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RESOLUTION NO. dS- 86
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Lighting Department
to apply for an exemption from Section 133 under
PURPA
WHEREAS, the Lighting Department, City of Port Angeles
is a jurisdictional utility under the provisions of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) of 1978, and,
WHEREAS, the Department is required to comply with
the provisions of Section 133 of the aforesaid Act unless an
exemption is granted on application filed prior to December 31,
1980, and,
WHEREAS, this City Council is the legally authorized
policy governing entity for the Department, and,
WHEREAS, all meetings and activities of this Council
are opened to the public, and,
WHEREAS, this Council believes that good information
with regards to costs of providing service must be readily avail-
able on a timely basis to everyone concerned, and,
WHEREAS, the Department has provisions for public
review of all cost and ratemaking information, and,
WHEREAS, we believe that the Department has rates in
effect which are cost-of-service based, are non-discriminatory
between classes of customers, and,
WHEREAS, We, the City Council of the City of Port
Angeles, Washington, believe that the general purpose of Section
l33 is being fulfilled at the Department, that mandatory reporting
of the required information would not further that purpose but
would add a significant cost burden to the customers of this
utility, and that Congress could not have intended that a system
with only 8000 customers be subject to this information reporting,
and,
WHEREAS, the Department desires to seek an exemption
from Section 133 under the provisions of Subpart 0 of the Act,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of Port Angeles, as follows;
Section I: That the Department shall prepare and
file prior to December 31, 1980, an application for exemption from
the June 30, 1982, proviison of Section 133 of PURPA.
Section II: That this Council recognizes the efforts
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to assure that
all sides are fairly represented at rate proceedings and share in
FERC's endorsement of the objectives of the national energy legis-
lation. However, the extensive gathering of data for this utiltiy
will not particularly further public involvement in the ratemaking
process, but instead would create a significant cost burden to be
passed on to the ratepayer. Therefore, we respectfully request
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to act favorably on the
Department's exempt application.
Section III: That the appropriate grounds for exemp-
tion are as follows:
a) The Department maintains a policy of developing
sufficient data to manage the utility and to address ratemaking
and social issues facing it.
b) The Department has implemented alternate manage-
ment procedures having substantially the same purposes of the Act
and requirements of Section 133 as same pertains to non-generating
utili ties.
c) The Department is primarily a distribution utility
having as its sales a large percentage of high load factor cus-
tomers.
Section IV: That the Department's staff shall re-
write and re-phrase these findings as appropriate to formalize the
application for filing.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS ~ day of December, 1980.
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Mar~an C. Parri3h, City Clerk
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APPR9VED AS TO 'FORM:
Attorney
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MEMO:
December 12, 1980
TO:
Dave Flodstrom, Mayor Haguewood and Councilmembers ~~
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Rob Orton, Director of Finance & Administrative Servies
FROM:
RE :
PURPA Exemption from Section 133
The attached resolution authorizes the City to file an exemption to
PURPA Section 133.
It is merely a formality in the exemption process.
Thank you.
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