HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-043-04/27/1972-EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE EFFORTS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION POWER ASSOCIATI i
RESOLUTION 72_43
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS EXPRESSING
THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE EFFORTS OF
THE NORTHERN DIVISION POWER ASSOCIATION IN OPPOSING
ATTEMPTS BY THE ARIZONA POWER AUTHORITY AND OTHER
POWER CONSUMERS IN ARIZONA TO SET ASIDE THE MARKET
ING CRITERIA OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR AND
THEREBY CURTAIL THE AMOUNT OF POWER AVAILABLE TO
MUNICIPALLY OWNED ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN COLORADO
WHEREAS the City of Fort Collins has been purchasing electric
power and energy produced by the Colorado River Storage Project and marketed
by the United States Bureau of Reclamation Region 7 in Denver under
marketing criteria adopted by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1962 and
WHEREAS, the Arizona Power Authority and other power consumers
in the State of Arizona have instituted a lawsuit (Civil Action No 71 683)
in the United States District Court for Arizona) which suit is against the
United States Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of the Bureau
of Reclamation and seeks to set aside said marketing criteria which would
have the effect of drastically curtailing the amount of power available to
municipally owned electric utilities in the State of Colorado and
WHEREAS if the plaintiffs in this suit are successful the Bureau
of Reclamation will either have to reduce its allottment to users in the
Northern Division which include the City of Fort Collins or will have to
purchase additional power from other sources in order to fulfill present
contract obligations and
WHEREAS it appears that the cost of power to the City of Fort
Collins would be drastically increased if the plaintiffs in said suit are
successful and
WHEREAS the Northern Division Power Association of which the
City of Fort Collins is a member plans to seek intervention in said
lawsuit in order to protect the customers of the Bureau of Reclamation
in the Northern Division states
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that the City of Fort Collins hereby expresses its support
for the Northern Division Power Association in its intervention in said
suit in support of the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of
the Bureau of Reclamation
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held
this 27th day of April A D 1972
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ATTEST
City Clerk
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