HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-05-13; City Council; Resolution 2008-1381 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-138
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, OPPOSING THE PROPOSED
3 CARLSBAD ENERGY CENTER PROJECT (CECP)
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5 WHEREAS, NRG Energy, Inc., has submitted an Application for Certification
6 (AFC) for the Carlsbad Energy Center Project (CECP) to the California Energy
7 Commission (CEC), and
^ WHEREAS, the CEC has jurisdiction in approving new power plants, and
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WHEREAS, the proposed CECP would be a new 540-megawatt power plant
10 located at the existing Encina Power Station (EPS) site, and
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WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad recognizes the need to develop energy
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resources that meet the growing demands of our region, and
14 WHEREAS, as home to the existing EPS since the 1950s and numerous other
15 regional facilities, Carlsbad understands a community's responsibility in hosting regional
16 resources and the impacts associated with such, and
17 WHEREAS, due to recent advances in technology, a state-of-the-art power plant
18 is not a coastal dependent land use, and
19 WHEREAS, the proposed CECP would continue the industrial land use at the
20 EPS site for an additional 40 years, and
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WHEREAS, the proposed CECP may negatively impact the future
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redevelopment of the EPS site, and
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WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has reviewed the AFC and found it to be
25 inconsistent and detrimental to the best interests of the community, and
26 WHEREAS, the proposed CECP contains several unidentified and/or
27 objectionable concerns, including: land use compatibility, water supply, visual
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1 resources, noise impacts, green house gas emissions, and industrial wastewater
2 discharge, and
3 WHEREAS, the proposed CECP has not adequately analyzed alternate site
proposals, and
WHEREAS, any proposed power plant should be located away from the
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coastline to avoid impacting significant coastal resources, and
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WHEREAS, the proposed CECP has failed to demonstrate any extraordinary8
9 public benefit as required by the South Carlsbad Coastal Redevelopment Plan.
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11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
12 Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2. The City Council declares its intention to oppose the proposed Carlsbad
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Energy Center project.
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3. The City Council supports the re-use of the existing Encina Power Station
18 site to provide greater public benefit.
19 4. City Staff is hereby directed to continue to work with NRG and San Diego
20 Gas and Electric to help identify alternate solutions to regional energy
demands.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Carlsbad on the 13th day of May, 2008, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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ATTEST:
ORRAIKIE M. WOOD, City Cle