Resolution 08576CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION M0, 8576
SUPPORTING HB 12508 AND SB 3511 RELATING TO REFORM OF THE
FEDERAL POWER ACT
WHEREAS, the Bureau of Electricity of the City of Alameda is among some 1, uOO
municipal utilities in this country, of which over 1`000 purchase their entire power supply from other
utilities, many of them being large, private investor-owned companies; and
WHEREAS; in this circumatance, rates are regulated or ostensibly regulated, by the
Federal Power Commission (FPC); and
WHEREAS, such regulation, or lack thereof, has given rise to passage of a substantial
number of unproven rate increases by the FPC which have been passed through to municipal utilities
thereby resulting in severe and unjustifiable financial hardships to municipal utilities and their
consumers; and
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WHEREAS, non-action by the FPC in seeking timely justification of rate requests has
negated economies for municipal utilities and has allowed rate increases to pancake on top of one
another; and
WHEREAS, proposed federal legislation in the form of HR 12608 and SB 3311 contain provisions
for reform of the Federal Power Act to safeguard against unjustified rate increases and resulting
inequities to municipal utilities; and
NHEREAS, each of these bills contains important and necessary safeguards which include:
(1) requirements for hearings to show the need for rate increases prior to their implementation,
(2) annual audits of fuel cost adjustments, (3) prevention of price squeezes and anti-competitive
practices, (4) equal trent,ent of all utilities in the case of fuel shortages, (5) interconnection
of all viable energy sources, (6) requirement for rates to be based on facilities used and usable,
and (7) prevention of the practice of pancaking rates - one on top of the other.
NOW, THER[FOKE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda, for the
foregoing rasons, fully supports the passage of HB 12608 and SB 3311 and strongly urges each and
every federal legislator to vote for the adoption of this much needed legislation.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda in the regular meeting assembled on the
3rd day of August, 1976, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmen Bcckam, Diumcnt, Hurwitz, Sherratt and President Corica, (5).
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said
City this 4th day of August, 1976.
(SEAL)
CELIA A. CONGER
—Deputy City Clerk of the City of Alameda
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of "City of Alameda
Resolution No, 8576, SUPPORTING HD 12608 AND SB 3311 RELATING TO REFORM OF THE FEDERAL POWER ACT",
introduced and adopted by the Council of the City of Alameda on the 3rd day of August, 1975.