California’s resource adequacy (RA) program is a critical tool to ensure load-serving entities (LSEs) procure the resources that are needed to keep the lights on. A shortfall of RA supply in California has created challenges for LSEs including Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs), resulting in increasing penalties. CalCCA believes the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) needs to take immediate action to address this persistent energy market challenge, one that has been building and worsening for years. Ultimately it is ratepayers that are paying a high price for California’s ongoing RA supply problem. California’s RA shortage makes it difficult, if not impossible, for every LSE to meet its RA requirements. Specifically, the demand for RA in California exceeds the available supply, even after accounting for imports and expected additions of resources, as this recent stack analysis notes: California’s Constrained RA Market: Ratepayers Left Standing in a Game of Musical Chairs.