HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-04-13; City Council; Resolution 2021-084RESOLUTION NO. 2021-084
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, SELECTING THE CLEAN ENERGY ALLIANCE POWER SUPPLY
PRODUCT FOR CITY OF CARLSBAD ELECTRIC SERVICE ACCOUNTS
WHEREAS, Community Choice Aggregation is a mechanism that allows local governments to
purchase and supply electrical power to customers within their jurisdictions as an alternative to the
service provided by an investor-owned utility; and
WHEREAS, on October 8, 2019, the Carlsbad City Council adopted Resolution No. 2019-197
approving and authorizing the execution of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement creating the Clean
Energy Alliance, a Community Choice Aggregation Joint Powers Authority; and
WHEREAS, on October 15, 2019, the Carlsbad City Council approved Ordinance No. CS-362
authorizing the implementation of a Community Choice Aggregation program in Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, Section 6.5 of the Clean Energy Alliance Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement states
that the Alliance's power supply base product will be greater than or equal to 50% qualified
renewable resources; and
WHEREAS, Section 6.5 of the Clean Energy Alliance Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement also
states that the Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors shall establish product options with higher
renewable and/or GHG-free content that each Alliance member may select; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2021, the Clean Energy Alliance Board of Directors adopted Clean
Energy Alliance Resolution No. 2021-007, establishing initial Clean Energy Alliance rates and power
supply product offerings to include:
•Clean Impact — Minimum 50% Renewable Energy Product,
▪Clean Impact Plus — 50% Renewable and 75% Carbon-Free Energy Product, and
II Green Impact — 100% Renewable Energy Product; and
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2021, the Carlsbad City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-053
establishing the Clean Impact 75 (now "Clean Impact Plus") as the default power supply product for all
customer accounts (municipal, commercial, industrial and residential) within the City of Carlsbad.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
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2.That the City of Carlsbad, as an electric service customer within the Clean Energy
Alliance service area, selects Clean Impact Plus
as the power supply product offering to power its electric service accounts within the
City of Carlsbad.
3.That the City Manager or a designee shall provide a copy of this Resolution to the Clean
Energy Alliance.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad, the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District and the Board of Directors of
the Carlsbad Public Financing Authority on the 13th day of April, 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Acosta, Bhat-Patel.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: Schumacher.
MATT HALL, Mayor
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BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
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