California’s community choice aggregators (CCAs) gathered in Sacramento for the 2026 California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) annual conference, where attendees connected with industry peers, explored emerging strategies and examined key renewable energy issues and opportunities impacting communities statewide.
The conference, which celebrated CalCCA’s 10th anniversary, drew more than 1,000 CCA executives and staff members for a series of interactive workshops, expert-led sessions and panel conversations focused on key industry topics, including energy reliability requirements, financing mechanisms, procurement obstacles and strategies for accessing available funding resources.
Representatives from Clean Power Alliance played an active role throughout the conference, participating in several panels and engaging in a range of discussions and learning opportunities.
CPA CEO Ted Bardacke moderated the session titled, Wildfires, Insurance, and Rebuilding Communities: The Rising Cost of Climate Change and Why the Energy Sector Should Care.

Other CPA staff who participated as panelists in various sessions included:
Sona Coffee, Senior Program Manager – What’s Holding Renters Back? Barriers and Solutions to Electrification and Clean Energy Benefits
Lindsay Descagnia, Vice President, Power Supply – On the ROWE Again: Mapping a New Western Resource Adequacy Framework
Kate Freeman, Strategic Finance Manager – Next Generation CCA Financing Tools and Innovations
CC Song, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs – Leveraging Data for Equitable Impacts
Several CPA board directors and members of the Community Advisory Committee also attended the conference.
During the event, CalCCA commemorated its milestone anniversary, recognizing a decade of leadership and advocacy that has played a significant role in shaping California’s energy future and strengthening the unified voice of CCAs across the state.
The 25 California Community choice aggregators that comprise CalCCA provide electricity to more than 200 communities across California, reaching over 15 million customers and supplying roughly one-third of the state’s power.
Through newly executed clean energy power purchase agreements, CCAs have helped add more than 21,000 megawatts of new-build clean energy capacity through long-term power purchase agreement statewide.
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