In the early 2010s, as Community Choice Aggregation was just beginning to take root in California, a small group of energy leaders gathered on weekly calls to share knowledge and chart a path forward. Representing the state’s first CCA programs, they compared notes on what was working, what wasn’t, and how to navigate the road ahead. There was a palpable sense of excitement. CCAs were emerging as innovative, community-driven players in California’s energy landscape. But alongside that momentum came growing scrutiny on the legislative and regulatory fronts, raising early concerns about how these new entities would be shaped, and challenged, by the state’s evolving policy environment.