City of Albuquerque - File #: R-15-257

• File #: R-15-257
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 10/7/2015
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 11/2/2015
• Enactment date: 11/20/2015
• Enactment #: R-2015-106
• Title: Directing That The City Pursue A Partnership With Bernalillo County And Potentially Other Local Governments For Energy Representation Before The PRC In The Current PNM Rate Case, And Reconsider Its Relationship With The New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers Association (NMIEC) (Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/20/2015	City Clerk	Published
11/19/2015	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/12/2015	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
11/2/2015	City Council	Passed as Amended	Pass
11/2/2015	City Council	Amended	Pass
10/19/2015	City Council	Postponed	Pass
10/7/2015	City Council	Introduced
10/7/2015	President	To be heard at the Council Meeting

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-FIRST COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-15-257 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Directing That The City Pursue A Partnership With Bernalillo County And Potentially Other Local Governments For Energy Representation Before The PRC In The Current PNM Rate Case, And Reconsider Its Relationship With The New Mexico Industrial Energy Consumers Association (NMIEC) (Benton)
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DIRECTING THAT THE CITY PURSUE A PARTNERSHIP WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY AND POTENTIALLY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR ENERGY REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE PRC IN THE CURRENT PNM RATE CASE, AND RECONSIDER ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEW MEXICO INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMERS ASSOCIATION (NMIEC).
WHEREAS, "NMIEC is an organization of large and industrial consumers of electricity and natural gas in the State of New Mexico"; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque has been a dues paying member of NMIEC since approximately 2011; and
WHEREAS, prior to approximately 2011, the City's representation before the Public Regulation Commission was managed and staffed directly by the City Attorney, and subsequently was entrusted to NMIEC; and
WHEREAS, part of NMIEC's role has been to represent the City's interests with respect to a Stipulation Agreement submitted to the Public Regulation Commission (PRC) on October 1, 2014, in docket No. 13-00390-UT (the "Stipulation Agreement") and related matters; and
WHEREAS, the City initially participated in the Stipulation Agreement based on representations that the Stipulation Agreement represented the least cost plan to ratepayers; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2015, the City Council adopted a resolution withdrawing its support for the Stipulation Agreement because, since the time of its filing, the costs and economics of certain elements of the Agreement had changed to the detriment of the City and its ratepayers; and
WHEREAS, after the City withdrew its su...