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THE CITY OF 20 pLEASANTON. CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT July 20, 2021 City Manager TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING RENEWABLE 100 AS THE DEFAULT ELECTRICITY PRODUCT FOR PLEASANTON'S RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACCOUNTS SUMMARY In September 2019, the Pleasanton City Council unanimously voted to join East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) which procures electricity and works with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) who delivers the power, maintains the grid, and bills customer accounts. In April 2021 all Pleasanton residents, business owners, and municipal electricity customer accounts began receiving EBCE electricity unless they opted out of the program and remained with PG&E. Since EBCE began in 2018, they have offered three electricity service levels to choose from: Bright Choice, Brilliant 100, and Renewable 100. In January 2021, the Council selected Brilliant 100 as the default service for residential, commercial and industrial accounts which costs the same as PG&E, and Renewable 100 for municipal accounts. However, Brilliant 100 will no longer be offered beginning January 1, 2022. Now that the default service for Pleasanton's residential, commercial and industrial customers is sunsetting, the action before the Council is to identify the preferred default EBCE electricity products for these accounts. All customers who were enrolled in California Alternate Rates for Energy (CARE), Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA), and medical baseline have remained enrolled in these discount programs after the switch to EBCE and they have been enrolled in Bright Choice. Customers retain the choice to opt-up or opt-down to different EBCE service levels or may choose to continue to purchase power directly from PG&E by opting out of EBCE. Staff will ensure the transition to a new default product receives robust community outreach. RECOMMENDATION That the City Council adopt a resolution designating Renewable 100 as the default electricity product for Pleasanton's residential, commercial and industrial accounts. FINANCIAL STATEMENT In response to Council's decision in January 2021, all of Pleasanton's municipal accounts were enrolled in Renewable 100. A new default product for the community will not affect the City's accounts, so there will be no impact to City funds.