HomeMy WebLinkAbout070 - 06/04/2019 - AMENDING SECTION 26-391 OF THE CITY CODE TO ADD AND REVISE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPORDINANCE NO. 070, 2019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 26-391 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO ADD AND REVISE DEFINITIONS RELATED TO THE CITY'S
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM
WHEREAS,the City owns and operates a municipal electric distribution system to deliver
electric power purchased by the City to retail customers and to accommodate interconnection of
customer-owned renewable power generation devices; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 26 of the City Code regulates and governs the provision of utility
services and sets forth definitions of terms used to describe and applicable to conditions for receipt
of utility services; and
WHEREAS, such provisions require updating and modification from time to time, for
purposes of clarification and to ensure the Code feniains a dynamic document capable of
responding to issues identified by staff, customers, and citizens and changes in the law regarding
the delivery of public utility services and
WHEREAS, staff has proposed that identified definitions be added and amended in
Chapter 26 of the City Code to clarify how net-metered customer generation technologies are
managed, and to better inform customers and align with current utility practices, and
WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing,the City Council has determined the amendment and
supplementation of definitions in Chapter 26 of the City Code is necessary and will be beneficial
for the ratepayers of the City's Electric Utility and for the efficient administration of Utility
functions.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That Section 26-391 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 26-391. - Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in this Section:
Average annual electricity consumption shall mean the average monthly consumption of
the previous twenty-four(24) months of electricity use times twelve (12x).
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Qualifying renewable technology shall mean a qualifying facility that generates electricity
using renewable resources such as solar, fuel cell; wind, geothermal, combined heat and power or
biomass technology, or that stores energy.
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 21 st day of
May, A.D. 2019, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of June, A.D. 2019.
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