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RESOLUTION NO. 2012-36
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND UTILITY
BOARD OF THE CITY OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA
APPOINTING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY TO
PROVIDE GHG COMPLIANCE DIRECTION TO THE LEC
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah is a participant in the Lodi Energy Center
project owned. and managed by the Northern California Power Agency; and
WHEREAS, Cap & Trade regulations adopted by the California Air
Resources Board in furtherance of AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act
require the electric utility sector to reduce GHG emissions beginning in
calendar year 2013; and
WHEREAS, under Cap & Trade, "Covered Entities" such as the Northern
California Power Agency (NCPA) in its role as operator/owner of the LEC
Project, has the obligation to comply with Cap & Trade regulations including
the obligation to surrender GHG Compliance Instruments .(i.e. Allowances)
related to GHG emissions attributed to the LEC project; and
i WHEREAS, the LEC Project Management and Operations Agreement
(PMOA), as amended by the First Amendment and as supplemented by the
associated Schedule 11, provides an LEC participant with the option to direct
NCPA to purchase Compliance Instruments on its behalf; and
WHEREAS, the PMOA provides that LEC participants who may wish to
provide NCPA with direction to purchase Compliance Instruments on its
behalf shall designate an authorized representative and an alternative to
• provide such direction to NCPA via written and signed Participant Purchase
Directives.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council and Utility Board of the City of Ukiah
resolve as follows:
Section 1: Appoints the Electric Utility Director as the City of Ukiah's duly
authorized representative to issue and sign Participant Purchase
Directives to NCPA related to the acquisition of Compliance Instruments
for the Lodi Energy Center project.
Section 2: Appoints the City Manager as the City of Ukiah's duly
authorized alternate representative to issue and sign Participant Purchase
Directives to NCPA related to the acquisition of Compliance Instruments
for the Lodi Energy Center project in the absence of the authorized
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representative.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City of Ukiah City Council on September 5,
2012, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Councilmember Thomas, Rodin, Baldwin, Crane, and Mayor Landis
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Mary Anne Landis, Mayor
ATTEST: (J
y Clerk
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