Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, April 05, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER TAKING A POSITION OF SUPPORT AND SENDING A CORRESPONDING LETTER REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 1814 TO AUTHORIZE COMMUNITY CHOICE ASSOCIATIONS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO RECEIVE FUNDING TO ADMINISTER TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The Clean Power Alliance (CPA) Board of Directors approved a support position for Assembly Bill 1814 (Grayson), which would authorize Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) to submit applications to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to receive funding to administer transportation electrification programs. Their trade association, CalCCA, is the sponsor of this bill, and it will be CPA's top 2022 legislative priority.
CPA has asked each member agency to help support and advance the bill through the legislative process by sending a letter of support (Exhibit no. 1). A fact sheet about the bill is also attached (Exhibit no. 2).
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
APPROVE the City of Carson's support position on Assembly Bill 1814.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. DO NOT TAKE a support position for Assembly Bill 1814.
2. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
This CalCCA-sponsored bill would authorize CCAs to submit applications to the CPUC to receive funding to administer transportation electrification programs in their service area. Access to additional funding would allow CCAs to increase and expand their electric vehicle programs, which will benefit CCA customers and will help meet the state's electric vehicle adoption goals.
While the CPUC authorizes IOUs to file applications to receive ratepayer funds for their transportation electrification programs, CCAs are not explicitly authorized to access these funds, despite CCA customers also paying into those funds. In some past years, IOUs have proposed more than $2 billi...
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