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W A 7 E R E N E R G Y L f F F L3W& RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES P U B L I C u T I L I T I E 5 Board Memorandum BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April 6, 2012 DIRECTOR'S REPORT ITEM NO: 24 SUBJECT: MONTHLY POWER SUPPLY REPORT—February 2012 POWER USAGE Total load requirements (including losses) during February 2012 were 170,458 MWh and 50,176 MWh of purchases from the CAISO, of which 120,282 MWh were provided by our resources and other purchases. The retail customer load for February 2012 (151,290 MWh) was 4.8% higher than the retail customer load in February 2011 (144,359 MWh), The actual peak system demand was 286 MW, compared to actual peak system demand of 278 MW last year. Energy returns were 16,690 MWh and 2,478 MWh were attributed to losses (4.17%). Green power supplied approximately 18.08° of our retail energy requirements. The City's generation resources were available during the month as follows: UNIT OPERATION IPP: I P P units 1 and 2 operated at 47.60° capacity factor for the month. PVNGS: Palo Verde units 1, 2 and 3 operated at 98.66% capacity factor for the month. SONGS: Both SONGS units 2 and 3 operated at 0% and 3.45° capacity factor respectively for the month. Hoover: 111.90% of RVSD's entitlement was met as compared to WAPA's Master Schedule (dated 6116111). Clearwater: Clearwater's availability was 100% for the month. RERC: RERC Station (Units 1,2,3 and 4) availability was 88.54% for the month. Springs: Springs units 1, 2, 3 and 4 availability was 50%for the month. Salton Sea: The Salton Sea units operated at 84.50° capacity factor for the month, TRANSMISSION: Pacific DC: The South to North transmission line is currently derated to 975 MW (ETR 1213112012) 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 February 2011 and February 2012. AA Attachments cc: Scott C. Barber, City Manager