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Mayor and council direct staff to negotiate 100% renewable power purchase agreement with TEP, advance resiliency work at Donna Ligon Center
Summary
Mayor and the Tucson City Council voted March 4 to direct the city manager and city attorney to negotiate a power purchase agreement with Tucson Electric Power that would commit TEP "at a minimum" to provide 100% renewable electricity for the city’s own accounts, and to advance an energy resiliency project at the Donna Ligon Center.
Mayor and the Tucson City Council voted March 4 to direct the city manager and city attorney to negotiate several agreements with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) following an executive session, including a power purchase agreement that would commit TEP "at a minimum" to provide 100% of the electric power supplied to the city — as a customer — from renewable sources.
The action came after the council returned from executive session and Mayor Regina Romero asked for a motion to authorize next steps. City Manager Mike Rankin asked the council to direct staff to "bring forward to the mayor and council a power purchase agreement with TEP under which TEP, at a minimum, will commit to providing 100% of the electric power supplied by TEP to the city from renewable sources," to…
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