HomeMy WebLinkAbout555ORDINANCE NO. 555
AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
IRWINDALE ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY AGGREGATION PROGRAM FOR
THE CITY OF IRWINDALE AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR THE PROVISION OF
ELECTRICITY TO THE COMMUNITY
WHEREAS, the City of Irwindale has been developing a program to protect residents and
businesses against exorbitant and volatile electricity prices and reliability, including making a
significant financial commitment to participate in the development of a power plant and
seriously exploring other power supply options; and
WHEREAS, the program contemplated by the City of Irwindale includes the utilization
of the direct access (community aggregation) program created by Assembly Bill 1890 as a
mechanism for delivery of purchased power to the residents and businesses in the community;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Irwindale is in the process of making long-term commitments to
generate and/or acquire electric energy to support the establishment of a community aggregation
program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Irwindale's ability to create a community aggregation program
and deliver lower cost power to City residents and businesses will be significantly hindered or
prohibited by a decision of the California Public Utilities Commission that would suspend direct
access programs after June 30, 2001; and
WHEREAS, City of Irwindale desires to establish a community aggregation program in
keeping with its current plans and investments to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
community.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IRWINDALE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Irwindale hereby establishes a community
aggregation program to, among other things, aggregate the electrical load of residential,
commercial, industrial, and public entity customers within the City of Irwindale, together with
the electrical load of the City of Irwindale.
SECTION 2. Any contracts with customers under the community aggregation program
shall have, or shall be deemed to have, an effective date of even date with the effective date of
this ordinance; provided, however, it is acknowledged that contracts may not be necessary under
certain forms of community aggregation.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to take such actions as may be
necessary to develop and implement a plan for the community aggregation program.
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SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Irwindale hereby reserves the right to
ratify, modify, suspend, rescind or terminate the community aggregation program established by
this ordinance.
SECTION 5. The City Council finds that there is a current and immediate threat to the
protection of the public health, safety and welfare insofar as providing a safe, affordable, and
reliable supply of power may be hindered if a community aggregation program is not established
before July 1, 2001. The City Council adopts the recitals set forth above as legislative findings
of the threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, and declares that such threat requires the
immediate adoption of this ordinance on an urgency basis pursuant to Section 606 of the City
Charter and Government Code Section 36937.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and adoption of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be posted at the designated locations in the City of
Irwindale.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 28"' ((av of June 2001.
Mark A. Breceda, Mayor
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I, Linda J. Kimbro, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Irwindale, California, do hereby certify that
the forgoing Ordinance No. 555, was duly introduced and adopted on an urgency basis at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 28th day of June 2001, by the following roll call
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
Miranda, Ramirez, Garcia, Tapia, Mayor Breceda
None
None
None
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Linda J. Kimbro, Deputy City Clerk, certify that I caused a copy of Ordinance No. 555, adopted by the City Council of the
ity of Irwindale at its regular eting held June 28, 2001, to be posted at the City Hall, Library, and Post Office on July 9, 2001.
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Li J. Kimbro, M Dated: July 9, 2001
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