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SPEAKER_02: Okay, good evening and welcome to the policy committee
SPEAKER_02: and special board meeting of October 8, 2025.
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SPEAKER_02: Chief Legal Officer, please conduct the roll call.
SPEAKER_02: Director Kurth.
SPEAKER_12: Director Herber.
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SPEAKER_12: Chair Sanborn.
SPEAKER_12: Here.
SPEAKER_12: Director Herber and Chair Sanborn are present.
SPEAKER_12: Director Kurth is absent.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and I don't think we have anybody online.
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Unknown: Brandon is online.
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SPEAKER_02: Okay, so Brandon Rose is online.
SPEAKER_02: Participating remotely.
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
SPEAKER_04: I'm online.
SPEAKER_02: Oh great.
SPEAKER_02: Welcome, Brandon.
SPEAKER_02: Excellent.
SPEAKER_02: So number, agenda item one on tonight's agenda
SPEAKER_02: is to discuss the monitoring report
SPEAKER_02: for strategic directive six on safety leadership.
SPEAKER_02: And that item will be presented by Emily Bachini,
SPEAKER_02: Interim Director of Environmental Safety
SPEAKER_02: and Real Estate Services, welcome Emily.
SPEAKER_02: Great, thank you.
SPEAKER_05: Good evening, my name is Emily Bachini
SPEAKER_05: and I'm the Interim Director of the Environmental Safety
SPEAKER_05: and Real Estate Services team.
SPEAKER_05: And I'm happy to be here tonight to share with you
SPEAKER_05: our strategic directive six,
SPEAKER_05: or SD6 monitoring report for the first half of 2025.
SPEAKER_05: Our strategic directive six was last updated
SPEAKER_05: in April of 2021 and that identified five safety objectives
SPEAKER_05: for workplace contractor and public safety.
Unknown: While any workplace accident is unacceptable,
SPEAKER_05: we currently have a goal of 13 severe safety incidents
SPEAKER_05: or less by this year.
SPEAKER_05: Those are days away restricted time or DART incidents.
Unknown: Additionally, we want to ensure our employees
SPEAKER_05: are receiving quality care so that they can return to work
SPEAKER_05: if they are injured.
Unknown: As we continue to work with contractors
SPEAKER_05: to support our high risk work,
Unknown: we want to make sure they have the support needed
SPEAKER_05: to reduce and eliminate potential hazards
SPEAKER_05: for serious injuries or fatalities.
SPEAKER_05: And we focus on tracking public safety events
SPEAKER_05: and injuries that result from our operations or facilities
Unknown: and look to find measures to reduce those incidents
SPEAKER_05: and injuries.
SPEAKER_05: As I mentioned on the previous slide,
SPEAKER_05: our goal for 2025 is to have no more than 13 injuries
SPEAKER_05: or incidents that result in days away or restricted time.
SPEAKER_05: And we're currently on target to meet that goal.
SPEAKER_05: We had seven DARTs in the first half of 2025,
SPEAKER_05: along with nine other OSHA recordables.
SPEAKER_05: Our DART rate is 0.62.
SPEAKER_05: The utility industry standard is 1.0.
SPEAKER_05: That number captures the amount of time someone is away
SPEAKER_05: from their normal work as a result of their incident
SPEAKER_05: compared to the total number of hours worked.
SPEAKER_05: In reviewing our DARTs,
SPEAKER_05: we found that one was a non-preventable incident
SPEAKER_05: related to a vehicle accident
SPEAKER_05: that resulted in restricted work activities.
SPEAKER_05: And then four of those cases were related
SPEAKER_05: to slips, trips, and falls.
SPEAKER_05: Staff reviewed data for the last 10 years
SPEAKER_05: to have an understanding of or take a look
SPEAKER_05: for patterns that might be available.
SPEAKER_05: And what we found was that our DARTs doubled in Q3.
SPEAKER_05: So we had twice as many DARTs typically in the third quarter
SPEAKER_05: than we did in the first, second, or fourth quarters.
SPEAKER_05: So we took a really proactive approach
SPEAKER_05: to reduce that from happening this last year,
SPEAKER_05: working with our field forces
SPEAKER_05: to increase awareness of the trend and remind staff
SPEAKER_05: to take care of each other when they're doing their work,
SPEAKER_05: to not get complacent,
SPEAKER_05: to be mindful of external distractions,
SPEAKER_05: ensure that they're fit for duty when they arrive at work,
Unknown: and they're right in obligation to stop work
SPEAKER_05: when conditions change or hazard presents itself.
SPEAKER_05: And then we also continued messaging in Q3
SPEAKER_05: around slips, trips, and falls.
SPEAKER_05: And we only had three incidents in Q3 this last year.
SPEAKER_05: So again, we're on target to meet the goal
SPEAKER_05: by the end of the year.
SPEAKER_05: Our safety team partners
SPEAKER_05: with the Integrated Disability Management, or IDM,
SPEAKER_05: to ensure that quality care is provided to our employees
SPEAKER_05: if they are injured.
SPEAKER_05: In 2025, we transitioned to a new telemed service
SPEAKER_05: that allows employees to get triage support 24 hours a day,
SPEAKER_05: seven days a week.
SPEAKER_05: SMUD continues to have a reduction in indemnity benefits
SPEAKER_05: over the last five years, as shown here in this table.
SPEAKER_05: While the number of claims
SPEAKER_05: and injury frequency rates have increased,
SPEAKER_05: our rates per $100 of payroll has decreased.
SPEAKER_05: This points to a variety of factors, including the injuries.
SPEAKER_05: Excuse me.
SPEAKER_08: Can you just explain what that means, rates per 100 payroll?
Unknown: Sure.
Unknown: So that's the amount we pay per $100 of payroll.
Unknown: How else can I explain that?
Unknown: This is a number that comes from an independent actuary,
SPEAKER_05: and it's a formula that's built into
Unknown: integrated disability management programs.
SPEAKER_05: I can get you some additional information
SPEAKER_05: around how that number specifically is calculated.
Unknown: But what it means, if I understand it,
SPEAKER_02: it's 50 cents for every $100 of payroll they get paid.
SPEAKER_05: That's correct.
SPEAKER_05: That's how much we spend on our workers comp program.
SPEAKER_08: Thank you.
SPEAKER_05: Thanks, Heidi.
SPEAKER_05: Director Samborn.
Unknown: So this points to a variety of factors,
SPEAKER_05: including that our injuries employees experience
SPEAKER_05: are less severe than previously,
SPEAKER_05: and that they're able to return to work sooner
SPEAKER_05: if they are injured on the job.
SPEAKER_05: SMUD continues to use the International Supplies Net World
SPEAKER_05: to evaluate the safety records of our,
SPEAKER_05: and performance for our high-risk contractors.
SPEAKER_05: The evaluation focuses on contractor fatality history,
SPEAKER_05: OSHA citation history, DART,
SPEAKER_05: and total recordable incident rates,
SPEAKER_05: safety culture questions, and safety program review.
SPEAKER_05: And we currently have 160 contractors in the ISN system.
SPEAKER_05: We continue to conduct site visit evaluations
SPEAKER_05: of those high-risk contractors
SPEAKER_05: to validate their safety performance on job sites.
SPEAKER_05: The safety team completed 231 site visits
SPEAKER_05: in the first half of the year,
SPEAKER_05: which puts us well on target to exceed our goal
SPEAKER_05: of 250 for the year.
Unknown: And these site visits focus on SMUD contractors
SPEAKER_05: who work with power generation, line, substation,
SPEAKER_05: facilities, vegetation management,
SPEAKER_05: and environmental services,
SPEAKER_05: doing high-risk work such as high-voltage work,
SPEAKER_05: working at heights, and vegetation management.
SPEAKER_05: In the public safety space, our public safety team,
SPEAKER_05: attends a variety of public safety events in the communities,
SPEAKER_05: as shown here on the slide.
SPEAKER_05: Additionally, we track our public safety statistics,
SPEAKER_05: including asset collisions, electoral contacts,
SPEAKER_05: and dig-ins, and other injuries to the public
SPEAKER_05: that are related to our operation and facilities.
SPEAKER_05: In the first half of 2025,
SPEAKER_05: we had 125 asset collision incidents,
SPEAKER_05: one of which resulted in a fatality.
SPEAKER_05: We had three electrical contacts with no reported injuries,
SPEAKER_05: and 40 dig-ins with no reported injuries.
SPEAKER_05: After a dig-in, is there a question?
SPEAKER_05: Excuse me, I'm sorry, I'm just really interested
SPEAKER_08: in the safety stuff.
SPEAKER_08: What would you say the collision incidents were related to?
SPEAKER_08: Were those mostly cars backing into other cars
SPEAKER_08: or things like that?
SPEAKER_05: They're mostly cars or vehicles driving into our poles
SPEAKER_05: or our pad-mounted transformers.
Unknown: Thank you.
SPEAKER_02: So it's mostly not us?
SPEAKER_02: Correct, it's not us.
SPEAKER_02: Right, which is why we put up billboards
SPEAKER_02: and tell people, please don't run into our poles
SPEAKER_02: and hurt yourself.
SPEAKER_02: Because truly, it's really sad.
SPEAKER_02: We lose six people a year
SPEAKER_02: because they literally run into our stationary poles
SPEAKER_02: and knock out power, and that's pretty much
SPEAKER_02: the number one reason we lose power here.
SPEAKER_02: Does cause a lot of our attitudes.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so it's a very serious issue.
SPEAKER_02: Get people to pay attention to driving.
Unknown: And then on this last slide,
SPEAKER_05: there's a lot of information here
SPEAKER_05: around our safety for life programs.
SPEAKER_05: I'm not gonna talk about all of them,
SPEAKER_05: but I wanna touch on a few.
SPEAKER_05: First, our learning culture.
SPEAKER_05: We encourage continuous learning
SPEAKER_05: from our incidents and our near misses,
SPEAKER_05: which strengthens our organizational resilience
SPEAKER_05: as we are able to provide mitigation
SPEAKER_05: and adaptability in changing environments.
SPEAKER_05: This culture increases engagement and accountability
SPEAKER_05: by empowering employees to speak up,
SPEAKER_05: share their insights, and take ownership of safety.
SPEAKER_05: They foster a culture of trust, transparency,
SPEAKER_05: and shared responsibility.
SPEAKER_05: In the field ergonomic space,
SPEAKER_05: our initiatives include ergonomic assessments
SPEAKER_05: and workstation enhancements at key sites,
SPEAKER_05: including our El Rio substation.
SPEAKER_05: This demonstrates forward thinking approaches
SPEAKER_05: to identify and reducing risks for workplace
SPEAKER_05: musculoskeletal disorders before those injuries occur.
SPEAKER_05: These efforts reflect our commitment
SPEAKER_05: to proactive safety cultures and sustainable workforce,
SPEAKER_05: directly supporting strategic goals
SPEAKER_05: around operational excellence,
SPEAKER_05: employee engagement, and long-term injury prevention.
SPEAKER_05: And then last but not least, in our scorch arena,
SPEAKER_05: the safely conducted observations reduce common hazards.
SPEAKER_05: We had over 2,500 office observations
SPEAKER_05: and 1,300 field observations
SPEAKER_05: to identify top-risk safe and at-risk behaviors.
SPEAKER_05: Increased awareness helps reduce
SPEAKER_05: the future at-risk behaviors from occurring.
SPEAKER_05: And that concludes my presentation,
SPEAKER_05: and I'm willing to take any other questions.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you very much, Emily, and I just wanna thank all the
SPEAKER_02: staff who are working so hard to make safety
SPEAKER_02: a top priority at SMUD.
SPEAKER_02: I was just walking down the stairs from the garage,
SPEAKER_02: noticed a new sign about make sure you hold the handrail
SPEAKER_02: and just not focus on your cup of coffee
SPEAKER_02: and drinking that while you're stumbling down the stairs,
SPEAKER_02: because trip falls actually are a thing.
SPEAKER_02: So I think we're doing a really good job,
SPEAKER_02: and thank you very much.
SPEAKER_02: Did you have anything you have anything?
SPEAKER_08: I would just like to say that I also think
SPEAKER_08: you and your team are doing a good job.
SPEAKER_08: When I worked here at SMUD, people always said,
SPEAKER_08: safety comes first, safety comes first, and it does.
SPEAKER_08: So thank you for putting the power behind those words.
SPEAKER_02: Certainly, thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Other board members wanna comment online?
SPEAKER_02: No, okay.
SPEAKER_02: Well then thank you very much,
SPEAKER_02: and this will go in our consent item agenda.
SPEAKER_02: And do we have any public comment?
SPEAKER_02: No, we do not.
SPEAKER_02: Okay, I don't see anybody in the room,
SPEAKER_02: so we'll go ahead and move on then to agenda item two,
SPEAKER_02: which is to discuss the monitoring report
SPEAKER_02: for Strategic Directive 10 on innovation.
SPEAKER_02: This is always a very fun one to hear
SPEAKER_02: from our amazing James Frazier,
SPEAKER_02: who's Director of Research and Development,
SPEAKER_02: Grants and Partnerships.
SPEAKER_02: Welcome, James.
SPEAKER_00: All right, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_00: I really appreciate the kind welcome,
SPEAKER_00: and appreciate the opportunity to speak to SD 10,
SPEAKER_00: our Innovation Directive.
SPEAKER_00: This is actually my third year reporting on SD 10,
SPEAKER_00: and it's one that I really, really enjoy talking about.
SPEAKER_00: One of the things that really resonates with me,
SPEAKER_00: and I find most inspiring,
SPEAKER_00: is the places that we find innovation at SMUD.
SPEAKER_00: We look at research and development
SPEAKER_00: as being kind of the leading point of innovation,
SPEAKER_00: and while that is the case,
SPEAKER_00: we now find ourselves in a spot where
SPEAKER_00: our research and development engineers and planners
SPEAKER_00: and even interns are actually sitting
SPEAKER_00: at the operating desk side by side with the grid operators.
SPEAKER_00: They're sitting at the energy trading desk
SPEAKER_00: understanding how we're integrating
SPEAKER_00: renewable energy resources,
SPEAKER_00: and how we're thinking about tomorrow.
SPEAKER_00: So we have those thinkers that are on the horizon,
SPEAKER_00: but we've brought them side by side
SPEAKER_00: with the people that are in the seats,
SPEAKER_00: doing the jobs, keeping the lights on,
SPEAKER_00: prioritizing affordability.
SPEAKER_00: One of the sentences that resonates with me
SPEAKER_00: in the actual direction is delivering
SPEAKER_00: innovative solutions, products,
SPEAKER_00: and services to our customers.
SPEAKER_00: We're not generating reports and concepts
SPEAKER_00: that are 10 and 20 years down the road.
SPEAKER_00: We're thinking about what operationalizing
SPEAKER_00: technologies means, and how we use SD 10
SPEAKER_00: as a guiding light to actually do that
SPEAKER_00: and move those things forward.
SPEAKER_00: At the core of all of that really is the zero carbon plan.
SPEAKER_00: How we're decarbonizing the electrical system,
SPEAKER_00: and that being the foundation
SPEAKER_00: for the things that we're doing.
SPEAKER_00: One of my favorite visualizations of that
SPEAKER_00: from an innovation standpoint,
SPEAKER_00: from a research and development standpoint,
SPEAKER_00: is really singling out that new technology
SPEAKER_00: and business model focus.
SPEAKER_00: That element that's supposed to help us drive
SPEAKER_00: to that last 10% of the goal,
SPEAKER_00: and deliver on some of those hardest to decarbonize areas.
SPEAKER_00: And thinking about how the work that we're doing there
SPEAKER_00: is taking those concepts, transitioning them into pilots,
SPEAKER_00: understanding what works and what doesn't,
SPEAKER_00: and then operationalizing those solutions
SPEAKER_00: that create real, genuine decarbonization value.
SPEAKER_00: It's an exciting place to work,
SPEAKER_00: and I'm really grateful for all the incredible folks
SPEAKER_00: that are on my team and across the organization
SPEAKER_00: that contribute to innovation at SMUD.
SPEAKER_00: I'd like to jump into a little bit of a portfolio overview
SPEAKER_00: to give some context into the high level metrics
SPEAKER_00: for how we pursue innovation.
SPEAKER_00: Looking back, on the left side here,
SPEAKER_00: we have our three year budget
SPEAKER_00: that I'll talk about in just a moment.
SPEAKER_00: And on the right here,
SPEAKER_00: we have the topic area breakdown for 2025.
SPEAKER_00: Looking at the chart on the left,
SPEAKER_00: you see that we have a downward trend in our budget
SPEAKER_00: over the last three years
SPEAKER_00: from a research and development standpoint.
SPEAKER_00: The initial reaction when you see that is,
SPEAKER_00: are we investing less in research and development?
SPEAKER_00: Are we doing less work on this topic area?
SPEAKER_00: And I want to call out what I mentioned earlier,
SPEAKER_00: that we're continuing to try and move closer
SPEAKER_00: and closer to operations,
SPEAKER_00: and implemented solutions when we're looking at research
SPEAKER_00: and development and innovation.
SPEAKER_00: And so work that five, 10 years ago,
SPEAKER_00: maybe would have been purely research and development
SPEAKER_00: concept projects,
SPEAKER_00: things that are maybe gonna happen in five and 10 years.
SPEAKER_00: Now, we're looking at solutions
SPEAKER_00: that are on the timeline of our zero carbon plan,
SPEAKER_00: that are in that next one to five year period.
SPEAKER_00: We're partnering with different contributors
SPEAKER_00: across the organization.
SPEAKER_00: Some of this work is budgeted in our capital budget.
SPEAKER_00: Some of this work is budgeted in our operational budgets.
SPEAKER_00: Not because it's not innovative,
SPEAKER_00: but because we're helping with those last steps
SPEAKER_00: to really operationalize solutions.
SPEAKER_00: Things like our large scale battery energy storage research,
SPEAKER_00: which is now partnered with PowerGen,
SPEAKER_00: our distributed energy resource solutions,
SPEAKER_00: which is partnered with our distribution
SPEAKER_00: operation engineering.
SPEAKER_00: Things like our EV charging platforms,
SPEAKER_00: which is embedded into our information technology teams.
SPEAKER_00: It's not just innovation in research and development,
SPEAKER_00: it's innovation at SMUD.
SPEAKER_00: Jumping over to the 2025 topic area breakdown,
SPEAKER_00: there's a couple key areas I wanna call out.
SPEAKER_00: One is transportation electrification
SPEAKER_00: is the primary focus in terms of budget
SPEAKER_00: and topic areas and projects.
SPEAKER_00: That's not a coincidence.
SPEAKER_00: We see significant adoption of electric vehicles
SPEAKER_00: in territory.
SPEAKER_00: You heard from Rachel Wong about two weeks ago
SPEAKER_00: on the incredible work that our customer programs
SPEAKER_00: are doing, nearly 70,000 electric vehicles
SPEAKER_00: in territory now.
SPEAKER_00: Statistics that I've heard include roughly one
SPEAKER_00: in four electric vehicles that were purchased
SPEAKER_00: in Sacramento last year were electric vehicles.
SPEAKER_00: Just really inspiring numbers.
SPEAKER_00: And our focus for research and development and innovation
SPEAKER_00: is really getting behind those topics
SPEAKER_00: that are accelerating quickly on the timelines
SPEAKER_00: that we're working on.
SPEAKER_00: Looking more specific at projects,
SPEAKER_00: this is our three year project trend.
SPEAKER_00: These are actual project counts.
SPEAKER_00: So not all projects are the same size,
SPEAKER_00: some are bigger, some are smaller.
SPEAKER_00: The left set of three bars, from yellow, orange to green,
SPEAKER_00: goes 23, 24, and 25.
SPEAKER_00: And so you'll see in 23 to 24,
SPEAKER_00: we moved from 33 projects down to 22 projects.
SPEAKER_00: What that represents is a significant focus
SPEAKER_00: on really identifying those projects
SPEAKER_00: as the highest priority,
SPEAKER_00: the ones that really need to move forward
SPEAKER_00: in order to meet the aggressive timelines that we're on.
SPEAKER_00: And rather than a broad spectrum of research
SPEAKER_00: that includes a number of technologies
SPEAKER_00: that may not be as impactful
SPEAKER_00: for what we're trying to do near term,
SPEAKER_00: really putting our resources on the most important work
SPEAKER_00: to decarbonize and to reach our goals.
SPEAKER_00: As we moved from 24 to 25,
SPEAKER_00: we saw that focus of projects result in more projects.
SPEAKER_00: So we are continuing to grow in our work.
SPEAKER_00: And a lot of that is enabled
SPEAKER_00: by working across the organization,
SPEAKER_00: identifying projects that are more closely tied
SPEAKER_00: to operations so that we can do more work,
SPEAKER_00: create more innovation with fewer resources,
SPEAKER_00: really focusing on efficiency.
SPEAKER_00: The other element that you'll see,
SPEAKER_00: I wanna draw your attention to the chart on the right here,
SPEAKER_00: in the same way, 23, 24, and 25 reporting periods.
SPEAKER_00: What you'll see going from 24 to 25
SPEAKER_00: is a significant increase in the number of projects
SPEAKER_00: that are having a near term impact.
SPEAKER_00: And that's reflective of the fact
SPEAKER_00: that when we're looking at things
SPEAKER_00: like the timing for our 2030 goals
SPEAKER_00: and what we're trying to do with decarbonization,
SPEAKER_00: we're starting to move into that window
SPEAKER_00: where it is in that one to five year timeline.
SPEAKER_00: And so the importance of having projects
SPEAKER_00: that will have an impact on that timeline
SPEAKER_00: becomes more and more important.
SPEAKER_00: And so that becomes where we're prioritizing those projects
SPEAKER_00: and the projects that are getting resourced
SPEAKER_00: with the most important efforts.
SPEAKER_00: Jumping into some specific project highlights
SPEAKER_00: that I wanna run through quickly.
SPEAKER_00: First, looking at our EV ecosystem.
SPEAKER_00: I talked a little bit about how we're seeing
SPEAKER_00: a lot of electric vehicle adoption
SPEAKER_00: in the service territory.
SPEAKER_00: What that tells us is that the vehicle technology itself
SPEAKER_00: is very well established.
SPEAKER_00: You also see a number of chargers going in folks garages.
SPEAKER_00: You see a number of chargers available in the public.
SPEAKER_00: What we're looking at from an innovation standpoint
SPEAKER_00: is asking some difficult questions around
SPEAKER_00: how do we make sure that we as a utility
SPEAKER_00: are ensuring access to charging.
SPEAKER_00: We've completed a research project
SPEAKER_00: on smart plug technology.
SPEAKER_00: Again, two weeks ago, you heard about customer programs
SPEAKER_00: that are actually now deploying those smart plugs
SPEAKER_00: into apartment complexes and businesses.
SPEAKER_00: It's just an example of that near market-ready research
SPEAKER_00: that we're doing and immediately resulting
SPEAKER_00: in the deployment of that technology
SPEAKER_00: through customer programs.
SPEAKER_00: We're also working on development of an EV charging app
SPEAKER_00: alongside SEW to make access to charging
SPEAKER_00: and affordability of charging much more available
SPEAKER_00: and reliable for customers in the territory.
SPEAKER_00: We have projects underway to install approximately
SPEAKER_00: 500 level two chargers at multifamily dwellings.
SPEAKER_00: And we're also upgrading our DC fast charger network
SPEAKER_00: that is in operation at the Sacramento Valley Amtrak Station
SPEAKER_00: and the airport.
SPEAKER_00: Those sites have DC fast chargers.
SPEAKER_00: They're pretty widely used, but they're outdated technology.
SPEAKER_00: And so we're upgrading them to higher speed chargers
SPEAKER_00: and really focused on making sure that
SPEAKER_00: ride share drivers and high mileage drivers
SPEAKER_00: have reliable access to EV charging.
SPEAKER_00: We're looking at high utilization sites.
SPEAKER_00: And we're also building a new DC fast charger site
SPEAKER_00: at Sacramento State, which is a location
SPEAKER_00: which does not have a nearby DC fast charger
SPEAKER_00: and has a significant opportunity to serve a high number
SPEAKER_00: of electric vehicles.
SPEAKER_00: So we're very excited about that as well.
SPEAKER_00: In addition to access to charging,
SPEAKER_00: the follow-on question is once the chargers are there,
SPEAKER_00: once the solutions are in place
SPEAKER_00: and the vehicles have been adopted,
SPEAKER_00: how can we incorporate those as resources for the grid?
SPEAKER_00: This becomes a very leading focus
SPEAKER_00: for our research and development group.
SPEAKER_00: We have now run through our research and development effort
SPEAKER_00: a residential EV managed charging pilot,
SPEAKER_00: which to date has roughly 1,000 customers enrolled,
SPEAKER_00: managing those electric vehicles
SPEAKER_00: and helping coordinate their charging
SPEAKER_00: with the availability of capacity and energy on the grid.
SPEAKER_00: Moving forward from managed charging,
SPEAKER_00: we're looking at actual vehicle to grid technology.
SPEAKER_00: So today you see commercials for Ford or GM
SPEAKER_00: and it's the car pulling into the garage and they plug in
SPEAKER_00: and all of a sudden on a de-energized block,
SPEAKER_00: the lights on the house turn on.
SPEAKER_00: And what that is today is vehicle to home technology.
SPEAKER_00: It's the car powering the home
SPEAKER_00: while it's disconnected from the grid.
SPEAKER_00: And what we're interested in is how can that vehicle
SPEAKER_00: and that battery and that energy storage
SPEAKER_00: actually interact with the grid
SPEAKER_00: to help support the infrastructure
SPEAKER_00: and to help support the investment that we're making
SPEAKER_00: to enable this electrification rather than just being load.
SPEAKER_00: Utilizing energy storage where it's available
SPEAKER_00: is something that we're very excited about.
SPEAKER_00: We have a number of efforts that are also looking
SPEAKER_00: at that same technology for school buses
SPEAKER_00: and how we enable that and what that impact could be.
SPEAKER_00: We've been working with Twin Rivers
SPEAKER_00: on a vehicle to grid pilot for the last couple years.
SPEAKER_00: And now as we're looking forward,
SPEAKER_00: we're doing an analysis to understand
SPEAKER_00: what the entire market potential is for those school buses
SPEAKER_00: to support demand response and utility programs.
SPEAKER_00: And we're working with bus manufacturers
SPEAKER_00: to understand how we can expand those programs
SPEAKER_00: and bring that technology forward.
SPEAKER_00: This is a very exciting area for innovation
SPEAKER_00: that we're just starting to really see the tip
SPEAKER_00: of the iceberg on as we see more
SPEAKER_00: and more electric vehicles and territory.
SPEAKER_02: Quick question on that.
SPEAKER_02: Please.
SPEAKER_02: How, would you have any preliminary findings
SPEAKER_02: on that two years of Twin Rivers bus to grid?
SPEAKER_00: We do.
SPEAKER_00: So there's actually two channels for that answer.
SPEAKER_00: One is that the preliminary findings
SPEAKER_00: have been incorporated and we're working on incorporating
SPEAKER_00: those into our interconnection process
SPEAKER_00: so that we can easily bring these types of chargers online
SPEAKER_00: and we can eliminate any barriers or uncertainty
SPEAKER_00: around the operation of those chargers for the site hosts.
SPEAKER_00: That's a really critical component.
SPEAKER_00: The other element is actually a less enjoyable outcome
SPEAKER_00: for that particular project where the aggregator
SPEAKER_00: is no longer operating the vehicle to grid component
SPEAKER_00: of those chargers.
SPEAKER_00: So we don't have active vehicle to grid operation today.
SPEAKER_00: And so they're in the process of evaluating
SPEAKER_00: going out to bed to find a new aggregator,
SPEAKER_00: which is something that we're continuing dialogue
SPEAKER_00: with them and supporting them on.
SPEAKER_00: And we're also incorporating that into our planning
SPEAKER_00: and strategy for an expansion of services.
SPEAKER_00: That's actually a really important component
SPEAKER_00: for the research is that we partner
SPEAKER_00: with the first customer to learn those things,
SPEAKER_00: sometimes the hard way, so that when we bring this forward
SPEAKER_00: to the broad market, when I hand this program
SPEAKER_00: our research and development department
SPEAKER_00: over to our distributed energy solutions team
SPEAKER_00: and it becomes a program that we know it's gonna work,
SPEAKER_00: we know it's gonna create the customer value
SPEAKER_00: that we're looking for and it's reliable.
SPEAKER_02: That's awesome and to me it's just really efficient
SPEAKER_02: because it makes more sense to me that we're using
SPEAKER_02: the batteries that are already in vehicles,
SPEAKER_02: large vehicles especially, instead of having to buy
SPEAKER_02: large separate commercial battery storage.
SPEAKER_02: If we can figure out how these things can go back and forth
SPEAKER_02: and store renewable power during the day and use it
SPEAKER_02: and then or release it back when we need it at night.
SPEAKER_02: The other question I had on EV charging in general
SPEAKER_02: is I'm pleased to see how many new chargers
SPEAKER_02: are going in around town but what I think
SPEAKER_02: we're still not grabbing is the public wants
SPEAKER_02: convenience, fun and they wanna be able to grab a soda,
SPEAKER_02: they wanna be able to have cover,
SPEAKER_02: in the pouring rain, in a parking lot
SPEAKER_02: that they feel a little exposed in.
SPEAKER_02: And so that's just like are we ever gonna get to the place
SPEAKER_02: where this is like charging stations
SPEAKER_02: or more like gas stations?
SPEAKER_00: So I believe the answer to that is yes.
SPEAKER_00: There will be probably in kind of my technical opinion
SPEAKER_00: two types of stations that we're talking about
SPEAKER_00: where you're talking about corridor charging stations
SPEAKER_00: along highways and interstates and major thoroughfares.
SPEAKER_00: And then I think that we're gonna continue to see
SPEAKER_00: a growth and proliferation of charging where people live.
SPEAKER_00: And so for single family homeowners
SPEAKER_00: that's an easy response.
SPEAKER_00: You have a house, you likely have a garage,
SPEAKER_00: you charge in your garage, that's very easy.
SPEAKER_00: For multi-family dwellings that's more difficult
SPEAKER_00: and so that's why that's one of the things
SPEAKER_00: that we're prioritizing helping to find a solution to.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah and I get that and we can do that
SPEAKER_02: where a gas you can't fill up at home
SPEAKER_02: but I still think there's when you're traveling
SPEAKER_02: it's really important to make it nicer for people
SPEAKER_02: to pull over and stop and have a safe place
SPEAKER_02: to use the facilities, get a drink
SPEAKER_02: and be out of the weather.
SPEAKER_02: So I would just encourage us, I know that I've been approached
SPEAKER_02: by at least one company about a year ago
SPEAKER_02: that had an idea around this.
SPEAKER_02: I don't know if they've come to you
SPEAKER_02: or if anything came of that but the idea for me
SPEAKER_02: was quite compelling as a driver
SPEAKER_02: just really wanting to not be in the middle
SPEAKER_02: of a parking lot by myself sometimes.
SPEAKER_02: So thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Significant value in reducing the occurrence
SPEAKER_00: of vandalism as well which is one of the leading causes
SPEAKER_00: for station availability and downtime.
SPEAKER_11: Yep.
SPEAKER_00: Moving to our next kind of theming topic area,
SPEAKER_00: distributed energy resources.
SPEAKER_00: In this area we've made considerable advancements
SPEAKER_00: in how we look at DER operation and control.
SPEAKER_00: In this past year we've completed both phase two
SPEAKER_00: and phase three of the development
SPEAKER_00: of our distributed energy resource management system.
SPEAKER_00: To put that in the context of what that means,
SPEAKER_00: it allows us to control distributed energy resources,
SPEAKER_00: large scale resources based on their location
SPEAKER_00: on the electrical system.
SPEAKER_00: It's a step forward from how do we operate this
SPEAKER_00: based on the energy market and how do we think about this
SPEAKER_00: in terms of what our thermal plants, our solar arrays
SPEAKER_00: are doing or what our utility scale solutions are doing
SPEAKER_00: to how can this battery that's located
SPEAKER_00: on the distribution system support
SPEAKER_00: that distribution transformer,
SPEAKER_00: support the line loading conditions
SPEAKER_00: based on that particular location.
SPEAKER_00: And then with phase three it expands on that
SPEAKER_00: to give us the ability to not just control
SPEAKER_00: those large resources but to support aggregations
SPEAKER_00: of a high number of smaller distributed energy resources.
SPEAKER_00: So instead of one or two batteries based on the location,
SPEAKER_00: thinking about what it looks like to control 100 batteries
SPEAKER_00: that are co-located in a small area
SPEAKER_00: supporting local infrastructure.
SPEAKER_00: Huge value opportunities and a direct line of convergence
SPEAKER_00: between this conversation and the vehicle to grid
SPEAKER_00: and electric vehicle manage charging conversation
SPEAKER_00: we had on the previous slide.
SPEAKER_00: We also in this past planning year
SPEAKER_00: completed the planning and design work
SPEAKER_00: for a multi-family dwelling project
SPEAKER_00: that would include the installation of 100 batteries
SPEAKER_00: at that site.
SPEAKER_00: The map that you see at the bottom of the sheet here
SPEAKER_00: is the build out schedule for that particular project.
SPEAKER_00: So that's individual batteries supporting
SPEAKER_00: individual households in a multi-family dwelling scenario.
SPEAKER_00: Very exciting because those are households
SPEAKER_00: that wouldn't otherwise without this type of project
SPEAKER_00: have the opportunity to have access to battery resiliency,
SPEAKER_00: backup power, the ability to arbitrage
SPEAKER_00: and manage their own energy usage.
SPEAKER_00: It's a very exciting project.
SPEAKER_00: I do wanna call out that after this reporting period
SPEAKER_00: and very recently with the loss of the solar ITC
SPEAKER_00: and the solar support, this project is now in question
SPEAKER_00: as to whether the developer still intends to move forward.
SPEAKER_00: So we've done the work, we've enhanced our process,
SPEAKER_00: we've made the investments to be able to control
SPEAKER_00: these types of systems.
SPEAKER_00: We have considerable learnings from the work
SPEAKER_00: that we've done here but we are in the unfortunate
SPEAKER_00: circumstance where the project may not move forward
SPEAKER_00: to full build.
Unknown: And that's because you said ITC, is that the federal grant?
SPEAKER_02: And it's the federal support for solar.
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, for those that are listening, we had what,
SPEAKER_02: about $400 million of grants pulled back
SPEAKER_02: from the federal government.
SPEAKER_02: So that was one of them, multi-family.
SPEAKER_00: On the right side here, looking at DER integration.
SPEAKER_00: So it's not just controlling large numbers of DERs
SPEAKER_00: but also how we work with those individual DERs.
SPEAKER_00: We've launched a pilot now where we're evaluating
SPEAKER_00: smart panels as a means to help electrifying homes.
SPEAKER_00: And so you see in the bottom right hand corner
SPEAKER_00: of the picture of a span panel.
SPEAKER_00: That's actually installed on the side of a customer's house
SPEAKER_00: in our Meadowview community.
SPEAKER_00: That panel enables the customer to fully electrify
SPEAKER_00: their house, a task that would normally require
SPEAKER_00: 200 amps of service that they're able to do
SPEAKER_00: with 100 amp panel size.
SPEAKER_00: The impact is that the service to the home doesn't need
SPEAKER_00: to be upgraded when two or three houses on that block
SPEAKER_00: electrify their homes, the transformers don't need
SPEAKER_00: to be upgraded, significant infrastructure opportunities.
SPEAKER_00: We're piloting it in R&D so that we can hopefully see
SPEAKER_00: that type of technology and solution proliferate
SPEAKER_00: into the operational side and help customers electrify
SPEAKER_00: and be part of this decarbonization journey
SPEAKER_00: that we're on.
SPEAKER_08: James, could you, for the folks who are listening,
SPEAKER_08: could you give just a brief overview
SPEAKER_08: of how the span panel works?
SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
SPEAKER_00: So this is a technology that I'm particularly excited about.
SPEAKER_00: The panel itself, it has individual measuring capability
SPEAKER_00: on all of the circuits, and so it understands
SPEAKER_00: how much load is being consumed at any given time.
SPEAKER_00: And it can help manage those loads so that whatever
SPEAKER_00: you want to be powering is going to be able to draw
SPEAKER_00: that power without exceeding the hardware limitation
SPEAKER_00: or the connection limitation that the household
SPEAKER_00: would normally have through a 100 amp panel.
SPEAKER_00: So you can imagine having your air conditioner set
SPEAKER_00: to 74 degrees and your electric vehicle charging
SPEAKER_00: and you turn on your microwave.
SPEAKER_00: Well, if that microwave would have normally exceeded
SPEAKER_00: your rating, you can imagine that a breaker's gonna trip.
SPEAKER_00: You might have power go out in a part of your house
SPEAKER_00: and you have to go out to the garage,
SPEAKER_00: you have to figure out what happened.
SPEAKER_00: In this instance, the smart panel is gonna register
SPEAKER_00: that you're consuming that excess amount of power.
SPEAKER_00: And it may temporarily throttle down that EV charging rate
SPEAKER_00: so that you can finish microwaving your food.
SPEAKER_00: And when that microwave is done, that EV charger
SPEAKER_00: is gonna then throttle back up.
SPEAKER_00: The really compelling part about the SPAN solution
SPEAKER_00: in particular is that they also have an app
SPEAKER_00: that allows the individual customers
SPEAKER_00: to set their prioritization.
SPEAKER_00: And so you may have a high priority that I need
SPEAKER_00: my electric vehicle charged.
SPEAKER_00: You can set that as a highest priority.
SPEAKER_00: That may matter less to me.
SPEAKER_00: I may be having all night to charge,
SPEAKER_00: but I really wanna make sure that my air conditioner
SPEAKER_00: is running.
SPEAKER_00: I can have my own priorities and how that panel
SPEAKER_00: helps manage my energy to make sure that I can operate
SPEAKER_00: in that 100 amp threshold and avoid that cost
SPEAKER_00: of upgrading the panel myself,
SPEAKER_00: but also help the utility avoid that cost
SPEAKER_00: for upgrading the infrastructure that's needed
SPEAKER_00: to serve that higher capacity.
Unknown: Thank you.
SPEAKER_02: And James, just so people know,
SPEAKER_02: I mean upgrading a panel is very expensive.
SPEAKER_02: Yes.
SPEAKER_02: What are we talking, like 10,000?
SPEAKER_02: Like 10,000 dollars potentially more,
SPEAKER_00: depending on the location of the meter
SPEAKER_00: relative to the sidewalk of the house
SPEAKER_00: and the front of the house.
SPEAKER_00: We've seen numbers as high as 20,000 dollars or more.
SPEAKER_02: So that's a huge barrier to entry for people
SPEAKER_02: to get an electric vehicle or anything like that
SPEAKER_02: if they've got a 100 amp panel.
SPEAKER_02: Absolutely.
SPEAKER_02: This is a great solution.
SPEAKER_02: I hope it all works out, yeah.
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
SPEAKER_00: Going further, on the bottom right here,
SPEAKER_00: we've seen a lot of technology around meter collars.
SPEAKER_00: In the last couple of years, we did a pilot with Tesla.
SPEAKER_00: They were one of the first ones
SPEAKER_00: with this piece of technology.
SPEAKER_00: It really helps reduce the installation time
SPEAKER_00: for solar systems.
SPEAKER_00: It increases the efficiency of home resiliency
SPEAKER_00: and backup power systems.
SPEAKER_00: You see that the meter collar is actually mounted
SPEAKER_00: directly underneath the SMUD meter in that picture.
SPEAKER_00: This was a very compelling project
SPEAKER_00: that we piloted with Tesla.
SPEAKER_00: Since then, we're very excited to see
SPEAKER_00: that a number of other solar installers
SPEAKER_00: and technology developers are also developing the solution.
SPEAKER_00: In the last year, we've developed a process
SPEAKER_00: for piloting and evaluating these technology solutions
SPEAKER_00: so that we can approve them for grid use.
SPEAKER_00: The meter collars that you're looking at in that picture
SPEAKER_00: is actually an in-phase meter collar,
SPEAKER_00: which is now completing, moving through that process
SPEAKER_00: so that we can continue to support
SPEAKER_00: as diverse of a number of solar systems
SPEAKER_00: and installers as possible to continue
SPEAKER_00: to accelerate the adoption of these systems
SPEAKER_00: and the proliferation of these decarbonizing technologies.
SPEAKER_00: We also have a theme centered around AI at SMUD.
SPEAKER_00: In the last year, we've seen a number of conversations
SPEAKER_00: around data centers and AI and how it's changing the world.
SPEAKER_00: It's not just SMUD looking out that we're thinking about AI,
SPEAKER_00: it's also SMUD looking in and thinking about
SPEAKER_00: how these AI solutions are changing
SPEAKER_00: the way that we're operating.
SPEAKER_00: In this reporting year, we really started to ramp
SPEAKER_00: into this technology, thinking about how
SPEAKER_00: large language models can make us more efficient
SPEAKER_00: at our work, and also looking at how these algorithms
SPEAKER_00: can help us manage and forecast things
SPEAKER_00: like outages from storms.
SPEAKER_00: This is an area that I'm excited to see grow
SPEAKER_00: in the coming years and one that we are investing heavily in
SPEAKER_00: from an innovation standpoint.
SPEAKER_00: We also have a significant amount of work going on
SPEAKER_00: in our robotics portfolio.
SPEAKER_00: On the right side here, there's two projects
SPEAKER_00: that I wanna highlight.
SPEAKER_00: The first is a visual camera inspection array
SPEAKER_00: that's installed around battery systems or solar systems.
SPEAKER_00: This is actually the purple picture that you see
SPEAKER_00: in the center there, which is really a thermal image.
SPEAKER_00: And what you're seeing is that camera monitoring
SPEAKER_00: the thermal profiles of these battery systems,
SPEAKER_00: taking in information about how hot of a day it is,
SPEAKER_00: what the normal operating profile for these batteries is.
SPEAKER_00: And the idea is that it's helping us detect
SPEAKER_00: any potential early failure modes
SPEAKER_00: so that we can get early failure notification,
SPEAKER_00: enact our emergency responses, and detect failures
SPEAKER_00: before they become catastrophic failures.
SPEAKER_00: It's a very exciting project.
SPEAKER_00: Again, part of our research portfolio,
SPEAKER_00: but if successful, we hope to operationalize more broadly
SPEAKER_00: across our utility scale investments and larger projects.
SPEAKER_00: And then in the bottom right here,
SPEAKER_00: we have a robot inspection pilot,
SPEAKER_00: which is helping us evaluate the ability of robots
SPEAKER_00: to take measurements and provide visual inspections,
SPEAKER_00: potentially in hard to reach areas
SPEAKER_00: for where humans would otherwise have a difficult time
SPEAKER_00: providing inspections.
SPEAKER_00: On the grid innovation side,
SPEAKER_00: we are continuing to do work on our hydrogen projects.
SPEAKER_00: Specifically, we're working with EPRI
SPEAKER_00: on our Department of Energy High Blend grant project.
SPEAKER_00: This is a $12.4 million project
SPEAKER_00: that's allowing us to evaluate the impact of hydrogen
SPEAKER_00: on our pipelines so that we can understand
SPEAKER_00: what that opportunity is for fuel conversion in the future.
SPEAKER_00: It's not just what can your thermal power plants do,
SPEAKER_00: it's also how are you gonna transport that hydrogen?
SPEAKER_00: What's the impact on the infrastructure?
SPEAKER_00: What can you reuse and where do you need to invest new?
SPEAKER_00: And so this is work that's ongoing.
SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, with the recent federal changes,
SPEAKER_00: this grant after this reporting period
SPEAKER_00: was funded through ARCHES,
SPEAKER_00: and the ARCHES funding has since been rescinded.
Unknown: Bottom left here are thermal transition line technologies.
SPEAKER_00: We have a full portfolio that's developing
SPEAKER_00: around dynamic line ratings,
SPEAKER_00: and looking at how we make best use of the infrastructure
SPEAKER_00: that we have serving the region.
SPEAKER_00: As we think about electric vehicles
SPEAKER_00: and other larger intermittent loads of that type,
SPEAKER_00: we start to see profiles where,
SPEAKER_00: depending on the time of day,
SPEAKER_00: we're making very different utilizations of our lines.
SPEAKER_00: Wind conditions change the way that we utilize
SPEAKER_00: that infrastructure.
SPEAKER_00: And so from a research standpoint,
SPEAKER_00: we're looking at how those line ratings
SPEAKER_00: are affected by those dynamic conditions,
SPEAKER_00: and how that may change how we operate the grid
SPEAKER_00: in the future.
SPEAKER_00: And then on the right side here,
SPEAKER_00: I wanna spend a moment highlighting
SPEAKER_00: some of the carbon farming and ecosystem services
SPEAKER_00: that we're developing.
SPEAKER_00: This marks our fourth year
SPEAKER_00: in studying our pollinator initiatives
SPEAKER_00: at the Rancho Seiko project.
SPEAKER_00: And really in this last year,
SPEAKER_00: we've highlighted an emphasis
SPEAKER_00: on low maintenance pollinator methods,
SPEAKER_00: and expanding the footprint beyond
SPEAKER_00: the simple immediate adjacency
SPEAKER_00: and under panel locations for the pollinator locations.
SPEAKER_00: We're targeting achieving
SPEAKER_00: the Be Better Electric certification at the site,
SPEAKER_00: which is something that's very, very exciting.
SPEAKER_00: And we're also investing in things
SPEAKER_00: like drone seeding programs,
SPEAKER_00: and understanding how that improves
SPEAKER_00: the efficiency of seeding,
SPEAKER_00: the reliability of seeding,
SPEAKER_00: how we can expand the footprint
SPEAKER_00: through that more efficient seeding.
SPEAKER_00: So really technology inspiring nature
SPEAKER_00: is a very cool concept,
SPEAKER_00: and one that we're excited to see
SPEAKER_00: how this can benefit our solar arrays,
SPEAKER_00: how our learnings can benefit others
SPEAKER_00: that are making similar investments.
SPEAKER_00: A very exciting conversation to align,
SPEAKER_00: really innovation that's going on everywhere
SPEAKER_00: with a supporting opportunity.
SPEAKER_02: And James, you said expanded footprint.
SPEAKER_02: What does that mean?
SPEAKER_02: How far beyond the panels?
SPEAKER_00: I think it's a 15 foot radius,
SPEAKER_00: but it depends on kind of the individual rows
SPEAKER_00: of the panels and how close they're mounted together.
SPEAKER_00: We're also looking at the impact
SPEAKER_00: of the different facing styles of PV panels
SPEAKER_00: and how that may influence the radius.
SPEAKER_08: Can you tell us a little bit about
SPEAKER_08: what you have to do to achieve
SPEAKER_08: the Be Better Electric certification?
SPEAKER_00: I would have to follow up with that separately.
SPEAKER_00: I don't know the specific criteria.
SPEAKER_00: And then looking at our utility scale energy storage,
SPEAKER_00: we have our four megawatt lithium battery project.
SPEAKER_00: This was installed several years ago,
SPEAKER_00: and so a lot of times we get questions around
SPEAKER_00: what are we doing with that project?
SPEAKER_00: Is it still operating?
SPEAKER_00: Is it still running?
SPEAKER_00: And I'm excited to say that ever since
SPEAKER_00: this project was brought online,
SPEAKER_00: we have continued to utilize it as a supporting resource
SPEAKER_00: for how we develop battery programs
SPEAKER_00: and solutions going forward.
SPEAKER_00: Our research and development engineers
SPEAKER_00: that actually helped install this very first system
SPEAKER_00: now collaborate day by day
SPEAKER_00: with the actual procurement teams
SPEAKER_00: and our power generation team
SPEAKER_00: to help set the standards for our large scale
SPEAKER_00: battery energy storage procurement.
SPEAKER_00: So the things that we learned here first
SPEAKER_00: are now incorporated into all of the battery projects
SPEAKER_00: that we do.
SPEAKER_00: That includes the best practices on safety standards
SPEAKER_00: that we've developed for our operators and engineers
SPEAKER_00: that we utilize at SMUD.
SPEAKER_00: And right now we are working on programs
SPEAKER_00: that are investigating black start
SPEAKER_00: and inverter based resources
SPEAKER_00: so that these batteries can contribute directly
SPEAKER_00: to grid reliability side by side
SPEAKER_00: with conventional generation resources.
SPEAKER_00: On the right side here,
SPEAKER_00: our long duration energy storage system.
SPEAKER_00: The ESS flow battery pilot this last year
SPEAKER_00: has come to a conclusion.
SPEAKER_00: ESS as an organization is actually undergoing
SPEAKER_00: some organizational restructuring.
SPEAKER_00: As part of that effort, they've made the decision
SPEAKER_00: to shift their focus to their next generation product.
SPEAKER_00: And so the energy warehouses that are cited at our location
SPEAKER_00: are no longer their priority focus.
SPEAKER_00: As a result, the decision was made to conclude the pilot
SPEAKER_00: and monitor their next generation technology.
SPEAKER_00: We remain actively engaged with ESS
SPEAKER_00: and we're incorporating that information
SPEAKER_00: so that we can continue to evaluate
SPEAKER_00: long duration energy storage
SPEAKER_00: as part of our long range integrated resource planning.
SPEAKER_00: And so that's something that we're actively doing.
SPEAKER_00: But the pilot itself, which was six containers,
SPEAKER_00: 350 kilowatts of long duration energy storage
SPEAKER_00: has concluded in this year.
SPEAKER_00: And in conclusion, I'd like to request
SPEAKER_00: that the board move to,
SPEAKER_00: that the board put on the consent agenda
SPEAKER_00: to accept the SD10 monitoring report.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you James.
SPEAKER_02: I'm always excited to hear about the innovations
SPEAKER_02: and all the things you're working on.
SPEAKER_02: And a lot of them are just very practical things
SPEAKER_02: for keeping this grid working and as clean as possible.
SPEAKER_02: Did you have any questions or thoughts?
SPEAKER_02: I just wanted to say thank you to you and the team.
SPEAKER_08: SMUD really prides itself on innovation.
SPEAKER_08: And it always has.
SPEAKER_08: And so it's good to see us
SPEAKER_08: taking on some things that we haven't before.
SPEAKER_08: And I just wanna say,
SPEAKER_08: the pollinator stuff is really important to me
SPEAKER_08: because it's so simple
SPEAKER_08: and you can engage others to do it too.
SPEAKER_08: So you guys are on the right track and good work.
Unknown: Thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Unless I hear or see anybody else on the phone, the remote.
SPEAKER_02: Are there any comments online?
SPEAKER_02: Yes, we do.
SPEAKER_02: From John.
SPEAKER_02: John, you wanna go ahead?
SPEAKER_04: Hello, this is John Weber.
SPEAKER_04: Can you hear me?
SPEAKER_02: We can, go right ahead.
SPEAKER_04: Yes, good evening, chair and board.
SPEAKER_04: Thank you for the presentation staff.
SPEAKER_04: I support the vehicle to grid solutions.
SPEAKER_04: We have approximately five gigawatt hours of storage
SPEAKER_04: in EVs within our service territory.
SPEAKER_04: A year from now, there will be even more bi-directional
SPEAKER_04: vehicle to grid chargers available.
SPEAKER_04: It would be nice to see some type of incentives
SPEAKER_04: for these bi-directional chargers
SPEAKER_04: in the 2027 calendar year.
SPEAKER_04: Thank you for your time and have a good evening.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you, John.
SPEAKER_02: James was frantically nodding,
SPEAKER_02: so I'm gonna let him say if there's something,
SPEAKER_02: you wanna speak to that?
SPEAKER_00: That's absolutely exciting.
SPEAKER_00: I would just comment that we like to think about
SPEAKER_00: these batteries in vehicles.
SPEAKER_00: Similarly, we think about the stationary batteries.
SPEAKER_00: They create value.
SPEAKER_00: We have programs that pay those stationary batteries
SPEAKER_00: for that grid benefit.
SPEAKER_00: And we'd like to see all of these types of energy storage
SPEAKER_00: move in that direction.
SPEAKER_00: So, a very exciting topic.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and for me, I mean,
SPEAKER_02: knowing that we are in a deficit of critical minerals,
SPEAKER_02: earth minerals in this country,
SPEAKER_02: in order for national security
SPEAKER_02: and to continue to make these batteries at home,
SPEAKER_02: we're gonna have to recycle them too.
SPEAKER_02: And we have to maximize use of what we've already got.
SPEAKER_02: So, thank you, John.
SPEAKER_02: Are there any other comments?
SPEAKER_02: I do not see any.
SPEAKER_02: Okay, and I don't see any here in the room.
SPEAKER_02: So then we will go ahead
SPEAKER_02: and put that on the consent calendar.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much, James, for that.
Unknown: And we'll move on to agenda item number three,
SPEAKER_02: which is to discuss the monitoring report
SPEAKER_02: for strategic direction 19, diversified business,
SPEAKER_02: and presenting that is also James, welcome back.
Unknown: I didn't change my coat, but I should have.
SPEAKER_00: Thank you.
Unknown: So, I always enjoy presenting SD19 directly after SD10,
SPEAKER_00: because it's our innovation and it's our forward thinking
SPEAKER_00: and it's our leadership in the industry
SPEAKER_00: that really gives us the opportunity to invest
SPEAKER_00: in things like SD19 and diversified business.
SPEAKER_00: The way that we are able to look at capitalizing
SPEAKER_00: on intellectual property, in order to have a patent,
SPEAKER_00: in order to have intellectual property,
SPEAKER_00: you need to be a first mover.
SPEAKER_00: You need to be an early investor.
SPEAKER_00: You need to be an innovator.
SPEAKER_00: And so, this strategic directive really builds on
SPEAKER_00: what is at the core of that innovation culture
SPEAKER_00: that we just had the opportunity to talk about
SPEAKER_00: and we heard so much excitement around.
SPEAKER_00: Again, in the same way that innovation is centered
SPEAKER_00: around our zero carbon plan,
SPEAKER_00: new business development is absolutely critical
SPEAKER_00: to how we achieve our long-term goals.
SPEAKER_00: It is the new technology and business models
SPEAKER_00: and how we enable those.
SPEAKER_00: It is also the way that we pursue grants and partnerships
SPEAKER_00: so that we can ensure affordability on this journey.
SPEAKER_00: When we think about our approach to SD19,
SPEAKER_00: we look at it in terms of revenue services,
SPEAKER_00: technology partnerships, and grants and external funding.
SPEAKER_00: From the grant side, as I jump into this slide,
SPEAKER_00: I do want to highlight that we've had some recent changes
SPEAKER_00: to the grant projects with recent news
SPEAKER_00: from the Department of Energy.
SPEAKER_00: The numbers that you're looking at here
SPEAKER_00: were developed prior to any news
SPEAKER_00: that's happened in the last week.
SPEAKER_00: In the previous reporting period,
SPEAKER_00: you'll see the grant portfolio
SPEAKER_00: that we are working on delivering
SPEAKER_00: is around $238 million worth of projects
SPEAKER_00: that are enabled by grants.
SPEAKER_00: Of that $92 million, nearly $93 million
SPEAKER_00: are awards coming from grants.
SPEAKER_00: The other $145 million is project investment
SPEAKER_00: and development investment from SMUD
SPEAKER_00: to enable these solutions.
SPEAKER_00: Some highlights from this particular reporting year
SPEAKER_00: is the CERI grant, which stands for
SPEAKER_00: California Energy Reliability
SPEAKER_00: and Resilient Infrastructure Grant.
SPEAKER_00: This grant was won in 2024,
SPEAKER_00: and it includes investment into the downtown grid,
SPEAKER_00: switch gear, cabling, and infrastructure upgrades
SPEAKER_00: to help modernize that technology
SPEAKER_00: in a way that lets it integrate
SPEAKER_00: with the distributed energy resource investments
SPEAKER_00: that we're making, and helps us manage that
SPEAKER_00: as part of our portfolio of resources
SPEAKER_00: using really the leading edge technology
SPEAKER_00: that we're investing in.
SPEAKER_00: That grant itself is worth $23 million.
SPEAKER_00: Jumping down, we have the CFI grant,
SPEAKER_00: Clean Fuel Infrastructure Grant,
SPEAKER_00: that was also awarded in the 2024 period.
SPEAKER_00: This grant is to fund 90 new charge stations,
SPEAKER_00: including some stations that were in garages
SPEAKER_00: and undercover, that is 90 charge handles,
SPEAKER_00: level two and DC fast charge handles,
SPEAKER_00: that would have been spread out across about 15 sites.
SPEAKER_00: This project was awarded in 2024,
SPEAKER_00: planning began in 2025.
SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately, this project has been removed
SPEAKER_00: from federal funding as of 2025.
SPEAKER_02: Meaning we got notice we're not gonna get the money.
SPEAKER_00: Correct.
SPEAKER_00: So we still have the sites identified,
SPEAKER_00: they still infill critical locations,
SPEAKER_00: and we are continuing to pursue
SPEAKER_00: alternative grant funding opportunities,
SPEAKER_00: but this particular funding opportunity
SPEAKER_00: did not come to fruition.
SPEAKER_00: And then at the bottom here,
SPEAKER_00: we have our extreme heat and resiliency grant.
SPEAKER_00: This is a grant that was awarded in partnership
SPEAKER_00: with the Sacramento Unified School District,
SPEAKER_00: and it is a planning grant for a community microgrid
SPEAKER_00: and resiliency hub at the Hiram Johnson School.
SPEAKER_00: This is allowing us to do the engineering work,
SPEAKER_00: the engineering study,
SPEAKER_00: understand the costs associated with this,
SPEAKER_00: and giving us a potential highest confidence path forward
SPEAKER_00: for a future project at this location.
Unknown: So James, of these three projects,
SPEAKER_08: it's like 238 million,
SPEAKER_08: but what's been pulled back by the federal government?
SPEAKER_00: So of these projects, the CFI grant has been pulled back,
SPEAKER_00: and the more recent grant that we have implicated
SPEAKER_00: is potentially our GRIP grant.
SPEAKER_00: We're talking about on the order of potentially
SPEAKER_00: 60 million dollars worth of grant funds
SPEAKER_00: that are at least implicated in the current conversation.
SPEAKER_00: We don't have final information on all of this,
SPEAKER_00: and this is an active conversation,
SPEAKER_00: so there's a lot more that needs to happen
SPEAKER_00: before we have final answers there.
Unknown: Thank you.
SPEAKER_00: I will call out, especially on some of these critical grants,
SPEAKER_00: is that with our grant effort,
SPEAKER_00: we really prioritize identifying those projects
SPEAKER_00: that need to get done for us to achieve our 2030 goal.
SPEAKER_00: We're not looking at grants as an opportunity to go out
SPEAKER_00: and try and do this thing
SPEAKER_00: that we wouldn't have otherwise done.
SPEAKER_00: We really are laser focused on those end goals.
SPEAKER_00: So when we receive this grant funding,
SPEAKER_00: it's a tool that lets us accelerate towards that finish line,
SPEAKER_00: that lets us do it faster,
SPEAKER_00: lets us do it more efficiently.
SPEAKER_00: Having these grants is a tool
SPEAKER_00: to help us move down that path more quickly.
SPEAKER_00: It does not prevent us from moving down that path
SPEAKER_00: towards our goals.
SPEAKER_00: Jumping into technology and industry partners,
SPEAKER_00: I've got two slides here on this particular topic.
SPEAKER_00: On the first slide, I want to touch on our partnerships
SPEAKER_00: with AspenTech, Uplight, and SEW.
SPEAKER_00: AspenTech is our DERMS developer.
SPEAKER_00: We've actually had a chance to talk about them
SPEAKER_00: in quite a few projects on the previous slides.
SPEAKER_00: You can see how they're very integrated with our innovation.
SPEAKER_00: Through this partnership, one of the opportunities
SPEAKER_00: that we have as a leader is
SPEAKER_00: because we are developing these solutions first.
SPEAKER_00: Other utilities are looking to us.
SPEAKER_00: They're wanting to understand how well the solution works,
SPEAKER_00: how much value it created.
SPEAKER_00: They're asking questions, can we see your data?
SPEAKER_00: Can we understand the value?
SPEAKER_00: We are very clear that where we are creating value,
SPEAKER_00: we would like to see that benefit be returned
SPEAKER_00: to our customers who helped enable that value.
SPEAKER_00: This partnership allows us to do that.
SPEAKER_00: Where other utilities adopt this technology,
SPEAKER_00: we actually have a return on that investment
SPEAKER_00: and are able to monetize the intellectual property
SPEAKER_00: that was developed in that way.
SPEAKER_00: There's a follow-on benefit.
SPEAKER_00: Because we have very unique needs
SPEAKER_00: to achieve our very aggressive goals,
SPEAKER_00: we're able to work with these partnerships
SPEAKER_00: and these partners to make sure that the technologies
SPEAKER_00: and solutions that we need
SPEAKER_00: are at the top of their priority list.
SPEAKER_00: If we're looking at managing a high volume
SPEAKER_00: of distributed energy resources
SPEAKER_00: and that's the most important thing for us,
SPEAKER_00: we can work with these partners to make sure
SPEAKER_00: that that's the most important thing for them.
SPEAKER_00: So it's not just getting that return on investment.
SPEAKER_00: It's doing everything that we can
SPEAKER_00: to continue to accelerate the timeline
SPEAKER_00: without taking on additional costs
SPEAKER_00: to provide that acceleration.
Unknown: With Uplight, this now marks the second year
SPEAKER_00: where we've continued to see a proliferation of technologies
SPEAKER_00: on the SMUD Energy Store.
SPEAKER_00: And when devices and technology are purchased
SPEAKER_00: from the SMUD Energy Store,
SPEAKER_00: a portion of that spending comes back to SMUD
SPEAKER_00: and enables us to continue to reinvest
SPEAKER_00: in these innovative projects and solutions.
SPEAKER_00: Now when you log on to the website,
SPEAKER_00: you'll actually see sales.
SPEAKER_00: You'll see discounts related directly to rebates.
SPEAKER_00: You'll see an easy path to enrollment into our programs,
SPEAKER_00: really making it as simple as possible
SPEAKER_00: for customers to be part of the energy transition
SPEAKER_00: and really living up to what it means
SPEAKER_00: when you sign up to join the charge.
SPEAKER_00: SEW is our software and application
SPEAKER_00: platform development partner,
SPEAKER_00: helping us develop things like our commercial customer portal
SPEAKER_00: and also more recently working with us on the development
SPEAKER_00: of our electric vehicle charging app.
SPEAKER_00: Similar to the relationship with SEW,
SPEAKER_00: we're developing leading technology in this space.
SPEAKER_00: And as other utilities are adopting that technology,
SPEAKER_00: there's a benefit that comes back to SMUD
SPEAKER_00: and we're making sure that the priorities
SPEAKER_00: that they're developing are the ones
SPEAKER_00: that align with our local needs.
SPEAKER_00: Jumping down to the next slide here,
SPEAKER_00: we talked a little bit about ESS already.
SPEAKER_00: So I want to touch again on the fact that throughout 2024,
SPEAKER_00: we did do full testing and operational qualification
SPEAKER_00: of the six energy warehouse systems.
SPEAKER_00: Again, that project and pilot has since concluded
SPEAKER_00: and the flow batteries have now been removed
SPEAKER_00: from that site.
SPEAKER_00: And then the last partnership here that I want to touch on
SPEAKER_00: is our partnership with Itron.
SPEAKER_00: Itron is the technology partner on our grip grant.
SPEAKER_00: We're deploying approximately 200 grid edge
SPEAKER_00: smart metering devices, upgrading meters for customers,
SPEAKER_00: that it gives us higher visibility
SPEAKER_00: and a more deep integration
SPEAKER_00: with the distributed energy resources,
SPEAKER_00: the ability to integrate with batteries,
SPEAKER_00: the ability to operate and control and interface
SPEAKER_00: with electric vehicles for managed charging,
SPEAKER_00: and really to do that compute
SPEAKER_00: and to have that computational power
SPEAKER_00: at the edge of the grid,
SPEAKER_00: rather than all of that information
SPEAKER_00: from those thousands and thousands of endpoints
SPEAKER_00: trying to travel back to a central point,
SPEAKER_00: making local decisions,
SPEAKER_00: and then moving that communication back out,
SPEAKER_00: using that grid edge technology
SPEAKER_00: to enhance the speed of decision making
SPEAKER_00: and the quality of decision making with higher visibility
SPEAKER_00: and really being an industry leader in that space.
SPEAKER_00: Our relationship with Itron is similar to that of SEW
SPEAKER_00: and Aspen Tech,
SPEAKER_00: where we have that co-development opportunity
SPEAKER_00: and that joint sales benefit
SPEAKER_00: when other utilities adopt the same technologies
SPEAKER_00: that SMUD supported the development of.
Unknown: We also, kind of moving,
SPEAKER_00: we first talked about grants,
SPEAKER_00: we then talked about partners,
SPEAKER_00: moving to the service provider side of the conversation.
SPEAKER_00: We've now entered into our seventh year of operation
SPEAKER_00: as a community choice aggregator service provider.
SPEAKER_00: Our community energy services team
SPEAKER_00: is now serving seven of the state's 25 CCAs.
SPEAKER_00: That represents 2.7 million additional meters
SPEAKER_00: that we are providing service to,
SPEAKER_00: and that includes 11 major service offerings.
SPEAKER_00: Things like EV detection, things like debt collection,
SPEAKER_00: things like billing, we provide to those CCA clients.
SPEAKER_00: And as we continue to look ahead,
SPEAKER_00: we are looking forward to opportunities
SPEAKER_00: to continue to expand the value of the intellectual property
SPEAKER_00: that we've developed in this space.
SPEAKER_00: Additionally, wanna take a look at the work
SPEAKER_00: that CalEpic has been doing.
SPEAKER_00: In past years, this has been presented on
SPEAKER_00: under the name California Mobility Center.
SPEAKER_00: This last year, they've rebranded to CalEpic,
SPEAKER_00: the California Energy Power and Innovation Collaborative.
SPEAKER_00: Their work is significantly more focused on technology,
SPEAKER_00: energy power, batteries, and the energy ecosystem
SPEAKER_00: than just electric vehicles and mobility.
SPEAKER_00: And so the rebranding really helps communicate
SPEAKER_00: that broader scope that they're trying to take on.
SPEAKER_00: A significant amount of their impact
SPEAKER_00: is centered around their workforce development
SPEAKER_00: and career development initiatives.
SPEAKER_00: They've now trained over 700 individuals
SPEAKER_00: through their workforce development program.
SPEAKER_00: About 10% of those have been directly placed
SPEAKER_00: into full-time careers, living wage careers,
SPEAKER_00: permanent careers, job advancement careers.
SPEAKER_00: This also provides inroads with high school level training
SPEAKER_00: to help individual students make the decision
SPEAKER_00: between things like trade school or community college
SPEAKER_00: or going to full university
SPEAKER_00: and pursuing an engineering degree
SPEAKER_00: to exist as an engineer in this energy space
SPEAKER_00: and this exciting new area of technology.
SPEAKER_00: And also working with individuals who may be in positions
SPEAKER_00: where upscaling is necessary for them to continue
SPEAKER_00: to develop in their role.
SPEAKER_00: So really being a centerpiece
SPEAKER_00: for that type of workforce development and training.
SPEAKER_00: They are providing and helping deliver
SPEAKER_00: the Rivian Technical Trades Program,
SPEAKER_00: which is a program run by Rivian out of their facility.
SPEAKER_00: It is a 15 week paid internship program
SPEAKER_00: that Rivian uses to train their technicians.
SPEAKER_00: They train here in Sacramento and Rivian then deploys those
SPEAKER_00: across the Western United States to all of their locations.
SPEAKER_00: So they've become a hub for that level
SPEAKER_00: of job creation and training.
SPEAKER_00: Very exciting work and opportunities.
SPEAKER_00: And it's reflected in the grant success
SPEAKER_00: that they've had more recently.
SPEAKER_00: In the last year, they've achieved $5.3 million
SPEAKER_00: in grant funding.
SPEAKER_00: Most recently, $4 million
SPEAKER_00: from the California Energy Commission
SPEAKER_00: to become the preferred EVSE testing partner
SPEAKER_00: in qualification so that they can help test the standards
SPEAKER_00: for EV chargers for the state of California.
SPEAKER_00: And additionally, reflective of the good work
SPEAKER_00: that they're doing on workforce development,
SPEAKER_00: you'll see significant investment from local foundations
SPEAKER_00: and funding to support the workforce development
SPEAKER_00: and training that they're doing.
SPEAKER_00: An area that we're very, very excited about.
SPEAKER_00: In summary, that three year look back
SPEAKER_00: and the combination of those portfolios,
SPEAKER_00: we've had a gross revenue of about $16 million
SPEAKER_00: with about $14 million of expense.
SPEAKER_00: We've netted revenue of $2.7 million profit
SPEAKER_00: that helps contribute to advancing
SPEAKER_00: and accelerating our zero carbon objectives.
SPEAKER_00: When we roll that into a three year look back summary,
SPEAKER_00: those revenues and expenses translate into $8 million
SPEAKER_00: of revenue from our technology
SPEAKER_00: and new business development initiatives.
SPEAKER_00: In conclusion, I request that the board put on
SPEAKER_00: to the consent calendar acceptance
SPEAKER_00: of the SD19 monitoring report.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much James.
SPEAKER_02: You pack a lot into a presentation
SPEAKER_02: and I'm always so impressed.
SPEAKER_02: I do wanna say that a couple things
SPEAKER_02: that I find really exciting is,
SPEAKER_02: and make sure the public understands this too,
SPEAKER_02: that the money, we have a, there was a law passed actually
SPEAKER_02: so that SMUD could benefit from the partnerships
SPEAKER_02: with innovators just like a business
SPEAKER_02: so that we can actually keep our rates low.
SPEAKER_02: So when we use rate payer data or we give information
SPEAKER_02: and we're working back and forth with a new company
SPEAKER_02: in research, we can actually benefit financially from that
SPEAKER_02: which means we can keep our rates lower
SPEAKER_02: and we can spend that money innovating more.
SPEAKER_02: So we're very lucky to be able to do it
SPEAKER_02: and you're doing a great job
SPEAKER_02: if we're ending up $8 million positive
SPEAKER_02: over the last few years, that's amazing.
SPEAKER_02: And then CalEpic, it's really nice to hear
SPEAKER_02: that they're doing well and I like the rebranded name.
SPEAKER_02: Mobility Center, I wasn't quite sure what that meant.
SPEAKER_02: So CalEpic, it's great.
SPEAKER_08: I'm not sure, I know what that is but okay.
SPEAKER_08: Well the name, it's an acronym, yeah.
SPEAKER_02: So I really do like it.
SPEAKER_02: Anyway, I'll go ahead and turn it over to Director Herbert.
SPEAKER_08: I just wanted to say, I don't like the CalEpic name
SPEAKER_08: but nobody asked me when they named these places,
SPEAKER_08: even Mosak, I wanted you to name something else
SPEAKER_08: but that turned out pretty good.
SPEAKER_08: I just wanna say, I'm so glad that we're continuing
SPEAKER_08: to look at ways to do other things.
SPEAKER_08: Money is gonna dry up in the next four years
SPEAKER_08: for a lot of the more innovative things
SPEAKER_08: that we wanted to do but we're gonna have to get smarter
SPEAKER_08: and do things differently and I feel a lot of confidence
SPEAKER_08: in your team in looking for those solutions.
SPEAKER_08: So thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Any other comments from board members?
SPEAKER_02: Okay and I will say, I just found out
SPEAKER_02: about a new company today that I am about ready
SPEAKER_02: to send through the board office
SPEAKER_02: on green hydrogen development in ways
SPEAKER_02: that are way more environmentally friendly
SPEAKER_02: so I will be passing that along.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you so much for the presentation.
SPEAKER_02: This will go on the consent calendar.
SPEAKER_02: Oh sorry, public comment.
SPEAKER_02: Are there any public comments?
SPEAKER_02: Online?
SPEAKER_02: I don't see anybody in the room?
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I don't see any hands.
SPEAKER_12: Just giving it a second, so no.
SPEAKER_02: Sorry, I think we're done, thank you.
SPEAKER_02: No, I appreciate that, okay.
SPEAKER_02: So we'll go ahead now and move on to agenda item four
SPEAKER_02: which is the board monitoring of governance process eight,
Unknown: board committee principles, GP 10
SPEAKER_02: which is the board training orientation
SPEAKER_02: and GP 15 which is board travel and training reimbursement.
SPEAKER_02: And I believe we've scored, I think,
SPEAKER_02: I find, so this was a comment made by a board member.
SPEAKER_02: I find that ad hoc board committees are discouraged
SPEAKER_02: by staff.
SPEAKER_02: Is there, are there any board members online or present
SPEAKER_02: that wish to discuss that?
SPEAKER_08: Well I just wanna say that there's really only two of us here
SPEAKER_08: and what I do when I listen,
SPEAKER_08: when I look at that, actually there's three
SPEAKER_08: because director Bowie Thompson is online.
SPEAKER_08: I do find that ad hoc board committees are discouraged.
SPEAKER_08: I'm not saying that I want us to necessarily
SPEAKER_08: do anything differently.
SPEAKER_08: When I've talked to Paul about different ad hoc committees
SPEAKER_08: that I'd like to see, he pretty much talks me out of it.
SPEAKER_08: So that's just my opinion.
SPEAKER_08: That's all I don't really expect anybody to do anything.
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
SPEAKER_02: Then we will just go ahead and move on
SPEAKER_02: and the compliance scores are high on the principles
SPEAKER_02: and this I assume is the same comment from you
SPEAKER_02: on this one too.
SPEAKER_02: So nothing to do with it, just noting.
SPEAKER_02: Okay, so we go ahead and move on.
SPEAKER_02: I don't think there are any other,
SPEAKER_02: the compliance is high on this one
SPEAKER_02: and again we're not gonna read all of this
SPEAKER_02: if everybody on the board agrees it was fine
SPEAKER_02: and we're in compliance.
SPEAKER_02: So I think that was it.
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, seven.
SPEAKER_02: So are there any public comments
SPEAKER_02: on these strategic directives?
Unknown: They would have had to have read the slides.
SPEAKER_02: There is not.
SPEAKER_12: There's no comments.
SPEAKER_12: Okay, so I think with that we will go ahead
SPEAKER_02: and close that item four if we have no public comments
Unknown: and move on to the board work plan
SPEAKER_02: and that is simply going through where we are with the,
SPEAKER_02: I can't believe it, we're in the last quarter of the year,
Unknown: moving pretty quickly.
SPEAKER_02: We've got some nuclear update coming up,
SPEAKER_02: EV charging strategy is gonna be on November 11th,
SPEAKER_02: election of officers coming up for next year on November 12th
SPEAKER_02: and then just our last three board meetings in December
SPEAKER_02: which are important because we've got the natural solutions
SPEAKER_02: and carbon offsets and the budget discussion.
SPEAKER_02: The big, that's the big one.
SPEAKER_02: So, and in the parking lot we have the need
SPEAKER_02: for local generation for liability purposes.
SPEAKER_02: That's something hopefully we'll see in the future
SPEAKER_02: and then memos, challenges and opportunities
SPEAKER_02: with interconnecting large loads.
SPEAKER_02: I think that's a memo that's coming.
SPEAKER_02: So we can look for that.
SPEAKER_02: I know that's really close to coming
SPEAKER_12: because I've seen a draft of it.
SPEAKER_12: So very, very soon you should receive that.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Are there any other board member comments on the work plan
SPEAKER_02: or any public comments?
SPEAKER_12: No public comments.
SPEAKER_02: Okay, and we will close out the work plan
SPEAKER_02: and we will move now to public comment
SPEAKER_02: for items that are not on the agenda
SPEAKER_02: and we have several people from the public here today
SPEAKER_02: that have given their cards.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you for sitting through the meeting.
SPEAKER_02: I hope you found it informational.
SPEAKER_02: We're glad you're here and again,
SPEAKER_02: when people come to speak to us,
SPEAKER_02: we're always glad to hear you.
SPEAKER_02: We'll give you three minutes each
SPEAKER_02: and we cannot go back and forth on items
SPEAKER_02: that are not on the agenda.
SPEAKER_02: So, but we do appreciate the input and having you here.
SPEAKER_02: So I think Pat Ferris is first from Third Act Sacramento.
Unknown: Can I go up here?
SPEAKER_08: Yes.
SPEAKER_08: The third one.
SPEAKER_08: Yes.
SPEAKER_01: Thank you.
SPEAKER_01: Pat Ferris, long time resident of Sacramento,
SPEAKER_01: founding member of Third Act Sacramento,
SPEAKER_01: concentrating on climate and democracy.
SPEAKER_01: And we're here tonight,
SPEAKER_01: especially to ask the policy committee
SPEAKER_01: to recommend to the full board
SPEAKER_01: that they endorse the polluters pay super fund bill,
SPEAKER_01: which is going through both houses
SPEAKER_01: of the legislature right now.
SPEAKER_01: I wanna describe very briefly
SPEAKER_01: what the benefits to the community would be
SPEAKER_01: and the benefits to SMUD
SPEAKER_01: as you're here to benefit the community.
SPEAKER_01: The polluters pay climate super fund act
SPEAKER_01: will assess compensatory fees
SPEAKER_01: on the world's largest fossil fuel polluters,
SPEAKER_01: climate polluters,
SPEAKER_01: to remedy the damage their emissions have caused the state.
SPEAKER_01: A climate super fund provides revenue
SPEAKER_01: to recover from, build resilience against,
SPEAKER_01: adapt to and mitigate climate damage.
SPEAKER_01: In an atmosphere where federal dollars
SPEAKER_01: are not as forthcoming as we imagine,
SPEAKER_01: and where city and county budgets are really impacted,
SPEAKER_01: and when we need more climate resilience
SPEAKER_01: and more climate investment,
SPEAKER_01: the super fund bill, if passed,
SPEAKER_01: would provide a new revenue source dearly needed.
SPEAKER_01: Some of the benefits to the community would be
SPEAKER_01: funding disaster recovery and response,
SPEAKER_01: energy efficiency and resiliency,
SPEAKER_01: decarbonization, does that sound familiar,
SPEAKER_01: community resilience and support for essential workers.
SPEAKER_01: These investments can help save utility costs
SPEAKER_01: for California families, schools and local governments
SPEAKER_01: and insulate state and local budgets
SPEAKER_01: against escalating climate disasters.
SPEAKER_01: With this fund, we can invest in California's future,
SPEAKER_01: respond to climate catastrophes,
SPEAKER_01: build climate resilient neighborhoods
SPEAKER_01: and sustainable infrastructure with efficiencies
SPEAKER_01: for greater affordability.
SPEAKER_01: We can spur economic growth with thousands of good jobs
SPEAKER_01: and support workers suffering from climate related harms.
SPEAKER_01: If SMUD is looking for additional funding
SPEAKER_01: to assure that your aggressive
SPEAKER_01: and very critically important goals are attained,
SPEAKER_01: and also to support the city in its climate plans,
SPEAKER_01: supporting the polluters pay super fund act
SPEAKER_01: would be a way to do that.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you, appreciate your comments.
SPEAKER_02: And our next commenter is Goli.
SPEAKER_02: Well, I know he was Goli, but the way it's spelled,
SPEAKER_02: I'm not sure, Shava MD with third act Sacramento.
Unknown: Doesn't matter.
SPEAKER_10: Goli, why don't you go over to the next slide.
SPEAKER_02: Sorry.
SPEAKER_10: That's quite right.
SPEAKER_10: We didn't hand them in.
SPEAKER_09: Good evening, Chair Sanborn, Vice Chair Herber
SPEAKER_09: and CEO's Lau as well as staff.
SPEAKER_09: My name is Goli Saba.
SPEAKER_09: I'm a retired family physician
Unknown: and facilitator for third act Sacramento.
SPEAKER_09: We have a problem.
SPEAKER_09: The problem is that climate change is accelerating
SPEAKER_09: as you all well know.
Unknown: And our city and county don't have the funds
SPEAKER_09: to implement the climate action plans
SPEAKER_09: and their climate emergency declaration goals
SPEAKER_09: from 2019 like SMUD has been implementing.
SPEAKER_09: So what's the solution?
SPEAKER_09: The solution is the bills that Pat just talked about,
SPEAKER_09: SB 684 and AB 1243.
SPEAKER_09: Because if you think about it,
SPEAKER_09: who should be paying for the cost of climate disasters?
SPEAKER_09: The LA fires, as you know, are estimated to have cost,
SPEAKER_09: to cost between 250 and 275 billion dollars.
SPEAKER_09: And that's more than the budget of California in one year.
SPEAKER_09: And California's already been paying with their health,
SPEAKER_09: with their taxes, with their higher insurance
SPEAKER_09: and some with their lives.
SPEAKER_09: And this would just make the oil companies
SPEAKER_09: that have literally caused so much of the problem
SPEAKER_09: to actually pay their fair share.
SPEAKER_09: And there's over 160 nonprofits, businesses, and unions
SPEAKER_09: who are supporting these bills.
SPEAKER_09: The oil companies like to say,
SPEAKER_09: oh, give the talking points, oh, it's dead.
SPEAKER_09: It's not dead.
SPEAKER_09: It's now a two year bill,
SPEAKER_09: and in January it's going to be coming up.
SPEAKER_09: And we're all over California working on this.
SPEAKER_09: So we already have multiple cities and counties
SPEAKER_09: that have passed resolutions supporting this,
SPEAKER_09: including Berkeley, LA, San Diego, Oxnard,
SPEAKER_09: County of San Francisco, Laguna Beach,
SPEAKER_09: County of Santa Cruz, and others.
SPEAKER_09: We have significant union support.
SPEAKER_09: California Federation of Teachers,
SPEAKER_09: California Nurses Association,
SPEAKER_09: there's multiple I could go on and on.
SPEAKER_09: Now what we need is bold elected leaders
SPEAKER_09: that listen to and respond to the issues
SPEAKER_09: that the community is facing.
SPEAKER_09: Leaders that are true to SMUD's stated vision,
SPEAKER_09: and I'm gonna quote just a section of it,
SPEAKER_09: from your website, SMUD will leverage its relationships
SPEAKER_09: to accelerate innovation, ensure energy affordability,
SPEAKER_09: reliability, protect the environment, and on and on,
SPEAKER_09: but promote environmental justice.
SPEAKER_09: So this key thing to leverage its relationships,
SPEAKER_09: it's already there.
SPEAKER_09: We also need leaders that follow SMUD's core values,
SPEAKER_09: and I'm sure you guys have this memorized,
SPEAKER_09: but I'm just gonna quote little section.
SPEAKER_09: Thing number A says promoting equity
SPEAKER_09: within SMUD's diverse communities.
SPEAKER_09: These bills set aside 40% of the funds
SPEAKER_09: to benefit communities hit hardest
SPEAKER_09: by the fossil fuel companies.
SPEAKER_09: And I know I'm running out of time,
SPEAKER_09: I just wanna mention that SMUD's climate emergency
SPEAKER_09: declaration from 2021 already supports taking action
SPEAKER_09: on laws such as this, and this is my last sentence,
SPEAKER_09: I'm sorry, whereas collaborative partnerships
SPEAKER_09: with SMUD customers, community government agencies,
SPEAKER_09: community leaders and organizations, businesses,
SPEAKER_09: they will collaborate so that they can leverage
SPEAKER_09: opportunities to achieve rapid transformative reductions
SPEAKER_09: in GHG emissions.
SPEAKER_09: So we ask you please to support this bill.
SPEAKER_09: Thank you, appreciate it.
SPEAKER_09: To send a letter to support this bill, thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you, and we'll put it in the record,
SPEAKER_02: and send it to the board members.
SPEAKER_02: And Raylian?
SPEAKER_02: Are you next?
SPEAKER_02: I don't know your name or I'd pull your card up.
SPEAKER_02: Ruth, okay, we'll get you next.
SPEAKER_07: Hi, my name is Raylian Farris,
SPEAKER_07: and I'm with Third Act Sacramento.
SPEAKER_07: And I just wanna say I am in support
SPEAKER_07: of the Make Polluters Pay Superfund Act.
SPEAKER_07: And I'm asking the policy committee, all of you today,
SPEAKER_07: to recommend to the full board, please,
SPEAKER_07: that they endorse the Polluters Pay Superfund Act.
SPEAKER_07: Thank you very much for your consideration.
SPEAKER_07: Thank you, Raylian.
SPEAKER_02: And Ruth, is patiently waited.
SPEAKER_10: Good evening, Ruth Holton-Hudson,
SPEAKER_10: and I'm with Third Act Sacramento.
SPEAKER_10: And thank you so much.
SPEAKER_10: I must say I am so excited by the reports, SD9 and 10.
SPEAKER_10: But as you heard from the reports,
Unknown: federal funding has gone away.
Unknown: The state is also, as you know, in a deficit.
SPEAKER_10: The city is in a deficit.
Unknown: And so you might ask, why is it so important
SPEAKER_10: that we get smud to endorse
SPEAKER_10: this particular piece of legislation?
SPEAKER_10: So this legislation has passed in both Vermont and New York.
Unknown: And what put it over the top in New York
SPEAKER_10: was municipalities throughout the state of New York
SPEAKER_10: telling the legislature, we need these resources
SPEAKER_10: to make our plans and to meet our goals.
SPEAKER_10: Sacramento has a terrific climate action plan.
SPEAKER_10: You have a terrific climate action plan,
SPEAKER_10: a model for the state and the nation.
SPEAKER_10: These plans are not gonna go into effect,
SPEAKER_10: or will barely go into effect without resources.
SPEAKER_10: This is the one new revenue source.
SPEAKER_10: And the legislature needs to hear,
SPEAKER_10: and your local legislators need to hear,
SPEAKER_10: that smud, the city of Sacramento,
SPEAKER_10: all the governmental entities in Sacramento
SPEAKER_10: support this so that Sacramento can continue to be a leader,
SPEAKER_10: and smud especially can continue to be a leader
SPEAKER_10: in the implementation of these climate adaption plans.
SPEAKER_10: So we are talking to the city.
SPEAKER_10: They're very positive.
SPEAKER_10: And since the city already has many climate goals
SPEAKER_10: in its 2025 policy statement,
Unknown: all they need to do is write a letter in support.
SPEAKER_10: And so that's what we're talking to them about.
SPEAKER_10: We don't even need to have a resolution.
SPEAKER_10: And it would be fabulous for both the city then
SPEAKER_10: to write a letter of support,
Unknown: and for smud to write a letter of support.
SPEAKER_10: As Goley said, we've got Los Angeles, we have San Jose,
SPEAKER_10: we have San Diego, and San Francisco,
SPEAKER_10: and nine other jurisdictions,
SPEAKER_10: and we're talking to 20 others.
SPEAKER_10: We need it all done before January.
Unknown: And so, and both of the bills are in
SPEAKER_10: their respective judiciary committees,
Unknown: but they need to hear from jurisdictions around the state
Unknown: to say, this is really important to us.
SPEAKER_10: Right now they've heard from all the good guy groups
SPEAKER_10: and all the health groups,
SPEAKER_10: they need to hear from municipalities.
SPEAKER_10: So please would be wonderful if you could urge
SPEAKER_10: your fellow board meeting members
SPEAKER_10: to support a letter in support of Make Perleutis Pay.
SPEAKER_10: Thank you.
SPEAKER_10: Thank you, Ruth.
SPEAKER_02: Next speaker is Catherine Keeney.
SPEAKER_11: Hi, also here from Third Act.
SPEAKER_11: I'm very grateful to smud.
SPEAKER_11: I have electrified my house and as many other people.
SPEAKER_11: So I've got my skin in the game,
SPEAKER_11: and I think everyone needs to.
SPEAKER_11: It's an emergency.
SPEAKER_11: And it's not fair as a smud customer.
SPEAKER_11: I don't think it's fair that you and I are paying for this
SPEAKER_11: and the other, and then these huge large polluters
SPEAKER_11: are getting off scot-free.
SPEAKER_11: So it's important that they pay as well.
SPEAKER_11: And is it gonna hurt them?
SPEAKER_11: It will hurt them, I think.
SPEAKER_11: Maybe it won't, I don't know.
SPEAKER_11: But in any case, it hurt me too.
SPEAKER_11: Okay, and it's hurting you
SPEAKER_11: because you're having to support it all.
SPEAKER_11: So I am specifically asking you to please write
SPEAKER_11: a letter of support to go along with our other letters.
Unknown: Yes, I guess my final comment is,
SPEAKER_11: I'm very concerned about climate change.
SPEAKER_11: It needs to, our work on it has to happen ASAP.
SPEAKER_11: It's an emergency and there is no time to wait.
SPEAKER_11: We need every dollar we can put towards it.
SPEAKER_11: I'm speaking on behalf of my grandchildren,
SPEAKER_11: ages year and a half and six, and their children.
SPEAKER_11: And even us, selfishly, it's us.
SPEAKER_11: We're gonna be feeling the heat.
SPEAKER_11: We're already feeling the heat.
SPEAKER_11: We're gonna be feeling it more and more.
SPEAKER_11: So we need to take advantage of every revenue source,
SPEAKER_11: and that's why we're here tonight.
SPEAKER_11: Thank you.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you very much.
SPEAKER_02: And our last speaker is Sally Kelligan.
SPEAKER_02: The third act, welcome, Sally.
SPEAKER_06: Thank you.
SPEAKER_06: I was gonna talk on that same topic, but anyway,
SPEAKER_06: I really appreciate SMUD.
SPEAKER_06: Thank you.
SPEAKER_06: I come from LA and I came up here about nine years ago now,
SPEAKER_06: and I could not believe SMUD.
SPEAKER_06: You're a nonprofit utility that demonstrates
SPEAKER_06: a world conscientiousness in your policy decisions.
SPEAKER_06: You're enlightened, I love your surveys,
SPEAKER_06: I love that you let me know when something's gonna happen.
SPEAKER_06: You let me show my support by contributing
SPEAKER_06: on my monthly bills, so you have everything lined up
SPEAKER_06: that I feel grateful towards you about.
SPEAKER_06: I had liked Sacramento Tree previously,
SPEAKER_06: but I'll explain a little bit more about why
SPEAKER_06: I'm gravely disappointed with both of you.
SPEAKER_06: I'm devastated, I could ball.
SPEAKER_06: I started finding out about the Coyote Solar Project,
SPEAKER_06: SMUD's project, last week.
SPEAKER_06: I started doing research,
SPEAKER_06: and I attended Monday's Sacramento County
SPEAKER_06: Planning Commission.
SPEAKER_06: The location you have chosen will require cutting down
SPEAKER_06: 3,500 mature blue oaks, which UC Davis estimates
SPEAKER_06: to be between 175 and 400 years old.
SPEAKER_06: So you're gonna put up a solar project
Unknown: by destroying that many trees.
SPEAKER_06: Spalding of American River trees states that from 50 years ago,
SPEAKER_06: our area has only 10% of its riparian,
SPEAKER_06: I don't really know how to say that, riparian,
SPEAKER_06: forests remaining.
SPEAKER_06: From 1975, we have 10% of this type of forest
SPEAKER_06: remaining in our area, and your company,
SPEAKER_06: your organization, which I greatly admire,
SPEAKER_06: is saying chop the suckers down.
Unknown: Besides the forest, where you wanna put your project,
SPEAKER_06: is in the midst of gorgeous, expansive,
Unknown: green recreational farmlands.
SPEAKER_06: This tragic project would irreparably damage
SPEAKER_06: the area's ecosystem, plants, animals, insects,
SPEAKER_06: and very importantly, go back on your own goals.
SPEAKER_06: As you're gonna disrupt this forest's normal carbon
SPEAKER_06: sequist, thank you.
SPEAKER_06: Okay, so how can you compare the value of this forest
SPEAKER_06: versus about 35 years, because I guess your solar panels
SPEAKER_06: have a certain lifetime?
SPEAKER_06: Okay, so I can see I'm running out of time.
SPEAKER_06: So please review this also.
Unknown: Your plan says that you're gonna have a replacement.
SPEAKER_06: These trees take a very long time to grow,
SPEAKER_06: and they're probably not able to grow
SPEAKER_06: in our current climate, okay?
SPEAKER_06: So 175 to 400 years old cannot be replaced.
Unknown: They grow about this big in a year.
SPEAKER_06: In seven years, they may be this big.
SPEAKER_06: 25% of them die.
SPEAKER_06: Your program is going to replace them with 25% more,
SPEAKER_06: knowing that 25% are gonna die,
SPEAKER_06: and most of them aren't even gonna make it.
SPEAKER_06: Please review and look into this.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you, I just wanna clarify one thing,
SPEAKER_02: just for the record, you kept saying you, you, you.
SPEAKER_02: It's not our project.
SPEAKER_02: It was about buying the power from it.
SPEAKER_02: So I'm gonna turn to our attorney,
SPEAKER_02: because this is, we have to be very careful
SPEAKER_02: about the wording and making sure it's accurate.
SPEAKER_02: So on both issues, I'm gonna stop,
SPEAKER_02: because we can't go back and forth
SPEAKER_02: and let our attorney speak.
SPEAKER_12: Laura Lewis, Chief Legal and Government Affairs Officer,
SPEAKER_12: I'll address the first, the last issue first,
SPEAKER_12: which is the Coyote Creek Project.
SPEAKER_12: We do have an obligation under a power purchase agreement
SPEAKER_12: to purchase the power from that project,
SPEAKER_12: and that is simply our role,
SPEAKER_12: is to purchase the power from that project,
SPEAKER_12: contingent on that project,
SPEAKER_12: receiving all environmental approvals,
SPEAKER_12: and continuing along with the affordability metrics
SPEAKER_12: that we've been established by the board.
SPEAKER_12: So that is our role in that project.
SPEAKER_12: We are taking the power from that project as the off-taker.
SPEAKER_12: On the second item, on the polluters pay legislation,
SPEAKER_12: thank you again for expressing your interest
SPEAKER_12: in this legislation.
SPEAKER_12: We do appreciate the passion behind the efforts
SPEAKER_12: to address climate impacts and to hold polluters accountable.
SPEAKER_12: As you know, we do care deeply about the environment
SPEAKER_12: as an organization.
SPEAKER_12: It's reflected in our aggressive climate goals.
SPEAKER_12: But as a public utility,
SPEAKER_12: we're governed by strategic directives
SPEAKER_12: that center on reliability, affordability,
SPEAKER_12: and sustainability of our operations.
SPEAKER_12: And I know my staff did meet with Dr. Saba and Katie McCammon,
SPEAKER_12: hopefully I pronounced that correctly,
SPEAKER_12: last week to better understand this legislation
SPEAKER_12: and the way I understand it,
SPEAKER_12: the legislation really deals with broad environmental policy
SPEAKER_12: and not with issues that really directly impact
SPEAKER_12: our operations or our power supply.
SPEAKER_12: And that's typically the type of legislation
SPEAKER_12: we would weigh in on is something that really directs,
SPEAKER_12: directly impacts our operations or is really clearly aligned
SPEAKER_12: with our strategic directives.
SPEAKER_12: We typically don't weigh in on statewide policy matters.
SPEAKER_12: We receive and review hundreds of bills every year,
SPEAKER_12: as you can imagine.
SPEAKER_12: So we really try to be deliberate about how we use our voice.
SPEAKER_12: So we haven't weighed in on this legislation at this time.
SPEAKER_12: But that said, we're gonna continue to stay focused
SPEAKER_12: on delivering clean, reliable, affordable power
SPEAKER_12: for our customers.
SPEAKER_12: And we believe that's where we'll have the biggest impact.
SPEAKER_12: So that's where we are on that legislation
SPEAKER_12: at this point in time.
SPEAKER_12: So thank you very much.
SPEAKER_02: We really appreciate public comment
SPEAKER_02: and people taking the time to come here.
SPEAKER_02: It means a lot to us that we have this many people
SPEAKER_02: in the service territory that care so much.
SPEAKER_02: And again, we cannot talk back and forth about things
SPEAKER_02: that were not on the agenda, so we cannot do that.
SPEAKER_02: So with that, I think we are at the end of the meeting.
SPEAKER_02: Have we got any other requests to speak?
SPEAKER_10: I see any now.
SPEAKER_02: Okay, written comments received on items not on the agenda
SPEAKER_02: will be included in the record if received within two hours
SPEAKER_02: of the end of the meeting.
SPEAKER_02: And that is the last item on the agenda.
SPEAKER_02: So with that, the committee is.
SPEAKER_08: Wait a minute.
SPEAKER_08: Don't you call for follow up?
SPEAKER_02: Somebody in the direction.
SPEAKER_08: Yes, somebody. Oh, sorry, committee direction.
SPEAKER_08: Yes.
SPEAKER_12: Yes, we did have one item.
SPEAKER_12: And that staff will provide information
SPEAKER_12: on what we need to do to clarify
SPEAKER_12: for the Be Better Electric Certification.
SPEAKER_08: Thank you.
SPEAKER_12: Sorry about that.
SPEAKER_02: Thank you for that.
SPEAKER_02: All right, thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02: Everybody have a good night.