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W A T E R E N E R G Y L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: February 15, 2013 ITEM NO: A SUBJECT; PUBLIC HEARING — PROPOSED CHANGES TO ELECTRIC AND WATER TARIFFS AND RULES (NO RATE INCREASES PROPOSED) ISSUE: The issue for Board of Public Utilities consideration is approval of the proposed changes to the applicable Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) Electric and Water Tariffs (Rate Schedules), Electric Rules and Water Rules as outlined in the this report. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Conduct a public hearing to receive input on the proposed changes to the applicable RPU rate schedules, Electric Rules 3, 4, 5, 6 and 13 and Water Rules 4, 5, 6 and 20 as outlined in this report; 2. Adopt a resolution to modify the applicable RPU rate schedules - Electric Rules 3, 4, 5, B and 13 and Water Rules 4, 5, 6 and 20; and 3. Recommend that the City Council adopt the appropriate resolution approving the above. BACKGROUND: Schedule D Domestic Service - Seasons The current summer season for Electric Rate Schedule ❑ is for service rendered from June 1 through August 31 and billed from July 1 through September 30. Under Schedule D, residential customers receive a larger allotment of kilowatt-hours in tiers 1 and 2 in the summer season than in the winter season. Upon review of seasonal temperatures in the Inland Empire, RPU determined that early June is typically cooler than early September as summer high temperatures have historically been extending into September. The proposed change to Electric Rate Schedule D is to shift the summer period to better match the weather pattern of the Inland Empire by changing the summer season to service rendered from June 16 through September 15 and billed from July 16 through October 15. Schedule NEM Net Energy Metering for Renewable Electrical Generation Facilities — Changes in Law The signing into law of Senate Bill (SB) 489 amended California Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 2827 which applies to municipally-owned utilities. SB 489 replaced the term "Generating Facility" with "Renewable Electrical Generation Facility" as defined in California Public Resource Code (CPRC) Section 25741 (a)(1) and expand the eligible facilities from solar, wind turbine, or a hybrid of both to a facility using biomass, solar thermal, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal, fuel cells using renewable fuels, small hydroelectric generation, digester gas, municipal solid waste conversion, landfill gas, ocean wave, ocean thermal, or tidal current, and any additions or enhancements to the facility using that technology. The proposed changes to Schedule NEM are to comply with SB 489 and PUC Section 2827.