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Staff Report for City Council Authorization of Community Choice Aggregation for the City of San Leandro
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council consider staff's analysis of the East Bay Community Energy Authority Joint Powers Agreement. Should the City Council decide to participate in this Community Choice Aggregation Joint Powers Authority for East Bay municipalities, staff recommends that they complete the following actions:
1. Adopt the resolution approving the East Bay Community Choice Energy Authority Joint Powers Agreement in order to participate in a Community Choice Aggregation Joint Powers Authority for East Bay municipalities; and
2. Conduct a first reading of the ordinance authorizing the implementation of a Community Choice Aggregation Program
BACKGROUND
This report and recommendation is the culmination of a process that began in 2014 with action by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) to investigate the feasibility of establishing a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program in Alameda County. This initial work led to the establishment of a Steering Committee consisting of City and stakeholder representatives. Councilmember Lopez is San Leandro's representative and Councilmember Cox is San Leandro's alternate representative. The Steering Committee held eleven meetings. It reviewed multiple aspects of establishing a CCA program, including economic feasibility, environmental and local jobs benefits, creation of a joint powers authority agreement, and selecting the name of the authority: East Bay Community Energy (EBCE). On October 4, 2016 the Board of Supervisors became the first agency to adopt the attached resolution. This resolution is now in the process of being presented to each city, several of which have already approved it.
To date, the San Leandro City Council was provided with four presentations related to EBCE at the following City Council meetings: June 1, 2015, May 16, 2016, J...
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