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RESOLU.TION NO. 81-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS
ON THE USE Of' NATURAL GAS IN UTILITY
POWERPLANTS.
W~, it is in the national security ara national economic
interest to pronDte the policy of the govermnent of t3~e Un~te~ States to
reduce t~e rlatior~ ' s dependence, on inlx~rtea oil;
WHERe, Section ·301 of t3~e Powerpiant ~a Industrial Fuel gse Act
contains prohibitions a~ restrictions on the use o~ natural gas as a
utility powerplant fuel; and
WHEREAS, the complete development or' alternate fuels tec~moiogies
are suBjec~ to technical, financial, envirorunental, sito ar~ .social
constraints and .as a result fuels from t~ese pro]ects may not 'be available
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~n a coranercial basis for several years; arm
WHEREAS, domestic natural gas reserves are estimated to ~be
sufficient to last for at least ~veral Oecades at the current rate
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consumption; mm
WI4EPILgS, implementation of Section 30! will impose a hOSt of new
costs upon electric utility customers; and
WIHEP~JAS, natural gas is a cheaper, cleaner fuel tiqan fuel oi'l; gain
%~/d~, the United States needs to utilize all availaole resources
in order to aChieve energy independence at the earliest [3oSSiDle time;
tx~erefore
NCIa~, 0/HERE~ORE, BE IT RESOLVE]D, t/nat t/ne City Council of the City
of Tustin strongly .supports federal legislation whic~ will repeal Section
.301 of ti~e Powerplant au%d Industrial Fuel Use Act, tX~eresy ~et]~itting tine
use of natural gas as a transitional utility powerplant fuel until su~
time as alternate or renewable sources are availaole tot the co~ercial
generation of electric, energy.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of tine City Council of ~e
City of Tustin on this 20th day of April, 1981.
jA~iES B. SHAR~~
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Cler~
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE . ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
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MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City'Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does 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. 81-43__ was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20t.h_.' day of April:. 198.!' by the
following vote:
AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Sharp, Hoesterey, Edgar, Kennedy, Saltarelli
NOES : COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNC ILPERSONS: None
City of Tustin, C~lifornia %J