HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2021-141RESOLUTION NO. 2021 —141
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA (1) ACKNOWLEDGING THE PRELIMINARY UPDATE TO THE
CLIMATE ACTION, AND (2) DIRECTING STAFF TO RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH A
CCA ORDINANCE AND JOINT POWERS AGENCY AGREEMENT WITH SAN DIEGO
COMMUNITY POWER (SDCP)
WHEREAS, in 2019, City of National City ("City") staff presented to City Council
a preliminary report on the feasibility of possible Community Choice Aggregation ("CCA")
models and associated pros and cons with each one; and
WHEREAS, City Council directed City staff to continue to monitor the
development of the San Diego County CCAs and return to City Council with an update;
and
WHEREAS, City staff provides City Council with the following updates:
1. joining a CCA is a key strategy to the preliminary update to the Climate
Action Plan; and
2. under a CCA, residents, and businesses have the opportunity to choose
who will purchase electricity on their behalf - either the CCA or the
incumbent utility; and
3. under a CCA, residents and businesses can also select the renewable
content of their electricity, giving customers the choice of where to
purchase their power; and
4. twenty-three CCAs are operating throughout the State, serving more than
eleven million customers, including two CCAs in San Diego County— Clean
Energy Alliance ("CEA") and San Diego Community Power ("SDCP")
5. the SDCP is a Joint Power Agency ("JPA") that was formed in September
of 2019 and begun serving its first customers in March of 2021; and
6. Agencies currently participating in the SDCP are the City of San Diego,
Chula Vista, La Mesa, Encinitas, and Imperial Beach. The County of San
Diego recently also decided to join SDCP after many years of research and
information gathering on their part, bringing the total accounts to be served
by SDCP to approximately 950,000; and
7. CEA consists of the cities of Carlsbad, Del Mar, and Solana Beach, and
CEA serves about 60,000 customer accounts; and
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WHEREAS, City staff reviewed the SDCP and CEA JPA agreements to evaluate
issues of concern including, but not limited to, governance structure, goals, priorities, local
building efforts, and legislative and regulatory advocacy of member agencies; and
WHEREAS, City staff believes both CCAs are viable options but recommends
SDCP for the following reason: (1) it is a quickly maturing CCA, with 12 permanent staff
already in place, (2) the larger number of accounts that SDCP serves would spread fixed
cost over a larger number, therefore, lowering costs to users, and (3) SDCP is already
securing new long-term local renewables and storage and will have significant cash
reserves in place when the City is projected to launch; and
WHEREAS, City staff advises if City Council desires to join SDCP, per Utilities
Code Section 366.2(c)(12), City Council will need to adopt an ordinance electing to do so
within its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, City staff further advises that said ordinance would automatically
transfer all SDGE accounts in the City to the CCA but would allow any account to opt -out
with minimal effort; and
WHEREAS, City staff requests City Council direction to return to City Council with
a CCA ordinance and Joint Powers Agency agreement with SDCP at a future meeting.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Acknowledges the preliminary update to the Climate Action Plan and
directs City staff to return to City Council with a CCA ordinance and Joint Powers Agency
agreement with San Diego Community Power ("SDCP") at a future City Council meeting.
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Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolution.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 2lst day of Septem
ATTEST:
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Luz Molina, y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
1
Charles E. Bell Jr., C' ' ttorney
teltr olis Mayor
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on
September 21, 2021, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Sotelo-Solis, Rodriguez, Bush, Rios.
Nays: Morrison
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: ALEJANDRA SOTELO-SOLIS
Mayor of the City of National City, California
LUZ MOLINA
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
BY:
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-141 of the City of National City, California, passed and
adopted by the City Council of said City on September 21, 2021.
Luz Moll , City Clerk