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W A T E R E N E R G Y L I F F RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES oa "' CllI11 BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: March 1, 2013 DIRECTOR'S REPORT ITEM NO: 15 SUBJECT: MONTHLY POWER SUPPLY REPORT—January 2013 [Estimate] POWER USAGE Total load requirements (including losses) during January 2013 were 196,816 MWh and 40,500 MWh of purchases from the CAISO, of which 156,316 MWh were provided by our resources and other purchases. The retail customer load for January 2013 (171,698 MWh) was 3.3% higher than the retail customer load in January 2012 (166,178 MWh). The actual peak system demand was 314 MW, compared to actual peak system demand of 288 MW last year. Energy returns were 21,398 MWh and 3,720 MWh were attributed to losses (4.28%). Green power supplied approximately 25.40% of our retail energy requirements. The City's generation resources were available during the month as follows: UNIT OPERATION IPP: IPP units 1 and 2 operated at 71.97% capacity factor for the month. PVNGS: Palo Verde units 1, 2 and 3 operated at 95.52% capacity factor for the month. SONGS: Both SONGS units 2 and 3 operated at 0% capacity factor for the month. Hoover: 90.24% of RVSD's entitlement was met as compared to WAPA's Master Schedule (dated 5114112). Clearwater: Clearwater's availability was 97.52% for the month. RERC: RERC Station (Units 1,2,3 and 4) availability was 99.83%for the month. Springs: Springs units 1, 2, 3 and 4 availability was 99.99° for the month. Salton Sea: The Salton Sea units operated at 88.83% capacity factor for the month. TRANSMISSION: Pacific DC: The South to North transmission line is currently derated to 975 MW(ETR 0313112013) and the North to South transmission line is operational at 2,990 MW. Attached are the charts of daily peaks and the graphical comparison of demand and energy supplied from each resource for the months of January 2012 and January 2013. AA Attachments cc: Scott C. Barber, City Manager