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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board establish a Tahoe Basin Pioneer Community Choice Aggregate Ad Hoc Committee comprised of the District V Supervisor and the Supervisor representative appointed to the Pioneer Energy Community Choice Aggregate (CCA) Board to work with staff and the Pioneer Community Energy CCA Joint Powers Authority, in collaboration with the City of South Lake Tahoe, to pursue implementation of a CCA program for the Tahoe Basin area.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is an alternative to an investor-owned utility (IOU) energy supply system. A local CCA purchases electricity, and the IOU transmits the electricity for individual customers within a defined jurisdiction. The CCA chooses the power generation source on behalf of the customers. By aggregating purchasing power, a CCA is able to create large contracts with power generators on behalf of the individual customers within their jurisdiction. The goals of CCAs are to lower costs for consumers and/or allow local entities greater control of their energy mix, including offering “greener” generation portfolios than investor-owned utilities. Currently, two CCA Joint Powers Authorities exist in the Sacramento region, one of which is Pioneer Energy, operating in most of the communities in unincorporated Placer and El Dorado counties, the Town of Loomis, and the cities of Auburn, Colfax, Grass Valley, Lincoln, Nevada City, Placerville, and Rocklin.
The County pursued membership in the CCA for the West slope of the County in 2020, appointing Supervisor Parlin and Supervisor Hidahl to serve on an ad hoc committee (July 14, 2020, Legistar file 20-0853). Subsequently, the Board of Supervisors authorized the Chief Administrative Officer to sign form 79-1030, which was a declaration by the Chief Administrative Officer regarding investigation, pursuit, or implementation of Community Choice Aggregation that was submitted to Pacific Gas and Ele...
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