ASSOCIATION OF BAY AREA GOVERNMENTS JOINT POWERS CREATING ABAG POWER

E?{HIBIT A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT creating ABAG POWER The public entities lisp (Agreement) creating Members are public e: each is a public agenc ;d in Appendix A (Members) entered into this Joint Powers Agreement ABAG Publicly Owned Energy Resources (ABAG POWER). All tities organized and operating under the laws of the State of California and as defined in California Government Code Section 6500. RECITALS A. Government C agreement to j enter into this B. Public entities telecommunic functions. C. Federal and telecommui the public i~ D E. Sections 6500-6515, permitting two or more local public entities by y exercise any power common to them, authorizes the Members to me energy in the form of natural gas and/or electricity and use services in the performance of their essential governmental agencies responsible for the regulation of the natural gas, electric and ns industries have determined that deregulation of these industries is in Public entities ave the opportunity to secure energy supplies and related services, manage energ consumption, obtain telecommunications services, manage the use of telecommunic tions services and determine conditions under which the private sector accesses and u es, in a cooperative and coordinated manner, public resources and infrastructure sed in the delivery of such energy and services. The Associatio of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), at its sole expense, has created and implemented a natural gas aggregation to purchase natural gas and related services on behalf of the p ogram participants and has formulated, but not yet implemented, a program to pur hase electricity through direct access and procure related services on behalf of publi entities in the Pacific Gas & Electric Company's (PG&E) service azea. ABAG POWER JPA