TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Supplemental Report on the Level of Service Provided By Southern California Edison (SCE).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION, RECEIVE AND FILE
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully requested that the City Council consider and discuss the information herein; provide staff and the Mayor with direction as appropriate; and receive and file this report.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are nominal fiscal implications associated with this item if Council authorizes the Mayor to continue working with legislators and regional elected officials. One option under consideration is for legislators and regional elected officials to appear before the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in San Francisco. If Council authorizes the Mayor to appear before the PUC there is sufficient funding in the City Council "Conferences and Meetings" budget to defray travel expenses.
BACKGROUND:
Electrical service provided by Southern California Edison (SCE) to residents and businesses in the City of Manhattan Beach have been subject to numerous disruptions in recent years. The disruptions have included planned outages when SCE has upgraded equipment and an increasing number of unplanned outages. While some of the unplanned outages have been due to Palm tree fronds and metallic balloons interfering with power generation infrastructure, many others appear to have been caused by system failures and deferred maintenance. Regardless of the cause the electrical service provided by SCE to the Manhattan Beach community has been unreliable and adversely impacted the City.
On August 20, 2013, staff presented a report to Council with options to address the unreliability of electrical service supplied by SCE (Attachment 1). Council directed staff to prepare a letter to the PUC which r...
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