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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 159-2024 approving the Revised Second Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement for Pioneer Community Energy.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Pioneer Community Energy (“Pioneer”) is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) formed between the Counties of Placer and El Dorado, the Town of Loomis, and the Cities of Auburn, Colfax, Grass Valley, Lincoln, Nevada City, Placerville, and Rocklin. Pioneer is a Community Choice Aggregation Program (CCA) authorized under Assembly Bill 117 (2002). The CCA provides local control over the electricity supply with a primary goal of providing stable and competitive electricity rates to the residents and businesses within its member jurisdictions. Pioneer purchases the electricity supply and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) transmits and delivers the power through PG&E’s infrastructure (poles and wires). PG&E continues to own, operate, and maintain its distribution infrastructure. PG&E also continues to provide meter reading and billing services for Pioneer’s customers.
At the January 18, 2024 Pioneer Governing Board meeting, the Pioneer Board adopted a resolution approving the Second Amended and Restated JPA for Pioneer. The bulk of the changes were clarifying or clerical in nature. The most substantive change was to Section 19, Amendment. The current process requires all amendments to the JPA be individually approved by each Voting Member resulting in complications and delays and the proposed language provided remedy by eliminating this requirement for certain amendments and allowing the Board to approve such amendments to the JPA with a two-thirds vote after providing notice to Voting Members.
Subsequently, on February 6, 2024, with Legistar file 24-0206, the County adopted all of the proposed amendments. However, the City of Rocklin and the Town of Loomis provided additional amendments for consideration:
• Section 14...
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