Special Notice / Hearing: Yes__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Adam Ely, Project Development Unit Director
Subject: Energy Power Purchase Agreement with FFP BTM Solar, LLC for the Cordilleras Health Campus Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Open public hearing
B) Close public hearing
C) Adopt a resolution making findings required by Government Code Section 4217.12 and authorizing a solar energy power purchase agreement between the County and FFP BTM Solar, LLC for design, installation, operation, and maintenance of solar photovoltaic system for the Cordilleras Health Campus Project.
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BACKGROUND:
On August 28, 2020, the County, through the Project Development Unit (PDU), issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of a net-metered solar photovoltaic system (Energy Conservation Measures). After review, the County selected FFP BTM Solar, LLC (Forefront) as the best value provider.
DISCUSSION:
Government Code section 4217.12 (a) authorizes a public agency to enter into an energy services contract if the determination is made at a regularly scheduled public hearing, public notice of which was given two weeks in advance of the public hearing, that the anticipated cost to the public agency for thermal or electrical energy or conservation services provided by the energy conservation facility under that contract will be less than the anticipated marginal cost to the public agency of thermal, electrical, or other energy that would have been consumed by the public agency in the absence of those purchases. Public notice was given two weeks in advance of this public hearing.
PDU, its consultant Sage Renewable Energy Consulting Inc., and Forefront have analyzed the energy needs at the Cordilleras Health Campus (Cordilleras) project and have concluded that the installat...
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