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PWP
wants its customers to make informed choices about the energy
they buy.
The Power
Content Label is an annual report that shows from which
sources your electricity was generated
during the previous calendar year. For comparison,
the Power Content Label also provides the most
recent supply content breakdown for the statewide
power mix.
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2011 POWER
SUPPLY CONTENT
(Revised August 2012)
ENERGY
RESOURCES |
2011
PWP
POWER MIX1
(actual) |
2011
PWP GREEN POWER MIX2
(actual) |
2011
CA
POWER MIX3
(for comparison) |
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Eligible
Renewable |
24% |
100% |
14% |
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|
13% |
0% |
2% |
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|
1% |
0% |
5% |
|
|
2% |
0% |
2% |
|
|
0% |
0% |
0% |
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|
8% |
100% |
5% |
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Coal |
56% |
- |
8% |
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Large
Hydroelectric |
4% |
- |
13% |
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Natural
Gas |
7% |
- |
37% |
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Nuclear |
6% |
- |
16% |
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Unspecified sources of
power4 |
3% |
- |
12% |
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TOTAL |
100% |
100% |
100% |
1. "PWP
Power Mix" represents all
sources of energy procured by PWP and provided to all customers
(including Green Power Program
customers). ALL PERCENTAGES ARE ROUNDED.
2.
Energy
sources procured specifically for the
Green Power Program
3.
Percentages are estimated annually by the California energy Commission
based on all electricity sold to California consumers during the
previous year.
4. Energy procured from transactions on the
spot market that are not traceable to specific generation sources
For specific information about
this electricity product, contact the PWP Answerline at (626) 744-6970. For general information
about the Power Content Label, visit the
California Energy Commission
website or call the CEC at 1
(800) 555-7794. |
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q. What is the Power Content Label?
A. The Power Content Label is an annual report which shows from which
sources your electricity was generated
during the previous calendar year. For comparison,
the Power Content Label also provides the most
recent supply content breakdown for the statewide
power mix.
Q. What is the difference between “PWP Power Mix" and “PWP Green
Power”?
A. “PWP Green Power” is the energy provided to customers enrolled in the PWP
Green Power program. Currently, all of the energy sold to Green Power
customers comes from wind generation. “PWP Power Mix” is the energy provided
to all customers (including those in the Green Power program) and comes from a
variety of sources.
Q. Why don't the numbers seem to add up?
A.
The actual percentages go out to
13 decimal places. For simplicity in this report, we've rounded the
percentages to whole numbers.
Q. Why is “wind” listed as an energy source for “PWP Power Mix” if it’s
also sold separately to Green Power customers?
A. PWP purchases wind energy from the High Winds facility in Solano County .
But, PWP’s purchase is larger than the energy needs of all the customers
enrolled in the Green Power program so the wind energy not sold to Green
Power customers is accounted for in the “PWP Power Mix.”
Q. Why sign up for Green Power if wind is already in the “PWP Power
Mix”?
A. As more customers sign up for Green Power, PWP will be able to increase
investment in renewable sources and decrease the purchases from fossil fuel
sources. Sign up for
the Green Power Mix here.
Q. Why isn’t 100% of the “PWP Power Mix” specifically purchased from
individual suppliers?
A. PWP’s local generation and long-term contracts do not provide enough
energy to meet all of PWP’s energy needs. The balance is provided through
short-term “spot market” purchases. PWP cannot guarantee the source of these
spot market purchases so they are accounted for as non-specific purchases
and are divided across all fuel source types in percentages equal to the
“Ca. Power Mix.”
Q. Why is the
Power Content Label no longer published quarterly?
On
October 11, 2009, the Governor signed Assembly
Bill 162 which made changes to how electric utilities report their PCL,
including changing the reporting requirements from quarterly to annually.
Also, posting the PCL on the web (instead of a sending a print mailing)
fulfills publishing requirements.
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