SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119631

• Record No: CB 119631
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119631
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/30/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125956
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute the NorthernGrid Funding Agreement; authorizing the execution of supplements, extensions, and amendments to such agreement subject to appropriated budget authority; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. NorthGrid Presentation, 3. Memo - City Light NorthernGrid Funding Agreement, 4. Signed Ordinance 125956

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/11/2019	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
10/11/2019	1	Mayor	returned
10/4/2019	1	Mayor	Signed
10/3/2019	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/30/2019	1	City Council	passed	Pass
9/24/2019	1	Housing, Health, Energy, and Workers’ Rights Committee	pass	Pass
9/9/2019	1	City Council	referred
9/5/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/27/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/27/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute the NorthernGrid Funding Agreement; authorizing the execution of supplements, extensions, and amendments to such agreement subject to appropriated budget authority; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the City Light Department is a transmission-dependent utility that obtains necessary transmission services from Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and other public and private electric utilities; and
WHEREAS, there is a consensus in the Northwest that a variety of transmission issues must be addressed in order to maintain safe, reliable electric service to customers in the region; and
WHEREAS, the efforts of a group of Northwest utilities have resulted in the creation of NorthernGrid, an unincorporated association, whose members are Bonneville Power Administration; Avista Corporation; Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington; Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington; Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; The City of Seattle, through its City Light Department; the City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division; Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Idaho Power Company; MATL LLP; NorthWestern Energy; Portland General Electric Company; and PacifiCorp; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of NorthernGrid is to provide necessary services to its members to assist them in resolving regional transmission issues such as the following: maintaining and improving transmission grid reliability, relieving transmission congestion, and regional planning and expansion of the transmission system; and
WHEREAS, in 2005 Congress amended the Federal Power Act to expand federal jurisdiction over publicly-owned utilities, such as the City Light Department, with respect to certain Regional Transmission ...