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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of August 16, 1994 TO: Honorable Mayor, City Council, and City Manager FROM: Thomas K. Clarke, Acting Electric Utility Director Date: 8/4/94 SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION FOR IN-STATE TRAVEL TO ATTEND THE WESTERN AREA POWER ADMINISTRATION WORKSHOP BACKGROUND As part of the Western Area Power Administration's (WAPA) Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process, a workshop to discuss and analyze emerging issues for utilities has been scheduled on August 25 and 26, 1994, in Sacramento. Because of the City's ownership of an allocation of the Hoover hydroelectric project, the City must prepare and submit a detailed IRP. This plan has to comply with the guidelines and mandates of WAPA for acceptance. A full understanding of the issues to be included is necessary in order for the Electric Utility to file an acceptable IRP. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM WAPA is an agency of the federal government and it has the authority to institute rulemaking regarding the content and methods to be included in the IRP submittal. The workshop will cover such topics as retail wheeling, open transmission access, low income residential efficiency programs, as well as WAPA's IRP requirements. Failure to comply with these could jeopardize the City's allocation of the power produced at the Hoover facility and may have implications as to our request for future power available from a government installation. It would be extremely beneficial, if not almost mandatory, to have a representative from Colton attend this meeting. Information and training gained through attendance of this particular meeting will provide valuable data necessary to file a complete IRP. The cost of attending the workshop would greatly outweigh any long-term effects of losing our hydropower allocation. ALTERNATIVES The Electric Utility could elect to not send someone to the workshop. This may result in filing a deficient IRP that could necessitate additional staff time and possibly the cost of outside consulting to address some of these relevant issues and regulatory requirements. Page 1 of 2 Item No._�