Documents on Community Choice Aggregation

In preparation for the upcoming workshop on September 26th about Community Choice Aggregation, I decided to post the draft studies from Navigant Consulting as well as my analysis of them (at least, those which I have had time to read). Here are the documents:

1. Base Case Feasibility Study Part 1, April 2005 (pages 1-70)
2. Base Case Feasibility Study Part 2, April 2005 (pages 71-142)
3. My analysis of the Base Case Feasibility Study (8 pages)
4. Draft Report - East Bay Cities CCA Business Plan, Nov. 2006 (85 pages)

I found it informative to go through the base case feasability study. It does take a lot of the guesswork out of this concept. One myth about CCA, that I realized is untrue, is that CCA is somehow about "privatization" of power. CCA is in fact the opposite: it is about taking authority away from investor-owned utilities. CCA gives power back to the cities, to determine their own energy future, to contract for energy generation, and to structure policy and issue bonding so that small, independent providers are able to "get in the game," by providing energy from renewable sources. In other words, it's a means to create a demand for wind turbines, solar voltaic energy, and other renewable sources.