HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-249RESOLUTION NO. Z�-249
A R�SOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, A T�XAS HOMI+:-RULE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, ALLOWING THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE
RENEWABLE ENGERY CREDITS ASSOCIAT�D WITH THE ELECTRIC POWER
PURCHASED BY TH� CITY FROM THE WHITETAIL WIND TURBINE ELECTRIC
GENERATION FACILITY TO ENABLE THE CITY TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE
THE PERCENTAGE OF ELECTRIC POWER IT HAS RECEIVED THAT WAS
GENERATED EXCLUSIVELY FROM RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2018, the City Council, through Resolution No. 18-085
establishing the City's Renewable Resource Plan, adopted the goal that the City meet the electric
power needs of its customers solely through electric power generated from renewable resources
only ("100% Renewable Energy Goal"); and
WHEREAS, under the City's earlier Renewable Denton Plan (see Resolution R2016-014),
a decision was made to purchase an additional thirty megawatts of renewable energy credits
("RECs") generated from the Whitetail wind turbine electric generation facility ("Whitetail
facility"; The City was already under contract with the Whitetail facility for thirty megawatts and
the associated RECs.), for a total of sixty megawatts of RECs, from the Whitetail facility. These
energy power purchases, and the associated RECs, were intended to increase progress towards the
40% renewable energy target of the Renewable Denton Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now wants to include the electric power purchased by the
City generated from the Whitetail facility, and the RECs associated with this contract, when
determining the percentage of electric power the City it has purchased that was generated from
renewable resources; and
WHEREAS, the methodology set forth herein is consistent with the requirements of the
Electric Reliability Council of Texas when determining whether electric power has been generated
by a renewable resource; and
WHEREAS, the City's Public Utility Board unanimously voted to recommend to City
Council that all the electric power the City purchased from the Whitetail facility, including the
RECs associated with the same, be used when determining the total percentage of electric power
generated from renewable resources the City had purchased as the City works to achieve 100%
Renewable Energy Goal; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY
RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth above are incorporated into and is part of this
Resolution for all purposes.
SECTION 2. All electric power purchased by the City from the Whitetail facility,
including the RECs associated with the same, is to be used when determining the total percentage
of electric power generated from renewable resources the City has purchased as the City works to
achieve 100% Renewable Energy Goal�
SECTION 3. Any REC used by the City to demonstrate it purchased electric power from
a renewable resource for the purposes of achieving the City's 100% Renewable Energy Goal shall
be retired in accordance with applicable rules and regulations governing the retirement of the same
anci shall not be traded or sold by the City; and
SECTION 4. The frst bullet under the section titled "Final Version Addendum" on page
81 of the City's Renewable Resource Plan is deleted and replaced with:
• C�'��unt Whitetail as renewable resource? YES
SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately after its adoption.
Th ymoti��t����e����Resolution was mahe Reso� o� a p�assed and
seconded b � and a p proved b y
the following vote �,�- _ ���:
Chris Watts, Mayor:
Gerard Hudspeth, District 1:
Keely G. Briggs, District 2:
Jesse Davis, District 3:
John Ryan, District 4:
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
Yes No
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PASSED AND APPROVED on this �day of J uary, 2020. '
CHRIS WA TS, MAYOR
Abstain Absent
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY �k^��`T�.��TARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
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