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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />151 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />Crrr ArroRNEY's ORRICE <br />W <br />3900 MASTREET <br />RNEmDE, CA 92522 <br />(951) 826-5567 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 23617 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF RIVERSIDE, <br />CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />RESOURCE ADEQUACY PROGRAM AND AMENDING <br />RESOLUTION NO. 22389 <br />WHEREAS, the California Independent System Operator Corporation ("CAISO"), which <br />is responsible for the reliable operation of a major portion of the California electric transmission <br />grid, has filed a Reliability Requirements Tariff with the Federation Energy Regulatory <br />Commission ("FERC"), requiring all Load -Serving Entities ("LSEs") using the electric <br />transmission grid to establish Resource Adequacy programs through their Local Regulatory <br />Authorities ("LRAs") or, alternatively, comply with the default Resource Adequacy <br />requirements of said Tariff, and <br />WHEREAS, the CAISO's Reliability Requirements Tariff filing mandates certain <br />reporting requirements for all LSEs, but purports to give complete deference to LRAs, such as <br />the City of Riverside ("the City") City Council, in establishing Qualifying Criteria for <br />determining how an LSE may count resources toward satisfying its Resource Adequacy <br />requirement; and <br />WHEREAS, Riverside Public Utilities ("RPU") uses the California transmission grid to <br />import energy to serve its customers and must comply with any CAISO Tariff requirements <br />ultimately approved by the FERC; and <br />WHEREAS, RPU procures energy and capacity reserves consistent with good utility <br />practice in order to reliably serve its retail electric customers; and <br />WHEREAS, the default Resource Adequacy requirements of the CAISO Reliability <br />Requirements Tariff filing are not consistent with RPU's procurement policies and practices; and <br />WHEREAS, the default Resource Adequacy requirements of the CAISO Reliability <br />Requirements Tariff filing would not, for example, allow RPU to include its internal generation <br />resources in its Resource Adequacy showing without giving up local control of those resources, <br />even though those resources undeniably provide a significant reliability benefit to the California <br />transmission grid; and <br />1 <br />