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RESOLUTION NO. 4957
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION REMOVING THE
RESTRICTIONS AND PROHIBITIONS ON THE USE OF
NATURAL GAS IN UTILITY POWERPLANTS.
WHEREAS, it is in the national security and national economic
interest to promote the policy of the Government of the United States
to reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil; and
WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use
Act contains prohibitions and restrictions on the use of natural gas
as a utility powerplant fuel; and
WHEREAS, the complete development of alternate fuels technologies
are subject to technical, financial, environmental, site and social
constraints and as a result fuels from these projects may not be avail-
able on a commercial basis for several years; and
WHEREAS, domestic natural gas reserves are estimated to be suf-
ficient to last for at least several decades at the current rate of
consumption; and
WHEREAS, implementation of Section 301 will impose a host of new
costs upon electric utility customers; and
WHEREAS, natural gas is a cheaper, cleaner fuel than fuel oil; and
WHEREAS, the United States needs to utilize all available resources
in order to achieve energy independence at the earliest possible time;
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Arcadia
strongly supports Federal legislation which will repeal Section 301 of
the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act, thereby permitting the use
of natural gas as a transitional utility powerplant fuel until such
time as alternate or renewable sources are available for the commercial
generation of electric energy.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby instructed
to forward a copy of this resolution to the California Congressional
Delegation.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Council shall
certify to the adoption of this resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was adopted at
a regular meetin9 of the City Council of the CitY,of Arcadia held
on the 21st day of April, 1981, by the affirmative vote of at
least three Councilmen, to wit,
AYES,
NOES:
ABSENT,
Councilmen Dring, Gilb, Haltom, saelid and Pellegrino
None
None
~j,~,y of
SIGNED AND APPROVED this 21st day of April, 1981.
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Cl.ty of Arcadia
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