2. Purchased Power Products

Bear Valley executed an agreement with Shell for four products: (1) Annual Baseload, (2) Seasonal Baseload, (3) Peak Call Option, and (4) System Resource Adequacy Capacity. The original application called for a "refreshed" offer by Shell following a Commission decision which would find the process that led to the proposed contracts to be reasonable. During the pendency of the application, market conditions changed so significantly that Bear Valley was prepared to execute a final agreement for the four products and filed an amendment on November 10, 2008 to seek a finding that the executed agreement was reasonable. (Amended Application, p. 4.) The pricing terms are confidential subject to the September 25, 2008 ruling on confidentiality.1 The following table summarizes the public terms of the agreement for the four products, exclusive of prices. (Appendix 1, Amended Application.)

Bear Valley - Shell Agreement

Resource Type

Term

Capacity

Expected Deliveries

Product 1. Annual Baseload

Firm Energy2

4 years, 11 months

13 Megawatts (MW)

113,800 Megawatt hours (MWh) annually

Product 2. Seasonal Baseload

Firm Energy

3 years

7 MW Dec., Jan., Feb. 5 MW Nov.

18,720 MWh annually

Product 3. Peak Call Option

Firm Energy

4 years, 11 months

15 MW Winter 5 MW Other

39,545 GWh max. annual

Product 4. System Resource Adequacy Capacity

Gas Turbine3

4 years, 11 months

18 - 35 MW varying by month and year

 

1 The four separate executed documents which contain the confidential pricing terms and conditions of the four energy products are received in the record as Exhibits BV-1 Confidential, BV-2 Confidential, Bear Valley-3 Confidential and BV-4 Confidential, numbered consistently with the four products.

2 Consistent with the California Independent System Operator criteria.

3 Combined cycle combustion turbine.

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