Ordinances

Updated: February 2013

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Upcoming Proposed Ordinances

No upcoming proposed ordinances at this time.

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As a public utility, our ownership, leadership and stewardship is locally driven. We are governed by local residents serving on the Board of Public Utilities who provide guidance on the creation of proposed ordinances. Proposed ordinances are first heard by the BPU at public hearings. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. If approved by the BPU, the proposed ordinance is introduced to County Council for their consideration and is scheduled for a Council public hearing. If approved at a County Council public hearing, the ordinance is then adopted into law. This 2-part process enhances maximum ratepayer and citizen involvement.

Proposed & Adopted Ordinances

Below are DPU's recent proposed and adopted ordinances and some of the historic ordinances, such as DPU's first ordinance relating to Green Power. The table below includes the dates the proposed ordinances were heard by the Board of Public Utilities and County Council. Note that not all proposed ordinances are ultimately adopted. Please contact us if you'd like information about past ordinances that are not listed here. To review the full body of utilities ordinances that have been successfully adopted and incorporated into the Los Alamos County Code, please access Chapter 40 of Los Alamos County's Municipal Code.

Utility	Ord. #	BPU PH	Proposed Version	Council Intro	Council PH	Adopted Version
Sewer	02-229	11/14/2012	Proposed	01/29/2013	02/26/2013	Adopted
Loan/Grant	591	10/19/2011	Proposed	10/25/2011	12/6/2011	Adopted
Loan/Grant	588	8/17/2011	Proposed	8/23/2011	9/27/2011	Adopted
Sewer	02_220	6/15/2011	Proposed	7/12/2011	8/2/2011	Adopted
Water	02_118	5/25/2011	Proposed	6/7/2011	7/5/2011	Adopted
Electric	02_115	1/19/2011	Proposed	1/25/2011	2/22/2011	Adopted
Water	02_113	12/15/2010	Proposed	12/21/2010	1/25/2011	Adopted
Gas	02_114	12/20/2010	Proposed	12/21/2010	1/25/2011	Adopted
Electric	02_110	7/21/2010	Proposed	7/27/2010	9/7/2010	Failed
Water	02_106	2/17/2010	Proposed	3/2/2010	3/23/2010	Adopted
Sewer	02_105	10/21/2009	Proposed	10/27/2009	11/17/2009	Adopted
Gas	02_104	10/21/2009	Proposed	10/27/2009	11/17/2009	Adopted
Sewer	02_100	5/18/2009	Proposed	5/19/2009	6/19/2009	Failed
Electric	02_096	7/16/2008	Proposed	7/30/2008	9/9/2008	Adopted
GreenPwr	02_090	6/20/2007	Proposed	6/26/2007	7/24/2007	Adopted