1983-54 RESOLUTION NO. 83-54
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF, THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE
RELICENSING OF HYDROELECTRIC,PROJECTS TO THE
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY. (FERC PROJECT
NOS. 1388 & 1389)
WHEREAS, hydroelectric projects, owned and operated by Southern
California Edison Company (SCE), have utilized and developed our nation 's
_ natural resources, spreading .the benefits of this low-cost electricity to
millions of Californians; and
WHEREAS, these customers, including the citizens of Grand Terrace, now
face the possibility, however, that the hydroelectric projects which they
helped develop and pay for may be taken away by municipal agencies; and,
from the standpoint of the broad public interest, it is preferable for as many
people as possible to continue to share the benefits of inexpensive
hydroelectric power; and
WHEREAS, SCE has over the past century developed a safe, reliable, and
economic system of hydroelectric generating facilities dedicated to the use
and benefit of more than three mi-Ilion customers representing an area
population of over nine million people; 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 of
relicensing by FERC: and
WHEREAS, certain municipal entities are endeavoring to secure for
themselves two SCE hydroelectric powerplants, which efforts, if successful ,
would result in the transfer of ownership and operation of these hydroelectric
facilities from SCE, and would divert low cost power away from millions: of-.�- ..-
Central and Southern California customers for the benefit of a few thousand
served by the municipal entities; and
WHEREAS, it would be directly contrary both to the best i-nt6rest of
the City of Grand Terrace and to the best interest of the millions --of other'
residential , commercial , agricultural , and industrial customers served by_=SCE-;.,
whose rates have supported the ownership and operation of these hydroelectric °-
facilities, were FERC to remove from the hydroelectric generating systems of
SCE the following facilities:
1. SCE Rush Creek Project (Project No. 1389),
which is located near June Lake on the eastern
slope of the Sierra Nevada about 60 miles north
of Bishop, California;
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2. SCE Poole Project (Project No. 1388), which is
located on Lee Vining Creek, also north of
Bishop; and
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WHEREAS, if any of these projects were to be transferred to the
municipal entities seeking them, the customers served by SCE would be forced
to pay, every year, increased power costs for electricity from oil; or gas
fired generating facilities; and
WHEREAS, the continued ownership, operation, and improvement of their
hydroelectric generating facilitries by SCE is essential to the public interest
and to the social and economic well-being of Central .and Southern California
consumers; and
WHEREAS, retention of these projects by their current owners is the
only course consistent with the fullest improvement and utilization of these
resources in the public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace hereby urges and requests that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission relicense these hydroelectric facilities to SCE and to reject the
applications of the municipal agencies seeking to take the benefits of
projects away from the millions of customers serviced by SCE.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that said City Council hereby requests that all
hearings concerning hydroelectric relicensing applications by SCE be conducted
in the service territory where the projects are located and where the public
they were built to serve lives and works.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be provided to
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the California Public Utilities
Commission, appropriate members of the United States Congress, appropriate
members of the California Legislature, the Southern California Edison Company,
and the League of California Cities.
ADOPTED this loth day of November, 1983.
ATTEST:
City rc o t e -City o an ayor o e i o ran rrace
,,Te�^race and of the Ci ty C nci 1 and of the i ty Council thereof.
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Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF 'GRAND TERRACE )
I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY ,that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the loth day of
November, 1983, and that it was so adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Rigley, Petta, Nix, Pfennighausen
Mayor Grant.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
City C er o t e City of -.Grand rr:ace'
and of th City Council thereof:.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
,I, MYRNA ERWAY, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY
CERTIFYIthat the above and foregoing is a full , true, and correct copy of
Resolution No. 83-54 of said City, and that the same has not been amended or
repealed.
DATED: November 14, 1983.
City C er f the City of Gra; ;Terrace : ^
and of th City Council there
November 16, 1983
Send to parties listed below:
RE: Relicensing of Hydroelectric Projects to
Southern California Edison
Enclosed is a copy of our Resolution No. 83-54, adopted by our City
Council on November 10, 1983, requesting that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission relicense the hydroelectric projects to Southern
California Edison Company, who has owned and operated them, and to reject
the applications of the municipal agencies seeking to take the benefits of
projects away from the millions of customers serviced by SCE. We urge
your support in this matter.
Sincerely,
HUGH J. GRANT
Mayor
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Enclosure
The Honorable William Leonard The Honorable Leonard Grimes
Assemblyman, 61st District President
1323 W. Colton, Suite 101 California Public Utilities Commis
Redlands,, CA 92373 350 McAllister Street, Rm. 5026
San Francisco, CA 94102
The Honorable Ruben S. Ayala
Senator, 34th District Sue Noreen, Area Manager (Picked
515 N. Arrowhead Ave. , Suite 100 SCE
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Mr. Kenneth F. Plumb, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission League of California Cities
825 N. Capitol Street, N.E. 1406 "K" Street
Washington, D.C. 20426 Sacramento, CA 95814Gentlemen
Honorable Jerry Lewis
United States Representative
37th District