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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 />15 <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 />CITY ATTOP\EY5 OFFICE <br />3900 MAN STREET <br />RIVEP.SIDE, CA 92522 <br />(951) 8265567 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2022-3 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE CITY OF <br />RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA (1) ADOPTING REVISED SCHEDULE FIT <br />(FEED -IN TARIFF FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION <br />FACILITIES); (2) MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; AND <br />(3) RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THEREOF <br />WHEREAS, the City of Riverside's ("City") Department of Public Utilities ("RPU") has <br />submitted for action by the Board of Public Utilities ("Board") and the City Council, the <br />proposed adoption and approval of revised Electric Rate Schedule FIT (Feed -In Tariff For <br />Renewable Energy Generation Facilities); and <br />WHEREAS, State Senate Bill 32 (SB32), enacted on October 11, 2009, added Public <br />Utilities Code ("PUC") Section 387.6, now PUC Section 399.32, that requires publicly owned <br />utilities ("POUs"), such as Riverside, to establish a feed - in tariff ("FIT") for renewable energy <br />generators located within the POU service territory wishing to sell to the utility the output from a <br />California Energy Commission (CEC) certified wind and/or solar energy generation facility, with <br />an effective capacity of no more than three (3) megawatts to the POU; and <br />WHEREAS, PUC Section 399.32 also requires that the customer - generator must have <br />ownership of environmental attributes and renewable energy credits ("RECs") associated with <br />energy delivered to RPU's electric grid, and compliance with RPU's Electric Rule 22, Distributed <br />Generation Facilities Interconnection; and <br />WHEREAS, on December 14, 2010, the City Council approved Schedule FIT, "Feed -In <br />Tariff for Renewable Energy Generation Facilities" ("Schedule FIT") effective January 1, 2011. <br />Customer - generators that receive incentives or rebates from RPU for the construction of the <br />renewable energy generation facility are not eligible for Schedule FIT. Participation in Schedule <br />FIT is limited to RPU's proportionate share of the statewide peak demand of 750 MW, which is <br />7.6 MW, as approved by the City Council on December 14, 2010; and <br />WHEREAS, RPU currently has had no customer -generators under the Feed -In Tariff <br />Program. The proposed changes to Schedule FIT are intended to address a limitation under the <br />1 <br />