HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 168-16 JPA for Community Choice Aggregation Program RESOLUTION NO. 168 — 16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
APPROVING AN AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A JOINT POWERS AGENCY FOR
COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM IN ALAMEDA COUNTY
WHEREAS, the City of Dublin has demonstrated its commitment to an environmentally
sustainable future through its policy goals and actions, including energy reduction, clean energy
programs, and the expansion of local renewable power supply; and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted a Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
and
WHEREAS, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a mechanism by which local
governments assume responsibility for providing electrical power for residential and commercial
customers in their jurisdiction in partnership with local commercial energy purveyors and owners of
transmission facilities, which in the case of the City of Dublin is Pacific Gas & Electric Co.; and
WHEREAS, CCA has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the use of
power in the City of Dublin; provide electric power and other forms of energy to customers at a
competitive cost; carry out programs to reduce energy consumption; stimulate and sustain the local
economy by developing local jobs in renewable energy; and promote long-term electric rate stability
and energy security and reliability for residents through local control of electric generation resources;
and
WHEREAS, Staff has examined and identified Community Choice Aggregation as a key
strategy to meet local clean energy goals and projected greenhouse gas reduction targets; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County directed the Alameda County
Community Development Agency (CDA) to determine if a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)
program is feasible for cities in Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, CDA staff prepared a "Technical Study for Community Choice Aggregation
Program in Alameda County" (Technical Study, July 2016); and
WHEREAS, taken comprehensively, the Technical Study suggests that an Alameda County
CCA would be feasible, could operate economically, could provide ratepayers reductions on their
electric bills, and could both increase renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the
right balance is achieved by a joint powers agreement; and
WHEREAS, if a municipality is to form a CCA with other municipalities, it must become a part
of a Joint Powers Agency (JPA) as required by the legislation that permits CCAs; and
WHEREAS, a draft JPA Agreement has been prepared by the Office of the County Counsel
and has been reviewed by City Attorneys of Alameda County cities and the membership of the
Steering Committee over the course of several months.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Dublin does
hereby approve the agreement titled "East Bay Community Energy Authority - Joint Powers
Agreement" in order to participate with other prospective signatories in a Community Choice
Aggregation JPA for Alameda County municipalities, and authorizes the City Manager or his designee
to execute the agreement.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of November 2016 by the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Biddle, Hart, Gupta and Wehrenberg
NOES:
ABSENT: Mayor Haubert
ABSTAIN: I
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Mayor Pro Tem,.re
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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