HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 2019-10A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DIAMOND BAR SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO
MAINTAIN LOCAL CONTROL OF ENERGY SOLUTIONS
WHEREAS California's energy policies are critical to reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and reducing the impact of climate change; and
WHEREAS the state legislature and state agencies are increasingly proposing
new legislation and regulations eliminating choice of energy by mandating single source
technologies to power buildings and, public fleets, including transit, as a strategy to help
achieve the state's climate goals; and
WHEREAS the City of Diamond Bar, its residents and businesses, value local
control and the right to choose the policies and investments that most affordably and
efficiently enable them to comply with state requirements; and
WHEREAS, single source building and vehicle technology mandates eliminate
local control and customer choice, suppress innovation, reduce reliability and
unnecessarily increase costs for Diamond Bar residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS relying on a single energy delivery system unnecessarily increases
Vulnerabilities to natural and manmade disasters, and that a'diversity of energy delivery
systems and resources contribute to greater reliability and community resilience; and
WHEREAS the City of Diamond Bar is committed to doing its part to help the state
achieve its climate goals, but requires the flexibility to do so in a manner that best serves
the needs of its residents and businesses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Diamond Bar does hereby support balanced energy solutions that provide local control
authority, and opposes proposed state legislation and policy that elinlinate such local
control or mandates single energy technologies, to achieve the state's climate goals.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16th day of April, 2019.
Carol Herrera, Mayor
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ATTEST:
I, Tommye A. Cribbins, City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed, approved and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar, California, at its Regular meeting
held on the 16th day of April 2019, by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Chou, Low, Lyons, MPT/Tye,
M/Herrera
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Tommye . Cribbins, City Clerk
City of Diamond Bar
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