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City of Palo ,<I..lto
City lVlanager's Report
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HONORABLE cm' COUNCIL
CIlY MA,'iAGER
NOT~bt1" 21! 199-4 C:\IR: 514:9-1
N{')(th~m C:aJifornta PO .... t'r ,.1....gt:'n(Y Par1kir:~fion In l~ Ltk~ a.'1d
Angels Hyd~~~rit Pro5~ts
This b to infcffi1 the City Couocil of 3: r.e.::.enl ::''':li;_'r1 t..o.kcr, h:, rile ~,,:,;t{;.;;m C'!:Jifcww PO":'-Ci
Agency (NCPA) Cormnission app/v,irtg an agre-eme-nt ~tweep. ~rpA dJ)J C~Lntr.l.~ COUI);)' Walt:r
District (CCWD) regarding two :small :'ydrcdeJ.:trk f&,ilii~S lTh) ..... n a.\. !he li[iu sod An.g:eJ.\
hydroelecuic projects. Scaff recOIr.me~, Olnd :t.! Clty'~ NClJA CL~:l:"LlJ1i"-5wrer :;OJppon.ed.
appro\'al oftbe agrren;ent between NCP A .JnU C'CW D, ~ t ayre.=mc nl h i oo.~ til!" Cala ~'ernc; p ro,Po.:-t
participants to pay for appro"i.rnattly OLle+h."~lf of the coSt thlH CCWD '" Iii incur (0 p'L'rch.iSt' !he
Utic" and Angels projects from Pa~if~ Gas & Elecrri(' Comp.any (PG&EJ, The Hillities Ad"Ls.ory
Commission (UAC) n:viewed and un.animousl}, 5Upp''')T1..t;:d su.ft'~ Kti,ms al the ~'O"I't1JlbeT 2, 199-t
meeting. (Reference attacl>e<J Memorandum Report [0 the UAC da:ed NOlember 2. 1994 1o,.
more detailed discusskm of S$i.ffs ana.lysi.s.)
RECOMMENDATIONS
Tbete are no recommendations and no City C'ounc:il OiCt:iou at this ~.
POLICY IMl'LICA TJ.Ql'!£
The agreement does not represent .any ch.a.og~ to ..:xjqing p;!lici;os.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARy
The c.Javem hydroelectric power pruje<t, on the North Fori: of the Starusl.tc, River. consists of
sevmJ dams and smaIl p"""eI1Kluse5. as ",ell as the 243 m<g.watt (MW) CollieTvilie powerboose
!bat supplies the bulk of 10e project capacity and energy benef<ts. The Cit)' of Pal0 Allo (City)
OMJ$ a S.5 MW sbart of the project, of which 16 ,1o,fV.,' have been laid off to the City of Ros:viHe
UlIIiI ZOO5. The Utica and Angels hydtoele<!ric projects "'" curren.1 y owned and operat<d by
PG&E; however. their Federal Energy Reg1li,.ory Comroission (PERC) licenses expire in 199, and
1!l96. These bave a combined rating of 5 MW (City ,bare would be approxtmatelY I MW).
NCPA and PG&E "-v. filed competing 'ppl"""ions ,t the PERC for licenses \0 operate the Utica
and Angels h~dToel<:<:tric f,dUtk •. The agreement be\w""" NCPA and CCWlJ iocruses the
chances for NCPA to .uccessfuJly obtain the Utica and Angel' hydro ii",nse, and water rights for
in:reased CoIlier.i1le generation.
!')'SCAL IMPACT
The PG&E facilities purchase t.:ost and upper rc'>Crvoir impro\ements likely will toe funded by tt-,e
existing NCPA Calaveras project contingency account.
Staff's: analysis shows trot the Urica and J-\J1gc!s projects r...ave an e:\r-e;.:(ed \,i"!]uc t(1 Palo Afto QI
$2.4 million compared to the bas~ feSOUI..-:e p-,miiJlio over thi.! IS-ytar aMlssi': r~ric..j.
EN\'lRON~!ENT t'J, Al'SESSMENJ
A~ pan of the FERC relicensing rroce~. federaJ and state em·iron..-rnentaJ regulations wiil be
followed.
PREPARED BY: Doug Boccignone and Tum Kabat
DEPARTMENT HEAD APPROVAL:
CITY MA.'iAGER APPROVAL:
Director of Utilities
~ "'\, Stutw.
BERNARD M. STROJJ~ ("
As\~stant City Manager
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