HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1439 ORDINANCE NO. 1439
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY CHOICE
AGGREGATION PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES
CODE
WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park ("City") is a general law city and a political
subdivision of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, the City is pursuing alternative energy solutions in hopes of bettering
the current and future environmental and economic conditions of its community and
region; and
WHEREAS,the City has been actively investigating options to procure and provide
electric power to its citizens with the intent of achieving greater local involvement over the
provision of electric services and promoting competitively priced renewable energy; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2002, the Governor signed into law Assembly Bill
117 which consists of amendments to and additions of Sections 218.3, 331.1, 366, 366.2,
381.1, 394 and 394.25 of the California Public Utilities Code (the "Act"), which authorizes
any California city or county, whose governing body so elects, to combine the electricity
load of its residents and businesses in a community-wide electricity aggregation program
known as Community Choice Aggregation ("CCA"); and
WHEREAS, through Docket No. R.03-10-003, the California Public Utilities
Commission ("Commission") has issued various decisions and rulings addressing the
implementation of Community Choice Aggregation programs, including the issuance of a
procedure by which the Commission will review Implementation Plans, which are required
for submittal under the Act as the means of describing the CCA program and assuring
compliance with various elements contained in the Act; and
WHEREAS, an initial technical study concluded that a CCA Program would serve
the City and provide benefits to include the use of renewable energy at or above the
required Renewable Portfolio Standard level while providing economic benefits to the
City; and
WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park CCA Implementation Plan was considered and
approved by the Baldwin Park City Council at its regular meeting of November 14, 2018;
and
WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park CCA Implementation Plan was subsequently filed
with the Commission for review and certification; and
WHEREAS, as described in the Implementation Plan, Community Choice
Aggregation by and through the City appears to provide a reasonable opportunity to
accomplish all of the following: (a) provide greater levels of local involvement in and
collaboration on energy decisions; (b) increase the amount of locally supplied renewable
energy available to the City's citizens; and (c) provide initial price stability, long-term
electricity cost savings and other benefits for the community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the public interest and
welfare to establish a CCA Program; and
WHEREAS,the Act requires Community Choice Aggregation program participants
to adopt an ordinance electing to implement a Community Choice Aggregation program
within the jurisdiction of the local government agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. RECITALS
That the recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated as
though fully set forth herein.
Section 2. APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY CHOICE AGGREGATION
PROGRAM
That the City Council hereby approve and direct that the City proceed with the
implementation of the Baldwin Park CCA program within the City's jurisdiction, as
described in the Implementation Plan.
Section 3. SEVERABILITY
That the City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph,
sentence or word of this ordinance be rendered or declared invalid by any final court
action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the
remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of this ordinance as
hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
That this ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
Section 5. CERTIFICATION
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park held on the
20th day of March, 2019, and adopted and ordered published at a regular meeting of said
Council on the 3rd day of April, 2019.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED his 3rd day of April, 2019.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, JEAN M. AYALA, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the
foregoing ordinance was introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting
of the City Council on March 20, 2019. Thereafter, said Ordinance No. 1439 was duly
approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on April 3, 2019 by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Avila, Garcia, Hernandez, Lozano, Pacheco
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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