HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 3334 1983-11-14
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RESOLUTION NUMBER ~~~~
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH IN SUPPORT OF RELICENSING OF HYDRO-
ELECTRIC PROJECTS TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON COMPANY
Hydroelectric projects, owned and operated by Southern
California Edison Company (SCE), have utilized and developed
our nation's natural resources, spreading the benefits of
this low-cost electricity to millions of Californians.
These customers now face the possibility, however, that the
hydroelectric projects which they helped develop and pay for
may be taken away by municipal agencies. From the standpoint
of the braod public interest, it is preferable for as many
people as possible to continue to share the benefits of
inexpensive hydroelectric power.
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
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SCE has over the past century developed a safe,
reliable, and economic system of hydroelectric
generating facilities dedicated to the use and
benefit of more than three million customers
representing an area population of over 9
million people; and
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certain of these hydroelectric facilities, con-
sisting of projects licensed by the Fe~eral Power
Commission, now known as the Federal Energy
Regular Commission (FERC), are subject to
consideration for relicensing by FERC; and
certain municipal entities are endeavoring to
secure for themselves two SCE hydroelectric
powerplants, which efforts, if successful,
would result in the transfer of ownership
and operation of these hydroelectric facilities
from SCE and would divert low cost power away
from millions of central and Southern California
customers for the benefit of a few thousand
served by the municipal entities; and
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it would be directly contrary both to the best
interest of the residents of Seal Beach and to
the best interest of the millions of other
residential, commercial, agricultural, and
industrial customers served by SCE whose rates
have supported the ownership and operation of
these hydroelectric facilities, were FERC to
remove from the hydroelectric generating systems
of SCE the following facilities:
1. SCE Rush Creek Project (Project No. 1389),
which is located near June Lake on the
Eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada about
sixty miles north of Bishop, California.
2. SCE Poole Project (Project No. 1388),
which is located on Lee Vining Creek also
north of Bishop; and
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if any of these projects were to be transferred to
the municipal entities seeking them, the customers
served by SCE would be forced to pay, every year,
increased power costs for electricity from oil or
gas fired generating facilities; and
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the continued ownership, operation, and improvement
of their hydroelectric generating facilities by SCE
is essential to the public interest and to the
social and economic well-being of central and
Southern California consumers; and
RESOLUTION NUMBER a~.:; 4-
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WHEREAS, retention of these projects by their current owners
is the only course consistent with the fullest
improvement and utilization of these resources in
the public interest;
NOW, THE~EFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Seal
Beach hereby urges and requests that The Federal Energy Regula-
tory Commission relicense these hydroelectric facilities to SCE,
and to reject the applications of the municipal agencies seeking
to take the benefits of projects away from the millions of
customers served by SCE; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Seal Beach hereby requests
that all hearings concerning hydroelectric relicensing applications
by SCE be conducted in the service territory where the projects are
located and where the public they were built to serve lives and
works; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Seal Beach supports the
proposed legislation to amend the Federal Power Act so as to not
allow municipal preference treatment during the relicensing of
hydroelectric facilities; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be provided
to:
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1. Kenneth F. Plumb. Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 204~6
2. California Public Utilities Commission
350 McAllister Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
3. The Orange County Congressional Delegation
4. The Orange County members of the
California Assembly
5. The Orange County media
6. The Southern California Edison Company
ASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Counc~~~f the City of
1 jBeacb at/a meeting thereof held on the I~- day of
~ 1983, by the llowing vote:
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RESOLUTION NUMBER :3.3.:l/
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH )
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I, Joanne M. Yeo, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach,
California, do hereby certify that the for~~resolution
is the original copy of Resolution Number on file in
the office of the City Clerk, passed, approved and adopted
by the City Council of the Cit~.9t, Seal Be~~a ~r
meeting thereof held on the ~ day of m, 1983.
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