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HomeMy WebLinkAboutL - HBC AEA R3 COC RES 10-08-41CITY OF CORDOVA, ALASKA RESOLUTION 10-08-41 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORDOVA, ALASKA, SUPPORTING CORDOVA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE'S HUMPBACK CREEK PROJECT STORM REPAIRS WHEREAS, the City of Cordova has experienced dramatic increases in the cost of electrical energy to municipal and public buildings; and WHEREAS, the citizens, businesses, state and federal agencies and services are all negatively impacted by the rapidly rising cost of electrical energy; and WHEREAS, the increase in cost is solely due to the increased cost of diesel fuel used to produce 40% of Cordova's electricity; and WHEREAS, a winter storm disaster destroyed the intake structure of the Humpback Creek Hydroelectric Project, a project producing renewable energy that directly replaces the use of diesel fuel to produce electricity; and, WHEREAS, Cordova Electric Cooperative has committed to improving the location, operating costs, project life, and electrical production of the plant through a 2008-2009 design and construction project; and WHEREAS, the AEA renewable energy fund has been created by the State of Alaska to assist in financing the construction of improvements to renewable energy projects that increase the production of the plants and offset the use of expensive diesel fuel in Alaskan communities; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cordova, Alaska, supports the Humpback Creek Project Storm Repairs. ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF CORDOVA THIS 1sr DAY OF OCTOBER, 2008. Timoth; . Joyce, a r ,\A 1 ©,a"'�°'•e ``1-1 S O •'�aF'OR,t C.iATTEST: SAL j a - r ',� r 4Li. �plin , City Clerk