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Mr. Baker replied and said 14%, largely high gross and some wind power. Mr. Baker also said that by using municipal bonds it would be significantly less money. Mr. Olson would like to be clear as to the priority of the objectives, conservation, and low rates. Those two don't necessarily go together. Higher rates can cause conservation. The environment aspect, where does that rank. Jill Buck explained what would happen to the ratepayers. We would have to evolve them somehow. How do we involve the community. Even if we weren't paying more to purchase the electricity, if we are in a position that has financial difficulties, there would be a temptation as a fundraising opportunity. That could end up being damaging. If we hitch our wagon to another community we have a risk. Taxation without representation. Unless we are careful to mitigate the risk before diving into a J PA. Jim Pease expressed his understanding of the energy element. In a CCA program, we may form a joint powers authority to use to talk to PG8~E to provide influence to provide better rates. To also try to get them to use more renewable sources, or we could provide renewable sources ourselves. To negotiate better prices and to do our part in getting PG&E to move up from 14%, we will look elsewhere for that type of power. Judy Wheeler-Ditter stated that she looks at the basic level. She looks at all of the extra charges and would like to know if this would add to the taxes on her bill. Mr. Baker responded and said that it would not add taxes to her bill. John Mahoney said that for the resources you are providing there are three parts, reliability, quality and quantity. You can't store energy. You either use it or lose it. Mr. Mahoney is concerned with the involvement to deal with the business owners on quantity and then quality. The reliability aspect is the most important. That is the highest level of importance in his opinion. Chris Grant would like the city to be consistent with others. He agrees that for this to get public support it has to be a reliable source and equivalent to PG&E. Personally it would make sense to do an aggregation with other communities. This isn't our core business, although we have some good experts, it's not what we do day in and day out and we would benefit by joining other communities in sharing the cost. We need to carefully select the other communities and start the agreements. He would be happy to help with the selection process. Amore indebt of the infrastructure cost would be helpful. Julie Robey said she doesn't think the community would understand it the way it is written right now. Make it clear and simple. Chris Crabtree looks at it from a new business perspective. Reliability. He agrees with Mr. Grant that you would create a group that is specialized and knows this subject.