HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-74 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 17-74
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA, APPROVING A JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
AND THE CITY OF TEMECULA FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE
COUNTY ENERGY AUTHORITY (SRCEA)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare that:
A. The Local Government Renewable Energy Self-Generation Program,
Public Utilities Code Section 2830, requires that the investor-owned utilities like Southern
California Edison ("SCE") offer a tariff (commonly referred to as the "The Renewable
Energy Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer Program" or "RES-BCT" tariff) that allows
"Local Governments" to generate energy from an "Eligible Renewable Generating
Facility" for their own use as a "Generating Account," export energy not consumed at the
time of generation by the Generating Account onto SCE's grid, and have a bill credit
applied to designated "Benefiting Accounts" for the energy exported onto SCE's grid (as
' such terms are defined therein).
B. Assembly Bill 1773, signed into law on September 26, 2016, amended
Public Utilities Code Section 2830 to expand the definition of an eligible "Local
Government" to include certain joint powers authorities, and to provide the eligibility
requirements for Benefiting Accounts of such authorities. Specifically, the definition of
"Local Government" was revised in Section 2830(a)(6) to include "a joint powers authority
formed pursuant to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) that has as members
public agencies located within the same county and same electrical corporation service
territory, ...".
C. Assembly Bill 1773 further added a new subsection (b) to Section
2830(a)(1) to provide the eligibility requirements for Benefiting Accounts of joint powers
authorities as follows:
"The account or accounts belong to members of a joint powers
authority and are located within the geographical boundaries
of the group of public agencies that formed the joint powers
authority, if the eligible renewable generating facility and
electricity account or accounts are wholly located within the
confines of a single county within which the joint powers
' authority is located and electric service is provided by a single
electrical corporation, with the account or accounts being
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mutually agreed upon by the joint powers authority and the
' electrical corporation,"
D. The City of Lake Elsinore and the City of Temecula are located entirely
within Riverside County and are exclusively within the service territory of SCE.
E. The City of Temecula desires to participate in the Local Government
Renewable Self-Generation Program pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 2830 as a
member of a joint powers authority that is comprised of members that are public agencies
and are authorized and empowered to contract with all the other members for the joint
exercise of powers under Articles I and II, Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 (commencing with
Section 6500) of the California Government Code (the "Act')
SECTION 2. The City of Temecula hereby approves the Joint Powers Agreement of the
Southwest Riverside County Energy Authority, on file as a public record in the Office of
the City Clerk, and the establishment of the Southwest Riverside County Energy Authority
(SRCEA) and authorizes the Mayor to execute such agreement on behalf of the City in
substantially the form presented to the City Council.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Temecula shall appoint two (2)of its members
to serve on the Board of Directors for the SRCEA and shall annually confirm such
appointments.
' SECTION 4. The City Manager of the City of Temecula (or his/her designee provided that
such designee is the Assistant City Manager or a Department Director) is hereby
appointed as the City of Temecula alternate to the Board of Directors for the SRCEA.
SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Resolution
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 24th day of October, 2017.
M, ryann Edwards, Mayor
ATTEST
Rani I, ity Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 17-74 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 24th day of October, 2017, by the
following vote:
AYES: 3 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Edwards
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Rahn
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Stewart
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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