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RESOLUTION NO. 19-1113 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN A JOINT POWERS AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM IN ALAMEDA COUNTY WHEREAS, the City of Pleasanton has demonstrated its commitment to an environmentally sustainable future through its policy goals and actions, including energy reduction, and expansion of clean energy programs; and WHEREAS, the City has adopted a Climate Action Plan, and is in the process of developing a Climate Action Plan 2.0, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and WHEREAS, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a mechanism by which local governments assume responsibility for providing electrical power for residential and commercial customers in their jurisdiction in partnership with local commercial energy purveyors and owners of transmission facilities, which in the case of the City of Pleasanton is Pacific Gas & Electric, Co; and WHEREAS, CCA has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the use of power in the City of Pleasanton; provide electrical power and other forms of energy to customers at a competitive cost; carry out programs to reduce energy consumption; stimulate and sustain the local economy be developing local jobs in renewable energy; and promote long-term electric rate stability and energy security and reliability for residents through local control of electric generation resources; and WHEREAS, staff has examined and identified Community Choice Aggregation as a key strategy to meet local clean energy goals and projected greenhouse gas reduction targets; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County directed the Alameda County Community Development Agency (CDA) to determine if a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program is feasible for cities in Alameda County; and WHEREAS, CDA staff prepared a "Technical Study for Community Choice Aggregation Program in Alameda County" (Technical Study, July 2016); and WHEREAS, take comprehensively, the Technical Study suggests that an Alameda County CCA would be feasible, could operate economically, could provide ratepayers reductions on their electric bills, and could both increase renewable energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions if the right balance is achieved by a joint powers agreement; and WHEREAS, if a municipality is to form a CCA with other municipalities, it must become part of a Join Powers Agency (JPA) as required by the legislation that permits CCAs' and WHEREAS, a JPA agreement prepared by the Office of the County Counsel has been reviewed by City Attorneys of Alameda County cities and the membership of the Steering Committee over the course of several months. The JPA agreement was approved and signed by Alameda County and a majority of Alameda County cities in December of 2016.