File #: 2010-0627    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/13/2010 In control: Environment and Transportation Committee
On agenda: Final action: 1/31/2011
Enactment date: 2/1/2011 Enactment #: 17022
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of emissions credits held by the county; authorizing the county executive to enter into an agreement for the sale of emissions credits associated with purified landfill gas produced from the Cedar Hills regional landfill to Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.56.
Sponsors: Larry Phillips, Jane Hague
Indexes: Agreement
Code sections: 4.56 -
Attachments: 1. 17022.pdf, 2. 2010-0627 Transmittal Letter.doc, 3. 2010-0627 Purchase and Sale Agreement.pdf, 4. 2010-0627 Fiscal Note.xls, 5. 2010-0627 Staff Report - Emissions Credit.doc, 6. A. Purchase and Sale Agreement Between Puget Sound Energy and King County (dated 01/18/11), 7. 2010-0627 - Attach 6 - fiscal note support.xls, 8. 2010-0627 Attach 6 - Striking Amendment.pdf, 9. 2010-0627 Revised Staff Report.doc, 10. 2010-0627 Revised Staff Report.doc, 11. A. Purchase and Sale Agreement Between Puget Sound Energy and King County (dated 01/18/11)
Staff: Giambattista, Jenny
Drafter
Clerk 01/20/2011
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the sale of emissions credits held by the county; authorizing the county executive to enter into an agreement for the sale of emissions credits associated with purified landfill gas produced from the Cedar Hills regional landfill to Puget Sound Energy, Inc.; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.56.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. The solid waste division operates the Cedar Hills regional landfill, accepting municipal solid waste from unincorporated King County and thirty-seven cities.
B. Landfill gas is generated by the decomposing waste buried in the Cedar Hills regional landfill.
C. As authorized by Ordinance 15872, the solid waste division contracted with Bio Energy (Washington), LLC, to purchase landfill gas produced at the Cedar Hills regional landfill and to build and operate a purification and compressing plant to refine the landfill gas to meet quality standards required for sale in commercial natural gas fuel markets. The contract, the Amended and Restated Project Development and Gas Sales Agreement, was signed on February 29, 2008.
D. Bio Energy (Washington), LLC, subsequently entered into a contract with Puget Sound Energy to sell to Puget Sound Energy the resulting purified gas. The county is not a party to that contract, the Cedar Hills - Pipeline Quality Gas Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated October 9, 2008.
E. The landfill gas generated from decomposing waste buried in the Cedar Hills regional landfill is classified as a "renewable resource" as defined in RCW 19.285.030(18) of chapter 19.285 RCW, the Energy Independence Act.
F. Under 4.13 of the Amended and Restated Project Development and Gas Sales Agreement, the solid waste division owns and retains any and all rights to any emissions credits attributable to the landfill gas produced at the landfill. If sold separately, these rights may have value, but, given the emerg...

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