolio will drop below 20% because of impending rapid growth in other sources of renewable generation. Xxxxxx believes that approval of this contract amendment will significantly increase the likelihood that DG Fairhaven will continue to provide PG&E customers with its biomass-fueled generation over the term of the amendment, as opposed to curtailing its production. Additionally, the legislative findings stated in Senate Bill 1078 that established the RPS program included a view that increasing the use of renewable energy sources may create employment opportunities. The CPUC’s Decision 00-00-000 included benefits to low- income communities as a qualitative attribute that could be taken into consideration by utilities in evaluating competitive offers for new renewable generation. In the absence of a contract amendment there is greater risk to the employment base of the DG Fairhaven facility. Humboldt County has a significantly higher proportion of households living below the poverty level than the state as a whole.
RPS GOALS. In PG&E’s 2012 RPS RFO, the utility applied an evaluation criterion for consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program. Offers were evaluated on three dimensions: • California-based projects providing benefits to communities afflicted with poverty, high unemployment, or high emission levels; • Impact of the project on California’s water quality and use; • Contribution to the biomass goal of Executive Order S-06-06. Diablo Winds is located near the cities of Livermore and Tracy; both cities have median household incomes above that of the state of California as a whole, and percentages of population living in poverty below that of the state, as estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau. Xxxxx has an unemployment rate estimated at 12.7% for 2012 that is somewhat above that of the state as a whole. Alameda County is a non-attainment area for the 8-hour ozone standard and the PM-2.5 particulate standard. As a wind generation facility, Diablo Winds has nil to minimal impact on water quality and use. It does not contribute to the state’s biomass goal. On that basis Xxxxxx would rank Diablo Winds as moderate on the RPS Goals criterion as defined by PG&E for its 2012 solicitation.
RPS GOALS. PG&E assesses the Offer’s consistency with and contribution to California’s goals for the RPS program and the Offer’s support of PG&E’s supplier diversity goals (collectively “RPS Goals”). The RPS Goals assessment considers non- quantitative factors, legislative findings and declarations that increase California’s reliance on renewable energy, consistency with the CPUC’s Water Action Plan, 13 PG&E subsequently filed substitute sheets for Advice Letter 3938 E-A on February 15, 2012. Executive Order S-06-06 which established a goal the state would meet 20% of its renewable energy needs with electricity produced from biomass, and supplier diversity.