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San Diego Community Power approves wind PPAs with Sunzia and Kumi, adding roughly 75 MW to its portfolio
Summary
The board authorized a 15‑year, 25‑MW energy+REC PPA from Sunzia and a 9‑year, 50‑MW bundled PPA with Kumi Wind LLC; the Sunzia vote carried with one abstention while the Kumi contract was also approved.
San Diego Community Power’s Board of Directors on June 25 approved two renewable power purchase agreements that together add roughly 75 megawatts to the agency’s portfolio.
The board approved a 15‑year purchase of 25 MW of wind energy and renewable energy credits from Sunzia (two entities presented as Sunzia Wind North LLC and Sunzia Wind South LLC). Andrea Torres, director of origination, said the product is energy plus RECs only (resource adequacy is not part of the offering) and deliveries would start Jan. 1 of the following year. "This particular product is just for energy and renewable energy credits... Deliveries would start the top of the year in January next year for delivery of 15 years," Torres said. Staff noted the project is an existing, built resource delivering from New Mexico and that Sunzia had previously supplied other contracted capacity in the agency’s portfolio.
The board also approved a 9‑year bundled PPA for 50 MW with Kumi Wind LLC. Torres said the project has operated since 2005 and is located in San Diego County near Boulevard; the contract term aligns with an existing lease that expires in nine years. The project’s lease provides a tribal revenue share (Torres described a 5% revenue share to the tribal entity) and the developer has committed community benefits contributions. "Under their lease agreement they get 5% of revenues of the PPA," Torres said.
Board members asked questions about transmission and basis risk for the out‑of‑state Sunzia deliveries and about the shorter nine‑year term for Kumi. Staff described how scheduling and basis risk are accounted for financially and said the nine‑year term aligns with the project lease and includes rights of first refusal if the owner repowers the site.
The Sunzia PPAs were approved in substantially final form and the acting CEO was authorized to execute; the vote carried with one abstention from Chair Sher Lassen Reamer, who said she "was not here for the whole presentation." The Kumi Wind PPA was approved and authorized for execution by the chief executive officer in a subsequent vote. No public comments opposed the agreements; staff noted the contracts include performance guarantees and community or tribal benefit components.
