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City Council Resolution 2018-21CITY OF MONTICELLO WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2018-21 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING HOUSE FILE 3708/SENATE FILE 3504 PROVIDING FOR AN ADDITIONAL REGULATORY OPTION BY WHICH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION MAY CONSIDER INVESTMENTS MADE IN THE MONTICELLO NUCLEAR PLANT WHEREAS, the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant (the Plant) is located in the City of Monticello; and WHEREAS, the Plant provides 671 megawatts of carbon -free baseload energy to the state; and WHEREAS, the Plant provides competitive pay and benefits to its 600 full -tune employees, and an additional 800 employees during refueling outages; and WHEREAS, the Plant is a major contributor to the local property tax base and to the local economy; and WHEREAS, the Plant is licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate through 2030; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Monticello City Council supports House File 3708/Senate File 3504, to provide an additional regulatory option by which the Public Utilities Commission may consider investments made in the plant. ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 26th day of March, 2018. CITY OF MONTICELLO ian Stumpf, Ma r ATTEST: Jeff O eill, City Administrator