RESOLUTION NO. 2026-80
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-80 – A RESOULUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE 2026 INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN FOR POMONA CHOICE ENERGY COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM WHEREAS, Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), authorized by Assembly Bill 117, is a state law that allows cities, counties, and other authorized entities to aggregate electricity demand within their jurisdictions in order to purchase and/or generate alternative energy supplies for residents and businesses within their jurisdiction while maintaining the existing electricity provider for transmission and distribution services; WHEREAS, on March 4, 2019, the City Council of the City of Pomona adopted Ordinance No. 4256 establishing a Community Choice Aggregation Program and approving a contract with California Choice Energy Authority for CCA implementation services, which Pomona Choice Energy began serving customers in October 2020; WHEREAS, minor technical, formatting or clerical corrections to the IRP may be necessary prior to filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), and the City Council desires to authorize such non-substantiative corrections without requiring further Council action; WHEREAS, Senate Bill 350, approved on October 7, 2015, established a requirement for Community Choice Aggregation Programs to develop an Integrated Resource Plan; and WHEREAS, the Pomona Choice Energy Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) was developed consistent with the requirements established by the CPUC.
WHEREAS, subsequent legislation has updated the clean energy requirements applicable to the Pomona Choice Energy Integrated Resource Plan, including SB 100, which established a goal of 60% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% clean electricity by 2045; SB 1020, which added binding interim milestones of 90% clean electricity by 2035 and 95% by 2040; and AB 1279, which codified the 2045 statewide carbon neutrality goal; and WHEREAS, the CPUC’s planning cycle was consolidated into a 2024–2026 cycle, with individual load-serving entity plan filings due in 2026 under CPUC Rulemaking R.25-06-019; the last Pomona Choice Energy IRP was approved by the City Council in October 2022, and the 2026 IRP is the current required biennial update under said consolidated cycle; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pomona as follows:
SECTION 1. Based upon and in consideration of staff reports, presentations, public testimony and comments, and such other matters presented to the City Council during the public meeting on this matter, the City Council finds and declares that the foregoing recitals to be true and correct and incorporates the same as substantial findings herein.
SECTION 2. That the Integrated Resource Plan for Pomona Choice Energy has been developed in compliance with SB350, SB100, Sb1020, and AB1279, and California Public Utilities Commission direction under Rulemaking R.25-06-019 and is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall attest and certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution, and it shall become effective immediately upon its approval.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this July 20, 2026.
CITY OF POMONA:
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Tim Sandoval
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
______________________________ ______________________________ Sonia Carvalho Karla Shipman, CMC
City Attorney Acting City Clerk
I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Pomona at a regular meeting thereof held on July 20, 2026, by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
Karla Shipman, CMC
Acting City Clerk
Resolution No. 2026-80
July 20, 2026
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