HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011967 -1967-186 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Supporting the
Pacific as and Electric Company
With Respect to its Application
for a Certificate of Public
Convenience and Necessity to
Construct a Nuclear Power Plant 3 RESOLUTION S UMEER 67/186
in Diablo Canyon, County of
San Luis Obispo,
NEEREAS Pacific Gas and Electric Company has on file
with the California Public Utilities Commission, an application
for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to
construct a nuclear power plant in Diablo Canyon, San Luis Obispo
County; and
WHEREAS the Diablo Canyon site has been approved by the
State Resources Agency and by leading California conservation
societies; and
WHEREAS Pacific Gas and Electric Company at present
operates five steam generating plants in Contra Costa County
which produce approximately two-fifths of the utility system' s
entire output of power; and
WEEREAS the availability of this large supply of
electric power is one of the prime attractions for heavy industry
in Contra Costa County and is essential to the operations of many
of the county's principal industries; and
WHEREAS the power produced by the proposed atomic steam
plant In San Luis Obispo County will go into the grid system of
the utility company' s Northern California service area, thereby
making still more power available for Contra Costa industry; and
WHEREAS the development of more low-cost electric power
through the atomic plant in San Luis Obispo County and other
prospective locations will add to the economic growth of
California, which is competitive with other industrial areas now
served by atomic power;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County, mindful of the need for more
industrial development throughout California to take care of the
large year-by-year increase in population, respectfully urges the
State Public Utilities Commission to grant the certificate of
public convenience and necessity for said nuclear power plant; and
BE !T FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be
transmitted to the Public Utilities Commission, the Pacific Gas
and Electric Company, the press of Contra Costa and San Luis Obispo
Counties, and to others interested in the progress and development
of California.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 67/186
PASSED AND At1VmTED this 14th day of Parch., 1967 , by
the following vote of the Board:
AYES Supervisors James P . Kenny, Alfred svi. Dias ,
Janes E. Moriarty, Thomas John Col?,
Edmund A. Linscheid.
NOE;3: None,
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RESOLUTI10N NIUM- ER 67/186