TITLE:
title
ORANGE COUNTY POWER AUTHORITY - FEASIBILITY STUDY
end
DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
PRESENTED BY: LORI ANN FARRELL HARRISON, CITY MANAGER
CONTACT INFORMATION: LORI ANN FARRELL HARRISON, CITY MANAGER, (714) 754-5328
RECOMMENDATION:
recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to issue a non-disclosure agreement to release City of Costa Mesa load data from Southern California Edison (SCE) to the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) to conduct a feasibility study to determine whether joining OCPA is mutually beneficial.
end
BACKGROUND:
The California State Assembly Bill 117 (AB117) enacted in 2002, gave cities and counties the ability to aggregate the electric loads of residents, businesses, and public facilities to facilitate the purchase and sale of energy. It allowed local governments to form Community Choice Energy (CCE) programs that offer an alternative electric power option to constituents currently served electric power by investor-owned utilities (IOUs). There are several CCEs throughout California with the intent to deliver competitive rates, promote local control, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increase renewable energy, and potentially enhance economic activity by creating local jobs.
Under the CCE model, local governments purchase and manage their community's electric power supply, sourcing power from a preferred mix of traditional and renewable generation sources, while the incumbent IOU, in our case Southern California Edison, continues to provide distribution service. CCE is a customer opt-out program where the CCE provides power supply and behind the meter services, including energy efficiency programs, net energy metering, or other programs that promote the deployment of distributed energy resources (DERs). This gives CCEs the opportunity to design and potentially reduce retail rates for their constituents, promote local economic development, and offer a cleaner ...
Click here for full text