For California, 2020 was supposed to be a big year for offshore winds. Industry representatives and stakeholders had hopes of a decision following an RFI for the BOEM call areas, or potentially additional area selections. But BOEM has yet to take any action since 2019 when it identified Humboldt Bay, Morro Bay, and Diablo Canyon as potential offshore wind project sites.

Participating CCAs will have the opportunity to opt-in or out of any future bidding processes according to their needs, but Peninsula CEO Jan Pepper said that the overall advantage of this JPA is the ability to solicit for bigger clean energy projects.

The decarbonization plan follows additional efforts from SVCE for holistic procurement and electrification efforts. In 2020, SVCE also adopted an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Joint Action Plan that calls for investing USD 14m in funding for EV charging.

Community choice aggregate East Bay Community Energy (EBCE) plans to reach a 100 percent clean energy goal by 2030, 15 years ahead of the state schedule.