FOR: City Council Meeting March 11, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Tanya Williams, City Manager
FROM: Tim Sullivan, Assistant City Manager
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Request City Council to: 1) Approve an Agreement authorizing Southern California Gas Company to maintain two Advanced Meter systems on City Streetlights and to undertake all activities related to the installation, maintenance, operation, use, repair, replacement, improvement, alteration, inspection, testing and removal of the Advanced Meter systems, and 2) Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Related Documents.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council:
1. Approve an Agreement with Southern California Gas Company authorizing the Gas Company to maintain two Advanced Meter systems in the identified locations.
2. Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Related Documents.
BACKGROUND
In April 2010, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized $1.05 billion to upgrade approximately 6 million natural gas meters. These meters were upgraded with communication devices that automatically read and securely transmit hourly gas usage data on a "next day" basis to a Data Collector Unit (DCU). The technology provides detailed, real-time data to better help customers manage their energy consumption and costs.
On July 26, 2016, the City Council approved the Purchase and Sale Agreement and No-Fee Light Pole License Agreement with Southern California Edison (SCE). This agreement enabled the City to purchase 3,729 streetlights from SCE and convert them from high-pressure sodium vapor to light-emitting diode (LED) technology.
On February 20, 2014, during SCE's ownership, Advanced Meter systems were installed on two streetlights within the City of Rialto. The original agreement between SCE and Southern California Gas Company (So Cal Gas) ended with the purchase of the streetlights by the City; the Gas Company's equipment remains attached to the streetlights that were formerly o...
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