HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-41 CC Reso - PG&E Interconnection Agreement RESOLUTION 2015-41
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH FOR THE APPROVAL OF PG&E
INTERCONNECTION AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, Northern California Power Agency ("NCPA"), Pacific Gas and Electric Company ("PG&E"),
and the NCPA Member Customers' are parties to Service Agreement No. 17 under the PG&E FERC Electric
Tariff Volume No. 5 (the "Interconnection Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Interconnection Agreement contains the terms and conditions under which the parties
coordinate operations of the electrical interconnections between their respective electric systems; and
WHEREAS, the Interconnection Agreement contains provisions that cover the City of Ukiah's load
Points of Interconnection with the PG&E transmission system (as a NCPA Member Customer); and
WHEREAS, the Interconnection Agreement became effective on September 1, 2002, and is set to
expire on October 31, 2015; and
WHEREAS, due to the impending expiration of the Interconnection Agreement, NCPA, PG&E, CAISO
and NCPA Member Customer staff have worked to develop a new interconnection agreement to replace the
existing Interconnection Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this effort a new Interconnection Agreement between PG&E, NCPA and the
NCPA Member Customers (the "New Interconnection Agreement") has been developed ("SGIA"); and
WHEREAS, the New Interconnection Agreement and attached appendices contain the terms and
conditions under which each of the NCPA Member Customer Points of Interconnection will be operated in
coordination with PG&E; and
WHEREAS, while all of the Points of Interconnection covered under the New Interconnection
Agreement are owned and operated by the NCPA Member Customers, NCPA nonetheless is a signatory to the
New Interconnection Agreement due to its role as the NCPA Member Customers' portfolio manager, and in
such role NCPA shall provide support services to the NCPA Member Customers, including, but not limited to,
assisting NCPA Member Customers in performing impact studies and resolving disputes with PG&E; and
WHEREAS, the New Interconnection Agreement will become effective on November 1, 2015, and will
have a term of ten (10) years; and
WHEREAS, by executing the New Interconnection Agreement, the City of Ukiah will not incur any
immediate or direct costs as a result; and
WHEREAS, this activity would not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect change in the
physical environment and is therefore not a "project" for purposes of Section 21065 of the California
Environmental Quality Act.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council adopts and approves the New
Interconnection Agreement, and provides authority to the City Manager to execute the New Interconnection
Agreement, on behalf of the City of Ukiah.
' The NCPA Member Customers are the Cities of Alameda, Biggs, Gridley, Healdsburg, Lodi, Lompoc, Palo Alto, Ukiah,
and Plumas Sierra Rural Electric Cooperative.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on September 2, 2015 by the following Roll Call Vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Mulheren, Doble, Brown, Scalmanini, and Mayor Crane
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Douglas F. dane, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Jar d Thiele, Deputy City Clerk
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