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C.115

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	March 31, 2020

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Costa

County

Subject:

CEL Equity - SGIP- County Participation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/31/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Ramesh Kanzaria 925-957-2480

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 31, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a Letter of Intent (LOI) with SunPower Corporation Systems. The LOI will allow SunPower to submit applications to the California Energy Commission for Equity-Self Generation Implementation Program (E-SGIP) rebates to fund the installation of energy storage systems at County-owned facilities at no cost to the County.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There are no fiscal impacts associated with this action unless the County does not adhere to the terms of the LOI.

BACKGROUND:

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) recently finalized a decision, which set new rules for the SGIP Equity and Equity Resiliency budget. These two set-aside programs within the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) provide lucrative incentives for energy storage projects for customers in certain designated areas (Equity Budget) and for projects that provide resiliency benefits to customers or communities facing risks of wildfire (Resiliency Budget) in the state.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The incentive levels for both set-aside programs are lucrative: $850/kWh for qualified Equity Budget projects and $1,000/kWh for Equity Resiliency Budget projects. The CPUC explicitly stated in their final decision that the intention was to set the incentive level “likely to fully or nearly fully subsidize the installation of a storage system.”

The County’s solar partner, SunPower, evaluated County facilities that have solar or will be getting solar under the PPA approved by the Board in July 2019. The evaluation identified five County buildings for “no cost” energy storage systems with guaranteed monthly savings. Attachment 1 provides the list of facilities, guaranteed savings amount and other pertinent information about the E-SGIP program.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County will miss an opportunity to capitalize on lucrative utility rebates that result in the installation of no cost energy storage systems, guaranteed monthly dollar savings and optimal economic utilization of the County’s solar PV systems.