California Public Utilities Code § 399.30(a) requires all publicly owned electric utilities (“POUs”), including the City of Victorville, operating through its publicly owned utility (Victorville Municipal Utility Services (VMUS), to “adopt and implement a renewable energy resources procurement plan” that requires the POU to procure a minimum quantity of electricity and/or renewable energy credits (“RECs”) from eligible renewable energy resources, as a percentage of total retail sales. This document comprises VMUS’ renewable energy resources procurement plan (“RPS Procurement Plan”). This RPS Procurement Plan describes how VMUS will achieve its RPS procurement requirements in each compliance period.
The definitions set forth in Public Resources Code (“PRC”) § 25741 and Public Utilities Code (“PUC”) § 399.12 are incorporated herein. Capitalized terms in this RPS Procurement Plan, as first identified in parentheses, shall have the meaning given to such term in the body of this RPS Procurement Plan.
As required by PUC § 399.30, the Victorville City Council (VMUS' Governing Board) adopted the Renewable Energy Resources Enforcement Program ("RPS Enforcement Program") on December 6, 2011. Through the RPS Enforcement Program, the Victorville City Council established compliance periods, adopted RPS-eligible procurement targets, and described the framework for how VMUS would implement its RPS program. Section 10 of the RPS Enforcement Program directed the City Manager or his duly authorized designee to develop and present an RPS Procurement Plan to the VMUS Governing Board.
In the RPS Enforcement Program, the Victorville City Council adopted general RPS procurement targets for each of the initial three compliance periods. Pursuant to PUC § 399.30(b) and (c), the Victorville City Council adopts and further specifies the RPS procurement targets for Compliance Periods 3, 4, 5, 6, and all subsequent periods as follows:
For the four-year period beginning January 1, 2017 and ending December 31, 2020, VMUS shall procure sufficient RPS-eligible resources to equal the sum of the following: (27 percent of 2017 retail sales) + (29 percent of 2018 retail sales) + (31 percent of 2019 retail sales) + (33 percent of 2020 retail sales). VMUS shall not be required to procure a specific quantity of RPS-eligible resources in any individual year during this compliance period.