Links and Resources

Community Choice In San Francisco Power Point
Prepared by the Community Choice Aggregation Task Force, this 22-slide PowerPoint presentation reviews the history, reasons and structure for CCA in SF.
View the presentation here.

Local Government Commission, a (seeming) non-profit org with a pretty good primer on CCA.
You can find it at http://www.lgc.org/cca/

Nixon Peabody Report: H Bond Authority & Implementation
Commissioned by LAFCO, this 2005 study was conducted by independent law firm Nixon Peabody LLP to review the legal grounds for San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation plan. It concludes that H Bonds and CCA are “extremely synergistic”, that a third party implementation body is legally defensible, and that it will create a secure market for energy efficiency and renewable energy.
View the report here.

Goldman Report: CCA – The Viability of AB 117 & Its Role in California’s Energy Markets
Conducted by the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, this 29-page report analyzes the benefits and obstacles for CCA implementation. This was submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission in 2005. The report concludes that “the benefits of CCAs have been demonstrated both through examples in other states and through detailed analysis… CCAs represent a preferable alternative to the current regulated monopoly market structure and, depending on a community’s characteristics, may offer significant gains to all classes of consumers.”
View the report here.

Case Studies of the Greening of Local Electricity:
San Francisco Electric Power
Published in 2005, this 8-page case study reviews San Francisco’s CCA policy by interviewing co-authors Supervisor Ammiano and Paul Fenn.
View the case studies here.

Community Choice Aggregation: A Description & Analysis
Reviews CCA basics, legal implications, case studies, CCA impacts & implications in Colorado and California.
View the report here.

Navigant Study on Renewable Energy Capacity
A study of the 23 Californian cities, conducted by Navigant Consulting, finds that each of these cities has the capacity to meet at least 40% of its energy from renewable energy without notable impact to customer rates. Cities include Berkeley, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County, and Oakland. Released in 2006, “California Renewables Portfolio Standard: Renewable Generation Integration Cost Analysis Multiyear Analysis Results and Recommendations” can be downloaded at:
http://www.eere.energy.gov/

Report on CPUC Process to Implement CCA
Released in 2005 by Navigant Consulting for the Local Government Commission, this report clarifies the costs, credits, rules and protocols developed by the CPUC to implement CCA.
View the report here.

SFPUC Reports & Taskforce on CCA
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission provides general information and the draft implementation plan.
View the reports here.

ORGANIZATIONS ACTIVELY SUPPORTING CCA:

Green Guerrillas Against Greenwash
www.LetsGreenWashThisCity.org
This grassroots citizens group is campaigning to support the prioritization of CCA by city officials and educating the San Francisco public about the value of CCA.

Local Power
www.local.org
Local Power designed San Francisco’s CCA planning and implementation plan. Local Power is an environmental nonprofit that works with city governments throughout America to plan and implement CCA policies. This website has a wealth of resources on CCA throughout the country.

Our City
www.our-city.org
Our City is mobilizing public support for Community Choice in San Francisco.

Sierra Club, Bay Chapter
www.sfbaysc.org
Sierra Club, Bay Chapter has been actively supporting and organizing around CCA for several years.