HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1997-19 - Board RESOLUTION NO. 9 719
OF THE
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ADOPTING POLICY REGARDING CUSTOMER CHOICE
OF AN ELECTRIC GENERATION PROVIDER
WHEREAS, Truckee Donner Public Utility District was formed by the voters of the Truckee
community in 1927 to provide them with reliable electric energy, and
WHEREAS, since that time, the District has faithfully met the electric energy needs of the
community by aggregating the individual electric power loads of its customers and entering into
contracts for the purchase of wholesale power to meet those aggregated loads; and
WHEREAS, the District is among the utilities offering the lowest rates in the state of California, 6.81
cents per kilowatt hour, and has had no general electric rate increase since 1986, and
WHEREAS, AB1890, enacted by the California legislature and signed into law by the Governor,
seeks to deregulate the generation portion of the electric utility industry in California; and
WHEREAS the goal of AB1890 is to promote improved efficiency in the use of generation assets
thereby lowering electric rates paid by the end-use customer, and
WHEREAS AB1890 provides that customers of investor owned utilities in California may choose
direct access for the provision of electric generation services through an independent system
operator and power exchange to be created in California; and
WHEREAS this District believes that customer choice may, if properly implemented, provide the
customers of Truckee Donner PUD with an opportunity to evaluate multiple alternatives for the
provision of their electric generation services, and
WHEREAS this District further believes that the benefits anticipated to be available to customers
through AB1890 may be difficult to realize for certain types of electric customers and that some
customers of this District could be placed at a significant disadvantage if implementation is not
handled properly, and
WHEREAS a central value in making AB1890 work is that there be a level playing field upon which
all parties participate fairly, and
WHEREAS this District believes that the institutions, technologies and management systems are
not yet in place which allow customer choice to be properly implemented,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public
Utility District as follows:
1. That the Truckee Donner Public Utility District favors providing its customers
with choice regarding access to electric generating services.
2. That It is the intent of the District to provide customer choice at the earliest
time practicable, subject to certain conditions being met.
3. That the conditions that need to be met prior to this District offering
customer choice are -
a) The District must achieve open access to Network integration
Transmission Service on the Sierra Pacific Power Company
transmission system, this being one essential service to being able
to bring generation service to Truckee from alternate generation
providers.
b) Other electric utility companies in California must implement
customer choice within their service territories in a manner
consistent with the intent and letter of AB1890 in order to have a
level playing field upon which all of us will operate.
c) The TDPUD must acquire and implement a customer billing and
information system to handle the more complex billing arrangements
resulting from customer choice.
d) The California Independent System Operator and Power Exchange
must be operational and a method of handling power scheduling and
dispatch into Truckee must be established.
e) The issues relating to metering must be resolved and the associated
technologies, if any, must be operational.
4. The District will, no less often than annually, evaluate deregulation and
customer choice practices as they develop in California and will determine
which practices will work best for customers of this District, based on the
unique load characteristics of our customers and the market practices that
develop, and will proceed with customer choice accordingly.
5. The District Board of Directors will review the status of these precedent
conditions at least annually and a decision regarding implementation of
customer choice will be made accordingly and at the earliest time
practicable.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the
District on the fifth day of November 1997 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Aguera, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Hemig.
NOES: None.
ABSENT. None.
TRUC E DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
Peter L. H meisfe , Clerk of the Board
ATT
Su an M. Craig, Deputy Distri Clerk