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Smart CCA Community Choice: “Soup to Nuts” September 6, 2017

Join Gary Saleba, President/CEO of EES Consulting, to explore the benefits, challenges, and lessons of forming Community Choice Aggregation organizations for local energy procurement. Learn about the CCA movement, merits of CCA, lessons learned, and more. Don't miss this insightful presentation!

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Smart CCA Community Choice: “Soup to Nuts” September 6, 2017

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  1. Smart CCACommunity Choice: “Soup to Nuts”September 6, 2017 Presented by: Gary Saleba, President/CEO EES Consulting, Inc. 425-889-2700, saleba@eesconsulting.com A registered professional engineering and management consulting firm Kirkland, WA Portland, OR  La Quinta, CA www.eesconsulting.com

  2. Agenda • Background on CCA Movement • Relative Merits of Forming CCA • Lessons Learned • Wrap-Up 2

  3. Background on CCA Movement • Open Access/Energy Crisis of 2000/2001 • AB 117 and Subsequent Legislation • Give cities and counties authority to form Community Choice Energy (CCE)/Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) organizations • Opt-out process • Treatment for stranded costs • CCAs Procure Power Supply, Develop Local Resources • IOUs Operate Wires/Poles – Do Billing/Collection • Opt-Out Program – 2 – 8% Don’t Join CCA • CCA Determines Power Costs, IOU Determines Wire Fees • Currently 11 Operating CCAs • Will be 9 More in 2018 • CCAs Will Service 2/3 of State by End of 2019 3

  4. Background on CCA Movement (cont’d) • Existing/Planned CCAs 4

  5. Relative Merits of Forming CCA 5

  6. Lessons Learned • Technical Aspects Can be Challenging • Technical Aspects Easy Compared to Political • Plan on Spending a Lot of Time in Sacramento and San Francisco • Lots of Technical Talent Available / Not to Worry • Better to Have Partnerships with Local IOU Rather than Adversarial Relationship • Local Control Works Well for the CCAs • Need Cash Reserves/Line of Credit to Smooth Out Ups/Downs 6

  7. Wrap-Up

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