HomeMy WebLinkAbout16-10RESOLUTION NO. 1 -10
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, approving the 2010 Electric Utility Resource Plan.
WHEREAS, the City strives to ensure that its citizens have reliable access to electricity
resources adequate to meet their projected loads; and
WHEREAS, the City must submit an Electric Utility Resource Plan to the Washington
Department of Commerce by September 1, 2010 as required by RCW 19.280.030; and
WHEREAS, the 2010 Electric Utility Resource Plan is consistent with the City' s existing
energy conservation programs operated in cooperation with the Bonneville Power
Administration, and Electric Power Plan adopted by the Northwest Power and Conservation
Council; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the June 2009 Northwest Public Power Association's Tier 2
power supply workshop, on February 7, 2010 the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
adopted Ordinance No. 3391 to create a Conservation and Renewable Energy Program fund for
fiscal administration and accounting of monies received or appropriated by the City Council in
addition to funding received from the Bonneville Power Administration. The Conservation and
Renewable Energy Program fund is for acquiring cost effective energy conservation measures,
renewable energy systems, and distributed generating resources; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Angeles will re- consider the 2010
Electric Utility Resource Plan in its upcoming deliberations for purchasing Tier 2 power from
the Bonneville Power Administration for the October 1, 2014 to September 20, 2019 time period,
which must be made by September 30, 2011; and
WHEREAS, the City must update its Electric Utility Resource Plan on a regular basis at
minimum intervals of every two years as required by RCW 19.280.030; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Angeles Washington, being the
governing body of the said consumer -owned electric utility did, after public notice, hold public
hearings on the 3rd of August 2010 and the 17 of August 2010 to provide the opportunity for
consumers and the public to participate and comment on the 2010 Electric Utility Resource Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles Washington that the 2010 Electric Utility Resource Plan as prepared by the Director of
Public Works and Utilities attached hereto as Exhibit A be approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 2010 Electric Utility Resource Plan, together
with this Resolution, shall be electronically filed through the Internet with the Department of
Commerce of the State of Washington no later than the 1s of September 2010 and also be
published and made available to the public through the City of Port Angeles website.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 17 day of August 2010.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Dari Di Guilio, Mayor
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J. a Hurd, City Clerk William TBloor, City Attorney