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CC - Approval of an Agreement with Clean Energy Renewables for the Purchase and Delivery of Clean Energy Redeem 100% Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and Consulting Services for the Management of the City's Participation in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program for a Five-Year Term.
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Meeting Date: 07/25/16
Contact Person/Dept: Paul Condran/Transportation
Phone Number: (310) 253-6520
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (07/19/16)
Department Approval: Art Ida (06/29/16)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve an agreement with Clean Energy for the purchase and delivery of Clean Energy Redeem 100% Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and consulting services for the management of the City's participation in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program for a five-year term.
BACKGROUND
In 2007 the United States Congress passed The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ("EISA") with specific stated goals to reduce dependence on foreign oil, reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, increase US employment in the "green" sector, by increasing the volumes of renewable fuels required to be blended into gasoline, diesel, heating oil and jet fuel to 36 billion gallons by 2022. The EISA also requires moving the focus of renewable fuels from traditional sources to "advanced" and "cellulosic" biomass feedstocks and the EPA was to create regulations to implement EISA within 12 months of the enactment.
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) mandates were enacted by executive order pursuant to Assembly Bill 32 to reduce the carbon intensity in transportation fuels by 10% by 2020. The LCFS program is one o...
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