HomeMy WebLinkAbout1519RESOLUTION NO. /fJ I '}
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City
of Kent, Washington, relating to the sale of electricity
generated at the federal dams on the Columbia River and its
tributaries as proposed by the Bonneville Power
Administration ("BP A"), and to the impacts of the
proposed allocation on residential and small farm
customers.
WHEREAS, the Bonneville Power Administration ("BP A") is charged
with selling all of the low-cost electricity generated at the federal dams on the Columbia
River and its tributaries; and
WHEREAS, under the Northwest Regional Power Act and other statutes,
the BPA has an obligation to provide federal power benefits to Northwest investor-owned
utilities serving residential and small farm customers; and
WHEREAS, the BP A has stated that it will allocate its limited supply of
post-2001 power supplies in a subscription process, and intends to sign those contracts as
early as November 1998; and
WHEREAS, the BPA estimates that public agencies, which are the BPA's
preference customers, will take as much as 5,500 aMW of firm power; and
WHEREAS, the BPA has indicated that as much as 1,000 aMW of firm
power not taken by the preference customers will be available for direct service
industries, such as aluminum companies, and the BPA further proposes to offer 1,000
aMW of non-firm (interruptible) power to the direct service industries for a total of2,000
aMW; and
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WHEREAS, in its own documents, the BP A acknowledges that it is not
required to sell power to its direct service industries, but that it is statutorily obligated to
provide the benefits of federal power to investor-owned utility loads serving residential
and small farm customers; and
WHEREAS, the BPA has limited the federal power benefits for Northwest
investor-owned utilities serving residential and small farm customers to 1500 aMW,
which is far short of the power needed to adequately meet the needs of 60% of the
region's households served by these investor-owned utilities; and
WHEREAS, every megawatt ofBPA power diverted to the direct service
industrial customers from these investor-owned utilities serving residential and small
farm customers represents a failure of the BPA's obligation to the citizens of the
Northwest; NOW THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated and made fully a
part of this resolution.
SECTION 2. For all the reasons stated above, the Kent City Council
objects to the BP A's current allocation proposal and its attendant policy.
SECTION 3. The Kent City Council requests that the BP A meet its
statutory obligation and allocate all the benefits of federal power resources not taken by
BP A preference customers to northwest investor-owned utilities serving residential and
small farm customers.
PASSED at a regular open public meeting by the City Council of the City of
Kent, Washington, this 3..-ufJ day of ~~ , 1998.
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72 CONCURRED in by the Mayor of the City of Kent this day of
~ ,1998.
ATTEST:
TYCLERK
APPROVED Pl. T ORM:
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy ofResolutionpo. I.$ l'l
-J2ssed by the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, the ~ -jU day of
'Ah/'&11_Lrcy , 1998.
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