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Resolution No. 95461 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 9546 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON ESTABLISHING ANNUAL TARGETS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS AND DEMAND REDUCTION FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS AND APPROVING THE RESULTS OF AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY SAVINGS AND DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 2021. WHEREAS, the City of Vernon ("City") is a chartered municipal (corporation of the State of California that owns and operates a system (for the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution and sale of jelectric capacity and energy; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 2021 (Levine) ("AB 2021") was signed 1by the Governor and thus enacted as law on September 26, 2006; and WHEREAS, AB 2021 requires all local publicly owned utilities Ito acquire all available energy efficiency and demand reduction resources that are cost effective, reliable, and feasible; and WHEREAS, AB 2021 requires each local publicly owned utility, levery three years, to identify all potentially achievable cost effective electricity efficiency savings and to establish annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction for the next ten year period; and WHEREAS, AB 2021 requires each local publicly owned utility, within sixty days of establishing annual targets for energy efficiency savings and demand reduction, to report such annual targets to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission; and WHEREAS, AB 2021 requires each local publicly owned utility to submit annually to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission a report describing the sources of funding for 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 its investments in energy efficiency and demand reduction, the methodologies and input assumptions used to determine cost effectiveness, and the results of an independent evaluation which measures and verifies the energy efficiency savings and reduction in energy demand achieved by its efficiency and demand reduction programs; Iand WHEREAS, the Light & Power Department retained the assistance of independent energy consultant Marketable Engineered Projects, LLC ("MEP, LLC") to estimate the energy efficiency savings and reduction in demand expected to be achieved by the City's efficiency and demand reduction programs; and WHEREAS, MEP, LLC conducted a comparative analysis of the energy efficiency programs in place in the City, and the energy efficiency savings and reduction in demand achieved by the City and its customers at various points since 2001; and WHEREAS, MEP, LLC was able to estimate realistic, achievable energy savings and demand reduction goals for the City's customers; and WHEREAS, the Light & Power Department evaluated the City's electric distribution system and identified potential realistic, achievable energy savings as a result of system modifications and upgrades; and WHEREAS, using the data from the report by MEP, LLC and from the evaluation of the City's electric distribution system, the Light & Power Department was able to determine realistic, achievable energy savings targets for each of the next ten years, which are summarized in .the chart attached as Exhibit "A" hereto and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the report of the Light &Power Department staff regarding whether adoption of the energy - 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 savings targets for each of the next ten years presented by the Light & Power Department is in the best interest of the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council has concluded that it would be in the best interests of the City to adopt the energy savings targets for each of the next ten years presented by the Light & Power Department. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true land correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby further finds and determines as follows: A. That adoption of the annual energy efficiency savings and demand reduction targets for the next tens years is necessary to allow the City to fully comply with California law as enacted by AB 2021; and B. The proposed annual energy efficiency savings and demand reduction targets for the next ten years will allow the City to improve its energy efficiency and reduce demand for energy on the City's electric system. SECTION 3: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby jadopts the annual energy efficiency savings and demand reduction targets for the next ten year period as presented by the Light & Power Department in the chart attached as Exhibit "A" hereto and made a part hereof. SECTION 4: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby authorizes the Light & Power Department to report the annual energy efficiency and demand reduction targets adopted hereby to the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, as required - 3 - I by AB 2021, and to report annually to the Commission the results of an 2 independent evaluation of energy efficiency savings and demand 3 reduction achieved within the City as compared to these targets. 4 SECTION 5: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall 5 certify to the passage of this resolution, and thereupon and thereafter 6 the'same shall be in full force and effect. 7 APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of February, 2008. 8 9 10 11 Name: Leonis C. Malburg 12 Title: Mayor4 13 ATTEST: 14 15 MAN ELA GIRON, Cit, Clerk 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 - 4 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, MANUELA GIRON, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 9546, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at a regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Monday, February 4, 2008, and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of Vernon. (SEAL) v`- MANUELA GIRON, City Clerk - 5 - EXHIBIT A CD m o oCD d w CD CD CD c a D D m m CD ci ci c n�i CO. Cn N N CD c G t< o.. Q. CD in m CD CD Q phi o. v) Cn w a a to OCD CD C2 � " O OJ W O A IV IV L; [n tW y N /� co W O co in L, A ro N C�l O W O CD N A Iv CDO ;_.. 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Nelly Giron, City Clerk RE: Resolution No. 9546 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Vernon Establishing Annual Targets For Energy Efficiency Savings and Demand Reduction For the Next Ten Years and Approving the Results of an Independent Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Savings and Demand Reduction Programs in Accordance With Assembly Bill 2021 Transmitted herewith is a copy of Resolution No. 9546 referenced above, which was approved by City Council on February 4, 2008. Thank you. NG:dr c: Resolution File No. 9546