RESOLUTION NO. 2025-020
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
ADOPTING A VOLUNTARY ELECTRIC RATE SCHEDULE GP (GREEN
POWER) REGARDING ELECTRICAL RATES TO BE CHARGED FOR
ELECTRICAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTED AND SUPPLIED BY THE CITY
WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. The City of Vernon (City) is a chartered municipal corporation of the State of California that owns and operates a system for the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of electric capacity and energy.
B. Pursuant to Vernon Municipal Code Section 13.36.020, any rates or changes in the rates to be charged and collected for energy supplied by the Vernon electric system shall be set by resolution of the City Council.
C. In response to inquiries from Vernon businesses focused on clean energy and corporate sustainability, City staff conducted research and analysis during 2024 and 2025 to develop a Green Power electric rate schedule for Vernon Public Utilities (VPU). The proposed Green Power electric rate schedule aims to support corporate sustainability objectives for commercial and industrial customers, creating a voluntary rate schedule that goes beyond state-mandated clean energy goals.
D. The Green Power rate schedule provides VPU customers with the option to have their energy needs served with more renewable energy than the minimum standards set by California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard. This rate schedule will allow customers with an active and eligible VPU electric account in good standing to voluntarily elect to participate and pay an additional cost of five (5) cents per kilowatt-hour on their electric bill to recover VPU’s costs to procure more renewable energy, for the customer to achieve a carbon-free footprint. When a VPU customer chooses to enroll in the optional Green Power electric rate schedule, they agree to purchase a predetermined amount of renewable energy that will not exceed their annual energy consumption. Customers must also commit to remaining enrolled in the program for an entire year, which runs from January 1st to December 31st.
E. The General Manager of Public Utilities has recommended the adoption of a new Green Power (GP) electric rate effective August 19, 2025.
F. The City Council of the City of Vernon desires to adopt Electric Rate Schedule No. GP for electrical energy distributed and supplied by the City within its boundaries.
G. On August 7, 2025, a public notice of the proposed Adoption of a Resolution Adopting a Green Power Electric Rate Schedule was published in the Los Angeles Wave (Huntington Park Bulletin).
H. The City Council of the City of Vernon heard and considered this item during its regular meeting on August 19, 2025, and finds that all persons have had the opportunity to be heard or to file written comments to the proposed amendments.
I. The City Council of the City of Vernon has heard and considered all evidence, both written and oral, presented in consideration of the proposed adoption of the Green Power Electric Rate Schedule.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby adopts Electric Rate Schedule No. GP (Green Power), as the City’s rates for the distribution of electrical energy supplied by the City for certain classes of service, to be effective August 19, 2025, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. All resolutions or parts of resolutions not consistent with or in conflict with this resolution are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED August 19, 2025.
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LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF VERNON )
I do hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2025-020 that was passed and adopted at the Regular Meeting held on August 19, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
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CITY OF VERNON
PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Schedule No. GP
GREEN POWER
APPLICABILITY
Applicable to single- and three-phase general service, including lighting and power. This schedule is not applicable to customers enrolled in the following Electric Rate Schedules:
• Schedule No. TOU-D Domestic Service
• Schedule No. TOU PA-1 Power-Ag and Pumping Connect Load Basis • Schedule No. TC-1 Traffic Control Service
• Schedule No. PA-TOU Power-Ag and Pumping TOU
• Schedule No. PA-2 Power-Ag and Pumping Demand Basis
• Schedule No. PA-1 Power-Ag and Pumping Connected Load Basis • Schedule No. OL-1 Outdoor Area Lighting
• Schedule No. LS-2 Lighting-Street and Highway Customer-Owned • Schedule No. LS-1 Lighting-Street and Highway Utility-Owned • Schedule No. D Domestic Service.
TERRITORY
Within the city limits of the City of Vernon.
RATE
The Green Power electric rate schedule is developed to enable customers to pay an additional fee of 5¢ per kilowatt hour (kWh) to bring in a fixed amount of renewable energy that is purchased by the City of Vernon specifically for a customer, that is beyond the state mandated clean energy goals.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
1. Customer enrollment in the Green Power electric rate schedule is strictly voluntary. The amount of Renewable Energy purchased by the City of Vernon, on behalf of the customer, shall be subject to Vernon Public Utilities approval and shall not exceed 100% of the customer’s annual energy consumption.
2. Customers enrolling in the Green Power electric rate schedule must receive Vernon Public Utilities approval on or before September 30th of a given calendar year.
3. Customers have the option to re-enroll or disenroll in the Green Power electric rate and must do so on or before September 30th of a given calendar year.
Authorized by the City of Vernon
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4. Once approved, the additional fee of 5¢ per kWh for the fixed amount of renewable energy that is purchased by the City of Vernon, on behalf of the customer, will take into effect at the start of the subsequent calendar year on January 1st.
5. Once a customer selects to enroll in the Green Power electric rate schedule, the customer must remain enrolled for the entire enrollment period of one calendar year, which starts January 1st and ends December 31st.
6. An eligible customer will be assigned a rate schedule to which it would otherwise be assigned to if the customer were not eligible under the Green Power electric rate schedule. All charges, terms and conditions under that rate schedule shall remain effective.
BILLING
1. The Department shall charge an additional fee of 5¢ per kWh consumed by the customer in accordance with the Department’s normal metering practice.
2. The customer shall be billed the additional fee of 5¢ per kWh and other applicable charges under the schedule assigned to it.
3. Each bill shall include a separate line item that delineates the additional fee of 5¢ per kWh, based on the customer’s monthly energy consumption information, along with the current balance owed to the utility, which is calculated based on the customer’s existing rate schedule.
4. In the event the customer disenrolls from the Green Power electric rate schedule prior to the end of the calendar year, the additional fee of 5¢ per kWh will continue to apply until the end of the same calendar year on December 31st.
5. Public Benefits Charge: A mandatory Public Benefits Charge has been assessed pursuant to Assembly Bill 1890, signed into law by the Governor on September 20, 1996. The charge is
2.85 percent of the total bill before any special fees or charges.
6. In-Lieu of Tax and Franchise Payments: The base rates and charges have been increased by 3 percent to reflect payments in-lieu of tax and franchise payments.
7. Energy Cost Adjustment: Energy cost adjustment charge will be assessed pursuant to the Procedures for Calculating the Energy Cost Adjustment Billing Factor (ECABF Procedure) and the Energy Cost Adjustment Calculation Sheet ECA-1 that have been approved by the City Council.
8. Renewable Energy Cost Adjustment: Renewable energy cost adjustment charge will be assessed pursuant to the Procedures for Calculating the Renewable Energy Cost Adjustment Factor (RECAF Procedure) and the Renewable Energy Cost Adjustment Calculation Sheet REC-1 that have been approved by the City Council.
Authorized by the City of Vernon
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