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Ordinance No. 2009 - 02
REVISE THE RATE FOR THE
VOLUNTARY RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, in an effort to help District residential and commercial customers to reduce their individual
environmental impact, the Board of Directors took action to participate in a Voluntary Green Renewable
Energy Certificate Program; and
WHEREAS, Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) also called "Green Tags" represent the environmental
benefits that occur when clean, new renewable energy is substituted for power that is produced by burning
fossil fuel; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors directed staff to pursue the Voluntary Green Renewable Energy
Certificate Program with Bonneville Environmental Foundation to provide an accounting of the number of
Green Tags purchased and the certification; and
WHEREAS,on February 6,2008,the Board of Directors set the cost to participate at$0.02 per kilowatt hour
(kWh) usage; and
WHEREAS, on February 4 and March 4, 2009, workshops were held to discuss the outcome and
participation of the"Green Tag" program after one year; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors decided to revise the cost to participate in the program at $0.015 per
kilowatt hour(kWh)usage; and
WHEREAS, the $0.015 per kWh usage rate includes all labor with overheads plus the cost to purchase
Green Tags.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District
as follows:
1. This ordinance shall be effective thirty(30)days after adoption by the Board of Directors of the District.
2.The Clerk of the District shall immediately cause a copy of this ordinance to be published in a newspaper
of general circulation and posted in three places within the District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District at a meeting
duly called and held within the District on the eighteenth day of March 2009 by the following roll call-vote.:
AYES: Directors Aguera, Hemig and Hillstrom
NOES: None
ABSENT: Directors Bender and Sutton
TRUCKEE DON N PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
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By
J. Ro!�Wlg, 15resildent of the Board
ATTEST:
Michael D. Holley, Clerk of.the Board