DATE: October 10, 2017
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ORDINANCE RESCINDING SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT CODE ARTICLE 12, REQUIRED REPORTING OF UTILITY USE ON TIDELANDS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The presentation provides the Board of Port Commissioners (Board) with an update on the implementation of the San Diego Unified Port District Code Article 12, Required Reporting of Utility Use on Tidelands (Port Code Article 12) and the results from the Utility Usage Report for Calendar Year 2016. Staff recommends rescinding Port District Code Article 12, because the costs outweigh the benefits for continued implementation. The District can utilize valuable aggregated utility data analysis from the first two years of implementation, continue to collect data through complementary resources, and focus its limited resources on high potential efforts
The Board adopted Port Code Article 12 in December 2015 to obtain annual utility usage data to measure progress toward achieving the Climate Action Plan (CAP) greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals and encourage reductions in utility usage (energy and water) through utility benchmarking and reporting. Attachment A is a copy of Article 12 adopted by Ordinance No. 2844 in December 2015. Port Code Article 12 requires all Utility Account Holders11 to report the prior calendar year utility data by September 2016 for the first year, and April for subsequent years.
Over the course of implementing Port Code Article 12, many challenges were identified and the reporting deadlines were revised to March 2017 (for 2015 data) and August 2017 (for 2016 data) to address these challenges. Continued implementation challenges were previously presented to the Board on January 5, 2017 and April 11, 201722 and included the following:
* Identifying Utility Account Holders and development of a tracking database;
* Inconsistencies with SDG&E's Automated Benchmarking Service;
* Developing comprehensive resources on necessary compliance steps;
* Assisting Utilit...
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