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r IN THE. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 97 - 124 (1003) RESOLUTION APPROVING JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT RELATING TO DIRECT ACCESS ELECTRIC AGGREGATION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS AND THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO Recitals The City of San Leandro is currently purchasing electricity and natural gas and related transportation and distribution services from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (Utility) under the jurisdiction of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC); and Deregulation of the natural gas industry in 1986 and CPUC Decisions Nos. 91-02-040, 94-04-027 and 95-07-048, and regulation promulgated thereunder, now permit Utility customers, including local governments, to purchase natural gas and specified related support services from third parties through a "core transport agent;" and On May 6, 1997, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued Decision 97-05-040 authorizing customers of the Utility to acquire electric supply and related services from sources other than PG&E on January 1, 1998; and The City is a member or cooperating member of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG); and ABAG formed a Power Purchasing Pool Program to aggregate natural gas needs of interested ABAG members and cooperating members in 1996 and currently acts as a core transport agent on behalf of such members to deliver or cause to be delivered natural gas and related services (including invoicing and gas management) to such members and has formed a Power Purchasing Pool Committee comprised of representatives from each participating member or cooperating member and grant it the power to oversee the Program; and ABAG proposes the formation of a pooled purchasing program for the acquisition of electric supply and related services (Electric Program) and that the Electric Program be implemented through a "Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Creating the ABAG Publicly OWned Energy Resources" (ABAG POWER) (attached as Exhibit A) formed by ABAG and other public entities in the PG&E service territory in which such public entities commit to participating in ABAG POWER for at least one (1) year; and A participant in the Electric Program will acquire electric supply and related services under an agreement between the participant and ABAG (Direct Access Electric Aggregation Agreement) (attached as Exhibit B) which will be assigned from ABAG to ABAG POWER upon the formation of ABAG POWER; and Each participant in the Electric Program will be represented on the Board of Directors of ABAG POWER by a director, or in his/her absence by an alternate, appointed by the participant; and