Council committee approves rate for City Light Renewable Plus program, advancing two PPAs

The Sustainability, City Light and Arts & Culture Committee recommended approval of an ordinance to establish a rate for Seattle City Light’s Renewable Plus program, a subscription product that bundles renewable energy kilowatt‑hours with the associated renewable energy credits. The ordinance (CB 120952) was read into the record and the committee voted 5–0 to send the bill to the full City Council for final action on April 29.

The Renewable Plus program was authorized by the Council in 2022 and City Light officials told the committee the current vote sets the customer rate that will recover administrative costs, renewable energy credits and the program development costs. Laurie Moen, manager of solutions design and analysis with Customer Energy Solutions at Seattle City light, told the committee, “We are coming back to the Council to establish a rate for a program that was authorized under an ordinance in 2022 to provide a bundled energy product to our large commercial customers.”

Why it matters: City Light says the program lets large commercial customers voluntarily subscribe to additional renewable generation without shifting net costs…