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W A T E R E N E R G Y L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES • ' Board Memorandum P U B L I C U T I L I T I E S BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: April 13, 2020 ITEM NO: 8 SUBJECT: JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND RIVERSIDE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP A BIOGAS MICROTURBINE FACILITY WITH A GENERATION CAPACITY OF UP TO 3.6 MEGAWATTS LOCATED AT RIVERSIDE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL PLANT ISSUE: Recommend that the City Council approve the conceptual plan for a joint project between Riverside Public Utilities and Riverside Public Works Department to develop a biogas microturbine facility of up to 3.6 megawatts located at the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities recommend that the City Council approve the conceptual plan for a joint project between Riverside Public Utilities and Riverside Public Works Department to develop a biogas microturbine facility of 2.2 megawatts, with the future potential to expand the facility up to 3.6 megawatts, located at the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: In 2011, the California Renewable Energy Resources Act, Senate Bill (SB) X 1-2, was signed into law by the Governor, which mandated that all electric utilities, including Riverside Public Utilities (RPU), procure increasing amounts of renewable energy primarily from in-state resources to serve its retail needs during specified compliance periods. SB X1-2, which officially created the first set of tiered Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets, requires RPU to supply 20%, 25% and 33% of retail energy needs using renewable resources by 2010, 2015 and 2020, respectively. In 2015, the Governor signed into law, the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act, SB 350, which further increased the RPS goal to 50% by 2030. This was followed in 2016 with the Governor's approval of SB 32, which required the state board to ensure that statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. The Governor signed SB 100 into law in 2018, maintaining the target of 33% RPS by 2020 and setting compliance targets to 44% by 2024, 52% by 2027 and 60% by 2030. SB 100 is also known as "The 100 Percent Clean Energy Act of 2018" because it created the policy of meeting all the State's retail electricity supply with a mix of RPS -eligible and zero -carbon resources by December 31, 2045. BACKGROUND: The City of Riverside has been extremely supportive of the existing renewable targets set by the State and