Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF STOCKTON’S MEMBERSHIP IN THE EAST BAY COMMUNITY ENERGY AUTHORITY AND PARTICIPATION IN ITS COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION PROGRAM The City of Stockton has been actively investigating options to provide electricity supply services to constituents within the City with the intent of achieving greater local involvement over the provision of electric supply services, competitive electric rates, the development of local renewable energy projects, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and the wider implementation of energy conservation and efficiency projects and programs, and Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is a mechanism by which local governments assume responsibility for supplying electrical power for residential and commercial customers in their jurisdiction in partnership and competition with local commercial energy purveyors and owners of transmission facilities, which in the case of the City of Stockton is Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and CCA has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to the use of power in the City of Stockton; provide electric power to customers at a competitive cost; carry out programs to reduce energy consumption; stimulate and sustain the local economy by developing local jobs in renewable energy; and through local control of electric generation resources, and Staff has examined and identified CCA as a key strategy to meet local clean energy goals and projected greenhouse gas reduction targets, and City of Stockton has completed studies and taken additional proactive steps to determine a CCA program is feasible, and Alameda County and cities in Alameda County have developed the East Bay Community Energy Authority Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) which creates the East Bay Community Energy Authority (EBCE) which governs and operates its CCA program, and EBCE is interested in providing potential services to the City of Stockton and made a presentation to City Council at its special meeting of November 9, 2021, and formally invited the City to pursue membership on May 12, 2022, and A standard JPA Agreement must be executed with EBCE to participate in the CCA program; now, therefore, //
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The recommendation in this report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it does not involve any commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, as contemplated by Title 14, California Code of Regulations, Sections 15378, therefore, not subject to CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15060.
The City Council of Stockton hereby approves the agreement titled “East Bay Community Energy Authority – Joint Powers Agreement” in order to participate with other signatories in a Community Choice Aggregation JPA for regional municipalities.
The City Manager is authorized to execute the agreement.
The City Manager is hereby authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of the Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED September 13, 2022 .
KEVIN J. LINCOLN II
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
ELIZA R. GARZA. CMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton