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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 081-19951 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JEROME F. COLEMAN LRY ATTORNEY CITY OF BUR LINGAME SOI PRIMROSE ROAD BURLINOAME. GIJF.94O10 RESOLUTION NO. 81 -95 AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE ABAG POWER PURCHASING POOL RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Burlingame, California, and this Council does hereby FIND, ORDER and DETERMINE as follows: WHEREAS, the Public Agency is currently purchasing natural gas and related transportation and distribution services from Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E); and WHEREAS, energy rates in the Bay Area are among the highest in the nation, particularly for natural gas; and WHEREAS, deregulation of the natural gas industry in 1986 and deregulation of the electric services industry currently under consideration by the California Public Utilities Commission and the State legislature is creating new opportunities for local governments to lower their energy costs through collective action; and WHEREAS, there are no existing power purchasing pools for Bay Area local governments interested in lower energy costs; and WHEREAS, bulk purchasing of natural gas has proven itself to be a legal and cost-effective means to achieve reduction in energy costs through the use of a competitive bid program; and WHEREAS, it would benefit the Public Agency to be prepared to take advantages of any coming changing in the regulation of the electric market; and WHEREAS, the Public Agency is a member of the Association of Bay Area Govern- ments (ABAG); and WHEREAS, ABAG, in conjunction with New Energy Ventures, Inc. (NEV), proposes to form a Power Purchasing Pool Program to aggregate natural gas needs of interested ABAG members and associate members, to collectively negotiate a purchase of natural gas and transportation services through a competitive request for proposals, and to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 JEROME F. COLEMAN CRY ATTORNEY CITY OF BURLI N GAME 301 PRIMROSE ROAD BURUNOAME, CAUF. 84010 negotiate an agreement with PG&E for distribution of natural gas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Burlingame of the Public Agency hereby authorizes the participation of the Public Agency in the ABAG Power Purchasing Pool to undertake a bulk purchasing program for natural gas *44YAk6WHW on behalf of the Public Agency and other ABAG members or cooperating members. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to enter into a subscription agreement with ABAG, in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A appoint- ing ABAG as the agent for the Public Agency in negotiating a distribution agreement with PG&E, issuing a Request for Proposal for the purchase and transportation of natural gas and negotiation of a contract with the responsive, responsible proposer proposing the lowest costs. FINALLY, BE IT ALSO RESOLVED, that the City Manager is authorized to execute and deliver the contracts negotiated by ABAG on behalf of the Public Agency and is appointed the Public Agency's representative on ABAG's Power Purchasing Committee to oversee the operation of Power Purchasing Pool program. I, Judith A. Malfatti, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 16th day of OCTOBER , 1995, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: CoUNCILMEMBERS: HARRISON, KNIGHT, O'MAHONY, PAGLIARO, SPINELLI NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: CoUNCILMEMBERS: NONE k"