HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-129 - Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 2020-129
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SUPERCEDING
RESOLUTION NO. 11-183 AND NO. 13-199 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
Utilities Code § 399.30(e) requires POUs to adopt and implement a Renewable Energy
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Resources Enforcement Program ("RPS Enforcement Program") to enforce the implementation
of a POU's RPS Procurement Plan; 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,
adopting and establishing an RPS Enforcement Program, which established compliance
periods, adopted RPS procurement targets, authorized the City to establish cost limitations on
procurement expenditures, and directed the City Manager or his designee to develop and
present to the City Council an RPS Procurement Plan; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Public Utilities Code § 399.30(a), the City Council
adopted Resolution No. 13-199 on November 20, 2013, which adopted the City's RPS
Procurement Plan for the first compliance period (2011-2013) and the second compliance
period (2014-2016), which established specific procurement targets for each of the compliance
periods, 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
WHEREAS, City staff has prepared an RPS Procurement Plan for the third compliance
period (2017-2020) 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 fourth, 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 third 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 3 (2017-2020) to Compliance Period 6 (2028-2030), which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein, is hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION 2. The City Manager or his/her duly authorized designee has developed and
presented for City Council approval a Renewable Energy Resources Procurement Plan,
including cost limitation and other criteria's consistent with the requirements of the relevant
Public Utilities Code.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2"d day of December 2020.
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ATTEST:
nice C. Reynolds, Ci y Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, 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
2"d day of December 2020.
AYES: Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Spagnolo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAINED: None
Executed this 3rd day of December, 2020, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
nice C. Reynolds, Ci Clerk
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