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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, (1) ADOPTING REVISED SCHEDULE FIT (FEED- IN TARIFF FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION FACILITIES ); AND (2 ) MAKING
FINDINGS OF FACT
WHEREAS, the City of Riverside’s (“City”) Department of Public Utilities (“RPU”) has submitted for action by the Board of Public Utilities (“Board”) and the City Council, the proposed adoption and approval of revised Electric Rate Sch edule FIT (Feed -In Tariff For Renewable Energy Generation Facilities); and
WHEREAS, State Senate Bill 32 (SB32), enacted on October 11, 2009, added Public Utilities Code ( “PUC”) Section 387.6, now PUC Section 399.32, that require s publicly owned utilities (“POUs”), such as Riverside, to establish a feed - in tariff (“FIT”) for renewable energy generators located within the POU service territory wishing to sell to the utility the output from a California Energy Commission (CEC) certified wind and\ /or solar energy generation facility, with an effective capacity of no more than three (3) megawatts to the POU; and WHEREAS, PUC Section 399.32 also requires that the customer - generator must have ownership of environmental attributes and renewable energy credits ( “RECs”) associated with energy delivered to RPU's electric grid, and compliance with RPU's Electric Rule 22, Distributed Generation Facilities Interconnection; and
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2010, the City Co uncil approved Schedule FIT, “Feed- In Tariff for Renewable Energy Generation Facilities” (Schedule FIT) effective January 1, 2011.
Customer - generators that receive incentives or rebates from RPU for the construction of the renewable energy generation facility are not eligible for Schedule FIT. Participation in Schedule FIT is limited to RPU's proportionate share of the statewide peak demand of 750 MW, which is
7.6 MW, as approved by the City Council on December 14, 2010; and WHEREAS, RPU currently has had no customer -generators under the Feed -In Tariff Program. The proposed changes to Schedule FIT are intended to address a limitation under the current program that prohibited customer generators from securing financing for their projects and thus limited participation under the tariff; and
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WHEREAS, the proposed amendments address the limitation and are consistent with other POUs for which customers are able to participate. Staff is also proposing to include administrative reviews for standard agreements that are necessary for the tariff’s implementation. Proposed are many customer -generator benefits including a minimum facility size, three optional Power Purchase Agreement terms, price certainty for the term of Purchase Power Agreement, Standard Form Pu rchase Power Agreement, and Standard Form Feed -in Tariff Generating Facility Interconnection Agreement; and
WHEREAS, RPU staff submitted to the City's Board of Public Utilities (“Board ”) the proposed adoption and approval of revised Electric Rate Schedule FIT (Feed -In Tariff For Renewable Energy Generation Facilities) . The proposed changes become effective following adoption by the Board and approval by the City Council; and WHEREAS, the Board of Public Utilities conducted a public hearing, notice of which was duly published in The Press-Enterprise on October 28, 2022, and November 6, 2022, in compliance with Government Code Sections 66018 and 6062a, on November 14, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. to consider the revisions noted herein; and
WHEREAS, after considering all staff and public comment thereon, on November 14, 2022, the Board adopted and establi shed revised Electric Rate Schedule FIT (Feed -In Tariff For Renewable Energy Generation Facilities) to be effective upon approval by the City Council; and WHEREAS, on December 13, 2022, the City Council review ed such proposed changes and adopted such proposed changes.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED:
Section 1: That the findings of fact of the Board of Public Utilities made in its Resolution No. 2022-3, which Resolution is attached hereto as Attachment 1 and incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference, are hereby adopted as findings of the City Council.
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ection 2: That the Public Utilities Department is directed to prepare and file the Notice of Exemption and such other documents as are required by the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code sections 21000 et seq.) in connection with the proposed rule revisions.
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Section 3: That the revised Electric Rate Sch edule FIT (Feed-In Tariff For Renewable Energy Generation Facilities) as set forth in Exhibit A to Attachment 1 and incorporated herein, are hereby approved under and pursuant to Section 1202(e) of the Charter of the City of Riverside, California, and shall become effective upon such date of approval.
ADOPTED by the City Council and signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk this ____ day of _______________, 2022.
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Mayor of the City of Riverside
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City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the ____ day of _______________, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Abstain:
Absent:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of _________________, 2022.
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City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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ATTACHMENT 1
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-3 OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES