HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 1522 I RESOLUTION NO. 1522
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE RELICENSING
3 OF HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
EDISON COMPANY. (FERC PROJECT NO.S 1388 and 1389)
4 WHEREAS, hydroelectric projects, owned and operated by Southern Cali-
fornia Edison Company (SCE) have utilized and developed our nation's natural
6 resources, spreading the benefits of this low-cost electricity to millions of
7 Californians. These customers, including the citizens of San Jacinto, now
8 face the possibility, however, that the hydroelectric projects which they
9 helped develop and pay for may be taken away by municipal agencies. From
10 the standpoint of the broad public interest, it is preferable for as many
11 people as possible to continue to share the benefits of inexpensive hydro-
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electric power; and
13 WHEREAS, SCE has, over the past centurydeveloped a safe, reliable and
14 economic system of hydroelectric generating facilities dedicated to the use
15 and benefit of more than three million customers representing an area popula-
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tion of over 9 million people; and
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WHEREAS, certain of these hydroelectric facilities, consisting of pro-
18 jects licensed by the Federal Power Commission, now known as the Federal
19 Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) , are subject to consideration for re-
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licensing by FERC; and
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1 the following facilities:
2 1 . SCE Rush Creek Project (Project No. 1389), which is located
near June Lake on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada
3 about sixty miles north of Bishop, California.
4 2. SCE Poole Project (Project No. 1388) which is located on
Lee Vining Creek also north of Bishop; and
5 WHEREAS, if any of these projects were to be transferred to the municipal
6 entities seeking them, the customers served by SCE would be forced to pay,
7 every year, increased power costs for electricity from oil or gas fired gener-
ating facilities; and
9 WHEREAS, the continued ownership, operation and improvement of their
10 hydroelectric generating facilities by SCE is essential to the public interest
11 and to the social and conomic well-being of central and southern California;
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13 WHEREAS. retention of these projects by their current owners is the only
14 course consistent with the fullest improvement and utilization of these
15 resources in the public interest;
16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San
17 Jacinto hereby urges and requests that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commis-
18 sion relicense these hydroelectric facilities to SCE, and to reject the appli-
19 cations of the municipal agencies seeking to take the benefits of projects
20 away from the millions of customers served by SCE; and
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1 Appropriate members of the United States Congress
2 Appropriate members of the California Legislature
3 Southern California Edison Company
4 MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED the 17th day of January 1484.
5 ATTEST:
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8 CERTIFICATE
9 The foregoing is certified to be a true copy of Resolution No. 1522
1Q duly adopted by the said City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the day
11 set forth
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