Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER SELECTION OF DEFAULT RENEWABLE RATE TIER FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUSINESS, AND MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ACCOUNTS WITHIN THE CITY OF CARSON FOR THE CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE / LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY CHOICE ENERGY AUTHORITY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City of Carson joined the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy (LACCE) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) following the November 21, 2017 City Council meeting, Item No. 35, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 17-1633.
The City Council appointed Mayor Pro Tem Jawane Hilton as the main Director, Councilmember Cedric Hicks as Alternate Director No. 1, and staff member Reata Kulcsar as Alternate Director No. 2. At the February 1, 2018 JPA regular Board Meeting, the JPA Board adopted "Clean Power Alliance of Southern California" as the new legal name for the Los Angeles Community Choice Energy Authority and the use of "Clean Power Alliance" (CPA) in public communications.
Within the CPA structure, each individual City and County member has the authority to set the default renewable energy tier that will be offered to residents and businesses within their jurisdiction. The method by which each CPA member makes this determination is entirely within their own city's purview, as there are no legal requirements governing this selection.
The three renewable rate product tiers originally presented to the CPA Board were set at 33%, 50%, and 100%. However, CPA staff has learned that Southern California Edison (SCE) estimates its base renewable energy percentage for 2018 to be 34%. Therefore, CPA staff intends to ask the JPA Board to approve that the base product for 2018 be 36% instead of the 33% previously approved. When deciding on Carson's default product offering, therefore, the three tiers would be 36%, 50%, or 100%.
As part of the process towards a timely launch of the CPA's Phases 2 and 3, CPA staff is requesting final binding commitments fro...
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