MEETING DATE:
June 22, 2021
SUBJECT:
Title
COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY STUDY PRESENTATION
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Board or Commission Action
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Planning for the Future
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Executive Summary
On January 28, 2020 the Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a cost sharing agreement with the Cities of Vista and Escondido to fund the Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Technical Feasibility Study. Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a means for local entities to access electricity from various sources, including renewables. CCA has been pursued by multiple jurisdictions within the region and across the state in order to increase the portfolio of, or altogether replace, non-renewable energy.
After the Council's authorization, staff along with partner cities of Vista and Escondido, retained EES Consulting to conduct the Technical Feasibility Study to establish a CCA.
Discussion
To better understand the benefits and risks associated with CCA programs, the cities of Vista, San Marcos, and Escondido (VSME Partners) selected EES Consulting (EES) to prepare a Feasibility Study that assesses the technical feasibility of CCA operations as a mechanism to provide choice to customers, lower their electricity rates, and contribute toward achieving the VSME Partners' Climate Action Plan (CAP) targets for greenhouse gas reduction.
The City of San Marcos's target, as identified in the CAP is to achieve 95% zero carbon electricity by 2030 for a reduction of 34,336 MTCO2.
The Study evaluates the technical (economic) feasibility of a VSME Partner CCA as well as for each VSME city individually. The study does not assume that the cities will enter into joint decision-making based on the results. Each VSME City can choose to remain with bundled service through SDG&E, form its own city-only CCA, participate in the cre...
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