City of Long Beach - File #: 20-0790

• File #: 20-0790
• Version: 3
• Name: ER/Water/FM - Community Choice Aggregation
• Type: Agenda Item
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/5/2020
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/25/2020
• Final action: 8/25/2020
• Title: Recommendation to Receive and file a report on the feasibility of a Long Beach Community Choice Aggregation (CCA); Defer for two years any decision whether to participate in a CCA, or possibly sooner if new information becomes available solidifying benefits, to allow for increased stability in the California electricity market and reduce potential risk to residents and businesses; Direct City Manager to perform community outreach regarding the CCA concept along with potential benefits and risks to customers, as well as to gain feedback on how supportive the community might be of a Long Beach CCA; Direct City Manager to prepare a study that analyzes CCA governance options including forming a stand-alone City enterprise, creating a new Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with another interested public agency, or joining an existing JPA; Direct City Manager to continue to monitor the energy market and related regulations and report to the City Council annually or sooner if substantial marke...
• Sponsors: Energy Resources, Financial Management, Water

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/25/2020	3	City Council	approve recommendation	Pass
8/18/2020	1	City Council	withdrawn

TITLE
Recommendation to Receive and file a report on the feasibility of a Long Beach Community Choice Aggregation (CCA);

Defer for two years any decision whether to participate in a CCA, or possibly sooner if new information becomes available solidifying benefits, to allow for increased stability in the California electricity market and reduce potential risk to residents and businesses;

Direct City Manager to perform community outreach regarding the CCA concept along with potential benefits and risks to customers, as well as to gain feedback on how supportive the community might be of a Long Beach CCA;

Direct City Manager to prepare a study that analyzes CCA governance options including forming a stand-alone City enterprise, creating a new Joint Powers Authority (JPA) with another interested public agency, or joining an existing JPA;

Direct City Manager to continue to monitor the energy market and related regulations and report to the City Council annually or sooner if substantial market changes occur; and

Direct City Manager to continue the City’s partnership with Southern California Edison to raise awareness of existing programs that provide Long Beach residents and businesses with various options to purchase a greater mix of renewables and utilize energy more efficiently. (Citywide)

DISCUSSION
In December 2019, at the request of the City Council, staff brought a report to the City Council that evaluated the feasibility of the City of Long Beach (City) forming a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) entity (Attachment A). A City CCA would replace Southern California Edison’s (SCE) power procurement role by assuming the role and responsibility for purchasing the electrical power for Long Beach residents and businesses. SCE would continue to provide transmission and maintenance services; residents and businesses who were provided the power by a City CCA would continue to pay SCE at SCE rates for power transmission services.

At that December meeting, the ...