Powers of Agency. TPPA shall have the power, in its own name to: make and enter into contracts; employ agents and employees; establish committees, as necessary, and provide general directives for the work of such committees; explore and act upon ways of securing additional sources of power and means of making it available to member agencies and other customers; acquire, hold and dispose of property; take appropriate measures to meet all financial obligations of the Agency through assessments and other contributions, as hereinafter provided for; to adopt rules and regulations and to incur only those debts, liabilities or obligations necessary for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Agreement. The Agency shall have all powers common to Member Agencies, including powers set forth elsewhere in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in furtherance of Section I, TPPA shall have the power (a) to establish and operate a program for the acquisition and delivery of power under the terms of that certain “Agreement Relating to Service to Calaveras Public Power Agency and Tuolumne Public Power Agency Under Western Area Power Administration-PG&E Wholesale Distribution Tariff Service Agreement (Appendix B),” or any successor or replacement agreement and (b) establish and operate a program(s) for the acquisition and delivery of power (i) as a public agency under Public Utilities Code section 218.3(b) pursuant to the State’s Direct Access program and (ii) as or for a Community Choice Aggregator under Public Utilities Code section 331.1 pursuant to the State’s Community Choice Aggregation program. At the discretion of the TPPA Board of Directors, TPPA may jointly or separately operate the above-described programs, in whole or part.
Powers of Agency. 7.1 The Agency has the powers common to governmental entities and is hereby authorized to do all acts necessary for the exercise of said common powers, including, but not limited to, any or all of the following:
