DATE:
August 31, 2021
11
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
AUTHORIZATION TO JOIN COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AND TAKE RELATED ACTIONS (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
Community Choice Energy (CCE) is an energy supply program that allows cities and counties to meet local energy needs by aggregating the buying power of individual customers within a defined area to secure alternative energy supplies. The pooling of purchasing power to buy or generate electricity gives customers the choice of where to purchase their power. Choice, competition and local control are the bedrock of CCE. Today, there are twenty-four CCEs operating throughout the State, serving more than eleven million customers, including two CCEs in San Diego County.
In 2019, the Board of Supervisors adopted an ordinance stating the County's intent to form or join a CCE. The Board also adopted five Guiding Principles setting County terms to join others in forming a Joint Powers Authority (JPA). On April 6, 2021, the Board adopted Revised Guiding Principles and directed staff to engage in discussions with the San Diego Community Power (SDCP) and Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) CCE JPAs and return to the Board with options for potential County participation in those CCE JPAs consistent with the Revised Guiding Principles. Since that time, staff engaged in discussions with both CCE JPAs and worked with a consultant to evaluate County's options for joining one of the JPAs. The results of these efforts are summarized below.
Today's action would authorize the County's membership in either the SDCP or CEA JPA, make related CEQA findings, authorize execution of the Joint Powers Agreement of the selected CCE, appoint Supervisors as the County's Director and Alternate Director for the selected JPA Board of Directors, and authorize any payments that may be necessary once a CCE JPA is selected.
RECOMMENDATION(S)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
1. Find that the proposed actions are not...
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