REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 09/07/2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Utilities Department
SUBJECT:
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Resolution approving and attesting to the veracity of the 2021 Power Source Disclosure Program Annual Report and associated Power Content Label to the California Energy Commission for the year ending December 31, 2021.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
City Council consideration of a Resolution approving and attesting to the veracity of the 2021 Power Source Disclosure Program Annual Report and associated Power Content Label to the California Energy Commission. For compliance under the California Energy Commission regulation, all Publicly Owned Utilities' governing bodies are required to approve and attest to the veracity of the Power Source Disclosure Program Annual Reports and the associated Power Content Label by October 1 of each year.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2022-115, approving and attesting to the veracity of the 2021 Power Source Disclosure Program Annual Report and associated Power Content Label to the California Energy Commission for the year ending December 31, 2021.
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
The requirement of this process was initiated by Senate Bill 1305 (SB 1305) in 1997 to ensure that all retail suppliers of electricity disclose to consumers the sources of energy used to provide the electric service in an accurate, reliable, and easy to understand manner. The SB 1305 Report is commonly referred to as the Power Source Disclosure (PSD) Report. The Utilities Department submits an annual PSD Report to the California Energy Commission (CEC) by June 1 each year. The information in this report is used to prepare the annual Power Content Label (PCL), which is provided to our customers by October 1 of each year by posting the PCL on the City's website as well as the CEC's website.
ANALYSIS:
In 2017, the CEC regulation implemented by SB 1305 was amended ...
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