SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119238

• Record No: CB 119238
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119238
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 4/30/2018
• Ordinance No: Ord 125575
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; amending Subsection 21.49.130.B of the Seattle Municipal Code to extend the Department's authority to execute, implement, and administer contracts for periods of up to 60 months for wholesale marketing activity.
• Sponsors: Teresa Mosqueda
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Expanding Clean Energy Opportunities Presentation, 3. Signed Ordinance 125575, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/4/2018	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
5/4/2018	1	Mayor	returned
5/4/2018	1	Mayor	Signed
5/2/2018	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
4/30/2018	1	City Council	passed	Pass
4/26/2018	1	Housing, Health, Energy, and Workers’ Rights Committee	pass	Pass
4/16/2018	1	City Council	referred
4/5/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
4/3/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
4/3/2018	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; amending Subsection 21.49.130.B of the Seattle Municipal Code to extend the Department's authority to execute, implement, and administer contracts for periods of up to 60 months for wholesale marketing activity.
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WHEREAS, subsection 21.49.130.B of the Seattle Municipal Code provides specific authority for the City Light Department ("City Light") to enter into contracts for the acquisition, exchange, or sale of short-term capacity or energy, or integration, transmission, or ancillary services; and
WHEREAS, in an average water year, City Light has substantial surplus renewable, clean power to sell as resources exceed retail load in its service area; and
WHEREAS, many localities/governmental entities and corporations have made a commitment to reduce their carbon footprint by purchasing fossil free electrical energy quite often not from their traditional supplier and are willing to pay a premium for clean energy; and
WHEREAS, specifically in Western Washington, Sound Transit, King County, the Cities of Bellevue, Mercer Island, Anacortes, and Snoqualmie, and other large customers such as REI, Target, and Starbucks are participating in Puget Sound Energy's "Green Direct" program to purchase all their power from clean energy resources and are paying a premium for this over what they currently pay; and
WHEREAS, some of these entities acknowledge and support the fact that the retail energy they purchase directly from City Light is clean and fossil free and does not contain a "green premium" as noted in the Sound Transit resolution to participate in the PSE program; and
WHEREAS, very large customers such as Microsoft have won Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission approval to leave the traditional supply of PSE and purchase their own renewable power and have PSE deliver and balance their supply, and Microsoft issued an RFP...