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BACKGROUND The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in June, 2014 to allocate $1.325 million to explore the creation of a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) Program and directed County staff to undertake the steps necessary to evaluate the feasibility of a CCA. Alameda County launched a county-wide Steering Committee for the Community Choice Aggregation CCA proposed y (CCA) in June, 2015. Councilmember Pentin represents the City of Pleasanton as one of the thirteen (13) Alameda County City representatives, along with industry experts and stakeholders across Alameda County. The Steering Committee has advised the County Board of Supervisors and the Community Development Agency (CDA) staff on matters related to Community Choice Aggregation in Alameda County, including the Technical Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program in Alameda County, the design of a Joint Powers Agency (JPA) and marketing program material. Over the past year, the Committee developed goals of the CCA, contributed to the scope of work for the Request for Proposal (RFP), reviewed and commented on the Technical Study, provided input on the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) and marketing material. In June, the draft Technical Feasibility Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program in Alameda County prepared by MRW & Associates with Tierra Resource Consultants and the Economic Development Research Group was made available to the Steering Committee and public for review and comment. Soon thereafter Pleasanton staff contracted with ESA Community Development(ESA)consultants to provide a peer review of the Technical Study on Pleasanton's behalf. Pleasanton has worked with ESA in past years on energy and sustainability projects and most recently as a member of the consulting team on the City's Climate Action Plan. ESA's review included the draft Technical Study and supporting documentation. ESA provided a summary of their findings and observations (Attachment 2) regarding the risks identified in the Study and their potential impacts to the City; areas not addressed or thoroughly vetted by the Study; alignment of the CCA with the City's energy and climate action goals, and the Study's methodologies, underlying assumptions, and conclusions. In July, the Technical Feasibility Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program in Alameda County was finalized and included updated appendices and a fourth scenario that was developed based on feedback from the public and the Steering Committee (Attachment 1). The Committee also reviewed and provided input along with the Alameda County cities on the East Bay Community Energy Authority Joint Powers Agreement, which was not yet finalized at the time of this report. The County Board of Supervisors discussed these items in addition to a draft ordinance approving the East Bay Community Choice Energy Joint Powers Agreement and authorizing the implementation of a community choice aggregation program at its special meeting on September 20 and is planned for further discussion at its regular meeting on October 4, 2016. Page 2 of 4