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Community Choice Aggregation Update
Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), enacted in 2002, is approaching reality.
The process to determine the rules for communities wishing to become the
electricity suppliers to their constituents is nearing an end at the California
Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).
The rulemaking (R.03-10-003) was split into to phases, the first concerned
primarily with cost issues, the second with implementation issues. A summary
of the Phase 1 decision (Second
Interim Report on CPUC CCA Process) is
available at the Local Government Commission's Community
Choice Aggregation
Pilot Program page (www.lgc.org/cca/pilot_program.html#materials).
Phase 2 is almost over with evidentiary hearings at the CPUC from May
25 - June 3, followed by briefs and a decision, hopefully, some time this
summer. Entities filing testimony include the utilities, the Local Government
Commission Coalition (the LGC and a group of cities and counties investigating
CCA), the City and
County of San Francisco, the County
of Los
Angeles, the City
of Chula Vista, The
Utility Reform Network (TURN),
the CPUC's Office
of Ratepayer Advocates, Local
Power, Women's
Energy Matters,
Community Environmental
Council, and Energy Choice, Inc.
Look for updates on the Phase 2 decision in future CURRENTS issues, or
by visiting the LGC Community forums.
The California
Energy Commission, sponsor of the project that LGC has
been working on to help a limited number of local governments investigate
CCA feasibility, is planning to host a workshop on the project findings
as part of its Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) process. Watch for
a future announcement on the date and location.
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