SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: Res 32007

• Record No: Res 32007
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution (Res)
• Status: Adopted
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 7/12/2021
• Title: A RESOLUTION related to the City Light Department, adopting a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan for the City Light Department and endorsing the associated five-year rate path.
• Sponsors: Alex Pedersen
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Presentation, 3. Signed Resolution 32007, 4. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/16/2021	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
7/16/2021	1	Mayor	returned
7/16/2021	1	Mayor	Signed
7/13/2021	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
7/12/2021	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
7/7/2021	1	Transportation and Utilities Committee	adopt	Pass
6/16/2021	1	Transportation and Utilities Committee	discussed
6/14/2021	1	City Council	referred
6/3/2021	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
5/25/2021	1	City Clerk	sent for review
5/25/2021	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION __________________
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A RESOLUTION related to the City Light Department, adopting a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan for the City Light Department and endorsing the associated five-year rate path.
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WHEREAS, in consultation with the Mayor and the City Council, the City Light Department ("City Light") initiated the strategic planning process in 2010 to provide more transparency and accountability for decision-making within City Light; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 31383, adopted July 2012, approved City Light's 2013-2018 Strategic Plan and six-year rate path, and directed the utility to review and update the Strategic Plan every two years, adding two years to the Strategic Plan and re-evaluating the remaining four years of the existing Strategic Plan; and
WHEREAS, since 2012, City Light has revised and updated its Strategic Plan biennially, and has provided annual reports on the progress of Strategic Plan initiatives to the appropriate City Council committee; and
WHEREAS, the 2020 strategic planning process was impacted by COVID-19 and related pandemic response efforts, and the original 2021-2026 Strategic Plan has been amended to be a 2022-2026 Strategic Plan that covers a five-year period (Attachment 1 to this resolution); and
WHEREAS, City Light intends to resume a six-year planning cycle and deliver an updated 2023-2028 Strategic Plan in the spring of 2022; and
WHEREAS, City Light has developed a five-year plan and rate path that supports our commitment to delivering affordable, reliable electricity in an environmentally responsible way to our customers and the communities we serve. It also lays the foundation, a shared vision, and the path forward to meeting our customers' emerging needs and becoming the utility of the future; and
WHEREAS, City Light faces challenges that include continuing need for investments in our infrastructure; evolving customer expectations; declining retail energy consumption; impacts of retirements and legacy wo...