HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 81-170RESOLUTION NO. 81-170
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PG&E RELICENSING OF
ROCK CREEK/CRESTA AND MOKELUMNE PROJECTS
WHEREAS, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and its customers
have over the years developed dependable and reliable hydroelectric
facilities on the Mokelumne and North Fork Feather Rivers;
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clara has filed to take over
PG&E's Mokelumne River Project, and the Cities of Anaheim,
Azusa, Banning, Colton and Riverside, together with the Northern
California Power Agency have filed to take over PG&E's Rock
Creek/Cresta Project on the North Fork Feather River;
WHEREAS, PG&E has an efficiently integrated hydroelectric
system which distributes the benefits of low-cost hydroelectric
power among all of its 3.5 million customers in northern and
central California;
WHEREAS, PG&E's customers would be forced to pay increased
costs for replacement oil fuel that could easily exceed $100,000,000
each year if these projects are not licensed to PG&E; and
WHEREAS, continued operation of these projects by PG&E is
essential to the fullest possible utilization of these resources
in the public interest,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Lodi vigorously opposes the efforts of Santa Clara,
Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Colton, Riverside and NCPA to take over
Rock Creek/Cresta and Mokelumne Projects; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Lodi strongly supports PG&E's efforts to relicense its
hydroelectric plants including the Mokelumne and Rock Creek/Cresta
Projects.
Dated: December 9, 1981
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 81-170 was passed
and adopted by the City Council of the City of Lodi in
an adjourned regular meeting held December 9, 1981 by
the following vote:
Ayes: Counciimen - Hughes, Murphy, Pinkerton, Katnich
and McCarty
Noes: Councilmen - None
Absent: Councilmen - None
ALICE M. REIMHE
City Clerk
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