HomeMy WebLinkAbout15 SDG&E TRANS LINE PROJ 04-01-08AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: APRIL 1, 2008
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY OUNCIL
FROM: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
SUBJECT: SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC'S SUNRISE POWERLINK
TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
Pleasure of the Council.
BACKGROUND
Mayor Amante asked that this item be agendized in order for the City Council to discuss
what position it might want to take concerning SDGE's Sunrise Powerlink Transmission
Line Project.
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF SAN DIEGO
GAS & ELECTRIC'S SUNRISE POWERLINK
TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Sunrise Powerlink is a proposed electric transmission line that would
deliver reliable power and help reduce overall energy costs for San Diego Gas &
Electric customers; and
WHEREAS, the Sunrise Powerlink will provide access to clean, renewable sources of
energy located in the Imperial Valley, including solar, wind and geothermal power
generation; and
WHEREAS, the delivery of reliable power to homes and businesses is critical to
Southern California's economic competitiveness and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the construction of new energy infrastructure projects, including the Sunrise
Powerlink, are needed in Southern California to meet the projected demands for power
in the region; and
WHEREAS, when completed the Sunrise Powerlink will provide enough energy to serve
more than 650,000 homes and will save SDG&E ratepayers more than $100 million per
year by reducing the region's dependence on older, less efficient and more costly local
power plants; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, as follows:
1. That the City Council supports the Sunrise Powerlink and the delivery of reliable
and renewable energy to the region;
2. That the City of the City of Tustin strongly urges the California Public Utilities
Commission to expeditiously approve the construction of this vital energy transmission
project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin
held on the 1st day of April 2008.
JERRY AMANTE
Mayor
PAMELA STOKER
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin,
California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council
of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. was duly
passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 1St day
of April 2008, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES
COUNCILMEMBER NOES
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT
PAMELA STOKER
CITY CLERK