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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-150-10/19/1993-ELECTRIC UTILITY INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY ACT RESOLUTION 93-150 ADOPTING THE INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING STANDARD PURSUANT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 1992 WHEREAS, the National Energy Policy Act of 1992 imposes two (2) requirements with respect to Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) which impact the City of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the Comprehensive National Energy Policy Act of 1992 requires that the governing bodies of electric utilities selling more than 500 million kW hours of energy at retail consider adoption of the Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Standard, and then determine whether to implement the IRP; and WHEREAS, the Energy Policy Act defines the term integrated resource planning as: a planning and selection process for new energy resources that evaluates the full range of alternatives, including new generating capacity, power purchases, energy conservation and efficiency, cogeneration and district heating and cooling applications, and renewable energy resources, in order to provide adequate and reliable service to its electric customers at the lowest system cost. The process shall take into account necessary features for system operation, such as diversity, reliability, dispatchability, and other factors of risk; shall take into account the ability to verify energy savings achieved through energy conservation and efficiency and the projected durability of such savings measured over time; shall treat demand and supply resources on a consistent and integrated basis; and WHEREAS, Fort Collins Light and Power customers utilized approximately 800 million kW hours of power in 1992; and WHEREAS, Section Ill of the amended Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act requires the City of Fort Collins to conduct a public hearing to receive input on the question of whether Fort Collins should utilize integrated resource planning; and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins City Council believes that integrated resource planning is the appropriate method of conducting long-range planning to provide efficient and economic power service to its customers; and WHEREAS, the Fort Collins City Council believes consideration of IRP options should include costs and benefits for environmental externalities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that, after considering the information presented at the Council 's public hearing, the Council hereby endorses the following integrated resource planning standard, defined as: Integrated Resource Planning for the City of Fort Collins shall be a planning and selection process for new energy resources that evaluates the full range of alternatives, including energy conservation and efficiency, cogeneration and district heating and cooling applications, renewable energy resources, new generating capacity, and power purchases, in order to provide adequate and reliable service to its electric customers at the lowest system cost. The process shall take into account necessary features for system operation, such as diversity, reliability, dispatchability, and other factors of risk; shall take into account the ability to verify energy savings achieved through energy conservation and efficiency and the projected durability of such savings measured over time; shall treat demand and supply resources on a consistent and integrated basis; and shall take into account environmental externalities associated with resource options. Passed and adapted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this 19th day of October, A.D. 1993. ayor ATTEST: 14 eq City Clerk