TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Tony Olmos, Director of Public Works
SUBJECT:Title
Report on Power Reliability and Southern California Edison's Capital Improvement Program (Public Works Director Olmos).
RECEIVE REPORT
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive Report regarding Power Reliability in the City of Manhattan Beach and Update on Southern California Edison's Capital Improvement Program
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
BACKGROUND:
Within the past few years, residents and businesses in the City of Manhattan Beach have been subjected to an escalated amount of service disruptions related to the electrical service provided by Southern California Edison (SCE). Some of these are planned outages in order to make equipment repairs and the rest are unplanned outages caused by various factors. In any case, the service reliability provided by SCE to the Manhattan Beach community has been a source of frustration for City's residents, businesses, and visitors.
Since mid-2013, the City has taken several actions in an effort to improve power reliability in Manhattan Beach. On August 20, 2013, City Council directed staff to send a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) asking for their assistance. Councilmember Lessor, then Mayor, took an active role in communicating with other stakeholders and following-up with the PUC. As a result, Councilmember Lesser attended meetings with PUC President Michael Peevey on October 11, 2013 and on December 16, 2013, which was also attended by State Assembly Member Muratsuchi, SCE's CEO, and other stakeholders. In addition, there have been at least 5 meetings between City and SCE staff at all levels to continue the dialogue and coordination of SCE planned projects.
DISCUSSION:
Power reliability to the Ci...
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