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File Number: 21-497 <br />businesses, especially those that operate on a fiscal year basis, as it allows for better alignment <br />with upcoming fiscal budgets. This means that residents would begin to transition in March 2022 <br />and businesses in October 2022. It is noted that transitions are not done all at once but are based <br />on the individual billing cycle date of the resident/business customer account. With a March <br />implementation, the first residents would begin to see the change on their April bill, but some may <br />not see the full effect of the opt-up until their May bill. <br />Electricity customers that have previously opted out of EBCE service will not be enrolled in the <br />new Renewable 100 rate and will remain with PG&E for their electric generation service. <br />Additionally, although the City will be setting the default rate to Renewable 100, existing EBCE <br />customers may still choose to remain on Bright Choice. <br />The current citywide opt-out rate, as reported by EBCE, is approximately 5.5% (approximately <br />1,960 accounts out of a citywide total of approximately 35,579 accounts, including both <br />residential and commercial/industrial customers). The initial opt-out rate was approximately 3.5%, <br />with increases typically tied to seasonal rate changes/usage increases in the summer when bills <br />are often higher. Among these opt-outs, approximately 97% are residential customers, while 3% <br />are commercial/industrial customers. Please note that if measured by electricity load (rather than <br />number of accounts), the kWh/MWh of those opted-out commercial/industrial customers are more <br />than double the load of all the City’s residential opt-outs combined. With this data in hand, staff <br />will make extra outreach efforts to the commercial/industrial sector. <br />Existing EBCE customer accounts are broken out as follows (percentages are rounded, so the <br />total is not exactly 100%): <br />·99% of customers are in Bright Choice (approximately 88% are residential accounts and <br />12% are commercial/industrial accounts); <br />·0.9% of customers initially opted up to Brilliant 100. Approximately 90% of these are the <br />City’s own municipal accounts, with the remaining 10% being residential customers; and <br />·0.3% of customers (all residential accounts) initially opted up to Renewable 100. <br />The City of San Leandro has a unique opportunity to opt-up all accounts, excluding residential <br />customers in low-income assistance programs, into Renewable 100, an electricity service plan, <br />with minimal cost to the City and while empowering residents to opt-down at any time. <br />By adjusting the default service to Renewable 100, this single action could result in as much as a <br />3% immediate reduction in the City’s reportable GHG emissions, contingent upon the number of <br />accounts that agree to keep the new opt up rate. Additionally, through higher participation in the <br />Renewable 100 service plan, San Leandro is supporting the California solar and wind energy <br />sectors, as well as continuing to support EBCE’s local green jobs program. <br />It is noted that because the City’s municipal accounts were set at the Brilliant 100 rate plan, <br />formal Council action is not required under EBCE’s Change Policy and staff has begun the <br />process to implement the opt-up to Renewable 100 for all municipal accounts. <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 9/2/2021 <br />495