Policy CommitteeOctober 18, 2011 Page 1Powering forward. Together.

SMUD Renewable Portfolio Standard

Elaine Sison-LebrillaMarch 30, 2012

SMUDPolicy DriversRPS ActivitiesRenewable Generation

Overview

Publicly Owned (Sixth Largest in U.S.)

Service area of 900 square miles, serving 1.4 Million (Sacramento County and parts of Placer)

Over 600,000 Residential, Commercial and Industrial customers

Record peak demand-3,299 MW on July 24, 2006

SMUD

SMUD’s Board of Directors adopted aggressive Sustainability Goals:

Aggressive 23.9% Renewable supply (20% RPS/3.9% Greenergy) by 2010; 37% (33% RPS/4% Greenergy) by 2020

GHG Reductions by 2050 (10% of 1990 levels, <350,000 metric tonnes/year)

California Solar Initiative – CA goal is 3000 MW, SMUD target is 125 MW

Feed-In Tariff

Policy Drivers

Renewable Energy Program

2010 Actual

2010Goal

2020Goal

RPS 21% 20% 33%Greenergy 3.9% 3.9% 4%Totals 24.9% 23.9% 37%

Renewable Supply

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Greenergy

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$3 (50% option) or $6 (100% option) a month SMUD meets half or all of customer electricity

needs with power made from renewable resources

SMUD matches 40 % of Greenergy contributions to develop new, local renewable energy sources

Since 1997, over 50,000 customers have joined

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2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

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6.4% 10.5% 11.1% 13.3% 16.5% 19.5% 22.3% 24.9%

SMUD's Renewable Energy Growth 2003-2010

Total Committed Greenergy

Total Committed - Operational RPS

Combined RPS and Greenergy Goals

Total % of Retail Sales (RPS + Greenergy)

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SMUD Guidebook CEC Certification WREGIS Request for Offers and Unsolicited

Proposals SMUD Renewable Generation

RPS Activities

Essentially mimics the CEC Guidebook Two Exceptions

PV installations where SMUD owns the RECs

Baseline Date Certification of SMUD facilities as RPS

Eligible via CEC Certification process

SMUD Guidebook & Certification

A renewable energy registry and tracking system for the Western Interconnection

Online June 25, 2007 Housed at the Western Electricity

Coordinating Council (WECC) Developed by CEC and the Western

Governors' Association (WGA) Ensure the credibility of the "green" value of

renewable electricity, avoid double counting

Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)

SMUD Registered and Certified GU

SMUD’s Renewable Generation

Solano Wind Facility

Upper American River ProjectCalExpo Solarport

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SRCSD Wastewater Treatment Plant

Carson Cogen

COSUMNES POWER PLANT

SMUD’s Multi-Fuel Facilities

Elaine Sison-Lebrilla916 732-7017esison@smud.org

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