2003 RESOLUTION NO. 2 oO3
A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE INDEPENDENCE STEAM
ELECTRIC STATION AND WHITE BLUFF STEAM ELECTRIC
STATION MARKETING AGREEMENT AND THE MISO
INTEGRATION AGREEMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, is a one percent owner of the
Independence Steam Electric Station (ISES) and a one percent owner in the White Bluff Steam
Electric Station (White Bluff); and
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, desires to join with the other co-
owners of ISES and/or White Bluff to facilitate the participation of ISES and White Bluff in the
Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc., Energy and Ancillary Services
Market (MISO); and
WHEREAS,the coordination of the participation of the co-owners of ISES and/or White
Bluff in MISO is set out in the Independence Steam Electric Station and White Bluff Steam
Electric Station Marketing Agreement between Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Arkansas Electric
Cooperative Corporation, City Water and Light of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, the City of
West Memphis, Arkansas, the City of Osceola, Arkansas, Entergy Mississippi, Inc., Entergy
Power, Inc., and East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, several of the co-owners of ISES and White Bluff are parties in separate
Power Coordination and Interchange Agreements (PCIAs) or a Power Coordination, Interchange
and Transmission Service Agreement (PCITA) and desire to coordinate their participation in the
MISO Market and to resolve any concerns that may have been presented by the interveners in
APSC Docket No. 10-011-U as set out in the MISO Interchange Agreement between Entergy
Arkansas, Inc., City Water and Light of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas,the City of Conway,
Arkansas, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, the City of Osceola, Arkansas, Entergy
Mississippi, Inc., Entergy Power, Inc., and East Texas Electric Cooperative, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, the West Memphis Utility Commission has considered the Independence
Steam Electric Station and White Bluff Steam Electric Station Marketing Agreement and the
MISO Interchange Agreement and approved and recommended both agreements to the West
Memphis City Council for approval; and
WHEREAS, the West Memphis City Council finds the Independence Steam Electric
Station and White Bluff Steam Electric Station Marketing Agreement and the MISO Interchange
Agreement to be in the best interests of the City of West Memphis and the West Memphis Utility
Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,ARKANSAS, THAT the Independence Steam Electric Station
and White Bluff Steam Electric Station Marketing Agreement and the MISO Interchange
Agreement are hereby approved in substantially the form as presented, subject to such revision or
modification as may be necessary or required and approved by legal counsel, and the Mayor and
City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Independence Steam Electric Station
and White Bluff Steam Electric Station Marketing Agreement and the MISO Interchange
Agreement on behalf of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and to take any and all additional
measures as may be necessary or required to effectuate said agreements.
ADOPTED this 15th day of March, 2012.
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WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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'S PARA, CITY CLERK
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