20230425My Clean Energy Report.pdf

Avista Corp.
1411 East Mission P.O. Box 3727
Spokane. Washington 99220-0500
Telephone [phone]
Toll Free 800-727-9170

April 25, 2023

Jan Noriyuki, Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
11331 W. Chinden Blvd. Bldg. 8, Ste. 201-A
Boise, Idaho 83714

RE: Avista Utilities 2022 Annual Report on Optional Alternative Renewable Energy

Dear Ms. Noriyuki:

Pursuant to Order No. 35282 in Case No. AVU-E-21-15, enclosed for filing is Avista
Corporation’s dba Avista Utilities’ (Avista or the Company) report on alternative energy
resources offered as options to customers in 2022 under tariff Schedule 95 - Optional Renewable
Power Rate.
Please direct questions on this matter to me at [phone] or Stephanie Myers at
[phone].

Sincerely,

/s/Shawn Bonfield

Sr. Manager of Regulatory Policy & Strategy
Avista Utilities
[e-mail]
RECEIVED
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 2:16:14 PM
IDAHO PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION

SCHEDULE 95 - MY CLEAN ENERGY
2022 ANNUAL REPORT

AVISTA CORPORATION
April 2023

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Background
Avista Utilities’ voluntary renewable energy program, originally marketed as the “Buck-A-Block”
program, was initiated on February 1, 2002 and renamed to “My Clean Energy” Program
(Program) in 2020. The Program is available to residential and commercial electric customers in
both Idaho and Washington and provides customers with three options: (1) a National block option
of renewable power from a national source located anywhere in the United States which is priced
at $1.00 per 100 kWh; (2) a regional block option for a renewable power source located in the
Western Interconnection (WECC) which is priced at $1.30 per 100kWh; and, (3) a 100% matching
option (regionally sourced) to offset every kWh used at the customers selected meter which is
priced at $0.013 per kWh. Customers subscribe on a monthly basis and can cancel and re-subscribe
at any time by either phone, internet, or bill inserts. Avista purchases and retires Renewable Energy
Certificates (RECs) to supply the program. The Company markets the program through billing
inserts, earned media, local public radio, selected fairs, solar grants and print media.

My Clean Energy 2022 Annual Reporting
Table 1 below represents the number of active participants each month.
Table 1 – 2022 Monthly My Clean Energy Participation
2022 ID – National
Block
Participants
ID – Regional
Block
Participants
ID – Regional
kWh Match
Participants
ID – Total
Jan 829 106 223 1158
Feb 825 105 222 1152
Mar 825 105 219 1149
Apr 816 104 219 1139
May 815 103 218 1136
Jun 815 103 218 1136
Jul 809 104 220 1133
Aug 795 105 211 1111
Sep 783 105 214 1102
Oct 783 105 214 1102
Nov 778 105 220 1103
Dec 775 106 233 1114

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Table 2 below provides the Program REC purchase details. Please note, this information includes
RECs purchased for the program as a whole, which supports the Company’s Idaho and Washington
My Clean Energy customers.
Table 2 –2022 REC Purchase Details
Generator Plant-
Unit Name
Location Qty Price per
REC
REC
Vintage
Price Point
Qty
Sheep Creek WA 1,558 $3.00 2022 1,558
Spring Canyon II CO 3,073 $3.50 2021 3,073
Spring Canyon III CO 6,927 $3.50 2021 6,927
Maverick Wind OK 15,000 $3.50 2022 15,000
Sheep Creek WA 3,624 $3.00 2022 3,624
Meyers Falls WA 3,786 $3.00 2022 3,786
Sheep Creek WA 2,630 $3.00 2022 2,630
$3.21 Avg 36,598 Total

Tables 3 and 4 below provide a detailed break-down of administrative and marketing costs. These
expenses correlate to the overall project expenses and program budget as provided in reporting
requirement No. 5.

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Table 3 – 2022 Labor Expenses
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grand Total
340 Regular Payroll -
NU
$836 $327 $482 $566 $639 $300 $482 $116 $233 $233 $175 $233 $4,621
509 Pay Ben Inj &
Dam
$12 $5 $7 $8 $9 $4 $7 $2 $3 $3 $2 $3 $65
510 Payroll Benefits
loading
$381 $147 $224 $271 $305 $133 $224 $51 $102 $102 $74 $97 $2,111
511 Non-Service
Loading
($25) ($20) ($35) ($41) ($46) ($21) ($34) ($8) ($15) ($15) ($11) ($14) ($283)
512 Incentive
Loading-NU
$28 $32 $47 $55 $62 $29 $39 $9 $19 $9 $7 $9 $344
515 Payroll Tax
loading
$73 $29 $42 $45 $54 $25 $40 $10 $19 $19 $13 $15 $384
516 Inctv Pyrll Tax $4 $2 $2 $3 $3 $2 $2 $1 $1 $1 $0 $1 $22
520 Payroll Time Off
loading
$174 $59 $87 $102 $128 $60 $96 $23 $47 $54 $35 $47 $910
Grand Total $1,483 $580 $856 $1,009 $1,154 $531 $857 $204 $408 $405 $296 $391 $8,175

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Table 4 – 2022 Non-Labor Expenses
Accounting
Period
Expenditure Type Vendor Name Transaction Description Transaction
Amount
April 2022 885 Miscellaneous SHEEP CREEK HYDRO INC REC Purchase for My Clean Energy $22,224
April 2022 885 Miscellaneous HYDRO TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
INC
Payment for REC's for My Clean Energy
Program
$16,842
May 2022 885 Miscellaneous 3DEGREES GROUP INC REC's Purchased for My Clean Energy
Program
$103,105
May 2022 010 General Services WREGIS My Clean Energy REC retirement costs for
2020 compliance year
$203
June 2022 010 General Services WREGIS REC retirements for 2021 MCE $296
September
2022
885 Miscellaneous STX COMMODITIES LLC REC Purchase for My Clean Energy
Program
$52,500
September
2022
885 Miscellaneous STX COMMODITIES LLC REC Purchase for My Clean Energy
Program
$35,000
September
2022
810 Advertising Expenses NATIONAL COLOR GRAPHICS INC My Clean Energy Bill Insert - Advertising
Expense
$3,890
September
2022
810 Advertising Expenses HANNA & ASSOCIATES INC My Clean Energy Bill Insert - Advertising $700
September
2022
810 Advertising Expenses NATIONAL COLOR GRAPHICS INC US-Tax - USPOK-SALES $350
September
2022
810 Advertising Expenses HANNA & ASSOCIATES INC SALES TAX $20
October
2022
885 Miscellaneous HYDRO TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
INC
Payment for REC's for My Clean Energy
Program
$12,030
November
2022
810 Advertising Expenses NATIONAL COLOR GRAPHICS INC WA/ID My Clean Energy Bill Insert $2,968
Grand Total $250,128

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Summary of communication activities in 2022:
February: eConnections WA/ID. Join the My Clean Energy Program today!
February: Print Connections WA/ID. An easy, low-cost way to support clean energy
April: eBlast You MCE update and survey
May: Residential May bill message WA/ID: Join Avista’s MCE program by
visiting myavista.com/MyCleanEnergy.
June: Residential bill message WA/ID – same as above.
June: WA/ID print Connections Join Avista’s My Clean Energy program
June: WA/ID eConnections Join Avista’s My Clean Energy program
October: WA/ID bill insert: Do you part for the environment – My Clean Energy for
all electric customers
December: WA/ID bill insert: My clean Energy for electric customers

Table 5 below provides the overall program fund balance, while Table 6 provides the break-down
of program expenses. Please note, the revenue from the 100% Match Program was not recorded in
the My Clean Energy program balance in 2022. This has been corrected with an adjustment taken
in the first quarter of 2022 to properly account for this revenue in the My Clean Energy balance
and is being captured in the monthly revenue going forward.

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Table 5 – 2022 Program Fund Balance

Project
Costs
OH Cost
Adj
Return on
Plant and
Service
Generation
Offset
Purchased
RECs
Accruals
Idaho
Revenues
Washington
Revenues

77703016 $344.99/FTE Energy @
Mkt
REC Purch
Expense
Accruals &
Reversals
Conversion
Factor -
0.949622
Conversion
Factor -
0.956069
Sum GL
Jan-22 $1,567.52 $26.95 $701.25 $(17.98) $(4,998.81) $(18,021.42) $(116,066.13) $(116,066.11)
Feb-22 $652.27 $16.17 $701.25 $(51.08) $(23,738.90) $(58,184.42) $(196,670.84) $(196,670.82)
Mar-22 $481.13 $10.78 $701.25 $(54.50) $(9,606.40) $(25,755.78) $(230,894.36) $(230,894.34)
Apr-22 $1,580.90 $38.81 $701.25 $(146.10) $39,066.00 $(4,578.85) $(23,604.91) $(217,837.26) $(217,837.29)
May-22 $1,356.67 $29.11 $701.25 $(118.66) $103,104.96 $(7,217.99) $(23,265.48) $(143,247.40) $(143,247.43)
Jun-22 $827.53 $12.94 $701.25 $(79.29) $(7,112.16) $(22,852.36) $(171,749.49) $(171,749.52)
Jul-22 $383.62 $15.09 $701.25 $(195.15) $(7,238.68) $(23,489.74) $(201,573.10) $(201,573.09)
Aug-22 $676.98 $9.70 $701.25 $(267.47) $(7,520.88) $(25,122.64) $(233,096.16) $(233,095.88)
Sep-22 $5,368.70 $5.75 $700.98 $(402.62) $87,500.00 $(7,206.58) $(24,290.87) $(171,420.80) $(171,420.52)
Oct-22 $405.44 $8.62 $701.52 $(123.89) $12,030.00 $(6,620.97) $(22,512.30) $(187,532.39) $(187,532.10)
Nov-22 $3,263.80 $6.47 $701.52 $(75.50) $(7,281.26) $(23,763.31) $(214,680.67) $(214,680.38)
Dec-22 $391.48 $8.62 $700.71 $(6.82) $(8,271.85) $(26,084.21) $(247,942.74) $(247,942.45)
Total $16,956.04 $189.01 $8,414.73 $(1,539.06) $241,700.96 $(101,393.33) $(316,947.45) over

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Table 6 – 2022 Program Expenses
2021 Sch 95 Revenue
Gross
Revenue Conversion
Factor
Net Revenue
WA $302,087 0.956069 $316,947
ID $93,998 0.949622 $101,393
$396,084

$418,341
Project Costs:
010 General Services $498.73
340 Regular Payroll - NU

$4,621.45
509 Pay Ben Inj & Dam

$163.71
510 Payroll Benefits loading

$2,009.68
511 Non-Service Loading $(281.94)
512 Incentive Loading-NU

$343.88
515 Payroll Tax loading $384.30
516 Inctv Pyrll Tax

$21.52
520 Payroll Time Off loading

$910.06
810 Advertising Expenses

$7,928.34
885 Miscellaneous $3.00
910 Postage

$352.94
RECs purchased $241,701
Power Supply solar offset
$8,414.73
Overhead cost adjustment
$189.01
Generation offset (credit)
$(1,539.06)
Revenue offset $418,341
Net (Benefit)/Costs $(152,619)

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Program Promotion and Education
In February, May, and June, Avista promoted the My Clean Energy program through a printed
and emailed newsletter. Additionally, in April 2022, the Company conducted an annual Net
Promoter Score (NPS) survey which saw an increase in the number of customers who indicated
being a promoter of the program, rather than neutral or detracting, compared to 2021 results. These
results indicate our recent efforts to promote and show the value of the program is being recognized
by customers.

Lastly, existing My Clean Energy program customers received an annual subscriber newsletter
in April 2022 and another promotional bill insert was sent to all customers in October 2022.

Product Label
Table 7 below includes the ‘program content label’ commonly associated with meeting
environmental and consumer-protection standards set forth by the nonprofit Center for Resource
Solutions.
Table 7 – 2022 Historical Product Content Label*
Generation facilities’ location: 37% WA, 25% CO, 38% OK
Energy Resource Mix: 63% Wind, 37% Hydro
* These figures reflect the RECs purchased on behalf of Idaho and Washington My Clean Energy customers in 2022.

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Detailed Grant Project Information
There were no grants provided in 2022 and no current grant plans for 2023, however,
Avista is monitoring the program budget and evaluating the surplus threshold needed to offer
grants again. If the REC market stabilizes in pricing in 2023, the Company hopes to begin building
a sufficient surplus budget to allow for grant opportunities.