USA, California: Community Choice Aggregators Will Procure New Clean Energy Resources in Near Future

New 2030 Energy Plan Relies on CCAs to Procure 10,000 MW to Meet Climate Goals (CalCCA)

Community Choice Aggregators Receive Vote of Confidence as State Transitions to 'Electric Sector of the Future'

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on April 25 unanimously approved a new plan for achieving ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets within California’s electric sector, primarily relying on Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs) to procure the new clean energy resources the state needs over the next decade to meet its climate goals.

The CPUC’s approval of an “Integrated Resource Plan,” or IRP, represents a major vote of confidence in the critical role CCAs are playing in California’s rapidly evolving energy system.

Under the CPUC-approved plan, CCAs will be responsible for about 90 percent of the energy procurement that will be needed by 2030 to meet the SB 350 target. Aggregators plan to make long-term investments in more than 10,000 Megawatts (MW) of new clean energy resources including solar, wind, geothermal and energy storage by 2030, while Investor-Owned Utilities (IOUs) and commercial Energy Service Providers (ESPs) plan to invest in approximately 1,000 MW of new resources combined (see bar graph above). CCAs are the load-serving entities (LSEs) "with the vast majority of planned new resource purchases through 2030,” the CPUC said.

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