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File Number: 16-590 <br />at the following City Council meetings: June 1, 2015, May 16, 2016, June 20, 2016 and <br />October 17, 2016. The City Attorney participated extensively in the development of the EBCE <br />Joint Powers Agreement. To provide context and background on economic and regulatory <br />issues, the City was assisted by a third-party consultant with relevant expertise. Throughout <br />the Steering Committee process, San Leandro actively advocated for an EBCE governance <br />structure fair to both large and small cities. <br />Community Choice Aggregation, also known as Community Choice Energy (CCE), enables <br />local governments to pool the electricity demand within their jurisdictions in order to procure or <br />generate electrical power supplies on behalf of the residents and businesses in their <br />communities. These power supplies are delivered via Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) <br />electric distribution system, and replace the power supplies previously provided by PG&E. A <br />CCA operates in partnership with the existing power utility (i.e., PG&E). The CCA procures <br />and/or generates electricity on behalf of its customers while the existing utility continues to <br />deliver power to homes and businesses, handles customer billing, and maintains the grid. The <br />essential goal of a CCA is to provide more local control of the community’s source of energy, <br />which enables a greener energy supply at competitive electricity rates and creation of local <br />jobs. In turn, this greener energy supply enables cities to be more effective in meeting <br />sustainability and greenhouse gas reduction goals. <br />Since the launch in 2010 of California’s first CCA program - Marin Clean Energy - urban areas <br />throughout the state have been analyzing the potential for launching similar programs, and <br />several additional CCA programs have since been launched. <br />In June 2014, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ Transportation and Planning <br />Committee directed the County Community Development Agency (CDA) to investigate the <br />implementation of a CCA program for Alameda County and its cities. Phase I of the <br />investigation included development of a Technical/Feasibility Study (summarized in <br />Attachment A), which demonstrated that a CCA program is both feasible and cost-effective, <br />under a range of scenarios. An Alameda County CCA program may result in cost savings for <br />ratepayers, i.e., the City government and the residents and businesses it serves; an is <br />expected to increase the amount of renewable energy in the power supply; and promote job <br />creation in the clean energy sector. Phase I work is now concluded. Phases II and III will entail <br />formation of the Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board and CCA implementation. <br />A Steering Committee was formed in 2015 to bring together representatives from cities, the <br />County, regional experts, and stakeholders from the environmental, labor, and social justice <br />communities to assist in drafting the language of a JPA (attached) to govern the operations of <br />the CCA and provide recommendations on program design and operation. Following <br />considerable discussion and recommendations from the Steering Committee, the Alameda <br />County Board of Supervisors voted on October 4, 2016, to create the CCA program under the <br />name East Bay Community Energy Authority, adopt a Joint Powers Agreement negotiated by <br />the Steering Committee and attorneys for the County and proposed member cities, and <br />establish funding for the remaining phases of program development necessary to allow the <br />program to begin providing electricity to customers in the fall of 2017. <br />Page 2 City of San Leandro Printed on 11/16/2016