For City Council and Rialto Utility Authority Meeting [July 13, 2021]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Thomas J. Crowley, P.E., Utilities Manger
Title
Request City Council/Rialto Utility Authority Board Approve the First Amendment to the Final Construction Work Authorization for the Rialto Microgrid Project - Phase 2 to Include Expenditures in the Total Amount of $185,751.86 for the Self Generation Incentive Program Application Deposits of $83,792.50 for Energy Generation and $101,959.36 for Energy Storage.
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BACKGROUND
To help their customers be better prepared for outages and Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), Southern California Edison (SCE) offers grants, referred to as incentives, through the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), which cover costs towards the installation of self-generating energy systems. These systems are designed to offset energy use and work as backup to provide power when an outage or a PSPS occurs.
On July 14, 2020, City Council/Rialto Utility Authority (RUA) Board of Directors authorized a Feasibility Analysis on installing/constructing an energy microgrid at the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The City Council/RUA Board accepted the Feasibility Analysis and authorized the Final Construction Work Authorization (FCWA) for the Rialto Microgrid Project - Phase 2.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
For Rialto's WWTP, RWS has submitted applications for the Energy Generation and the Energy Storage categories of the SGIP program. SCE has approved the applications for the program and as long as RWS and the City complete the application process and provide the required deposit, the applications will be funded. Funding for the Energy Generation application could be up to $1,627,850 and the Energy Storage category could be up to $2,039,187.13.
In order to proceed to the next step in the process, a deposit was required from the City for each application to be paid within s...
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