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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
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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
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