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30-Day Assessment, Priorities & Staffing Plan Girish Balachandran, CEO April 11, 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

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Page 1: 30-Day Assessment, Priorities & Staffing Plan€¦ · 30-Day Assessment, Priorities & Staffing Plan Girish Balachandran, CEO April 11, 2018 Board of Directors Meeting. Reduce dependence

30-Day Assessment, Priorities & Staffing Plan

Girish Balachandran, CEO

April 11, 2018 Board of Directors Meeting

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Reduce dependence on fossil fuels by providing carbon free, affordable and reliable energy and innovative programs for the SVCE community

SVCE Mission

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DirectionSUCCESSBend the Carbon Curve, Price Competitive, Fiscal Strength and able to mitigate Reg/Leg risk.

TARGET PROGRAMSDecarbonization, grid innovation and protect SVCE from regulatory and legislative threats.

OPERATIONSOutreach, power supply, customer billing and finance accomplishments.

START-UPAgency is formed. Focus was to prepare for launch.

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• We’re in good shape for several areas we control

• We need to catch-up with the 7-month hiatus in staffing

• We have significant regulatory and (maybe) legislative risk

• We need to add resources to the Decarbonization and Grid Innovation area

High-Level Assessment

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BENDING THE CARBON CURVE

Health and Wealth for our Community

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Silicon Valley Differentiators for SVCE

• Platform for Innovation

• Prototype

• Proof of ConceptDifferentiators

• Disruptor – creates an expanded vision

• Bold – accelerates change

• Moves the needle – bends the curveValue

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SCOPETransportation and Natural Gas transformation are very long-term initiatives, but we will start the process now

Clean up electricity

DONE in short term, much complexity,

challenges in future years

Clean up transportation Gasoline/Diesel

Clean up space and

water heating

Natural Gas

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Seek & Leverage PartnershipsMultiplier and Network Effects to the Value Stack

Academia

Large, innovative and

established customers/com

panies

Valley Start-Ups

University Students

Motivated, informed and committed community

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Health & WealthCommunity & Customers

• Bridge the Carbon Divide• Disadvantaged customers• Information divide

• Carbon Free – Wealth and Health

• Lower cost

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STAFFING

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• People are SVCE’s best Capital

• “Get the Right People on the Bus”

o Focus on bringing the right people in first and then adapt the organizational fit, as necessary

▪ Recruit smart and passionate talent

▪ Be flexible in the approach

• Consider “half-time”

• SVCE grows to ~25 FTE’s

Medium Term (1 - 2 Years)

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Current Action• Power Supply is BY FAR the greatest cost driver and

has the most complexity

• Short-term

o Fill staffing needs (offer accepted for Power Supply Manager, June 4 start date) and Power Supply Analyst started April 2

o Need to get Legislative Associate filled

• Mid-term: Evaluate expanding staff and also taking over some consultant functions

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Proposed T/O Chart

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Recommendation• Delete/Defer Positions

1. General Counsel & Director of Governmental Affairs

2. Finance Manager

3. Administrative Analyst – HR

4. Power Resource Planning and Programs Analyst

• Reclassification of Title for certain positions to best match the role and duties (No fiscal impact)

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• New Positions

1. Director of Decarbonization & Grid Innovation Programs

o (2) “To Be Determined” Positions to support this function defined at a later date

2. Sr. Regulatory Analyst

o Additional resource to protect SVCE against CPUC risks

3. Associate Legislative Analyst

• No fiscal impact. SVCE remains at 21 positions

Recommendation

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Next Steps

• Upon Board approval, staff will begin process to hire employees ASAP

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Questions?