Resolution 418-2007
CODllDissioner Neugent
RESOLUTION 4111 - 2007
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
SUPPORTING THE UPCOMING TEST BY KEYS HYDRO
POWER TO DETERMINE THE FEASmILITY OF
PROVIDING HYDRO POWER THROUGH TURBINE
FARMS TO GENERATE LOW-COST ELECTRICITY TO
THE FLORIDA KEYS.
WHEREAS, Florida Keys Hydropower Research Corporation, an active non-profit
Florida corporation known as Keys Hydro Power (DBA), is proposing to study the feasibility of
building tidal current hydro turbine farms in channels of the Florida Keys for the purpose of
generating electricity, and
WHEREAS, prior to the design of tidal turbine farms is a proposed experimental data
collecting turbine test at Bahia Honda Channel, and
WHEREAS, a successful result of the feasibility study will lead to the design of hydro
turbine farms that have the potential of providing electricity at less expense for the citizens,
businesses, government and military in the Florida Keys, and
WHEREAS, Keys Energy System, the utility providing electricity for Key West and the
Lower Keys to the Seven Mile Bridge, has a contract with the Florida Municipal Power Agency
to purchase all its power, and
WHEREAS, the major expense of purchased power is fuel cost, and
WHEREAS, there is no fuel cost to power a tidal turbine, and
WHEREAS, tidal turbines are environmentally friendly alternative sources of energy
that do not produce climate change emissions, and
WHEREAS, Keys Hydro Power, Keys Electric System, and the Florida Municipal
Power Agency are in mutual cooperation, and
WHEREAS, Keys Hydro Power proposes to eventually generate substantial clean
electricity in the Florida Keys and connect it to the existing grid systems, and
WHEREAS, a primary objective of Keys Hydro Power is to promote conversion to
renewable, emission-free energy and environmental responsibility in the Florida Keys, and
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Monroe County Board of County
Commissioners that:
1. The feasibility test of Keys Hydro Power is hereby supported.
2. Keys Hydro Power is hereby encouraged to proceed with all deliberate speed.
3. The Board requests all permitting agencies to give this proposal their most serious
and timely consideration and requests all citizens to give this valuable project
their support.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a meeting of said Board held on the 17th day of October, A.D., 2007.
Mayor Mario DiGennaro
Mayor Pro Tern Dixie M. Spehar
Commissioner Charles "Sonny" McCoy
Commissioner Sylvia Murphy
Commissioner George Neugent
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Attest: DANNY L. KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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