CalChoice Board Meeting 1 February 17, 2026
California CCA: By the Numbers
Number of California communities served by CCAs: 229
Number of Counties with CCA: 21 of 58 counties (36%)
Number of Cities/Towns with CCA: 208 of 483 Cities (43%) California Population served by CCAs: 15 Million+ (41%) 2 3
CalCCA Interactive CCA Map & Address Lookup:
https://cal-cca.org/cca-map/
CCA Launch Timeline
2026 Percentage of CA Retail Load by Energy Provider
4 Energy Provider 2026 Deliveries
(GWh)
Investor-Owned Utility 77,550
Community Choice Aggregator 66,945
Energy Service Provider (DA) 26,896
Publicly Owned Utility 73,250
Statewide Electricity Deliveries 247,105
Source: 2025 IEPR Forecast. California Energy Demand 2025-2050 Forecast - Planning Forecast CalCCA’s Role
• Develop a vision of California’s energy future and create a pathway to implement that vision
• Coordinate and lead policy development among members
• The voice of CCAs at the legislature and the regulatory agencies, supported by rigorous data analytics
• Facilitate sharing of best practices among CCAs to accelerate adoption of programs
• Communicate, Educate, Engage
o Advocate policy positions and platform
o Elevate and amplify the energy procurement and programs of CCAs that collectively advance the goals of decarbonization, reliability, affordability and social equity. o Provide venues to educate, advocate and network
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CalCCA Organization Chart
Unknown
CPUC Ongoing
CPUC One-off
CAISO
CEC
Outside scope/inactive
Known FY25-26 CalCCA Policy Universe
Continued Growth in Scope of Work
7 Power Source
Disclosure
Price
Formation
Affordability
Trans.
Planning
Process
EV IEPR
Energy
System
Reliability
Load
Management
Standards
Resource
Adequacy
Large Loads
Generation
Supply
Congestion
Revenue
Rights
RA Modeling/
Program
Design
CARB
Scoping
Plan
Pathways
Launch
Committee
(ROWE)
Western
Regional
Issues
Forum
Inter.
Process
Enhance.
Demand
Flexibility/
Response
Diablo
Canyon
Rates
SB 100
Distributed
Energy
Resources
Energization
IRP/RCPPP
PCIA
Demand &
Distributed
Energy
Market
Integration
Climate
Credit
Helms
Expansion
Distribution
Generator
Interconnect
Energy
Storage
Design &
Modeling
Member Cost Savings: FY 2024-2025
8 CCA
Savings
2026 - Key Policy issues Facing CCAs
9 CCA Savings
• Regulatory and Market Uncertainty
o IRP procurement and compliance challenges (interconnection, supply chain, procurement order and changing valuation of resources, etc.) o Power Charge Indifference Adjustment (PCIA)
o Reliable and Clean Power Procurement Program (RCPPP)
o Resource Adequacy
o Potential Load Growth & load forecast (data centers, electrification) o Affordability
• Legislation
o Proactive: AB 1761 data transparency bill and RA transactability bill o Others: Potential lifting of DA cap, DCPP extension, affordability measures, data centers, customer bill impacts of leg bills Shared Mission, Customized Strategies
We share the same core goals…
• Affordability
• Reliability
• Decarbonization
• Social Equity
…but we prioritize them differently
• Each CCA sets its own emphasis and timelines (sometimes based on launch date/maturity) • Strategies vary based on local needs, risk tolerance, IOU territory, and board/C-suite governance • Autonomy preserved across jurisdictions and portfolios What this looks like in practice
• Distinct procurement approaches and financial strategies • Unique program design and customer offerings
• Optional/shared services among CCAs, where value added • Unified voice, coordination; joint action; no surprises Bottom Line: Aligned on purpose. Tailored execution. Stronger together. 10 Examples of Local CCA Priorities
11 RCEA Offshore Wind Farm
SCP 600MW GeoZone
VCE Agricultural Tariff
Pioneer Bioenergy Market Adjusting
Tariff (BioMAT)
CPA Transmission Bill
Lancaster’s First Public Hydrogen
Utility SJCE & SVCE Data Centers & Load impact
What is the PCIA?
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PCIA Swings
When the current market value of IOU power portfolios is lower than what the utility originally paid, the PCIA goes positive, and departed customers pay the difference. If the value of IOU portfolios is higher than what the utility originally paid, the PCIA goes negative, and bundled IOU customers pay the difference. When the forecasted indifference amount diverges from the realized amount, the difference is trued up; this is captured by the Portfolio Allocation Balancing Account (PABA).
Over the past decade, CCA customers experienced dramatic increases in the PCIA to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. More recently, in 2024 and 2025, IOU portfolio values increased to overtake portfolio costs. As value surpassed costs, IOU bundled customers were hit with significant PCIA increases in order to provide the value back to departed customers who were owed. The CPUC’s recent adjustments to the methodology dramatically swings the PCIA the other way resulting in extreme rate volatility.
The PCIA, or Power Charge Indifference Adjustment, is a fee charged by investor-owned utilities (IOUs) in California to all customers, including those who receive generation service from a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) or Electric Service Provider (ESP). In the past, the PCIA has been known as an “exit fee” but this is a misnomer. The PCIA recovers the IOUs’ above-market costs for power contracts or resources that were acquired prior to a customer’s departure to an alternative energy provider. 13 Slice-of-Day Resource Adequacy (RA)
Trading Analysis/Proposal
cal-cca.org/ra-transactability/
Website: cal-cca.org
• CCA Service Areas
GIS Map • Address Lookup • Table
• Clean Energy Procurement
• CalCCA Reading Room
Green Bonds • Virtual Power Plants • Powering AI
• CCA Programs
• Newsletter (California Aggregator)
• Impact Stats
• CCA Key Docs Portal
• Annual Report
Content
• Ideas Expo
• Committee Meetings
• Speaking Opportunities
• Networking – connect with
1000+ attendees
• Party!
CalCCA Conference & 10-Year Anniversary Celebration
15 Save the Date
May 12-14, 2026
Sacramento, CA
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