HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-111 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2024-111
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA SUPERCEDING RESOLUTION NO. 20-129 AND
REVISING THE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES
PROCUREMENT PLAN AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR THE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga is authorized under various provisions of
the California Constitution and the general laws of California (including, specifically, Article XI,-
Section 9(a) of the California Constitution, Public Utilities Code Section 10004, and Government
Code section 39732(a)) to establish, purchase, and operate a public utility to furnish its
inhabitants with, among other things, electricity; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga operates a municipal electric utility ("City");
and
WHEREAS, as a municipal electric utility, the City is .generally subject to the legislative
and regulatory requirements applicable to local publicly owned electric utilities ("POUs"); and
WHEREAS, the State of California passed Senate Bill 2 (1st Extraordinary Session)
("SBX1-2"), effective as of December 10, 2011, requiring POUs, including the City, to adopt and
implement, among other things, a renewable energy resources enforcement program and
procurement plan that requires the City to procure a minimum quantity of eligible renewable
energy resources over certain periods; subject to cost limitation and flexible compliance options
as adopted by the Rancho Cucamonga City Council, as the governing board of the City; and
WHEREAS, the California Energy Commission ("CEC") adopted regulations specifying
procedures for the enforcement of the requirements of SBX1-2 on June 12, 2013, and which
became effective on October 1, 2013; and
WHEREAS, on October 7, 2015, Governor Brown signed the Clean Energy and
Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (Senate Bill 350 (De Leon) ("SB 350")), with an effective date of
January 1, 2016; and
WHEREAS, on September 10, 2018, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 100 (De Leon)
("SB 100"), with an effective date of January 1, 2019; and
WHEREAS, SBX1-2, SB 350, and SB 100 required the Rancho Cucamonga City
Council, as the governing board of the City, to ensure that the amount of eligible renewable
energy resources to be procured by the City for the period from January 1, 2011 to December
31, 2013 is equal to an average of 20 percent of retail sales; and that the City makes
reasonable progress to ensure that the procurement of eligible renewable energy resources
achieves 25 percent of retail sales by December 31, 2016, and 33% of retail sales by December
31, 2020, 44 percent by December 31, 2024, 52 percent by December 31, 2027, and 60 percent
by December 31, 2030; and
WHEREAS, Public Utilities Code § 399.30(a) requires California's POUs to adopt a
Renewable Energy Resources Procurement Plan ("RPS Procurement Plan"), and further, Public
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Utilities Code § 399.30(e) requires POUs to adopt and implement a Renewable Energy
Resources Enforcement Program ("RPS Enforcement Program") to enforce the implementation
of a POU's RPS Procurement Plan; and
WHEREAS, Public Utilities Code § 399.30(d)(2)(B) allows the Rancho Cucamonga City
Council to adopt cost limitation measures permitting the City to limit RPS procurement
requirements at a level that prevents disproportionate rate impacts to the City's ratepayers.
WHEREAS, Public Utilities Code § 399.30(d)(2)(A) allows the Rancho Cucamonga City
Council to adopt measures permitting the City to delay timely compliance with the RPS
procurement requirements if any of the following conditions exist 1) transmission constraints 2)
permitting, interconnection, or other circumstances 3) unanticipated curtailment 4) transportation
electrification; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Public Utilities Code § 399.30(e), the City Council, as
the governing board of the City, adopted Resolution No. 11-183 on December 21, 2011,
Resolution No. 13-199 on November 20, 2013 and Resolution No. 20-129 on December 2, 2020
adopting and establishing various updates to its RPS Procurement Plan, which established
compliance periods, adopted RPS procurement targets, specified portfolio balance
requirements consistent with Public Utilities Code § 399.16, described the City's existing and
planned procurement activities, forecasted the City's retail sales and RPS obligations, adopted
rules for excess procurement, and adopted a cost limitation methodology and cost limitation
amount and directed the City Manager or his designee to develop and present to the City
Council an RPS Procurement Plan; and
WHEREAS, City staff has prepared an RPS Procurement Plan for the fourth compliance
period (2021-2024) updating the forecasted retail sales and RPS procurement requirements,
providing an updated description of the City's existing and planned RPS procurement activities,
adopting new procurement targets for the fifth and sixth compliance periods consistent with SB
350 and SB 100, and revising the information and methodology used for establishing a cost
limitation for the fourth compliance period and beyond; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City's Renewable Energy Resource Procurement Plan, Compliance
Period 4 (2021-2024) to Compliance Period 6 (2028-2030), which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein, is hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION 2. As authorized in SB 2 1-X and SB 100, the following alternative
compliance measures are hereby approved and adopted:
i. Delay of Timely Compliance rules are approved and adopted as described in Section 9
of the RPS Plan.
ii. A cost limitation for procurement of expenditures by the City is hereby approved and
adopted as described in Section 10 of the RPS Plan.
SECTION 3. The City Manager or his/her duly authorized designee has developed and
presented for City Council approval a Renewable Energy Resources Procurement Plan,
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including cost limitation and other criteria's consistent with the requirements of the relevant
Public Utilities Code.
SECTION 4. Except for matters specifically reserved for action by the City Council, as
governing board of the City, the City Manager or his/her duly authorized designee is authorized
and directed to do and perform all acts required in the Renewable Energy Resource
Procurement Plan and to periodically provide any updates to the Rancho Cucamonga City
Council.
SECTION 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 2024.
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L. ftennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
ev ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Kim Sevy, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of
December, 2024.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Stickler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 19th day of December, 2024, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
4GSevy06iy Clerk
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