HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-144-09/18/1984-AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOLUTION 84-144
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION)
FOR COST SHARING OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
LIGHT & POWER UTILITY LOAD RESEARCH/
PILOT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, four years ago the Light & Power Utility instituted the
Residential Demand Rate which provides a cost-based incentive for owners of
electrically heated homes to improve electric usage efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the Light & Power Utility desires to assess the effectiveness
of the Residential Demand Rate; and
WHEREAS, the Light & Power Utility has developed a Load/Research Pilot
Program which will sample individual loads in electrically heated homes
where demand control devices are in use; and
WHEREAS, this program will allow the Utility to determine the overall
impact of demand control equipment used by its customers, gain insight into
rate design and develop a load control program; and
WHEREAS, estimated cost of the Load Research/Pilot Program is Eighty-
Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($87 ,800) ; and
WHEREAS, the US Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration
has offered a cost sharing contract to the City of Fort Collins wherein a
maximum amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) would be given toward
the cost of the program in exchange for the results of the research/pilot
program for sharing with its customers ; and
WHEREAS, the Light & Power Utility has budgeted funds for its share of
this program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Mayor be, and he hereby is , authorized to enter into an
Agreement with the US Department of Energy Western Area Power Adminis-
tration wherein the cost of the Utility Load Research/Pilot Program of the
Light & Power Utility will be shared by the Western Area Power Adminis-
tration by the payment of cost sharing funds not to exceed Thirty Thousand
Dollars ($30,000) .
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held
this 18th day of September, A. D. 1984.
aye
ATTEST:
City Clerk