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W A T E R ' E N E R G Y L I F L <br /> RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br /> P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S Board Memorandum <br /> BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April 1, 2011 <br /> DIRECTOR'S REPORT <br /> ITEM NO: 13 <br /> SUBJECT: MONTHLY POWER SUPPLY REPORT— February 2011 <br /> POWER USAGE <br /> Total load requirements during February 2011 were 191,156 MWh, of which 183,304 MWh were provided by our <br /> resources (including 3,762 MWh from RERC Unit 3 and 1,954 MWh from RERC Unit 4), and 7,852 MWh from <br /> purchases from the CAISO. The retail customer load for February 2011 (144,359 MWh) was 5.0% higher than the <br /> retail customer load in February 2010 (137,425 MWh). The actual peak system demand was 278 MW, compared <br /> to actual peak system demand of 276 MW last year. Energy returns were 25,186 MWh and 4,194 MWh were <br /> attributed to losses(3,65%). Green power supplied approximately 22.83% of our retail energy requirements. <br /> The City's generation resources were available during the month as follows: <br /> UNIT OPERATION <br /> IPP: IPP units 1 and 2 operated at 90% capacity factor for the month. <br /> PVNGS: Palo Verde units 1, 2 and 3 operated at 99% capacity factor for the month. <br /> SONGS: SONGS unit 2 &3 operated at 100% and 34% capacity factor respectively for the month. <br /> Hoover: 92% of RVSD's entitlement was met for the month. <br /> Clearwater: Clearwater's availability was 96%for the month. <br /> RERC: RERC Units 1 &2 availability was 97%for the month. <br /> RERC Units 3 &4 are in the process of being commissioned and are in testing mode. <br /> Springs: Springs units 1, 2, 3 and 4 availability was 51%for the month. <br /> Salton Sea: The Salton Sea units operated at 98% capacity factor for the month. <br /> TRANSMISSION: <br /> Pacific DC: The South to North transmission line is currently derated to 975 MW(ETR 413 012 0 1 1)and the <br /> North to South transmission line is operational at 2,990 MW. <br /> Attached are the charts of daily peaks and the graphical comparison of demand and energy supplied from each <br /> resource for the months of February 2010 and February 2011. <br /> AA <br /> Attachments <br /> cc: Bradley J. Hudson, City Manager <br />