HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 6347 (Relicensing Hydroelectric Projects)RESOLUTION NO. 6347
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
IN SUPPORT OF RELICENSING OF HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS TO
THE PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
WHEREAS, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company has over
the past 100 years developed a safe, reliable, and economic
system of hydroelectric generating facilities for the benefit of
its customers living throughout central and northern California;
and
WHEREAS, PG&E's 3.4 million customers represent an area
population of over 9 million people who now enjoy the benefits of
this power PG&E generates without the use of fossil fuels; and
WHEREAS, certain of these hydroelectric facilities,
consisting of projects licensed by the Federal Power Commission,
now known as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) are
subject to consideration for relicense by FERC; and
WHEREAS, efforts are being made by certain municipal
entities to secure for themselves six PG&E powerhouses on the
Mokelumne and Feather Rivers through application to FERC; efforts
which, if successful, would transfer ownership and operation of
these hydroelectric facilities away from PG&E and divert the low
cost power away from PG&E's customers and into their hands;
and
WHEREAS, it would be directly contrary to the best
interests of the citizens of San Rafael and to the best interests
of the millions of PG&E customers throughout northern and central
California whose rates have supported PG&E's ownership and opera-
tion of these facilities, if the Rock Creek and Cresta plants on
the Feather River (Project No. 1922) and the Mokelumne River
Project (Project No. 137) were cut out of the hydroelectric
generating system PG&E uses them to serve them; and
WHEREAS, if these projects were to be transferred to
the municipalities seeking them, PG&E's customers will be forced
to pay, every year, increased costs for electricity from oil or
gas fired generating facilities in amounts up to $100,000,000;
and
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WHEREAS, the continued ownership, operation and improve -
meat of its hydroelectric generating facilities by PG&E is essen-
tial to the social and economic well being of the people of
northern and central California; and
WHEREAS, retention of these projects by PG&E is the
only course providing for the fullest improvement and utilization
of these resources in the public interest.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of
San Rafael hereby urges and requests that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission promptly grant Pacific Gas and Electric
Company's relicensing applications and to reject the applica-
tions of the municipalities and associations seeking to take these
projects away from PG&E and its customers.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be provided to:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
825 No. Capitol, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20426
Senator S. Hayakawa
1390 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Congressman John Burton
910 "D" Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Senator Alan Cranston
1 Halladie Plaza, Suite 301
San Francisco, CA 94102
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
P.O. Box 2669
San Rafael, CA 94912
I, JEANNE M. LEONCINI, Clerk of the City of San Rafael,
hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of said
City on Tuesday , the 6th day of July 1982, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:Breiner, Frugoli, Jensen, Miskimen & Mayor Mulryan
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:None
JJWNE M. LEONCINi, City Clerk
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