SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118444

• Record No: CB 118444
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118444
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 7/27/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124819
• Title: AN ORDINANCE related to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a Reliability Coordinator Funding Agreement with Peak Reliability, Inc.
• Sponsors: Kshama Sawant
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Signed Ord 124819

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/29/2015	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/29/2015	1	Mayor	Signed
7/29/2015	1	Mayor	returned
7/28/2015	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
7/27/2015	1	City Council	passed	Pass
7/22/2015	1	Energy Committee	pass	Pass
7/20/2015	1	City Council	referred
7/15/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
7/14/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review
7/14/2015	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE related to the City Light Department; authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of City Light to execute a Reliability Coordinator Funding Agreement with Peak Reliability, Inc.

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WHEREAS, Peak Reliability, Inc. ("Peak") is registered and certified with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation as the Reliability Coordinator ("RC") and Interchange Authority functions for all or parts of 14 western states, British Columbia, and the northern portion of Baja California, Mexico; and
WHEREAS, Peak is required by applicable law, including NERC Reliability Standards, to perform monitoring for registered balancing authorities ("BA") and transmission operators ("TOP") entities within the U.S. portion of the Western Interconnection; and
WHEREAS, Peak's services include situational awareness and real-time monitoring and regional coordination of energy and transmission resources of the RC Area to certain electric utilities within the Western Interconnection, in order to minimize disruptions, provide leadership, and assure reliability of the bulk electric system; and
WHEREAS, as part of its ongoing federal reliability obligations, The City of Seattle, by and through its City Light Department ("City Light"), is registered and certified by NERC as a BA and a TOP, and must be an active member of Peak for RC services ; and
WHEREAS, prior to Peak's existence, City Light paid for and received its RC services from Western Electric Coordinating Council ("WECC"), who previously performed RC functions within the Western Interconnection; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the City Light Department, or the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer's designee, is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of The City of Seattle the Reliabili...