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City Council Memorandum TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILDATE: December 13, 2011 FROM: PUBLIC UTILITIES DEPARTMENT ITEM NO: WARDS: ALL SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM FOR CALIFORNIA RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES ACT ISSUE: That the City Council consider approval of an enforcement program for Riverside Public Utilities as required by the California Renewable Energy Resources Act (SBX1-2). RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council approve and adopt the attached Riverside Public Utilities SBX1-2 Enforcement Program. BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Board of Public Utilities unanimously approved this item at their regularly scheduled meeting on November 18, 2011. COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: On November 28, 2011, Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee, with Chair Bailey, Vice Chair Gardner and Member Davis present, unanimously approved and recommended that the City Council approve this item. BACKGROUND: SBX1-2 was passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor on April 12, 2011. This Act revised the State Renewable Energy Resources Program to set targets leading to an increase in the amount of electricity generated by renewable resources of at least 33% of statewide retail sales by December 31, 2020. SBX1-2 also defines three (3) categories of renewable resources with progressively increasing requirements for the category primarily composed of renewable generating projects located in California. SBX1-2 sets minimum targets for renewables during the following three compliance periods: Period 1: Average of 20% of retail sales during 2011-2013 Period 2: 25% of retail sales by December 31, 2016 Period 3: 33% of retail sales by December 31, 2020