Board of Public Utilities

City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522 951-826-5557 Board of Public Utilities Agenda Meeting Date: Monday, January 11, 2021 6:30 PM View Virtual Meeting Publication Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Live Webcast at www.engageriverside.comVirtual Meeting MISSION STATEMENT The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community The City of Riverside Public Utilities Department is committed to the highest quality water and electric services at the lowest possible rates to benefit the community. The Board of Public Utilities will conduct a virtual meeting View live webcast at www.engageriverside.com. The Art Pick Council Chamber will be closed to the public. For telephone public comment, call (951) 826-8600. Dial when the agenda item is called to be placed in the queue. Please follow along with the meeting via www.engageriverside.com, RiversideTV cable channels, or City social media live feeds to ensure you call in at the appropriate time for your item or items. Time is limited to 3 minutes. Public comments regarding items on this agenda or any matters within the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities can be submitted by eComment at www.engageriverside.com until two hours before the meeting. Email comments to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov. The City of Riverside is committed to a workplace that requires acceptable behavior from everyone - a workplace that provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public. The City of Riverside wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities, as required by 42 U.S.C. §12132 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any person who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, should direct such request to the City's ADA Coordinator at (951) 826-5427 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible. TTY City of Riverside Page 1 Board of Public Utilities Agenda January 11, 2021 users call 7-1-1 for telecommunications relay services (TRS). Agenda related writings or documents provided to the Board of Public Utilities are available at www.engageriverside.com. CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT 1 You are invited to participate by phone at 951-826-8600 to comment on agenda items and matters within the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes. PUBLIC HEARING 2 Councilmember Fierro recommends temporary revision to Electric Rule 4 and Water Rule 4 to allow small commercial customers adversely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions to apply deposit to customer accounts effective until March 31, 2021 - A Resolution of the Board of Public Utilities of the City of Riverside, California, (1) adopting revised Electric Rule 4 and Water Rule 4; (2) making findings of fact; and (3) recommending City Council approval thereof - Waive further reading (Presentation by Caleb Ragan) Attachments: Report BPU Resolution Water Rule 04 - Effective until 03-31-21 Water Rule 04 - Effective 04-01-21 Electric Rule 04 - Effective until 03-31-21 Electric Rule 04 - Effective 04-01-21 Electric Rule 04 - redline Water Rule 04 - redline Notice Presentation CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the Board of Public Utilities and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Board of Public Utilities votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Board of Public Utilities or the Public City of Riverside Page 2 Board of Public Utilities Agenda January 11, 2021 Utilities General Manager, or his designee, request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar. Minutes 3 Minutes of November 9, 2020 Attachments: Minutes Electric Items 4 Work Order No. 2028672 for $120,000 with Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., for Energy Storage System and Photovoltaic Integration Study Attachments: Report Site Map Presentation DISCUSSION CALENDAR This portion of the Board of Public Utilities Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes. 5 Professional Consultant Services Agreements for not-to-exceed $227,200 total with Calgon Carbon Corporation and Carbon Activated Corporation for granular activated carbon testing through December 31, 2021 (Presentation by Todd Jorgenson) Attachments: Report Award Recommendation Calgon Carbon Agreement Carbon Activated Agreement Presentation 6 California Independent System Operator ordered load shedding events of August 14, and 15, 2020, root cause analysis (Presentation by Scott Lesch) Attachments: Report Root Cause Report Presentation City of Riverside Page 3 Board of Public Utilities Agenda January 11, 2021 7 Amend Standing Rules to designate City Clerk as Secretary to Board of Public Utilities with official records to be filed in City Clerk's Office (Presented by Todd Corbin and Colleen Nicol) Attachments: Report Standing Rules BOARD MEMBER/STAFF COMMUNICATIONS 8 Systematic reporting on meetings, conferences, and seminars by Board members and/or staff 9 Items for future Board of Public Utilities consideration as requested by a member of the Board of Public Utilities GENERAL MANAGER’S REPORT 10 Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Emergency Orders update 11 WA-12 Agricultural Service Water Rate Report - November 30, 2020 Attachments: Report 12 Southern California Public Power Authority monthly agendas and minutes Attachments: Agenda 11-19-2020 Agenda 12-17-2020 Minutes 9-17-2020 Minutes 10-15-2020 13 Water and power supply reports - November 2020 Attachments: Water Power Supply Resource Mix Peak Hour Capacity Retail Customer Load Daily Peak Load Monthly Peak Load 14 Sharing Households Assist Riverside's Energy (SHARE) Program and Energy Recovery Assistance Program (ERAP) updates through November 2020 Attachments: Report City of Riverside Page 4 Board of Public Utilities Agenda January 11, 2021 15 Upcoming City Council meetings Attachments: Master Meeting Calendar 16 Electric and water utility acronyms Attachments: Acronymns ********* The next regular Board of Public Utilities meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 25, 2021 For live Webcast of the Committee Meeting: RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or Engageriverside.com ********* Sign up to receive critical information such as unexpected road closures, utility outages, missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods. www.RiversideAlert.com City of Riverside Page 5