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RESOLUTION NO. 1779
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARLSBAD
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING A POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CLEAN ENERGY
ALLIANCE FOR THE MAERKLE RESERVOIR HYDROGENERATOR AND
AUTHORIZING THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF
DIRECTORS’ PRESIDENT TO SIGN IT
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Municipal Water District, or CMWD has been operating a hydroelectric
turbine generator, or hydrogenerator, at the Maerkle Reservoir site since 2015; and
WHEREAS, the CMWD is currently party to an agreement with the Clean Energy Alliance, or CEA,
under the Renewable Energy Self-Generation Bill Credit Transfer Program; and
WHEREAS, staff have identified that to increase the financial benefit of the hydrogenator, the
CMWD could transition to a Power Purchase Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on July 31, 2025, the CEA Board of Directors signed the Power Purchase Agreement
in Attachment A.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water
District of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the CMWD Board has determined that the proposed action is not a “project” as
defined by the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, Section 21065 and CEQA
Guidelines Section 15378(a) and does not require environmental review under CEQA
Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2) because the action is limited to the execution of a power
purchase agreement for an existing facility. The action has no potential to cause either
a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment.
3.That the CMWD Board approves and authorizes the Board President to sign the Power
Purchase Agreement with the CEA for the Maerkle Reservoir Hydrogenerator in
Attachment A.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Municipal Water District of the City of Carlsbad and the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, California on the 9th day of September, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Shin.
NAYS: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
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KEITH BLACKBURN, President
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SHERRY FREISINGER, Secretary
(SEAL)
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