Resolution 10147CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 10147
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTIAL UTILITY
RATEPAYERS INTERVENOR PROGRAM AS PROVIDED IN
AMENDMENT TO SB4 (MONTOYA).
WHEREAS, at the insistence of their citizenry, many local governments
have developed energy programs to help residents cope with continually
rising utility bills;
WHEREAS, many energy programs are cooperative or complimentary programs
between the local utility and the local government;
WHEREAS, Public Utility Commission decisions in rate cases often
determine the scope and nature of utility energy programs;
WHEREAS, both the Public Utilities Commission and state legislature
have acknowledged that effective public participation in rate cases
is essential to the protection of the public interest;
WHEREAS, in acknowledgement of the burdensome cost of effective
participation, SB- 4(Montoya) provides for compensation for intervention
in rate cases;
WHEREAS, these rules do not provide for the possibility of compensation
to local government;
WHEREAS, this exclusion is not equitable for local government nor in
the best interest of the citizens of the City of Alameda;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Alameda support the amendment SB -4 (Montoya) to include local government
as an organization eligible for compensation in rate cases.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of
Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 6th of September, 1983, by
the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Gorman, Hanna, Lucas., Monsef and President Diament - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 7th day of September, 1983.
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