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Appendix BNext Steps for Formation of East Bay Community Energy Authority (EBCE) <br />To seat a JPA Board and to be able to bring that Board substantive CCA matters on <br />which to act as quickly as possible, Alameda County Staff will undertake a number of <br />activities and retain additional consulting expertise in the areas of energy analytics and <br />procurement, marketing, and data management during the latter half of 2016 and <br />beyond. The following information represents a comprehensive but not exhaustive list of <br />activities and consulting services that will need to occur: <br />Category 1: Technical, Energy Procurement and Data Management Services – These <br />services include but are not limited to: <br />1) Answer energy market and utility-related questions and serve as an expert resource <br />to city staff and elected City officials as they digest the analysis in the Technical <br />Study and contemplate joining the JPA. <br />2) Finalize desired power supply mix and draft RFP for wholesale energy procurement and California Independent System Operators (CAISO) scheduling services <br />3) Recommend customer phasing schedule based on JPA organizational capacity and <br />program economics <br />4) Refine operating budget based on final list of JPA members, number of potential <br />accounts, and load requirements5) Prepare EBCE’s Implementation Plan for certification by the CA Public Utilities <br />Commission <br />6) Assist as needed with program financing and size of credit facility based on <br />customer enrollment schedule and projected operating revenues <br />7) Support power supply negotiations and development of power contracts8) Prepare tariff schedule and rate recommendations for two power supply options (e.g. <br />default product at 50% renewable and voluntary product at 100% renewable) <br />9) Design tariffs for ancillary programs such as net energy metering, community solar <br />and/or local feed in tariff <br />10)Address PG&E, CA Public Utility Commission and CA Independent System Operator agreements and registrations including: CAISO paperwork and deposit, PG&E <br />service agreement and security deposit, Bond posting, and required regulatory <br />compliance reporting and customer noticing <br />11)Provide customer data management, billing and customer relationship management <br />services12)Develop and operate customer call center <br />13)Develop integrated resource plan and complete related regulatory reporting <br />Category 2: Community Outreach, Marketing and Customer Notification: Activities <br />under this contract will include but are not limited to: