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6. Improving Pleasanton's Energy Supply <br />a. Deploy photovoltaics and renewable power generation to the maximum extent <br />feasible. <br />b. Strive to make Pleasanton more energy self-sufficient. <br />c. Develop programs to build local control, where consistent with the policies of <br />Pleasanton's Energy Plan. <br />d. Evaluate opportunities for purchasing and/or developing wind power projects in <br />the Altamont Pass. Work with the Alameda County Waste Management <br />Authority and others to explore joint venture opportunities for wind power. <br />e. Support environmentally responsible distributed power generation. <br />f. Evaluate municipal electricity utility or authority opportunities and options for <br />Pleasanton and the Tri-Valley, keeping economic considerations in mind. The <br />evaluation(s) should include community aggregation opportunities. <br />g. Evaluate membership in power cooperatives a <br />h. Work with local and other municipalitiess and utilitiesb and evaluate partnership <br />opportunities. <br />F. Attachments <br />1. Attachment A: List of Energy Advisory Group Members <br />2. Attachment B: Electricity and Natural Gas Use in Pleasanton (1999-2001) <br />3. Attachment C: Assets, Opportunities, and Barriers <br />4. Attachment D: Initial Ranking of Action Items (by EAG Members) <br />5. Attachment E: Glossary of Terms <br />' Hubbard, Alice and Fong, Clay, Community Energy Workbook: A Guide to Building a <br />Sustainable Economy, Rocky Mountain Institute, 1995, 264 Pages. <br />2 Guest speakers included: (1) Harry Day and other representatives from Chevron/Texaco; <br />(2) David Hochschild and Adam Browning with the Vote Solar Initiative; (3) Terry <br />O'Sullivan with Energy Solutions; (4) Don Dame with the Northern California Power <br />Agency; (5) Anthony Mazy and Daniel Berman with the California Public Utilities <br />Commission; (6) Wendy Sommer with the Alameda County Waste Management Authority; <br />(7) Geof Syphers with Xenergy; (8) Jeff Reyff and Richard Rodkin with Illingworth and <br />Rodkin, (9) Robert Streich with Silicon Valley Power; (10) Joe Iannucci with Distributed <br />Utility Associates; (11) John Toman with Pan American Resources, Inc., and (12) Paul Fenn <br />with Local Power. <br />3 An example of such group is the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives <br />(ICLEI) Cities for Climate Protection Program (httn://www.iclei.org/ccp). <br />a An example of a power cooperative includes, but is not limited to, the Northern Califomia <br />Power Association. <br />s Examples of municipalities include, but are not limited to, Tri-Valley cities <br />6 Examples of utilities include, but are not limited to, Livermore-Amador Valley Water <br />Management Agency, Pacific Gas and Electric, East Bay Municipal Utility District, <br />Sacramento Municipal Utility District, and Dublin San Ramon Services District. <br />Page 8 <br />