That's great post Eduardo. Just one thing I might reword:
"The CCAs deliver generation power for specific markets while the IOUs have very large territories, handle distribution within those territories, and also handle billing for CCAs customers."
I'd phrase it like this
"The CCAs operate within a territory of an IOU. They enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) to acquire generation power which they sell to their customers, generally at a price lower than the IOU would charge. This power is delivered over transmission and distribution grids owned and managed by the IOU. The IOU still handles the billing but now the bill is separated into a delivery charge from the IOU and a charge for the electricity from the CCA."
It's a subtle change but more emphasis that the IOU owns the distribution grid and does the delivery (not the CCA ) where as a POU owns the distribution grid (at least that's the case for Palo Alto which would be worth adding to your list). If there are examples where I'm wrong, please let me know!
I rewrote a bit that section. I think it addresses your comments but let me know if you think it is unclear.
I forgot to reply to your comment about the City of Palo Alto Utilities. CPAU is listed in the spreadsheet. CPAU is in the same subclass of POU as Silicon Valley Power, which is the POU for Santa Clara. I had to chose one or the other and, since SVP predates CPAU by a few years, I decided to chose that one.
I chose LAWPD because it is so big... plus it is a Balance Authority. SMUD was chosen because it was in such a nasty fight with PG&E. And TID because I didn't know about Irrigation Districts before I started writing this piece.
Thanks for the comment - and for reading it in the first place! I'll see how I can adjust that section. What you point is, of course, correct, and i actually had something like that in that point but I ended removing it because the information is available earlier in the post and it felt repetitive. I'll see what I can do.
That's great post Eduardo. Just one thing I might reword:
"The CCAs deliver generation power for specific markets while the IOUs have very large territories, handle distribution within those territories, and also handle billing for CCAs customers."
I'd phrase it like this
"The CCAs operate within a territory of an IOU. They enter into Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) to acquire generation power which they sell to their customers, generally at a price lower than the IOU would charge. This power is delivered over transmission and distribution grids owned and managed by the IOU. The IOU still handles the billing but now the bill is separated into a delivery charge from the IOU and a charge for the electricity from the CCA."
It's a subtle change but more emphasis that the IOU owns the distribution grid and does the delivery (not the CCA ) where as a POU owns the distribution grid (at least that's the case for Palo Alto which would be worth adding to your list). If there are examples where I'm wrong, please let me know!
I rewrote a bit that section. I think it addresses your comments but let me know if you think it is unclear.
I forgot to reply to your comment about the City of Palo Alto Utilities. CPAU is listed in the spreadsheet. CPAU is in the same subclass of POU as Silicon Valley Power, which is the POU for Santa Clara. I had to chose one or the other and, since SVP predates CPAU by a few years, I decided to chose that one.
I chose LAWPD because it is so big... plus it is a Balance Authority. SMUD was chosen because it was in such a nasty fight with PG&E. And TID because I didn't know about Irrigation Districts before I started writing this piece.
Big improvement! And I just now looked at the spreadsheet, thanks for the nudge, more good information in that.
Txs! I'm going to add a section on "Did you know?" with tidbits gleamed from the spreadsheet.
Thanks for the comment - and for reading it in the first place! I'll see how I can adjust that section. What you point is, of course, correct, and i actually had something like that in that point but I ended removing it because the information is available earlier in the post and it felt repetitive. I'll see what I can do.