REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consideration of Silicon Valley Power Quarterly Strategic Plan and Update on the Power Outages and Silicon Valley Power's Response [Council Pillar: Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure]
Report
BACKGROUND
On December 4, 2018, Council adopted a Strategic Plan ("Plan") for the City's Electric Utility Department, dba Silicon Valley Power (SVP). SVP is making quarterly updates to Council on the implementation of the Plan in the form of a Power Point Presentation.
SVP is a recognized industry leader with a strong history and reputation of providing excellent customer service. The electric industry is rapidly changing and undergoing a fundamental transformation shifting from a centralized resource grid toward an increasing decentralized electrical grid with distributed renewable energy resources (e.g. wind, solar, hydrogen, and biogas), shifting variability in supply, and greater customer choice.
To maintain our competitive advantage and respond to these changes, the City adopted the Plan to ensure continued growth and actions that support our mission. SVP must focus on offering our customers products and services that are innovative, intuitive and engaging.
DISCUSSION
Staff has completed or is currently working on over half of the 30 initiatives included in the Strategic Plan. The report to be presented to Council will provide updates on the implementation of the Plan as well as on the current status of the utility and updates on projects and priorities.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5) in that it is a governmental organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect changes in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the approval of the 2018 Strategic Plan. ...
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